Teal Sound to host a gathering for ALL Florida Drum Corps Alumni
On July 12, 2009, the day after the DCI Orlando Regional, Teal Sound will be hosting a gathering for ALL Florida Drum Corps Alumni to come out and meet each other, eat and party with Teal Sound—Florida’s Only DCI Touring Drum and Bugle Corps. The event will be held at Central Florida Fairgrounds in Orlando, FL. and start @ 11am. But if you want to come early, you will get to see Teal Sound rehearse their 2009 Production: The Velvet Rope.
We would like this event to be a memorable day for Florida Drum Corps Alumni; where we can all share some time together, munch out on some great food and PB & J, relive our most favorite times in drum corps and of course tell tall tales of the days when we marched in drum corps. We invite you to bring a pot luck style lunch so, please bring your favorite foods (enough for 8 people) and beverages and enjoy.
Email alumni@tealsound.org for more information or to help organize and assist at this event.
Looking forward to seeing everyone there!!
Central Florida Fairgrounds
4603 W. Colonial Drive, Orlando, FL
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...
Teal Sound has openings for 2 Guard Members and 1 synth Player
Contact info@tealsound.org for more information
Hotel Listings in Thomasville, GA
Hotel Listings in Thomasville, GA for Spring Training and Friends and Family Night available on the VolunTeal page.
2009 Teal Friends and Family Day
Come and spend the day and evening with Teal Sound on June 20th, 2009 for our annual Friends & Family Day. Come out and support the corps as they show you what they have been able to accomplish after the first week of Spring Training. The day will be filled with multiple events including a car wash at Thomasville High School, Tag Day at Wal-Mart, a fantastic Spaghetti dinner and capping it off with an evening full dress performance of "The Velvet Rope."
Jolesch Photography will be on hand as well to capture the corps pre-season photos.
Tickets for the Spaghetti Dinner are $4.00 and are available for purchase online at www.tealgear.com . Come out and help support Teal Sound as they prepare for the 2009 competition season!!
Click here for hotel listings in Thomasville, GA
 Teal Sound still has VolunTeal openings that need to be filled.
Dates: June 24th - July 3rd and from July 19th - August 4th.
If you can spare a few days, or a week, Moses Jones says, "we need YOU!"
Please contact Debbie Swift ASAP if you can help.
Teal Sound completes a very successful April Camp Weekend
 This past weekend saw the full corps together for the first time all season and had many other exciting things going on with it as well. The corps had several visitors for the weekend including Dr. David Kampshroer, from the Drum Corps International PRC committee. Dr. Dave was in to review the corps and it's organization for a possible recommendation into World Class participation in 2010. The Board of Directors, Admin., members and VolunTeals all enjoyed his visit and the comments that he shared with us over the weekend.
The corps also had invited special guest, Mr. Bill Howard, former director of the Madison Scouts Drum & Bugle Corps, to visit with us for the weekend. Bill evaluated and observed the corps as a whole and made suggestions on how to improve the corps overall operations. His commentary with us was priceless and we appreciate his knowledge and giving of his time to spend with all of us over the weekend. Having both Dr. Dave and Bill in on the same weekend was a tremendous treat for all of us. The members really enjoyed hearing from them on the history of DCI and of the stories of competition between both of the former directors and their programs from back in the day.
 We would also like to thank Chris Hankes, from Jupiter Band Instruments and our Mapex/Majestic representative for being with us too. We are all very excited about beginning our second year of involvement with Jupiter here at Teal. The care and concern that this company puts into its programs has really been more than we could have ever expected. Everyone is looking forward to recieving the new battery instruments in for this season and the improvements that they have made over the past year.
On another note, the weather was perfect, our new camp location at Matanzas HS was tremendous and the corps learned about 3 minutes of drill to this year's production of "The Velvet Rope" this past weekend. Thanks to everyone who was in attendance and helped to make this first full corps camp a huge success.
We can now say that the 2009 season is fully underway as we draw closer to move-ins. Look for more reports coming after next month's camp.
Parents and VolunTeals Summer Crew Schedule
The premliminary schedule for crewing for the summer is now available on the VolunTeals and Parents page. We still have many open slots and times available for you to assist with the corps cooking and other needs for the summer. Please look this over and contact Debbie Swift ASAP at debbie@tealsound.org so that she can continue to fill in the blanks for tour. Remember, we don't move without your help and support.
Pageantry Arts Concepts Teams do well at State Circuit Championships!
Congratulations to all the PAC teams this past weekend at Circuit Championships.
In the FFCC Championships -
INFINITY - Gold medalist World
OSCEOLA Percussion Theater - Gold medalist Independent A
RIPTIDE Indoor Percussion - Silver medalist Independent A
In the SFWGA Championships -
STRYKE Percussion - Gold medalist Independent Open
AQUARIUS Indoor Percussion - Gold medalist Independent A
MEDEA Winter Guard - Silver medalist Independent A
All of us at Teal Sound are very proud of all the groups efforts this season. To those that are continuing on in Dayton, we wish you much success and safe travels. Best of luck to all of you.
Infinity finishes in Third Place at the Nashville WGI Regional
This past weekend in Nashville, TN, indoor percussion lines from all over the South, East and Midwest took to the competition floor in the last major weekend of regional shows before WGI Finals next month. Infinity made the trek to Nashville and put on 2 very entertaining and exciting performances of their 2009 show, "Bomb Shelter," on both Saturday and Sunday. They took 2nd in prelims on Saturday with a score of 85.85 just a few tenths ahead of competitor Gateway Independent from Missouri and then on Sunday took third place with a score of 84.40 finishing behind Gateway, which had a score of 85.50. All of us here at Teal Sound want to congratulate them on their accomplishments so far this season and wish them the best of luck at WGI Finals in Dayton next month.
We invite all to come out over this coming weekend to watch and support all the Pageantry Arts Concepts teams in their Circuit Championships. Best of luck to INIFINITY, STRYKE, AQUARIUS, OSCEOLA, RIPTIDE and MEDEA.
Matanzas High School to host April and May Camps
We would like to thank Mr. Steve Knob, Director at Matanzas High School and Dr. Chris Pryor, Principal for welcoming Teal Sound to Matanzas High School in Palm Coast, Florida for our April and May full corps camp weekends. After doing an extensive search for a facility that would accommodate us as we continue towards providing a World Class experience for our members, Matanzas High School was the perfect location. It is a beautiful 3 year old school that offers us the much needed field space and rehearsal facilities that will help us to prepare for our 2009 season. This school is conveniently located off I-95 between Daytona Beach and St. Augustine, FL on 3535 Old Kings Rd N., Palm Coast, FL. We will see everyone at this location on Friday, April 24, 2009.
Map to Matanzas High School
Clean sweep of the WGI Percussion Regional in Orlando
Congratulations to all of the members and staffs on a clean sweep of the WGI Orlando Percussion Regional this past weekend. INFINITY won PIW, STRYKE won PIO and OSCEOLA took PIA, while AQUARIUS placed second in PIA. RIPTIDE Winter Percussion Ensemble won PIA at the FFCC show at Orange Park. "All in all it was a great weekend, to say the least, for all of the PAC units," said Brian Fisher, President of The Teal Sound, Inc.
In prelims all of the units fared well too. INFINITY was in second place behind Timber Creek Independent by .25 but hard work between shows paid off with a fine finals performance where they overtook TCI by .5. STRYKE went into the show as the only entry in PIO but found them selves in a 2 team race for finals when Brahma from USF was promoted after a very strong prelims performance. However, after an energetic performance by STRYKE in finals, they scored 84.05.and were 4.75 ahead of Brahma when the dust settled. OSCEOLA Percussion Theater and AQUARIUS Percussion Ensemble came in 1& 2 in Finals. RIPTIDE represented Pageantry Arts Concepts at the FFCC show in Orange Park and placed first with a 73.75. This is RIPTIDE's first season of competition.
All of us at The Teal Sound, Inc. look forward to your continued success in 2009.
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.
www.jw3.com/spider.php
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.
Teal Sound Announces 2009 Management Team
by Larry McCrobie, Business Manager, Teal Sound
 Teal Sound Drum and Bugle Corps of Jacksonville, Florida would like to announce its complete Management team for the 2009 season. As the corps moves into its second decade of competition, Teal has retained a lot of the existing team and has made a few new additions in order to fulfill its mission to provide a World Class atmosphere for its members and fans. Assisting returning Corps Director, Randy W. Blackburn, are the following personnel.
 A new addition to the Management team is Business Manager Mr. Larry McCrobie. Larry comes to Teal from the Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle corps. As Madison's Administration Intern, Larry gained a wealth of knowledge that has been highly beneficial to the transition of Teal Sound. Larry's duties with the corps will be to oversee the day to day operations of the corps business and to help provide leadership and financial stability for the organization to move forward in the coming years.
 Returning for his third year with Teal in a new capacity is Mr. Brandon Clemons. Brandon will be fulfilling the role of Corps Operations Director. His primary function will be to manage the operational aspects of the corps while at camps as well as the daily operations of the program while the corps is on the road this summer.
 Also returning for her third season with the corps, Ms. Lainey Drummond will serve in her new role as Tour Director for the 2009 Season. Lainey's primary duties will include daily operations and logistics of the corps while on tour and to assist and manage all operations of the corps while at camps.
 In an effort to fulfill Teal Sound's mission to educate and provide a valuable learning experience, Teal Sound has brought Mr. John Erik Dunnam aboard the 2009 Management Staff. John will serve as our Tour Operations Intern, and will primarily be responsible for providing support and assistance to the Tour Director. This role will allow John to gain much needed experience for future endeavors in the Drum Corps community.
 Mrs. Debbie Swift is entering 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.
 Mrs. Cherie Starling has moved into the corps Office Manager for her in her 3rd season with the corps. Her functions are to keep the corps members and parents informed through emails and phone communications. She also doubles as the VolunTeal crew leader for scheduling all workers for camps and tours.
Mrs. Phyllis Dill returns for her second year as head Nutrionist. Her role is to provide the corps membership and staff with the best possible menus, food and nutritional products and the weekly planning of food purchases.
 Returning for her 3rd season with the corps is Mrs. Susan Blackburn. Susan acts as the corps Accounting manager and also doubles as a VolunTeal with the corps during the summer.
 Rounding out the management staff will be the addition of Mr. David Lykens as our Director of Medical Services. David has been in the medical field since 2002 and is currently a certified Paramedic and works for a privately owned ambulance company in Orlando Florida. David's primary duties will be the education of the staff and members in First Aid and safety procedures and to oversee the corps medical needs while at camps and on tour.
 Finally, Mr. Brian Fisher, who had served as the corps Assistant Director, will be moving into his full time position as President of The Teal Sound, Inc. With the recent merger of Pageantry Arts Concepts as the management company of the Winter Guard and Percussion activities of The Teal Sound, Inc., Brian will be devoting his time to the development of the entire organization. This will allow all programs to benefit and prosper under his direction and guidance.
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.
Teal Sound selects Stanbury for new look
 Stanbury Uniforms is proud to be selected by DCI Open Class Finalist Teal Sound Drum and Bugle Corps to provide their new look for 2009. This will be Teal Sound’s second uniform design through Stanbury, having received their first-ever set of Stanbury Uniforms in 2004.
Teal Sound Executive Director Randy Blackburn states, “When looking to take Teal Sound into the second decade from an identity standpoint, we went directly to our partners at Stanbury Uniforms. We were looking for a unique look to help brand the corps and that came directly from the hand of Stanbury’s talented artist/designer Brent Becker.”
Teal Sound is one of the fastest-growing DCI corps on the scene. The Florida-based organization has been an Open Class finalist every year since 2004 and over the past 3 years has seen their membership more than double, to where they are now one of the largest corps on the DCI tour.
“The whole process of obtaining our new look has been wonderful, thanks to the help of Becky Still and Brent Becker. Quality of product is very important to us and from what we have had over the past several years, we felt there was no one else to better serve our needs than Stanbury.”
Stanbury Uniforms CEO Gary Roberts is proud to have Teal Sound on Stanbury’s growing roster of DCI corps. “Along with being a formidable presence on the DCI circuit, Teal Sound is making a positive impact on music education throughout the south-east. We are truly proud to count Teal Sound as part of the Stanbury family.”
For more information, visit www.stanbury.com
 Introducing the new TEAL GEAR Store. Now you can order your Teal Sound souvenirs right here online just by clicking on the Teal Gear logo on the front page. WE have had so many requests on how the fans and supporters of Teal Sound can purchase items that we have been able to set up this convenient store front to assist you in your purchases. As we get further along into the season, expect to see even more cool, new designs that you will want to buy and wear to support the South's hottest up and coming drum corps!! SHOP NOW!
2008 Awards Banquet - An Evening to Remember
All those who attended the 2008 Teal Sound Awards Banquet were treated to an outstanding evening of great fun, excellent food and a remembrance of the 2008 10th Anniversary Season. Our sincerest thanks goes out to Brandon Clemon's mom who wowed all of us with her desert rendition of the Teal Sound Village. Unable to attend but receiving the following awards were: Tevin Mitchell - Most Outstanding Color Guard; Emmanuel Navedo - Most Improved Color Guard; Brass Recognition Award - Alex Timm; Best Marching Member - Jerome Horne; Most Improved Marching - Jess Wach and Ben Thompson. Overall this was a banquet that all will remember and cherish as we said our final goodbye and brought the first 10 years to a close.
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Director's Award
Adrienne Bedsole |
Assistant Directors Award
David Polkowski |
Trevor Jones Memorial Scholarship Award
Anthony Camaranno |
Friends of Teal
Scholarship Award
Erick Guzman |
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The Teal Sound
Christmas Village |
Most Outstanding Brass
Thomas Baker |
Brass Recognition Award
Kristen Mellander |
Most Improved Brass
Angel Santiago |
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Most Outstanding Percussion
Yarnall Stallworth |
Percussion Recognition Award
Kelsey Long |
Percussion Recognition Award
Ryan Teston |
Most Improved Percussion
Kevin Dill |
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Guard Recognition Award
Robert Moyer |
Guard Recognition Award
Shannon Sullivan |
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2009 Sounds of the South Drum & Bugle Corps Competition
Join Teal Sound, Lowndes High School Band and Valdosta State University as they welcome the reigning World Champion Phantom Regiment to the 2009 Sounds of the South Competition on Friday evening, July 10, 2009. Also appearing in competition will be the Atlanta CorpsVets all age corps, Legends from Kalamazoo, MI, Spirit from Jacksonville, AL, Glassmen from Toledo, OH, Boston Crusaders of Boston, MA, the Blue Stars from LaCrosse, WI and Teal Sound from Jacksonville, FL. This year's show will be held at Lowndes High School, Martin Stadium in Valdosta, GA. Tickets will go on sale in early spring so mark the date on your calendar now as you won't want to miss this exciting evening of visual and musical pageantry. For more information email us at info@tealsound.org.
2009 Teal Sound Tour Schedule released
As of 12-04-2008, the 2009 Teal Sound Tour Schedule is starting to take shape. Obviously it is still very early in the year and we do expect to fill some voids in the schedule as we get further along this season. The current schedule will give you somewhat of an idea as to where we will be this summer so you can begin making plans to catch the corps in a town near you.
Check out the 2009 Teal Sound Summer Tour schedule here.
Teal Sound needs your help, come on out and VolunTeal!!
No drum corps can exist without the help it gets from the its volunteers. Even if you only have one day you can come in and work the kitchen, help out with check in or check out or even taking measurements; you'll have fun and get to share in the corps members excitement of being in Teal Sound Drum & Bugle Corps. Don't forget, if your son or daughter is participating with the corps, stay with the corps for the entire weekend and receive a one-time tuition deduction of $50 off their dues.
Don't worry if you haven't notified us that you are coming...you are very welcome to just decide at the last minute that you want to take part in being a Teal Sound VolunTeal. Please remember to sign in at our "office" and someone will direct where you will best be needed. However, we would like to ask that if you can, please email cherie@tealsound.org our VolunTeal Crew Leader in advance to a camp weekend so that she can get you on the camp weekend schedule.
Visual Caption Supervisor/Designer
 Teal Sound is pleased to announce the movement of Mr. Marcos Martinez, Teal's former Visual Caption Head to the position of Visual Supervisor/Designer for the 2009 season. While looking for a unique style and development for the upcoming season, it was determined that Marcos could add the flare and flash to the program that will help to establish Teal's visual programming as it enters into its second decade of competition.
"The search for finding the right fit for Teal was right there in front of us all the time," stated Randy Blackburn, Director. " The entire design team and other caption heads all agreed at the September planning meetings that having Marcos write our visual book was the next progression the corps needed to take as it moves into the future and its climb to World Class." Brian Fisher commented with this, "We are very fortunate to have both Marcos and Tom on the same team and all of us are excited to see how this season progresses with these two working together."
Teal Sound is proud to introduce their new Visual Caption Head, Mr. Tom Slaughter.
 Tom has been involved in the pageantry arts for 26 years as a performer, instructor, designer, and adjudicator. Tom graduated from Largo High School in Largo, FL and was a member of the Suncoast Sound Drum and Bugle Corps. His instruction and design experience is wide ranging and has seen him having the pleasure of working with many bands and winter guards throughout the Southeastern United States. Currently, Tom is the Visual Designer and Visual Coordinator for J.W. Mitchell High School in New Port Richey, Florida.
Tom's judging experiences are varied as well. He currently judges for Winter Guard International and is also the Chief Judge for the Florida Federation of Judges Association (FFJA). The FFJA manages and provides guard and percussion judges to the Florida Federation of Colorguards Circuit, the South Florida Winter Guard Association, and the Carolina Winter Ensembles Association. During the fall, he travels extensively judging state and regional level marching band contests throughout the country. Tom is also the West Florida Regional Director for the Florida Marching Band Coalition and serves as a resource to the band directors in that region who host FMBC regionals.
In the real world, Tom is a Technology Resource Specialist at Wilson Middle School in Tampa, Florida. He currently resides in New Port Richey, Florida with his wife of 17 years, Rene'. They have two sons, Brandon (15) and Ryan (10).
“We are glad to have someone with Tom’s background and ability heading up our Visual Execution program as we move into this new season,” stated corps director Randy W. Blackburn. Equally as excited to have Tom on board was Mr. Ron Ellis, program coordinator. “I have known Tom for years and the programs he has worked with are consistently at the top of their class in marching execution.” “Teal will benefit greatly from his expertise and abilities to escalate our marching performance on the field,” said Ellis.
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
Full Press Release (pdf)
Quantum Scores Big At DCI Championship
Written by Maja Sommerlatte, Jupiter Band Instruments
 Drum corps using the Quantum Marching instruments from Jupiter, Mapex and Majestic scored high in the inaugural DCI World Championship Open Class Finals. Congratulations to the Jersey Surf who took Third Place and Teal Sound who finished in Fifth place in the Open Class Finals.
Coming into the championships, Jersey Surf was in Third Place and Teal Sound was in Fourth place from the Quarterfinal standings.
“The Academy, Jersey Surf and Teal Sound were the right choice for Quantum’s first year, because they’re up and coming corps who have really led the way this season. They gave they had great performances --which we’re proud of. In turn they gave us great feedback on our products from their experience carrying all three Quantum lines. We couldn’t have asked for a more reciprocal relationship this inaugural season for the Quantum.” Jupiter’s VP of Marketing Derek Craig.
While the Academy’s show didn’t take them to the finals, the consensus is that they remain a corps on the rise in DCI World Class competition. Finishing the 2008 season short of their goal doesn’t overshadow their tremendous dedication.
Jupiter Band Instruments, Inc. thanks all players in the Quantum Partner Corps and congratulates them on their accomplishments this season.
Jupiter Band Instruments, Inc. is the US distributor of woodwind and brass instruments, mallet instruments, concert percussion and the new Quantum series of marching instruments. Jupiter incorporates Ross Mallet Instruments, Majestic Percussion, Mapex Concert drums and the Azumi Flute by Altus. For more information, please contact Jupiter Band Instruments, P.O. BOX 90249, Austin, TX 78709, or visit jupitermusic.com, majesticpercussion.com, and quantummarching.com.
Teal Sound Announces New Percussion Staff
 The Teal Sound Drum & Bugle Corps is pleased to announce the hiring of Mr. John Campese as its 2009 Percussion Supervisor/Caption Head. A lifelong central Florida resident, Mr. Campese also has a long and distinguished drum corps history, marching with the Leathernecks, Florida Vanguards, Anaheim Kingsmen and Suncoast Sound. In 1989, Campese was a founding member of Magic of Orlando. He has also served as percussion instructor/caption head for such corps as Suncoast Sound, Boston Crusaders, Yokohama Inspires (Japan) and, of course, Magic of Orlando. For 18 years Campese has served as a performer/arranger with Walt Disney World. He is perhaps best remembered as one of the performers in the powerhouse Future Corps. Mr. Campese is also the founder and director of the current WGI World Percussion Finalist, Infinity Percussion from Orlando, FL.
  Also coming onboard this season will be Mr. Lee Hansen and Mr. Jarod Johnson. Both have a storied past in drum corps, high school band and the indoor percussion activity and are currently with Infinity Percussion. They will be a great asset to the overall musical development of the Teal Percussion program.
“This is a great time to be part of the Teal Sound as we move into the next 10 years,” stated Director Randy Blackburn. “The addition of Mr. Campese and his team to our organization helps to set the stage for us as we continue to bring the highest level of musical education to our members.” “All of us here are extremely excited to welcome John, Lee and Jarod to Team Teal for the 2009 season and beyond.”
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