Attention all prospective Teal Sound Members for 2011
Pre-Registration is ready to begin at this time for the 2010-2011 season. Don't wait, the excitement is building for next season as the corps is traveling throughout the country in it's inaugural first season of World Class.
Teal Sound Featured on South Georgia Television News Report
For WALB News by reporter Leilani Golden
Teal Sound Signs with Warburton USA
Teal Sound has signed on to perform with Warburton Custom designed Mouthpieces. These new mouthpieces are matched with the Quantum Brass to help with projection and quality of sound. Many thanks go out to Terry Warburton & brass staff members Michael Steiner and Steve Knob for putting this deal together. Along with the mouthpieces, the brass will be using two innovative tools also designed by Warburton, the P.E.T.E. and the BuzzMaster. These embouchure tools will help to build muscle strength in the brass line and are used widely by many professional and amateur artists in the music industry today. For more information and to learn more about these products, go to www.warburton-usa.com.
TEAL SOUND SHOW & TEAL
This weekend Teal Sound will be presenting a Show and Teal scheduled to begin on Sunday evening at 7:30 pm at Matanzas HS. This event will include the corps in performance of the 2010 production of "In The Presence of Enemies" and will showcase what the corps has been working on over the winter months and a portion of this years production on the field. We will also be holding our Teal Raffle as well and giving away some great prizes. Tickets will be available for sale up until the time the drawing occurs on Sunday evening. The Show and Teal will be followed by the "White Night" History Night presented by the Teal Sound Alumni in the Matanzas Auditorium. Beginning at 5:30 pm, any alumni are invited to join previous members at Houligan's located at 50 Plaza Drive, Suite 106, Palm Coast, FL. This will be a great opportunity for you to meet past and present alumni and share stories about Teal. We look forward to seeing you there!
Teal Sound Friends and Family Show
Saturday, June 12, 2010 beginning at 7:30 PM at Thomas County Central High School. Admission is free, but food donations are accepted at the event to help with Stocking the Pantry for Tour 2010. More info...
Teal Sound Available Spots for 2010 Season
Teal Sound has 2 available lead baritone spots, 1 synthesizer spot, bass guitar and 4 guard spots left for the inaugural 2010 World Class season. If interested, please contact info@tealsound.org for learning how you can be a part of Teal Sound this season!!
All-DCI Color Guard Experience
Article written by Rachel Foster, Teal Sound Color Guard 2009 member
My experience with the U.S. Army All-American Band was amazing! I didn't realize just how big of a deal the event was until I got to San Antonio. There were so many staff and family members there to help and support us. If you needed anything, a staff member was right there to help. The weather was unusually cold for San Antonio, so the staff tried their best to keep us comfortable and warm. They gave us hand warmers, hot chocolate, and tried to keep rehearsal inside as much as possible. Unlike the band who already knew all of their music for the show upon arrival, the color guard came in knowing only about one third of the show. Our biggest challenge was having to learn the rest of our show in four days, and make it seem to the audience like we'd known it for months. Was the show perfect? By no means, but I had a blast performing it!! I met so many amazing people while I was there. All of the color guard members and staff were fabulous. We had so much fun sharing drum corps stories! My experience as a member of the 2010 All-DCI Color Guard is definitely something I will never forget :)
Interview with Randy Blackburn - February 2010
Randy Blackburn, the Director of DCI's newest World Class corps, Teal Sound, took time at the February camp to give some insight on where the corps has been, what it's doing and where it will go.
Teal Sound Director Randy Blackburn Interviewed by Drum Corps Planet
DCP Managing News Editor Kevin Gamin interviews Randy Blackburn, director of Teal Sound. Teal Sound has received access to the 2010 World Class schedule from DCI and has selected a very ambitious program for their inaugural season in World Class with the music of Coheed & Cambria, Dream Theater, and Jordan Rudess. Randy talks about what the promotion and the program have in store for Teal and what fans can look forward to in 2010.
In light of the recent change to World Class status from the Voting Membership at the DCI Winter Meetings in Indianapolis, IN this past weekend, Teal Sound is pleased to announce that the Friends of Teal have made it possible to lower our tuition for the 2010 season from $2100.00 to $1800.00 for all membership. Our Standard Accessory Fee will still apply.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank the Friends of Teal for their generosity and support of the Teal Sound organization and look forward to our continued development of more programs, such as this great group, in 2010 and beyond.
Teal Sound granted access to the World Class schedule
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Teal Sound has been granted access to the World Class schedule by the DCI Voting Membership at its annual meeting this weekend.
Corps director Randy W. Blackburn said, "Teal Sound has made great strides in the past few months in the development of its operational processes to comply with the suggestions of the DCI Board of Directors. We are very pleased with the outcome of today's vote, but know that today's vote is not a rubber stamp on the rest of the season. We know that we have a lot of work to do to continue to prove to the DCI Voting Membership that we are worthy of classification as a World Class organization."
Dr. Clifford A. Lipscomb, Chairman of the Board of The Teal Sound, Inc., added "This is a pivotal day for the whole organization and the culmination of a three-year plan by the new management team to get the corps access to the World Class schedule. This achievement would have been impossible without the hard work of our students, parents, volunteers, and administration. Now the really hard work begins!"
President Brian Fisher added, "This decision today also strengthens our strategic alliances with other Florida organizations to provide quality world-class performance opportunities for our youth."
Teal Sound is pleased to announce its 2010 Drum Majors
Kayla Swift
Bobby Duncan
Teal Sound is proud to have both Bobby Duncan and Kayla Swift returning for their final summer with the corps. Bobby has been with Teal as Drum Major since 2006 and Kayla returns after a year off of summer college work to complete her 3rd season with Teal Sound.
"Having both of these extremely talented individuals return to lead this program is a testament to what the Teal Sound is all about", stated Director Randy Blackburn. "Their individual accomplishments both on and off the field have helped them earn the respect of their peers while with the corps." "It will be hard to see both of them age out this season, but I am glad that they have spent their time and given of themselves to this program".
Bobby is from Albany, Ga and attends the University of Georgia in Athens and Kayla is from Orlando, FL and attends the University of South Florida in Tampa.
The 2009 Annual Teal Sound Awards Banquet
The Annual Teal Sound Awards Banquet was held Friday evening, December 11, 2009 at the Holiday Inn Commonwealth in Jacksonville, FL. A great dinner followed by an evening full of awards and the presentation of The Velvet Rope 2009 Tour DVD was enjoyed by all. We would like to thank Dr. David Kampschroer for attending the event and giving a presentation of the process the corps has taken the past 2 years as it readies itself to move into World Class competition for 2010. This evening was also special as the first Teal Sound Hall of Fame Inductees were named at the banquet. Four outstanding members of the program were honored for their accomplishments, dedication and devotion to Teal Sound.
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Hall of Fame Members – Michael Butler, Danny Clark, John Wilkerson, Trevor Jones (Deceased)
Director Award – Jerome Horne
Friends of Teal Scholarship Award – Kelsey Long
Trevor Jones Memorial Scholarship Award – Bobby Duncan
Best All Around Percussion – Mike Brown
Most Improved Percussion – Garrett Fuerst
Best All Around Brass – Joey Kaye
Most Improved Brass – Rich Powali
Best All Around Guard – Samantha Dobson
Most Improved Guard – Felicia Little
Best All Around Marching – Kristen Lewis
Most Improved Marching – Mike Lopez
Outstanding Recognition Award – Brandon Slaughter, Tony Camarano, Rachel Foster, Teal Ewer
VolunTeal Awards – Phyllis Dill, Patti Ewer, Cherie Starling, Charles Mitchell, Steve Woodward
Teal Sound 1st Annual Pocket Change Derby
The RACE is ON!! Teal Sound wants you to see what coin will win the 1st Annual pocket Change derby by you collectiing your spare pocket change.
Its simple and easy, just collect your spare pocket change and bring it to camps with you. No need to sort it, just bring it in. A collection jar will be available at each camp during check in.
Teal Sound adds to instructional staff for 2010 Tour
Teal Sound is proud to announce new additions to design and instructional staff for the 2010 edition of their touring unit.
Jeff Bridges - Program Consultant - Jeff Bridges brings with him a wealth of knowledge and is a drum corps and marching legend in the state of Florida. He currently serves as the visual coordinator and designer for the Florida FMBC State Champions Santaluces High School Band and designs and consults for many outstanding marching units in the united states. "What Jeff brings to Teal Sound is an amazing perspective and insight at all levels of drumcorps that will help Teal in all levels of our operation" said Ron Ellis, program coordinator. Jeff was a marching member with the Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps, then later served as Director and has also been the Drill Designer with the Florida Wave, the Crossmen and the Colts too. In addition to consulting with the competitive program, Jeff will also consult with the overall management of day to day operations for Teal Sound.
Ralph Stewart - Drill Designer - Currently residing in Orlando, Florida, Ralph is the visual designer for WGI Indoor Drumline "Infinity" as well as a drill designer and consultant to many outstanding marching units throughout the nation ranging from High School Bands, to indoor guards and indoor drumlines. He is the former drill designer for DCI World Class finalist Boston Crusaders. He has a long association with the Carolina Crown where he served as Drum Major, instructor, and also as tour director for several of their summer tours. "Ralph is passionate, experienced, and exciting to watch and work with" states Ellis, "and he gives us a visual presence with great credentials and insight into not only where the activity has come from visually, but where it is going."
Brass Staff additions
Teal Sound is proud to announce additions to the Brass instructional team for 2010. The 2010 Teal Sound Brass staff with remain intact with John Adcock, Ron Ellis, Mike Steiner, and Ryan Whalen all returning along with consultation by Frank Williams. "The long term goal has been to grow this to a staff of around 8-10 and 2010 sees us finally reaching that goal. This will help lighten the load for our current staff as well as keep things fresh throughout the season."
Steve Knob - Brass Staff - Steve Knob is a former member of the Guardsmen as a mellophone and served on staff with the Suncoast Sound during their finals run in the 1980's. He is currently the Director of Bands at Matanzas High School in Florida and received his degree from the University of Florida. He is a former DCI music judge and also consults with many high school bands throughout the United States. "We were fortunate to have Steve work with the line last season and we asked him to consider giving us some more time, to which he agreed." "To watch him work is pretty amazing. He can get stuff really good, really fast."
Evan Rogovin - Brass Staff - Evan Rogovin is currently the Director of Bands at Santaluces High School in South Florida whose band was just named class 4a FMBC State Champions as well as overall grand champion for 2010. He brings to Teal a wealth of knowledge both at the educational and professional level. Evan was a marching member of The Florida Wave and later served on the horn staffs of the Crossmen and the Colts. "Evan and I met when we both played at Disney in the Christmas Brass," said Ellis. "He has done so many great things in his career so far that to have him so close is a natural fit for us."
John Schnettler - Brass Staff - Currently working on his Doctorate in Music Education at the University of Georgia, John is the former Director of Athletic Bands at the University of South Florida where he oversaw all aspects of the athletic bands including the 300 Member Herd of Thunder Marching Band, the HOT Showband, as well as the USF Indoor Guard and Indoor Drumline. He received his Bachelors degree in Music Education from the University of Central Florida where he served as Drum Major for the UCF Marching Knights as well as performing in the Disney Student Musician program in the Toy Soldiers and Christmas Brass. He received dual Master's Degree in Conducting and Trumpet Performance at the University of South Florida where he was then appointed assistant director of Athletic Bands, and later promoted to Director of Athletic Bands. "John, above all else, has great perspective and great way of teaching. He is an outstanding musician who has had success at all levels of musicianship, we are excited and extremely lucky to have someone of his caliber working with our kids." John was a marching member of the Blue Knights Drum and Bugle corps and served on the brass staff of the Magic of Orlando.
"These additions help us not only provide an incredible environment for our kids, but also enhance the already incredible staff environment that we have worked so hard to establish at Teal. We are all so looking forward to continuing our growth as an organization through these additions and can't wait to get on the road."
Teal Sound is proud to announce some members of its 2010 colorguard staff.
Greg King currently resides in Allentown, Pa. He is going to be joining Teal Sound's colorguard design team. He has been involved in the colorguard activity for over 20 years. He has been caption head and designer for senior drum corps: Reading Buccaneers and Hawthorne Caballeros. He was also assistant caption head at Crossmen in 2005. Greg has also taught and designed for several award winning local high schools. Besides teaching, Greg King also enjoys adjudicating in his local circuit.
Billy Saccomanno is also going to be joining the Teal Sound staff this year. Billy currently resides in Delaware. He has also been involved in the activity for over 20 years. He has taught Phantom Regiment, Crossmen, Jersey Surf, Reading Buccaneers, and the Hawthorne Caballeros as well as many local high school and independent winter guards. Besides teaching, Billy enjoys adjudicating for WGI and the Atlantic Indoor Association.
Another addition to this year's staff is Christopher Hamilton. Christopher marched with Crossmen for seven years, aging out in 2002. He taught Crossmen from 2004-2006. Christopher currently resides in Virginia where he has also taught local high school colorguards.
We are very excited about these new additions to our staff this year. They are all very competent and experienced in the colorguard activity. Look for more additions to be announced soon. We are certain that 2010 will be a great summer for Teal Sound.
Teal Sound is pleased to announce the Percussion and Visual Staff for 2010
Teal Sound would like to welcome the following individuals back to the Percussion staff for 2010
Lee Hansen
Cisco Hance
Arthur Goodman
Obed Resendez
Nick Sauder
Cisco Hance, Arthur Goodman, Obed Resendez and Nick Sauder. Each of these individuals return for their 2nd season with Teal and we are very excited to have them back to continue building the percussion program. Their drum corps experience ranges from Boston, Crown, Blue Devils and Infinity World and Stryke Open indoor percussion programs. Teal also welcomes back Lee Hansen for his second season as Battery Arranger.
We would also like to welcome the following to the Visual staff for 2010
Tonya O'Malley
Jeremy Goldberg
Jason Diehl
Returning for 2010 will be 2nd year tech Tonya O'Malley and Jeremy Goldberg and Jason Diehl both in their 3rd season. In addition we welcome Mike Neptune, Chris Hardesty, Ryan Gant and Joe Raymond to their 1st season with the corps. With the likes of teaching experience from various top High Schools in the south and marching experience from corps such as Blue Devils, Boston, Crown, Phantom, Blue Stars and Southwind, they bring many various strenghs to the visual program here at Teal Sound.
Local Student Joins Teal Sound Marching Drum and Bugle Corps By Maryanne Lopez
Relocating is often difficult, especially for teenagers. Mike Lopez is originally from Brentwood, NY and moved with his family to Palm Coast at the end of September 2008. He will be entering his senior year at Matanzas High School this August. The one thing that helped him through this difficult transition was his talent and passion for music. Mike's music teacher, Mr. Steve Knob, was asked by Teal Sound (a marching drum and bugle corps based in Jacksonville, Florida) if he could recommend a student to audition for an opening in their brass section, specifically a trumpet player. Without hesitation, he told them he had a student in mind and that no audition would be necessary. Mike was immediately accepted, on the recomendation of Mr. Knob.
Teal Sound is pleased to announce for the 2010 season that Ron Ellis (Musical Programming and Brass Arranger), John Campese (Percussion Caption Supervisor), Lee Hansen (Battery Percussion Arranger) and Tom Slaughter (Staff Coordinator and Visual Caption Head) are all returning to head the educational program at Teal. In addition to these individuals this season, Jared Johnson has been named as Percussion Caption Head and Amy Metzler as Color Guard Caption Head. Both of these individuals have taken great steps to improve the percussion and guard programs here at Teal and we are very excited to have both fulfill these roles.
Jared Johnson
Jared began his percussion education at age 9 in Deland, FL. Since that time, Jared has performed in many groups including the Magic of Orlando Drum and Bugle Corps from 1994-1998. He was a professional musician at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, FL for 5 years, performing with the student musician program, EPCOT’s Tapestry of Nations and Tapestry of Dreams productions, and the Candlelight Orchestra. From 2005-2007, Jared performed at Tokyo Disneyland as a Latin percussionist.
Along with his performance experience, Jared has been teaching percussion for the last 14 years. He has been an instructor for numerous high school bands including Tarpon Springs High School, a 5-time BOA AA National Champion and consistent BOA Grand Nationals Finalist. While at Tarpon Springs, Jared arranged and composed for Tarpon’s 2002 and 2004 WGI Concert World Finalist groups. He is currently on staff at Seminole High School, a 2-time BOA Grand Nationals Finalist and consistent BOA Grand Nationals Semi-Finalist, where he also serves as Front Ensemble Arranger. In addition to his duties at Seminole High School, Jared is entering his second season on the staff of Infinity Percussion, a WGI Independent World Finalist, where he serves as Front Ensemble Director and Music Ensemble Coordinator.
Jared has also instructed with several drum and bugle corps. He was on the staff of the Boston Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps from 1999-2003 and 2006-2007. While at Boston, Jared fulfilled many duties including: Front Ensemble Instructor, Staff Coordinator, and Co-Caption Head. Jared also instructed the Yokohama Inspires, from Yokahama, Japan, during the 2005 and 2006 seasons. This will be Jared’s second season with Teal Sound and his first as Percussion Caption Head.
Jared currently resides in Palm Harbor, FL, and is a member of the Vic Firth Education Team.
Amy Metzler
Amy was the senior color guard technician for the 2008 and 2009 Teal Sound Drum and Bugle Corps. She is originally from Allentown, Pennsylvania where she marched with the Salisbury High School Color Guard, 1991 WGI Scholastic A Champions. She also marched with the Sunrisers Senior Drum Corps from 1995-1999. She has taught various drum corps including the Reading Buccaneers Senior Drum Corps 2000-2002, the Caballeros Senior Drum Corps in 2004, and the Crossmen Drum & Bugle Corps in 2003, 2005, and 2006. Amy has also taught various high school programs in the Allentown, Pennsylvania area.
She currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia where she teaches third grade at Bryant Elementary School. In her spare time, she also teaches the Lassiter High School Colorguard.
Please keep Brandon Clemons and his family in your thoughts and prayers for the loss of his mother Carlina this past Saturday.
Many will remember her for the delicious desserts and cookies that she made for us. Over the past three summer tours, Mr. and Mrs. Clemons made many dinners for the corps. Who could forget her fried chicken and homemade potato salad last year in Childersburg. She also made the corps' banquet cakes, putting her special touches on each one of them to reflect Teal Sound (click images to enlarge). Her generosity and love for our corps will surely be missed. Thank you Mrs. Clemons.
Magical Enterprises, LLC announces multi-year agreement with Teal Sound
Magical Enterprises, LLC d.b.a. Magical Charters Motor Coach Services is pleased to announce a multi-year agreement with Teal Sound, Inc. Teal Sound Drum and Bugle Corps has worked with Magical Charters during the 2007 DCI tour and is currently providing the 2009 summer tour transportation. This new agreement will have Teal Sound and Magical Charters working together until 2012!
Randy Blackburn, Executive Director for Teal Sound states, “ I have had a relationship with Jim Newman Chief Operating Officer for Magical Enterprises since 1994. Jim has been involved in the drum corps activity for many years and is a solid supporter of the activity. “We knew that having a firm that has first hand drum corps experience would be the start of a long-term relationship for all involved”.
It is our goal to provide safe and quality ground transportation for all of our clients said Charles Smith, Director of Fleet Services for Magical Enterprises, LLC. “Magical Charters has made great strides since its early days when it was created by a few investors back in 2003. Since Magical Enterprises, LLC took over in 2006 our firm has increased its fleet size to 14 motor coach, 4 vans and 6 limousines. A huge difference in a few short years allowing us to give our clients the best service available while helping to support many non-profit organizations with discounted rates.
“It is our pleasure to establish this long-term relationship with Teal Sound Inc and all additional programs under their umbrella” says Chief Operating Officer, James Newman of Magical Enterprises, LLC. Randy and his team have made great progress in the past few years and we are proud to be a part of the success.”
Magical Enterprises, LLC; d.b.a. Magical Charters is a certified vendor for 19 Florida counties, a member of the United Motor Coach Association and a Homeland Security/FEMA approved motor coach operator.
Our Headquarters is in Odessa, Florida offering motor coach charters coast to coast, used motor coach sales and motor coach repairs in our service department.
For additional information about Magical Charters please visit us at www.magicalcharters.com Or call 1-800-890-1004
Teal Sound Photo Gallery from the 2009 Sounds of the South Clinic & Rehearsal
Click here to see pictures from Teal Sounds Clinic and Rehearsal at the 2009 Sounds of the South DCI show held on July 10, 2009.
Teal Sound Friends & Family Day Photos in Multimedia section
Click here to see pictures from Teal's 2009 Friends and Family Day
Teal Sound corps members featured in hometown newspapers
- Garrett Fuerst, a 16-year-old rising junior at Gibbs High School (Knoxville, TN) is part of the Jacksonville, Florida-based Teal Sound Drum & Bugle Corps. Read story here.
- For two Colquitt County (GA) teenagers preparing for an 8,500-mile odyssey, the lazy days of summer will be few and far between. Read story online here...
SUNCOAST SOUND SPIDER SCHOLARSHIP
All percussionists are invited to fill out the Scholarship Form (see link below) in honor of one of the activities greatest drum cadences of all time. Since the days of Suncoast Sound, Spider has become one of the most copied and used drum cadences by high schools, colleges and other drum corps. Since it's conception, this cadence has been the most sampled cadence world wide! Spider has a distinctive bass drum theme that is easy to recognize and easily adapted to many types of grooves.
JW3 has created the Suncoast Sound Spider Scholarship to be awarded each year at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention beginning in 2007 in Columbus, OH. All profits from the sales of the original cadence will be awarded to the Spider Scholarship Fund.
her 3rd season with the corps as the VolunTeal Coordinator. Her role is to assist and provide all information and scheduling of the parents organization to the corps for both winter and summer programs. She is the heart of the volunteers and adds much needed guidance and direction to the movement of the corps behind the scenes.
The Teal Sound, Inc. and Pageantry Arts Concepts, Inc. Merger
The Teal Sound, Inc. and Pageantry Arts Concepts, Inc. are pleased to announce an agreement in principle to merge these two great organizations! This has come from many months of conversation and hard work on behalf of Scott Hughes, Donna Aman, Tom Hurst, John Campese, Randy Blackburn and Brian Fisher. "Young adults in the state of Florida who wish to participate in either idiom of DCI and/or WGI will benefit from this union in many ways," stated Scott Hughes, President of PAC, Inc. Under this new conglomerate, Pageantry Arts Concepts will become a division of The Teal Sound, Inc. and continue to operate as the chief management company of the corporation’s winter programs that will include the indoor percussion units of INFINITY Percussion Ensemble (PIW), STRYKE Percussion Ensemble (PIO), AQUARIUS Percussion Ensemble (PIA), OSCEOLA Percussion Theater (PIA), RIPETIDE Winter Percussion Ensemble (PIA) and the winterguard, MEDEA (IA). By and through the formation of this merger, all programs, including the Teal Sound Drum & Bugle Corps will have a stronger alliance of asset sharing, utilization and talents of integrated staffing, centralized auditions for all programs, performance opportunities outside the realm of the competition arena and a stronger business operation within the state of Florida and on the national level.
“It was our goal from the beginning to bring groups like these together as an opportunity for the musical and visual art students within Florida. This will allow us to offer more quality opportunities for Florida’s youth to perform within their own state rather than having to go elsewhere. These programs will benefit any level of student, guaranteed,” stated Blackburn, Director of Teal Sound Drum & Bugle Corps. "We are all looking forward to building a better and stronger organization from within so that these and other ensembles that join us will thrive well into the future,” said Brian Fisher, President of The Teal Sound, Inc. Mr. Blackburn also stated, “There are plenty of talented and great students throughout the state of Florida that we can now provide an almost one stop shopping atmosphere with this merger. If a student wants to participate in any phase of the marching arts, they will only have to go a short distance within the to be a part of any one of a handful of activities and during these times of economic hardship, we feel that with the quality of all these programs, one will only have to decide in which art or arts do they want to become a member of.”
Over the next year, the corporation will look towards the addition of several more winterguard teams to allow even more opportunities for Florida’s youth to participate in the exciting world of the musical and visual marching pageantry arts within Drum Corps International and Winter Guard International.
For further information about this merger, or how you can participate, please contact Mr. Brian Fisher at brian@tealsound.org.
Riptide Winter Percussion Ensemble
The Teal Sound, Inc. is proud to announce the formation of its’ first winter ensemble –
Riptide Winter Percussion Ensemble
The ensemble will participate in the Independent Marching A Percussion Class for local Florida Federation of Colorguards Circuit shows and the WGI Orlando Regional and will be led by Director, Vic Kulinski.
... Riptide will also look to continue as a year round ensemble, to help promote the Teal Sound organization at parades, standstills, conventions and other events. It can also be used by those that want to continue to grow as a percussionist and performer over the summer, get their chops ready for marching band, or can’t do the summer corps gig due to financial or family circumstances, but want to stay involved, Read More
Teal Sound has signed on to perform with Warburton Custom designed Mouthpieces. These new mouthpieces are matched with the Quantum Brass to help with projection and quality of sound. Many thanks go out to Terry Warburton & brass staff members Michael Steiner and Steve Knob for putting this deal together. Along with the mouthpieces, the brass will be using two innovative tools also designed by Warburton, the P.E.T.E. and the BuzzMaster. These embouchure tools will help to build muscle strength in the brass line and are used widely by many professional and amateur artists in the music industry today. For more information and to learn more about these products, go to 
My experience with the U.S. Army All-American Band was amazing! I didn't realize just how big of a deal the event was until I got to San Antonio. There were so many staff and family members there to help and support us. If you needed anything, a staff member was right there to help. The weather was unusually cold for San Antonio, so the staff tried their best to keep us comfortable and warm. They gave us hand warmers, hot chocolate, and tried to keep rehearsal inside as much as possible. Unlike the band who already knew all of their music for the show upon arrival, the color guard came in knowing only about one third of the show. Our biggest challenge was having to learn the rest of our show in four days, and make it seem to the audience like we'd known it for months. Was the show perfect? By no means, but I had a blast performing it!! I met so many amazing people while I was there. All of the color guard members and staff were fabulous. We had so much fun sharing drum corps stories! My experience as a member of the 2010 All-DCI Color Guard is definitely something I will never forget :)
Listen to it Now!
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Teal Sound has been granted access to the World Class schedule by the DCI Voting Membership at its annual meeting this weekend.
The RACE is ON!! Teal Sound wants you to see what coin will win the 1st Annual pocket Change derby by you collectiing your spare pocket change.
Relocating is often difficult, especially for teenagers. Mike Lopez is originally from Brentwood, NY and moved with his family to Palm Coast at the end of September 2008. He will be entering his senior year at Matanzas High School this August. The one thing that helped him through this difficult transition was his talent and passion for music. Mike's music teacher, Mr. Steve Knob, was asked by Teal Sound (a marching drum and bugle corps based in Jacksonville, Florida) if he could recommend a student to audition for an opening in their brass section, specifically a trumpet player. Without hesitation, he told them he had a student in mind and that no audition would be necessary. Mike was immediately accepted, on the recomendation of Mr. Knob.
Jared began his percussion education at age 9 in Deland, FL. Since that time, Jared has performed in many groups including the Magic of Orlando Drum and Bugle Corps from 1994-1998. He was a professional musician at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, FL for 5 years, performing with the student musician program, EPCOT’s Tapestry of Nations and Tapestry of Dreams productions, and the Candlelight Orchestra. From 2005-2007, Jared performed at Tokyo Disneyland as a Latin percussionist. 
Amy was the senior color guard technician for the 2008 and 2009 Teal Sound Drum and Bugle Corps. She is originally from Allentown, Pennsylvania where she marched with the Salisbury High School Color Guard, 1991 WGI Scholastic A Champions. She also marched with the Sunrisers Senior Drum Corps from 1995-1999. She has taught various drum corps including the Reading Buccaneers Senior Drum Corps 2000-2002, the Caballeros Senior Drum Corps in 2004, and the Crossmen Drum & Bugle Corps in 2003, 2005, and 2006. Amy has also taught various high school programs in the Allentown, Pennsylvania area.
Magical Enterprises, LLC d.b.a. Magical Charters Motor Coach Services is pleased to announce a multi-year agreement with Teal Sound, Inc. Teal Sound Drum and Bugle Corps has worked with Magical Charters during the 2007 DCI tour and is currently providing the 2009 summer tour transportation. This new agreement will have Teal Sound and Magical Charters working together until 2012!
The Teal Sound, Inc. is proud to announce the formation of its’ first winter ensemble –
