February 2012 Volume I Issue 10

? It’s the most loving day of the year,

Valentine’s Day! (Or if you prefer, Single’s

Awareness Day!) Even if you don’t get date on this occasion,

look out for treats throughout the day. You never know

when you’ll find that special someone! While preparation for

that “him” or “her” is underway, here’s some of the coolest

things to get for this holiday.

Every girl loves flowers! Kroger’s has an excellent selection of roses in the front entrance. It’s a good place to start for a bouquet.

One of the coolest things that’ll shine to a girl or guy is food! Everyone loves food! Check out your local grocery or specialty store for some creamy chocolate treats for your significant other.

Try to guess your sweetheart with Beavercreek Matchmaker on sale at lunch along with Candygrams from Peer Listening! All profits go to a good cause with all the fun you’ll have from the purchase.

What a Game! The first Sunday in February is

marked with one of the biggest

American sporting events of the

year: The Super Bowl. Tom Brady

led the Patriots against the Giants

and their iconic quarterback Eli

Manning. The performance kicked

off at 6:29pm on the east coast in

Lucas Oil Stadium with a rendition

of The Star Spangled Banner

featuring Kelly Clarkson. The

former American Idol winner and

two-time Grammy award winner

was accompanied by a local choir

and drum line as she took the stage

at Super Bowl XLVI. Ms. Clarkson

captivated the audience with

beautiful tone quality and was

welcomed with warm applause

from the stadium.

With some comical commercials

from Doritos™ and other

companies, the game began and

brought forth a lead from the

Giants. With intentional grounding

from Tom Brady New York took the

lead followed by a full drive down

the field to score a touchdown,

making it nine to zero. Even for

those allied to the Giants, it

wouldn’t lack long. The Patriots

came back in the first half to score

a field goal and later a touchdown

to take the lead nine to ten into the

locker rooms at half time.

Manning. The performance kicked off at 6:29pm in Lucas Oil

Stadium with a rendition of The Star Spangled Banner featuring

Kelly Clarkson. The former American Idol and two-time Grammy

award winner was accompanied by a local choir and drum line as

she took the stage at Super Bowl XLVI. Ms. Clarkson captivated the

audience with beautiful tone quality and was welcomed with warm

applause from the stadium.

With some comical commercials from Doritos™ and other

companies, the game began and brought forth a lead from the

Giants. With intentional grounding from Tom Brady New York took

the lead followed by a full drive down the field to score a

touchdown changing the score to nine over zero. Even for those

allied to the Giants, it wouldn’t last long. The Patriots came back in

the first half to score a field goal and later a touchdown to take the

lead nine to ten into the locker rooms at half time. Former coach of

the Indianapolis Colts Tony Dungy gave his consent for the Halftime

Report while Madonna entered the field to show off songs

including her latest single, Give Me All Your Lovin’, with classic hits like Vogue, and Music. She

performed with accompanying artists LMFAO, Nicki Minaj, M.I.A and Cee-Lo Green. Entering like

Cleopatra to the stage, Madonna’s performance featured a clash of ancient culture with Greek and

Egyptian attire covering performers while she took the throne with elaborate choreography and

excellent vocals. Appearances quickly changed throughout the show from a church choir to

cheerleaders while Madonna lifted her pom-poms and microphone to the audience. Madonna lifted on

a platform as the lighting in Lucas Oil Stadium was directed to show off her album followed by the

words “World Peace.” As halftime came to a close, Madonna stepped to

the top of the stage and vanished below in a steaming fog after the

appearance Avon High School, Center Grove High School, Fisher High

School, and Franklin Central High School’s drum lines. With another

flash to NBC’s Halftime Report, Eli Manning and Tom Brady took the

field for football once more.

the appearance of Avon High School’s drum line. With another flash to NBC’s Halftime Report, Eli Manning and Tom Brady took the field for football once more.

In the second half of the game, New England crept on the Giant’s defense by tacking up another seven points and taking the lead nine to seventeen. Never to fear for the fans of New York, Lawrence Tynes took a chance at a field goal and narrowed the point difference to a mere five lead with a kick in third quarter. Eli Manning pushed Brady’s game more with another additional three points on their new drive captivating the audience with a close game in the final part of Super Bowl XLVI. Emerging victorious over a final failed Patriots drive, Eli Manning took home a new corvette and the MVP award as he gained another Super Bowl trophy for his team. With that, the NFL season comes to a close with one last play until the stadiums open in late 2012.

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Sound Around the clock Sectional ensembles have

overtaken the band room in

mornings and afternoons to

develop their own place on future

concerts. Sax Ensemble, led by

senior alto saxophonist Matt works

with other members of his section

in all four concert bands through

an arrangement of Forget You (the

clean version) by Cee Lo Green.

Charlie and Clement crank out a

thick bass line on bari-saxophone

while the altos and tenors pass

around the melody. Meanwhile,

2011-2012 trombone leader Janae

starts off traditional Low Brass

Ensemble with members

throughout Beavercreek’s band

program. Forming a large semi-

circle of trombones, euphoniums,

tubas and a drum set students

move their slides to Paradise by

Coldplay. Earlier in the week

Juline, leader of the flutes in the

MUSE contest season leads Flute

Choir early Wednesday mornings

and continues to work with

woodwind players of all kinds to

create an ensemble like no other.

Several individuals continue to

perfect their skills while others try

to finger through the reedless

instrument for the very first time.

All sectional ensembles work each

day of the week to build a tune or

two to show off at their upcoming

performance. Listen for them in

the mornings and afternoons and

find one to join!

Where and When – Easy Listening

Sax Ensemble Friday Afternoons in the Music Wing Flute Ensemble Wednesday Mornings in the Band Room

Making

Things Up

in Class Now rolling on Tuesday evenings is a Jazz-Improvisation class led by Mr. Michael Bisig, director of Beavercreek’s own Jazz Two. In the previous week students from all bands and inside and outside Jazz Ensembles work with an arrangement of Autumn Leaves to jump fearlessly into making up music on the shortest cue. Forming a circle in the band room, each student took a shot at improvising in Bb from guitar to clarinet. It took a little bit of coaxing, but everyone got a chance to show off what they knew. During the class, Mr. Bisig also discussed chord changes and the Circle of Fourths and Fifths in Jazz in additional to systematic music theory. Everyone learned something they didn’t know before, making the class a great addition to the band program.

Low Brass Ensemble Friday Mornings in the Band Room Jazz One Tuesday Mornings; Wednesday and Thursday after school

Jazz Two Tuesdays at 4pm and Thursdays at 7-8:30pm Improvisation Class Every Two Weeks Tuesdays 6:30-8:00PM *Next Class is 2/14/2012

All Dates are subject to change and have been written as occurred the week of January 30th to February 3rd 2012

Great Places to Find

Great Music Ever heard an unforgettable song that

got stuck in your noggin all day? Music’s

everywhere in 2012 from television

commercials, greeting cards, even

lurking in all major elevators! Whether

you’re looking for Jethro Tull to Daft Punk,

here’s some good ways to catch that

contagious jam!

If you’re looking for an

instant replay, Youtube can

give you a second taste.

The Broken Drumhead recommends this

website’s “playlist” feature to keep the music

coming without having to continuously click

to hear it one more time.

Pandora is another amazing

musical app for all Apple

products and personal

computer. Logging onto

www.pandora.com will bring you absolutely

free internet radio. Entering your own song of

choice will help form a continuous playlist just

for you.

Other Places to Look For Cool Music

Half Price Books – They’ve got books and a great

selection of CDs all at a low price, located next to

Walmart near the Fairfield Commons.

Buy Backs – With the entire store back wall

devoted to CDs, surely it’s easy to find something

cool. Buy Backs is located close Chili’s across from

the Fairfield Commons Mall.

The Library – The best buy is none at all! Music is

located in the back with countless CDS of all

kinds!

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Featured Instrument of February 2012 - The Harp

The harp is one of the most widely developed instruments in modern times. Each part of the world has developed their own version of the harp from Africa, Pre-Columbian Americas, and Asia. With each version comes addition pings and sounds from that part of the world making each one a little bit different. All of these came together to help create the

classical harp in Europe to a standard form today. The orchestral and concert harp has forty seven strings with the occasional forty eighth depending on the constructing company. It competes with one of the highest ranges, capable of playing in six different octaves. Music for the harp can be written in bass, tenor, or treble clef and is played by using

fingertips for a soothing sound. Instrumentalists “pluck” the tassels of the harp for each rippling tone. The vibe of this thread has been known to play in jazz, concert, orchestral, and even some rock charts. The harp has a unique tone that resonates loudly in the history of all string and orchestral instruments.

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Places to

Hear Harp

Jazz Feature Check out the music of Dorthy Ashby, famous Jazz harpist, in her tunes By the Time I get to Phoenix and Truth Spoken Here.

Rock Feature Believe it or not, The Beatles used a harp in their album, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in the song, She’s Leaving Home.

Concert and Orchestral Feature Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky has written several pieces to feature the harp, most notably in The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker ballads. Riccardo Drigo is also highly regarded for the harp pieces in Le Talisman.

Never Saw That Coming Traditionally the four concert bands will play pieces in Treble

and Bass Clef, but there are many other clefs out there for

different ensembles and instruments. For example, the clef to

the left of this article is the tenor clef primarily used for

bassoon, trombone, and euphonium. Along with the tenor clef

are a soprano, baritone, octave, and many more varieties of

clef. Music varies as much as the world in ways to write their

musical story. Take a glance at the other clefs to see if there’s

one for your instrument!

Concert Right Around the next Measure

The largest musical event performed by

Beavercreek bands takes place early in

the evening on February 23rd 2012! The

Winter Concert features all four bands

debuting their own musical charts such

as Philosopher’s Stone and Explorations

in a few short hours. Both of the high

school jazz ensembles and several

sectional groups will tentatively be

performing throughout the show. The

winter color guard instructed by

Rachelle Navarro with assistant director

Allyson Geis will also be presenting their

contest show in the Beavercreek Main

Gym with full uniform. A full event line

up will be available at the entrance of

Beavercreek’s auditorium the night of

the concert. Students can also stay for

additional performances by other groups

for their quarterly point sheet in March.

All are encouraged to attend this free

concert and support Beavercreek’s

ensembles this winter on February 23rd!

Weekend of

Jazz 2012

This historic Beavercreek

event is fast approaching!

Tickets are still on sale on

the W.O.J. website, linked

on the high school band website,

students twenty dollars per

performance and thirty for adults. With

a quick asking around, our staff

wondered if W.O.J. really was all

everything foretold in class. Some

students were regarded saying “Tito

Puente was absolutely one of the best

concerts I’d ever been to. I had so

much fun when I never thought I

would.” Another commented, “I just

really liked to see the other high

schools play. I didn’t get to go to the

concerts, but some of those bands

were awesome.”

This year, Weekend of Jazz is featuring

the acts of Sylvan Street on March 2nd

2012 and The Buddy Rich Band the

following Saturday night. Beavercreek

kicks off this massive musical event

Thursday night with a performance of

Ankeny, Ferguson, and the High School’s

jazz groups. These pieces are critiqued by

the professional artists in Sylvan Street

afterwards. All Thursday night events are

completely free and open to the public.

Saturday afternoon jazz keeps jamming

with local bands such as Lakota coming to

BHS to play their own line up. Day-time

performances are also free and open to

anyone who would like to come. The

music department urges its students and

audience to take a chance to discover

something new. Grab some tickets and

enjoy the music at Weekend of Jazz 2012.

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Winter Guard is off to a fantastic start coming back from their last competition at the Nutter Center. The unit continues to participate actively in M.E.P.A. and WGI competitions from Belbrook High School to Xavier University in their season.

Debuting their show the guard starts with a duet beginning with Christine playing her role as a little girl with her dolls. Christine winds up the music box and receives a flag for a brief solo before playtime. Once she turns off the light, Josie catches a perfect rifle toss to open the show with the snap of a strap.

Moving to the song Ramalama Bang Bang by Rosín Murphy, the color guard comes to life with distant knocking in the toy box as rifle line crawls to their equipment. Behind the four-person weapons line, the remainder of the unit dances and retrieves their flags to join in the show. With several tricks such as a flat toss exchange and exploiting brand new black and pink “Stitches” flags, the guard captivates the audience with a surprise in every count of music. As the chorus of their show tune arises, the girls toss a perfect 45 and roll beautiful

silks around their shoulders and kick into an all-spin just before concluding their show with the transfer of focus from flag to a rifle feature. With a perfect catch from Josie and Brownyn with dance trio Lindsey, Zoë, and Liberty, the show concludes with a quick scatter drill as nearly all the dolls resume their original places on the floor, just as the little girl left them. Check out the guard at their next performance and at the Winter Concert on February 23rd 2012!

Bring on

the Beavers! Pep Band continues to cheer on

the basketball team alongside

high school students and parents

as the Varsity Boys dunk number

one rated Springboro and

move toward an upcoming

tournament. With a few snacks

and visits from alumni, the band

grabs every instrument from bass

guitar to clarinet to accompany

Varsity in a free ride to victory.

Every foul shot brings a

screaming to silent audience while

fourth quarter shakes the gym

foundations of the

with new cheers. Meanwhile on a

more musical note, the Pep Band

works on cranking up their own

personal tone quality, dynamics

and sight-reading skills as the

game goes on. With only a few

competitions remaining, the fans

cross their fingers for infamous

buzzer shots. Sign up for Pep

Band

Band on the front white

board for some sports fun!

Performances can be used

on the quarterly point

sheet! Get your game on

with Pep Band!

Rock, swing, We got a Little of Everything

Under the direction of Mr. Douglas McCullough Under the direction of Mr. Michael Bisig

Jazz One continues striking up

new rhythms and focusing on

style in their rehearsal. Leading

with a few charts such as Honk

and Carla, members of the

rhythm section continue to work

to build a strong beat for the

band to follow. While Mr.

McCullough listens for both

pleasure and critique, saxophones

unleash fantastic confident solos

to fill up the room. Soon enough,

Jazz One will take stage on the

Winter Concert February 23rd and

have the audience tapping their

toe to each swinging beat.

In working with each individual

tune, the top band works

on “staircase dynamics”, a

famous McCullough-ism in

the band program. Behind

the saxophone line lingers

lead trombone who

dominates a portion of an

arrangement of a Count

Basie chart. The band

drastically drops down to

feature that sound to later

hear an call and answer

between the trumpets and

saxophones as the drum set

focuses on a similar groove

written by the original artist.

Jazz One continues to “Get

Their Swing On!” and making

each tune better and better

as the year progresses.

Jazz Two gets cranking with their

new trombone featured chart,

God Bless the Child. While their

soloist leads the band and

continues with a great

performance, trumpets leap to

the high range in a blast of laid-

back jazz sound. Accompanying

the developing tune are Black

Pearls with recently added

soloists Miguel, Corey, Tim, and

Emily, with other tunes alongside

them. Mr. Bisig works out the

entrances of each tune with

special theatrical effects. Behind

him the band works hard to tweak

it just right to nothing less than

mind-blowing. As he has been

known to says to Jazz Two,

Mr. Bisig comments, “We may

be Jazz Two, but we’re not

here to play like we’re second

best. I want people to love us

just as much as anything else

up there if not more.” With

that in mind, Street Music

opens as the first of four songs

for their Weekend of Jazz and

Winter Concert performance.

With soloists on tenor

saxophone, piano, trombone,

and trumpet and a newly

constructed beginning, the

audience is sure to love the

rock and roll of Jazz Two.

Come out and see both of the

Jazz bands at the upcoming

concert and W.O.J. in March!

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Helmets Off – Offseason 2012

Late April – May 2012-2013 Leadership Tryouts Begin May 25th BHS Band Banquet May 28th Concert bands begin to sight-read the Jethro Tull Contest Show June 1st Marching Band Mini-Camp July 10th Second Marching Band Rehearsal and Commitment Date And many many more on the Beavercreek Band Website!

Excitement fills the band room with the announcement of the 2012-2013 contest show featuring the music of the British alternative rock group Jethro Tull. This band was formed in 1967 and stands as one of the world’s best-selling artists with over sixty million albums sold worldwide. The selection for the upcoming season has a deeper connection with the Beavercreek High School Marching Band than previous shows. In the past, Beavercreek has been known to perform contest shows also shown off by the Pride of Arizona such as the music of MUSE, Pink Floyd, and Tears for Fears. Professor Rees chose Jethro Tull to feature in the 2011-2012 Arizona season while Beavercreek took a tour with four major songs of the rock group MUSE. Eager to captivate the football stands again, BHS takes the challenge of Jethro Tull in their 2012-2013 season. Though Beavercreek will be deriving the majority of their music from the Arizona show, Mr. McCullough and Professor Rees are set with the task of editing and possibly recomposing the parts to put a perfect fit on the two-hundred piece Ohio ensemble. At this point, there seems to be many solos and features to look forward to, including several for trumpet and saxophone and accompanying instruments mellophone, baritone, and trombone. Though Jethro Tull is well-known for extravagant and elaborate flute solos, it seems flute is not the primary individual voice in this show. The marching band will be featuring the hit charts Aqualung, My God, Locomotive Breath, Wind Up, and Wond’Ring Around in a tentative three segment show. Locations are to be announced at a later date but there is sure great success in store for the high school’s latest show. Linked on the band website is the 2011 Pride of Arizona Jethro Tull complete show for a sneak preview of upcoming attractions. There is much to be excited about with powerful features in high and low brass and adrenaline built in the drum line within the final segment. Stay tuned for additional updates on the 2012-2013 contest show on the Beavercreek band website and in the marching band section!

Get a Clue! In late January the band‟s

website becomes one of the most

attacked pages on the school

site. Lurking within weaved

wording lies sneak peeks at the

next band show through

infamous clues released straight

from Mr. McCullough‟s desk.

Students waited each day for a

more exploiting clue, guessing

anywhere from Journey, Talking

Heads, and slowly deducting

Jethro Tull as the correct answer.

On Ground Hog‟s Day some

students celebrated their good

fortune while others took a look

at a show they never would have

suspected. With a list of the

official band clues, here‟s how

some of them fit with the

upcoming Jethro Tull show.

Clue #5: A Feature for Every Section Looking back at the Pride of Arizona‟s

performance of Jethro Tull in 2011, there are several features of each section of the band including mellophone, trumpet,

trombone, and several woodwind selections. First segment features a strong entrance of Aqualung with powerful brass while

woodwinds take over for the beginning of second segment. With a smile from the drum major, there‟s a point where everyone gets to shine.

Clue #6: What do you mean the crowd freaked out about six notes?

The signature of one of Jethro Tull‟s most famous charts is the six note opening rhythm of Aqualung, appearing in the

beginning of both the Pride of Arizona show and original song. Starting off with a well-known beat helps audiences engage in the

music they already know and respond back to the band. Initiating the “snowball effect” of continuous energy from both the

performer and audience makes the show all the more exciting and one of Beavercreek‟s favorite performances.

Clue #7: No right age to rock and roll This clue is quite possibly

alluding to an album released by Jethro Tull known as Too Old to Rock „N Roll, Too Young to Die! In 2011, Jethro Tull continued to play in

The 40th Aqualung Tour, but currently have no plans as a group in

2012. Clue#11: Folk Music meets blues, meets jazz =

this rock and roll Jethro Tull is quite known for their roots of folk music in their albums Songs from the Wood, Heavy Horses, and Stormwatch. They have also had strong ties to Steeleye Span, a group of folk rockers.

Clue #13: Winnie The Pooh was a rock star? Jethro Tull‟s album A Passion Play has often been linked to Winnie to Pooh, Alice in Wonderland, and Peter the

Wolf for its lyrical connections. In this album, the band backs up a story teller while the songs represent the tale‟s characters and events.

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Underneath the Stripes

II

“How Do They Do That?”

With the announcement of the contest show, a new chapter begins with many opportunities just around the corner. While Mr. McCullough and Professor Rees work on the arrangement of the show itself, the band eagerly waits to write their own part of the story on July 9th 2012. In the meantime, concert band resumes with high expectations for the upcoming performance season.

Something that has long been a custom of the Beavercreek band program is the partnership of Professor Rees and Mr. McCullough in their music. This year, the high school is privileged to get to see the director of the Pride of Arizona perform in Weekend Of Jazz 2012 during March, but the greatest impact of these two music educators is their designing of the widely acclaimed Beavercreek “crowd-favorite” marching band shows. In recent times, the Ohio band has been known to win the audience over countless times with hit performances featuring the music of Sting, Fleetwood Mac, The Beatles, U2, MUSE, Phil Collins, and many many more. After the announcement of this year’s show whether now or way back when, the band room gets pretty quiet with a building anticipation for the season. But what exactly goes on in the band office after Ground Hog’s Day? In a personal interview with Mr. McCullough, the process from announcement to performance is revealed for the first time ever to the staff of The Broken Drumhead.

Starting from the selection of the artist group, the director of Beavercreek bands tells us that the two start the process around December by listening to the radio and keeping track of which tunes strike a note in their minds. Featured artists can range from any genre of music as seen through the full repertoire of marching shows from the rock and roll of Aerosmith in 2009 to The Divergence of Jazz in 1987. Professor Rees continues on a similar task as over time they both develop a list of which groups are potential shows. Many make the list, but only a few last until the final cut. Professor Rees has been known to have some discrepancy with Mr. McCullough’s tastes and vice versa, particularly in 2010. Though the two are close partners, each have their own thoughts on perfectly suited show music. That year, Rees had Pink Floyd on his developed list while Mr. McCullough was certain the British band would never make it to Frank Zink Field. With some persuasion and a glance at the Pride of Arizona’s rendition of the music of Pink Floyd, Mr. McCullough agreed and took on the challenge of a four segment show including the hit tunes In the Flesh, Another Brick in the Wall, Money, Us and Them, and

Outside the Wall. What had first been an improbable show for Beavercreek ensembles became one of the most successful shows of all time, coming away with grand champion at Lancaster, Findlay, and dominated competition in Kenowa Hills Michigan. With an excellent recording still available in the band office, the legacy of Pink Floyd continues to resonate in the band room today along with success from the other twenty five show plaques on the wall bearing the names “Excellent” and “Superior.” Throughout the years, artists have appeared, disappeared, and reappeared on each individual’s specific list. Once compared, the two collaborate through phone calls and e-mail until agreeing on a show to present to a highly anticipating crowd full of parents, students, and alumni. The decision could be made anytime during the New Year and into a few sunrises before Ground Hog’s Day. Once eager fans and performers gather in the band room for early morning goodies and the announcement of the following show, the two directors begin the long process of composing. A factors that has been known to challenge the song and artist selection are the legal rights to play the music. With a careful budget and musicality, Mr. McCullough and Professor Reese put together the pieces with some collaborative input and begin composition. According to Mr. McCullough, there have been shows that the two have wanted to do, but have been unable to write because they were not allowed to buy the performing rights. These shows, however, were left a secret in hopes perhaps they will be available at a later date for Beavercreek to take to contest. The team also takes into account that another rivalry ensemble may be playing selections from the same artist, as was the case at the Tri –State Marching Band Competition at Marshall University while Beavercreek toured with the MUSE contest show. Explaining that even if the Beavers intend to perform a show of a widely acclaimed artist such as Aerosmith, iconic songs like Dude Looks Like a Lady and Dream On may not be in the score. In a hypothetical scenario of finding another band playing Aerosmith, Mr. McCullough and Professor

Rees chose not to play those songs because of the likelihood it is in their opponent’s show. Just like in dynamics, the directors like to mix it up with a few exceptions every now and then like Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven, and Aerosmith’s Walk This Way. In the past Mr. McCullough and Professor Rees often exchanged ideas for which section of the band should get the main lyrical line of a chosen song or to have that bodacious bass lick. Currently Mr. McCullough explains that he usually leaves the wind composition to Professor Rees who has come to know exactly what he and the Beavercreek ensemble need for their individualized show. Occasionally the director of bands at the University of Arizona will check in with Beavercreek, but there are times nothing is heard from the marching band’s composer until the score is complete. “Sometimes it just appears out of the machine,” Mr. McCullough commented. “I look over and it’s the score for the show, completely done, and I didn’t even have to say or do anything. It’s just done.” As a highly regarded drummer, Beavercreek’s visual show designer takes to writing the drum parts for the show himself while the winds are finished. Either listening to the file of the show on Finale Notepad™, a music-writing and creation program, or glancing at the director’s score Mr. McCullough pieces the parts for percussion just before the concert bands take a glance at the show. With skills he had learned as a member of the Bluecoats, a percussionist, and licensed music educator, Beavercreek’s director puts together the crash and bang of a contest show and combines it with Professor Rees’s wind portion. In the end, copies of the show tunes appear in the band room and are eagerly picked up by students. In excitement, chairs are once more kicked away and stands are heightened to drive towards contest performance. It is a long process, but it certainly pays off with every standing ovation and impact on student’s lives after each competition. The work of Mr. McCullough and Professor Rees keeps Beavercreek and the Pride of Arizona at the top of the most entertaining bands of all time. Together, they hope to continue that tradition each and every season.

(1-31-2012)

Whether you’ve got a quick question or are tracking your favorite

ensemble, please let us know what you think!

Email our author at fraystephanie@ymail.com

This edition of The Broken Drumhead was written and designed by Stef, Beavercreek

High School’s 2011-2012 mellophone section leader. Additional editing was

performed by Mr. McCullough with technical assistance from Jeff Sydelko. Images

are credited to the photographers and pictures associated with the BHS

instrumental department, Google, and courtesy of the members in Beavercreek

High School’s Winter Guard. Special thanks to Mr. Bisig and Ms. Navarro in their

assistance this month. The staff would also like to thank Mr. McCullough for his

ongoing dedication in making The Broken Drumhead possible.

Thanks for Reading!

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Don’t wanna miss a thing

Priceless Performer Daniel Jumping from instrument to

instrument Daniel draws

everyone’s attention with

friendship and a passion for

music. He is a sophomore at

BHS in the 2011-2012 school

year and is enjoying every day

of it. He primarily plays alto

saxophone but has been

known to play tenor, bari, and

soprano saxophones, flute,

clarinet, and piano. He is noted

for his fantastic musicality in

recital night 2011 and

continues to progress in Jazz

One, Saxophone Ensemble,

Pep Band, and marching band.

He has performed in both Pink

Floyd and MUSE contest

seasons on alto and adds his

sound to Symphonic band this

year. Check for him in the band

room for his next astounding

song and wonderful smile.

Need A Tune Up? Just got that icky sticky valve

syndrome? Some good places for

a tune up on all instruments aren’t

far!

Haur Music – Located at 120 South

Patterson Boulevard Dayton has an

excellent shop and several

accessories for all you music needs.

McCutcheon Music - Located at 38

Marco Lane Centerville is a smaller

dealership with a great selection of

music books and quality repair!

Year of the Dragon The New Year has kicked off

around the globe with

Chinese festivals worldwide

celebrating the Year of the

Dragon! Typically honored

by a full house cleaning to

push out old luck and in

with the new, many people

also join in dragon parades.

Traditions vary from place to

place, but usually a large

feast will follow New Year’s

Day. This fiery beast is

considered the best of all

the Chinese zodiacs with

good fortune in store for all!

In a quick questionnaire… Q).What has been your favorite performance with Beavercreek Ensembles? A). Anything with a big crowd is really fun. Q). What’s the best food to munch on for breakfast? A). Food in general. Doesn’t matter what it is, food is food and always good. Q). What would your advice be for anyone younger than you currently in BHS bands? A). Always work hard and don’t let things push you back. If you keep at it, you’ll get it, you just have to get the trick of not losing sight of your dream.