The April meeting for planning the Revere class of ’92 20 year reunion will take place 11 AM this Saturday (4/28) at Sushi On The Roll in Medina. If you’d like to help put together a great time with your high school classmates and see some old friends, you’re more than welcome. Be sure to bring an appetite, too, as the food is incredible, plus you’ll get a great look at where the main event is taking place on reunion weekend Saturday.
See you there!
Now that WGI is over, it is time to look forward to the upcoming drum corps season. I’ve gone through the calendar and here are the shows I plan to attend, either as a spectator or as a reviewer, in 2012:
Saturday, June 16th – Innovations In Brass (DCI Akron, Ohio)
Wednesday, July 11th – Glassmen All-Star Review (DCI Bowling Green, Ohio)
Tuesday, July 31st – Emerald City Music Games (DCI Dublin, Ohio)
Monday, August 6th – Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival Drum Corps Competition (DCI Massillon, Ohio)
Thursday, August 9th – Big, Loud, & Live 9 Drum Corps International World Classs Championships Preliminaries Cinecast (DCI TBD)
Saturday, August 11th – Drum Corps International World Class Championships Finals Competition (DCI Indianapolis, IN)
Friday, August 31st – Drum Corps Associates Mini-Corps Championships (DCA Annapolis, MD)
Saturday, September 1st – Drum Corps Associates World Championships Preliminaries Competition (DCA Annapolis, MD)
Sunday, September 2nd – Drum Corps Associates Alumni Spectacular (DCA Annapolis, MD)
Sunday, September 2nd – Drum Corps Associates World Championships Finals Competition (DCA Annapolis, MD)
I may attend the Tour Premiere cinema event on June 18th. Since I’ll have seen the shows live two days earlier, I’d be going more because of the social aspect. I may also attend the Music Under The Stars DCA show in Hornell, NY, in July 28th. That will depend more on whether DCW needs somebody to cover that show. I’ll update this post once I have word on that show.
If you plan on being at any of these shows, let me know in the comments below. I would love to meet fellow drum corps fans.
First off, let me explain the description. Due to my jaw and the way my adult teeth grew in, my two upper teeth are at an angle. Instead of forming a nice arc, they bend inward, causing an under bite.
What does this have to do with technique?
Well, my tonguing technique suffers as a result, especially at faster tempos. Where most people can tongue just inside their upper teeth, keeping their tongue nice and relaxed, mine has to either pull back due to the shorter distance caused by those angled front teeth or tongue off the tip of those teeth. Either way, I don’t have clean tonguing. Continue reading
Remember when networked computers in a business meant everybody worked on “dumb” green screen terminals? They were dumb in that nothing actually ran on those devices – all the work was handled on a mainframe or server which these terminals tied into. We’ve come a long way since then thanks to the personal computer revolution. The terminals people worked with gradually became fully functional PCs, replete with their own suite of software and tools. That central server became multiple servers, each handling specific tasks or services, yet allowing the PCs on the network more autonomy.
Today, the buzz is all about the cloud, which, in a sense, is a hybrid of the terminal/mainframe and the client/server models. More and more functionality has moved off of the PC and into that nebulous realm depicted on network charts as a big puffy white or gray area of unknown size. Thanks to the cloud, users have access to so many applications, services, and data as never before. Businesses are now taking advantage of cloud technology, utilizing “private clouds”. Think of it as the server farm of the 21st century where businesses make their tools and data available to their users outside of the walls of their offices.
If you’re an IT specialist, how do you keep up with these advancements and show your current and potential employers you’ve got what it takes to help guide them into that great private cloud in their sky? Fortunately, Microsoft certifications have come to the rescue. Building on the current MCITP Server Administrator certification, Microsoft is beta testing a new certification designed for administrators who want to support cloud technologies. This certification, Private Cloud Certification, is one which will definitely give IT professionals a step ahead of the rest of the crowd.
Want to know more? Just click on the links above or head to the Microsoft Learning website to find out about all of the certifications Microsoft has to offer.
Tiger Woods has won a tournament for the first time since 2009 and is looking good heading into the Masters in just two weeks. You, being the golf fanatic which you are, HAVE to be able to follow Tiger, Phil, Rory, and all of your favorite golfers no matter where you are. Fortunately, the PGA has your back with excellent apps for both the iPhone and iPad chock full of features you can use to stay on top of their games.
The iPhone app (link) is your pocket PGA friend. You can check the leaderboard of the current tournament, marking players as favorites so their scores show at the top regardless of placement. The Media section offers video highlights, photo albums, and player interviews, as well as live video of certain tournaments. Push notifications are available for end of round and tournament alerts, live video availability, and standings updates. There are also customizable push notifications for up to three players. Information about players, tournaments, and the FedEx Cup are also available. Continue reading
For those of you who are my fellow Revere High School 1992 graduates, you may have heard about the plans for our 20 year reunion this summer. A group of us have been getting together about once a month to put the reunion events together. Our next meeting will be a week from today (4/1/12) at the Fairlawn Winking Lizard, starting at 1PM. Come share food, drink, memories, and help put together a great weekend of fun for you and your classmates.
I have created an event for tomorrow night’s Brass Band of the Western Reserve concert on Facebook. If you haven’t received an invite and would like to go, feel free to hit up Facebook and let me know you’ll be there.
Yesterday, I posted about this Saturday’s Brass Band of the Western Reserve concert in Minerva, Ohio. I have since received the program listing of what we’re playing, which I now pass on to you. Continue reading
Last night, I performed with the Brass Band of the Western Reserve for the first time. I had just joined the band the previous Tuesday and had only rehearsed with the group twice, including the dress rehearsal the night before, so it’s been a crash course in brass band performance. I have to say, though, that this is the most excitement and challenge I’ve had playing music since I marched drum corps, and I am already looking forward to the next concert this Saturday in Minerva, Ohio. Continue reading
