PVCHS Invitational Program 2021

15th Annual

Striking Cobra Invitational

SATURDAY OCTOBER 16, 2021 PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL

WELCOME TO COBRA COUNTRY. FROM THE DIRECTORS Greetings, Welcome to the 15th annual Park Vista Striking Cobra Invitational! We are so glad that you chose us to host you and your band, and we are excited to have everyone together again. It has been such an honor for us to step into the directorship of this renowned program and work to bring things “back to normal” after 18 months without live music here at Park Vista High School.

Our sincere thanks go out to our wonderful parents, administrators, and volunteers for all of their support to get this exciting event back up and running.

We have assembled a crew of smiling faces to help this evening run smoothly. Should you need anything, our student workers are in blue Park Vista Band polos, volunteers are in bright neon, and our amazing Band Parent Association board members are in black and blue Park Vista Band polos. They'll get you to where you need to go!

We hope that you enjoy your time with us, and we wish you the best of luck!

Thank you,

Dr. Joseph Glaeser DIRECTOR OF BANDS

Mr. Andrew Barber

ASST. DIRECTOR OF BANDS

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SCHOOL/EVENT

CLASS

WELCOME/NATIONAL ANTHEM

TIME 5:00 PM

HIALEAH HIGH SCHOOL

1A

5:15 PM

MATER ACADEMY

1A

5:30 PM

ATLANTIC HIGH SCHOOL

2A

5:45 PM

SEMINOLE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL

2A

6:00 PM

INTERMISSION JUPITER HIGH SCHOOL SPANISH RIVER HIGH SCHOOL WESTERN HIGH SCHOOL PARK VISTA COMM. HIGH SCHOOL RETREAT / AWARD CEREMONY

6:15 PM

3A

6:45 PM

3A

7:00 PM

3A

7:15 PM

EXHIBITION

7:30 PM 7:45 PM

This schedule is subject to change at any time due to weather, program needs, or other circumstances. Please consult with event staff for the most up to date information.

SITE MAP

PATRON SERVICES RESTROOMS and CONCESSIONS are available adjacent to the stadium entrance FIRST AID is located near the Band/Equipment Entrance near the North End Zone In an EMERGENCY, please dial 911 immediately and let the nearest STRIKING COBRA INVITATIONAL STAFF MEMBER know as soon as possible Report any SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR to the nearest STAFF MEMBER, VOLUNTEER, or PALM BEACH SCHOOLS employee

CONCESSIONS MENU

1 🎟 = $1

Concession tickets are available for purchase near the Concession Stand

ITEM Chick-Fil-A Sandwich Whole Cheese Pizza (8 Slices)

PRICE 6🎟 20 🎟

2 Slices Cheese Pizza

6🎟

Candy

2🎟

Chips & Snacks

1🎟

Gatorade (20 oz)

2🎟

Soda Water

1🎟 1🎟

JUDGING PANEL GENERAL EFFECT - VISUAL / CHIEF JUDGE

TIM GALLAGHER has been a visual designer, drill writer and instructor for over 30 years, creating visual

programs for high school and university marching bands and color guards throughout the Southeast. Tim is also a former visual instructor for the Magic of Orlando Drum and Bugle Corps. He has been an adjudicator for over 15 years, and he is a long-time member of the Central States Judges Association. His adjudication experiences include shows all across the United States. Tim has been selected as an adjudicator for State Championship panels in Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Ohio, and Tennessee. Tim holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Miami, and a Master’s Degree in Secondary Education from the University of Central Florida. He is a faculty member at Winter Springs High School near Orlando, Florida, where he teaches AP Computer Science, IB Mathematics, and serves as the visual coordinator for their marching band.

PERCUSSION

Dr. Emmanuel Markakis has been a percussion caption head and arranger in South Florida for

22 years. He has been an adjudicator for 12 years for both indoor percussion for FFJA and the South Florida Winter Guard Association and marching band percussion for CSJA and FMBC shows. He has been invited to adjudicate numerous highlevel competitions. He was a member of the Florida State University Marching Chiefs percussion section (Big 8), where he played snare all of his performing years. He also was a member of several campus performing ensembles. His teaching experience includes championship programs such as Stoneman Douglas high school (1998-2004), West Boca Raton high school marching percussion (2005-2007), and finishing his teaching career at West Broward High School (2008-2013).

Additionally, his groups have won numerous percussion awards and championships and have made finals at several Atlanta Super Regional Bands of America Championships.

INDIVIDUAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE

John White was a member of the Plantation High School Band, the 1980-84 Festival of States National Field

Champions. He was a charter member of the Florida Wave Drum & Bugle Corps from 1981-82, and he performed as a member of the City of Sunrise Jazz Ensemble from 1983 to 1998. He is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida. Mr. White created, arranged for, and performed with a brass quintet for the Florida Renaissance Festival from 1993 to 2009. In 1999 he joined the low brass staff of the Boston Crusaders in the year they broke into the DCI top 12.

Mr. White began his teaching career as a high school orchestra director and guitar teacher, then in 2006 opened Markham Woods Middle School in Lake Mary, Florida, as its first band director. In 2017, he began teaching for the Seminole County Virtual School, teaching middle and high school guitar, and developing classes in music appreciation, music theory, bass guitar, and instrumental techniques for wind instruments. He is a founding director of the Lake MaryLongwood Summer Band Camp. Mr. White has served as an adjudicator for the Central Florida Private School Solo and Ensemble Association since 2010, he and has been a member of the Central States Judges Association since 2008. He has provided comments and feedback to many area schools as they prepare for their annual performance evaluations. Mr. White is an Elder at Calvary Chapel of the Lakes in Umatilla, Florida, and also serves as the IT/Media Ministry leader there.

He and his wife and daughter currently live near Ocala, Florida.

JUDGING PANEL ENSEMBLE MUSIC PERFORMANCE

Dr. Raymond A. Donato

holds a Bachelor of Music in Education and a Master of Arts in Music from Florida Atlantic University, as well as a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of Central Florida. After his collegiate musical studies with Seth Wexler of the Florida Philharmonic and Dr. Michael Parola of The Harid Conservatory, he gained 13 years experience as a percussion instructor and arranger for various South Florida school music programs, before moving to the Orlando area. Dr. Donato was a member of the Florida Wave Drum and Bugle Corps from 1989-1990, and the Concord Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps from 1991-1992. He then served as front ensemble technician and/or arranger for: Suncoast Sound, Florida Guardsmen, Heatwave Senior and The Magic Drum & Bugle Corps, which included the role of Caption Head for the 2006 competitive season. Previously, Dr. Donato served as the Marching Band Director and Percussion Coordinator at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida, followed by Director of Bands at Eustis High School and Music Director at Groveland Elementary School in Lake County, Florida. Currently he is the Music Specialist at Round Lake Charter School in Mt. Dora, Florida. Dr. Donato is one of the four initial founders of STRYKE Percussion, which is a WGI Independent World Finalist as well as a former Open Class Bronze & two-time Silver Medalist. Over the course of 10 seasons, Dr. Donato served in such roles as Ensemble Director, Board Member, Show Designer, Music Arranger and Program Coordinator. Additionally, Dr. Donato served as the Program Coordinator/Music Arranger for RPT Percussion and Program Coordinator/Front Ensemble arranger for INFINITY 3, the 2016 WGI Percussion Independent A Class Silver Medalist. He is currently the Front Ensemble Arranger at Unity Percussion from Gainesville Florida, the 2018 WGI Percussion Independent A Class Silver Medalist and 2019 WGI Percussion Independent A Class Gold Medalist. Dr. Donato is a member of The Florida Music Educators Association, The Florida Elementary Music Educators Association, The Percussive Arts Society and The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). Dr. Donato is also endorsed by Vic Firth Drumsticks, and he is a member of their Education Team as a Marching Percussion Specialist. He is an active Music and Percussion Adjudicator with the both the Central States Judges Association, where he served as the Percussion Caption Head from 2009-2012, as well as the Florida Federation of Judges Association.

GENERAL EFFECT - MUSIC

Andy Deen is an oboist living in Central Florida who served for 10 years as a high school band director. He is a

member of the Central States Judges Association (CSJA) and he is also certified as a Solo & Ensemble judge for the Florida Bandmasters Association. From 2017-2021, he served as the Band Director at Lake Minneola High School and led the Marching Green and Gold to its second consecutive State Finals performance at the Florida Marching Band Championships (FMBC). Andy coordinated a comprehensive band curriculum that included Symphonic Band, Marching Band, Jazz Band, Guard (Fall and Indoor), Percussion Ensemble, and Indoor Percussion. Previously, he taught five years at The Villages High School, where he led the Buffalo Band to the FMBC State Finals in 2016. Andy was raised in a musical household in a family that has long supported the value of music education. He began piano in first grade and oboe in sixth grade and was an active participant in middle and high school band programs. Andy attended Brookwood High School in Snellville, Georgia, where he performed in the marching band and in the Wind Symphony, the top band. After graduating from Brookwood, he attended Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania as a member of the inaugural class of the Sunderman Conservatory of Music. Andy studied oboe with Edward Stanley and served as Drum Major of the Bullets Marching Band for three seasons. He also worked towards a minor in Civil War-Era Studies and earned a Mellon Research Grant to study the evolution of the soundtrack in Civil War Film. After Graduating Summa Cum Laude from Gettysburg, Andy returned to his home state of Florida to enroll at the University of Florida, where he earned the Master of Music Degree with Concentrations in Performance and Music Education. Andy studied oboe with Dr. Leslie Odom and performed in the UF Orchestra and Wind Ensemble and in two professional recording projects. As a graduate assistant, he worked with the UF Gator Band and conducted the Basketball Pep Bands in tournament trips to New Orleans and Nashville. During his final year of Graduate coursework, Andy became the part-time band director at St. Francis Catholic School in Gainesville and taught two periods of band daily. Andy lives in Clermont with his wife, Kathryn, and their cats, KitKat and Pumpkin.

JUDGING PANEL ENSEMBLE VISUAL

Michael Phillips has participated in the pageantry arts for 45 years. He has filled many roles over the

years such as performer, instructor, clinician, drill designer, program coordinator, director and judge. Mr. Phillips has been involved with notable organizations including the Cavaliers, and many other accomplished drum and bugle corps and marching bands at the High School and college levels. Mr. Phillips has been judging for many years in the US and internationally. Mr. Phillips provides clinics internationally to band directors addressing show design, judging methodologies and participation in international competitions. Michael considers it to be a great privilege and responsibility to be a judge. Mr. Phillips realizes the importance of providing positive feedback to band students and directors to help grow their programs and provide an educational and rewarding experience. Michael pledges his very best, impartial judging effort in return for the best seat in the house to watch some of the greatest youth in the world do amazing things on the field of competition.

INDIVIDUAL VISUAL PERFORMANCE

Michael P. Mayer was born and raised in St. Peter, MN. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in

Music Education and has been involved in the marching arts for over 30 years as either as a band director, corps director, program director, program coordinator, caption head, composer or drill designer. Mr. Mayer has been a judge for 10 years for high school marching band and winter percussion competitions as a visual or music adjudicator. He currently resides in Clearwater, FL. Accomplishments: DCA World Champions (A Class) with Chops, Inc., Minneapolis, MN; 2 Drum Corps Europe and 6 Drum Corps United Kingdom titles with the Kidsgrove Scouts, Kidsgrove, England; North Metro Cadets from Coon Rapids, MN with 2 undefeated Minnesota Percussion Association (MBA) winter seasons including 2 Winter Guard International (WGI) Midwest Percussion Championships in Open Class and 7 year recognition of multiple Percussion Awards for Minnesota High School Best Drum Line to Waseca High School from Waseca, Minnesota. Mr. Mayer is well rounded and diverse adjudicator for Central States Judging Association. He is well sought after for clinics and consultations for drum & bugle corps and high school programs. Mike is a former member of the Colts drum & bugle corps and the Madison Scouts drum & bugle corps.

COLORGUARD

Aleah See TIMING & PENALTY

Stephen Woodward TABULATION

Andrea Pendergraft

PERFORMANCES THOROUGHBRED BAND & COLOR GUARD HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Director: Larkin Sharpe Principal: Beatriz Sears Drum Majors: Michelle Espinal Show: “The Final Stand”

MIGHTY LION MARCHING BAND MATER ACADEMY

Director: Jose Ruiz Principal: Alejandro Tamargo Drum Major: Christopher Artau Show: “Dead Awake” SELECTIONS: "SLEEP," "CAPTIVE," "LOST HOPE," "DEAD AWAKE"

ATLANTIC EAGLES MARCHING BAND

ATLANTIC COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL

Director: Keith Sanz Principal: Sandra Edwards Drum Major: Sock Cruz-Flores Show: "Aretha!"

SELECTIONS: "NATURAL WOMAN," "Think," "Say a Little Prayer," "Freeway of Love," "Respect"

PERFORMANCES WINGED REGIMENT

SEMINOLE RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL

SPIRIT OF JUPITER

Director: Nickolaus Hofmann Principal: James Campbell Drum Majors: Max Evans and Nick Hubbard Show: “Shattered Dreams” Selections: “Shattered Dreams Pt. 1 - 3”

JUPITER COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL Director: Ryan Ross Principal: Dr. Colleen Iannitti Drum Majors: Zoie Kline, Makena Mutchler, Evan Wester Show: “Step By Step” Selections: "The Prayer Cycles," “Asphalt Cocktail," "Fix You," "Harmonium"

SILVER SOUND MARCHING BAND

SPANISH RIVER COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL

Silver Sound Marching Band Director: Craig M. White Principal: William J. Castillo Drum Majors: Gian Luca Melis, Samantha Wadiapian Show: “Rock Icons” Selections: "24K Magic," "Poker Face," "Smells Like Teen Spirit," "Paint it Black," "Your Song," "Don't Stop Me Now”

PERFORMANCES PRIDE OF THE WILDCATS MARCHING BAND

WESTERN HIGH SCHOOL

Director: Johnnie Tracey Principal: Jimmy Arrojo Drum Majors: Diego Perez & Angelica Liotta

PARK VISTA PERFORMERS

PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL Director: Dr. Joseph Glaeser Assistant Director: Andrew Barber Principal: Dr. Enrique Vela Drum Majors: Ricky Medina, Noah Pierre, & Connor Tubbs Show: “Terra Mater: A Symphony for Gaia” Selections: “Baba Yetu” by Cristopher Tin “Symphonies of Gaia” by J.J. Ogren “Africa: Ceremony, Song, and Ritual” by Robert W. Smith

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