A Celebration of Life: Mind, Body, and Spirit
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"A Celebration of Life: Mind, Body, and Spirit" was the title of Capital Regiment's 2004 field show. It used the music of David Holsinger to portray different aspects of human nature. Selections included "Ballet Exaltaire," "Homage: Tapestry 2," and "Scootin' on Hardrock".
[edit] Design and Instructional Staff
Corps Director: Rick Bays
Program Coordinator: Wayne Dillon
Music Arrangement: Jay Bocook, brass; Kevin Murphy, percussion
Drill Design: Jeff Sacktig
Music Staff: Chad Pence, caption head; Jason Reinhardt, mellophone tech; Jared Morgan, trumpet tech; Chris Moss, baritone tech; Lance Lapeyrouse, tuba tech
Visual Staff: Phil Madden, caption head; Jon Sharpe, baritone tech; Christen Juel, Chris Frick
Guard Staff: Michael Floyd, caption head
[edit] Corps Leaders
Drum Majors: Adam Noaielle
Drum Captain: Will Stephenson
Horn Sergeant: Jake Drissell
[edit] Theme & Design
The show followed a standard drum corps show form, with a fast opener, ballad, percussion feature and closer. Each piece represented a different aspect of human nature: the fast, technical opener as the mind, the emotional, dance-enfused ballad as body, and the jazzy, driving percussion feature as spirit.
The show began with the hornline and guard facing the back of the field. Amidst a flurry of pit percussion, the trumpet section, broken into several "choirs," turned to the front of the field th introduce the main theme of the show, the Doxology hymn. The piece built into a fortissimo impact and continued with fast, rhythmic music, features for different sections of the hornline, and a fugue, emphasizing the intellectual aspects of music. The opener was original played at a tempo of 168 beats per minute but was increased to 176 BPM before the Indianapolis regional.
