20th Annual Rosemount HS Marching Band Festival
Sunday, September 13, 2009, 1 PM
Featuring a
national level adjudication panel
Featuring exciting
performances by 15+ of the finest high school
marching bands
from throughout the midwest
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We average
4,000+ enthusiastic spectators each year
at this show held on our scenic campus!
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We offer a
well-organized band competition that is
"performer friendly" |
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Overnight
housing is available for bands on a
"first to contact us" basis |
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Several
hotel & food options are easily
accessible in the area for out-of-town
spectators |
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"Mall
Of America" is an easy 25 minute commute
from our campus |
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A
"sampling" of outstanding bands that
participate annually include BOA
Regional Finalists: Eastview, Eden
Prairie, Grand Rapids, Irondale,
Marshall High Schools |
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We are
committed to offering a high-quality
band competition experience for all
bands as we strive to attract quality
bands from throughout the Midwest!
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CONCESSIONS/FOOD
Concession stands will be open
at 11:30 AM,
and remain open throughout the entire evening
Concessions food available:
•Grilled Johnsonville Brats & Johnsonville Beef
Stadium Franks
•Pizza (three different kinds made & baked at a
popular pizza shop - "Pizza Man")
•Gatorade, soda pop, bottled water, nachos,
popcorn, chips and candy
•Schwan's Ice Cream
Admission:
$8 Adults, $5 Sr.
Citizens/Students
children 5 & under are free
Adjudicators for the 19th Annual 2008 Rosemount
Marching Band Festival
Richard Saucedo
Richard Saucedo
is currently Director of Bands and Performing
Arts Department Chairman at Carmel High School
in Carmel, Indiana. Under his direction, Carmel
bands have received numerous state and national
honors in the areas of concert, jazz and
marching. The Carmel High School Wind Symphony
was invited to the Bands of America National
Concert Band Festival in 1992 and 1999, and was
named the Indiana State Champion concert band in
1999. The Carmel High School Marching
Greyhounds, having been a consistent National
finalist since 1995, was crowned the 2005 Bands
of America Grand National Champion. Also in
2005, the Wind Symphony 1 was invited to perform
at the prestigious Midwest Clinic in Chicago.
The Indiana Bandmasters Association named Mr.
Saucedo Indiana's "Bandmaster of the Year" for
1998-99.
The band program
at Carmel currently serves 350 instrumentalists
in four concert bands, four jazz ensembles, a
200-member marching band, a 140-member pep band,
a competitive and non-competitive winter color
guard, a competitive winter drumline, three
music theory classes, a jazz improvisation
class, a music technology class and two
percussion classes.
Mr. Saucedo is a
freelance arranger and composer, having released
numerous marching band arrangements, concert
band works and choral compositions. He is
currently on the writing staff for Hal Leonard
Corporation.
Mr. Saucedo is
constantly in demand as an adjudicator,
clinician and guest conductor for concert band,
jazz band, marching band, orchestra and show
choir. He has served as Music Caption Head for
the Drum Corps Midwest Judges Guild and as a
brass and music judge for Drum Corps
International. Mr. Saucedo is currently brass
arranger and music ensemble consultant for the
DCI World Champion Cavaliers Drum and Bugle
Corps from Rosemont, Illinois. The Cavaliers
will perform a show of original music by Mr.
Saucedo during the 2002 Drum Corps International
Season.
Mr. Saucedo did
his undergraduate work at Indiana University in
Bloomington and finished his masters degree at
Butler University in Indianapolis.
David McGrath
David McGrath
has directed high school bands the past twenty
years in both the states of Michigan and
Georgia. Bands under his direction have received
numerous honors which include: eleven
appearances at the Michigan state marching band
championships (capturing nine state
championships); being consistent finalists at
Bands of America events (the Plymouth-Canton
Educational Park Marching Band was named the
1999 Bands of America Grand National Champion);
invitations and performances for numerous
regional and national concert festivals and
clinics (including the 2000 and 2006 and 2007
Bands of America National Concert Band
Festival), and performing an hour-long concert
for President Bill Clinton (1996).
Recent ensemble
honors at Kell High School include: Finalists at
every Bands of America Regional Marching
Competition at which the band has performed the
past three years (including the 2006 Atlanta
Super-Regional Competition); Grand Champions
(sweeping all caption awards) at the 2005
Brookwood Invitational, and Grand Champion at
the 2005 and 2006 Lassiter Marching Band
Showcase; straight “superior” ratings at the
2006 GMEA District XII LGPE Festival; The Kell
Wind Ensemble was one of 17 high school
ensembles from throughout the United States to
perform at the prestigious 2007 Bands of America
National Concert Band Festival in Indianapolis,
Indiana. The 2007-2008 Kell Wind Ensemble has
accepted invitations to perform at the 2008
January Music Festival (Sponsored by the
University of Georgia), as well as the 2008
Georgia Music Educator’s State Convention held
in Savannah in January, 2008.
Mr. McGrath is
active as a concert band, drum corps and
marching band adjudicator and clinician. He is a
member of the GMEA and the MENC. He is currently
the director of bands at Carlton J. Kell High
School, in Marietta Georgia.
Mr. McGrath and
his wife, Kimberly, have been married for 13
years, and they are kept very busy by two young
sons, Nathanial and Logan.
Marc Whitlock
Mr. Marc Whitlock
serves as the Director of Bands for the
Plymouth-Canton Educational Park in Canton,
Michigan. Mr. Whitlock duties include teaching
the four concert bands at the high school,
directing the marching band, assists at the
middle schools, and serves in all areas of the
program. Under his direction, the band program
has participated in the Bands of American
National Concert Band Festival, is the current
Michigan state champion for marching band, has
been a national finalist at the BOA Grand
Nationals competition in Indianapolis, and has
earned superior ratings for concert band at the
district, state, and national levels. Mr.
Whitlock was also the recipient of the Plymouth
High School "Marathon Award" for his outstanding
work ethic and extra time spent outside of
school helping students.
Prior to his
appointment at PCEP, Mr. Whitlock served as the
Director of Bands at Hebron High School in
Carrollton, Texas. Under his direction, the
Hebron band was named Class AA Champion and
Finalist in 2001 and 2002 at the Bands of
America Regional Championships. The Hebron Band
also achieved superior ratings at UIL state
competition and earned the school's first
Sweepstakes Award in 2003.
Mr. Whitlock was
formerly on the faculty at Marian Catholic High
School and served as the Associate Director of
Bands and the Percussion Director. While at
Marian Catholic the band was named the Bands of
America National Champion in 1994, 1997, and
2000. The band also represented the state of
Illinois in Washington, DC for the 2001
Inauguration of President George W. Bush.
Mr. Whitlock
earned his undergraduate degree from Morehead
State University and is currently in graduate
studies with the American Band College. He has
also attended the conducting symposium at the
University of North Texas. He has received
Certificates of Commendation from the state of
New Jersey and the state of Kentucky.
Additionally, organizations such as Outstanding
Young Men of America, Kappa Delta Pi
International Honor Society of Education, and
Who's Who Among America's Teachers have also
honored him.
Mr. Whitlock is
the former brass manager for the Tony and Emmy
award winning Broadway production of "Blast!"
and serves as a musical advisor as needed.
Mr. Whitlock has
been actively involved in the drum corps
activity since 1980, being a member of several
corps including The Cadets. Since then he has
been in demand as a clinician/teacher for many
corps, such as the Star of Indiana, Phantom
Regiment, Cavaliers, Cadets, Carolina Crown, and
the Santa Clara Vanguard.
Mr. Whitlock has
performed as a clinician, adjudicator, visual
designer, percussion designer, and/or
instrumental technician in forty states and
Europe.
Adam
Sage
Adam Sage is the
designer and caption head for the Phantom
Regiment Drum & Bugle Corps color guard. Adam
has worked with numerous programs in Florida
including Tarpon Springs High School, East Lake
High School, Seminole High School (1993 WGI A
class Bronze medalists), Clearwater High School
and Pope High School in Marietta, Georgia. Pope
High School was the 2000 WGI Open class Silver
medalists and the 2002 WGI World class Bronze
medalists.
Adam's drum corps
experience includes being a member of the
Suncoast Sound from 1988 to 1989, and The Cadets
of Bergen County from 1990 to 1991. He was the
caption head for the Magic of Orlando from 1992
to 1993; caption head for the Crossmen from 1994
to 1995. Adam then spent 1996 through 2002
working with the Cavaliers Drum & Bugle Corps.
Adam is also
actively involved with Winter Guard
International (WGI). He was the director of The
Company Colour Guard from 1995 to 1999. The
Company was a two time WGI World Champion in the
A (1995) and Open (1996) class. He was also a
member of Emerald Marquis from 1990 to 1991.
Sage currently works with Kell High School in
Marietta, Georgia; Kennesaw Mountain High School
in Kennesaw, Georgia (2004 Winter Guard
International Scholastic A World Champions);
University of Central Florida Knights Winter
Guard in Orlando, Florida; Miamisburg High
School Winter Guard, Miamisburg, Ohio; and the
Southern Knights Winter Guard in Brighton,
England. He is also an adjudicator in the
Southeast, as well as ISSMA for the state of
Indiana.
When he is not
teaching color guard, Adam is a fourth grade
teacher in Kennesaw, Georgia where he resides.
John Howell
John Howell
resides in North Huntingdon Pennsylvania. He is
currently employed as a Business Education
Teacher in the Hempfield Area School District
where he teaches Sports and Entertainment
Marketing, Web Page Design and Video Game
Programming. He also is the varsity boy’s
volleyball coach and the Hempfield Band visual
designer and coordinator. John holds a B.A. in
Business Management and an Accounting minor from
the University of Pittsburgh and a B.S. in
Education and a Masters Degree in Curriculum
Development from Indiana University of
Pennsylvania.
He is a visual
designer and has taught and written shows for
various nationally acclaimed marching bands,
drum and bugle corps and indoor winter
colorguards and continues to conduct clinics and
consultations for bands, winterguards, and
judging associations across the United States.
He is a visual
adjudicator for BOA, DCI, and the Pennsylvania
Federation of Contest Judges and has had the
opportunity to judge internationally in
Amsterdam, England and Japan.
Contact us with any
Questions:
RHS Band Office (651)423-7541
Steve Olsen:
steve.olsen@district196.org
Leon Sieve:
leon.sieve@district196.org
John Theisen:
john.theisen@district196.org
