A Burnaby tuba player has made it onto the roster for the oldest drum and bugle corps in the Pacific Northwest.
Graham Squair of Burnaby has been named to the 154-member Seattle Cascades corps for the 2018 season.
A press release notes that performers hail from 25 states as well as Canada and were chosen after an audition process that started in November 2017. Players attended monthly camps throughout the winter and are now in a rigorous spring training program for three weeks before their first show of the season in Vancouver, Washington.
The corps’ 11.5-minute show, What Goes Around, is set to a combination of original pieces and familiar music – including Schubert’s Ave Maria, Justin Timberlake’s What Goes Around Comes Around, and Daft Punk’s Around the World.
The Cascades have their own competition, the Seattle Summer Music Games in Renton, Washington, on July 7, and will then embark on a tour that includes 21 competitions and performances in 13 states, culminating at the Drum Corps International world championships in Indianapolis Aug. 9 to 11.
Not familiar with the phenomenon that is the drum corps? Check out www.seattlecascades.org for all the details.
