2016-2017
Quarter 2 Newsletter
Greetings, Tri-City Band Corps members! This issue of our quarterly newsletter introduces our upcoming events as well as wraps up this past quarter, in which we would like to thank all of our wonderful members and parents for their continuing support and participation.
Get ready to pack your bags because TBC is going to Italy! Join us for our 2nd international trip and bring your friends because the more the merrier! We will be participating in the Rome New Year's Day Parade and a concert performance. Early registration has closed, but there is still a chance to sign up.
TBC Trip to Italy
For more information, please check out our website!
Experience Italy
Don't miss out on this amazing 10 day trip because it will be 10/10!
Pasta Feed
ALL YOU CAN EAT FOOD!! That’s right, you read that correctly. Upcoming is an event you do not want to miss out on. Our annual Pasta Feed is on Sunday February 19th from 5 PM - 9 PM, at the Centerville Community Center. There will be a large assortment of pasta, garlic bread, and desserts as well as an addition--our new boba bar! There will be opportunities to win raffle baskets and more. Don’t forget to buy a ticket from any TBC officer or Italy Trip participant for $10 and for an additional $5, get access to unlimited boba courtesy of Milk & Honey.
Fall Parades
Cheers to the completion of our 2016 fall parade season.With over 140 members, TBC marched along the festive streets of Niles and continued the following day to Hollister. With more than 1000 viewers, we put on a brilliant show with light-up drums and lightsabers. All of our parades went smoothly without a hitch. We hope that all of you had a fun time performing alongside your friends at the Niles and Hollister Parades. Please be sure to join us next year for an eventful fall away from school and other stressful events.
Cadet Fall Parades
Congratulations to our newly formed Cadet Corps. At their first competitive parade, our 6th, 7th, and 8th graders took first place at the Redwood City Parade against high school groups! And also won a $500 prize! Here’s to the hard work and dedication from both the students and the instructors who volunteered their time to make everything possible!
Tri-City Percussion
TCP had their evaluation show at Logan High School on Saturday 1/28/2017 at 1:30 PM. This season we have 28 students participating in our inaugural year competing at the Open Class level. We’re extremely excited to see our show coming together and invite you all to come watch our debut performance at Independence High School.
Upcoming Shows:
- Independence High School - Feb 11th, 2017
- Lynbrook High School - Mar 11th, 2017
- WGI Regionals Denver - Mar 18th & 19th, 2017
- CCGC Championships - Apr 1st, 2017
- NCPA Championships - Apr 2nd, 2017
- WGI Nationals Championships - TBD
Eternal Regiment
Tri-City Band Corps is happy to introduce our new winter guard unit, the Eternal Regiment, which will compete in the CCGC circuit in division Independent Regional A.
Winter guard branches off of color guard in the Fall season in which the fundamental techniques of flag, rifle, and sabre can be found. However, instead of performing outdoors in a parade setting, winter guards perform indoors. In addition, basic skills of dance can be seen more largely incorporated into a winter guard show.
This new unit is open to junior high and high school students who do not have a winter guard unit available to them through their own schools. Currently, the Eternal Regiment has participants from four different schools in the Tri-City area.
The Eternal Regiment is led by instructors Kiley Billock and Tifffany Ko who have over 25 years of experience between them including WGI, DCI, and NCBA color guard competitions with numerous championship placements.
Upcoming Shows:
- Lynbrook High School - Mar 11, 2017
- Independence HS Championships - Apr 1, 2017