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Welcome to the
Vegas
Vanguard
from Las Vegas, Nevada! We are a developing youth
percussion organization that provides local students
with the opportunity to learn how to play and perform on
a variety of different percussion instruments. Our
organization has two different percussion ensembles that
serve the community here in Las Vegas, Nevada.
VVPT
The
Vegas
Vanguard
Percussion
Theater
is an ensemble
that combines certain elements of marching band
percussion (instruments, drill, music) with several
characteristics of live theater (props, costumes,
acting, story line, etc). The group focuses on assisting
players from the ages of 14 to 22, in developing the
proper techniques and skills that are required to
perform and compete at a very high level in the indoor
percussion activity. This ensemble is intended for high
school, college, and university students that don’t have
the opportunity at their own school to participate in a
competitive indoor percussion ensemble. VVPT is an
independent highly competitive ensemble that competes regionally in the Southern California Percussion
Alliance (www.sc-pa.org),
and nationally in the Winter Guard International (www.wgi.org)
competitions.
Find out more about VVPT here.
Audition Information for the 2010-11
VVPT Season!!!!
Auditions will be
held at Spring Valley HS (3750 South Buffalo Dr. LV NV 89147) in the
band room on Wednesday September 22, 2010 from 4:00-8:00 pm for
individual auditions. The fee to audition is $20, and
is due at the time of your audition!!!! We will be accepting cash
and checks made out to “Vegas Vanguard”. If you do not have your
audition fee at your scheduled time, you will be asked to leave and
will forfeit your time slot. Audition times will be held in
intervals of 10 minutes per audition with 4:00 pm being the first
time slot available. After you audition you will receive a phone
call from the director within 2 days. Those who receive call backs
will meet again on Wednesday September 29th from 4-8 pm
(for DRUMLINE), and Thursday September 30th from 5-7 pm
(for FRONT ENSEMBLE) at Spring Valley High School. Here we will test
how well you play your instrument within the ensemble, possibly
audition you on a different instrument, and test your marching
abilities while playing. Battery members will receive an email over
the weekend of September 25-26 with the exercises that we will be
using on Wednesday 9/29, the material must be memorized to assure
that drumline members can focus on marching fundamentals.
This season for the 2011 VVPT ensemble we will be filling the
following spots:
7
Snares, 3-4 Tenors, 5 Bass Drums, 4-5 Marching Cymbals, 3 Marimba, 3
Vibes, 1 Xylophone/Crotales, 1 Glockenspiel,
2
Aux. Percussion, Timpani, 2 Synthesizers, Drumset, and a Sampler
player.
AUDITION FOR 2011 VVPT
click here
or go to the
Auditions link.
VVED
The
Vegas
Vanguard
Entertainment
Drumline
is an all age’s ensemble whose main purpose is to
entertain the masses at any and all events. This group
allows the performer to showcase the skills that they
have learned over the years and play in front of
thousands of people at several different functions in
the most exciting city in the world, Las Vegas. The
group uses a full set of marching percussion instruments
from snares, tenors, bass drums, and cymbals. The group
has played for some Fortune 500 companies, Grammy award
winning artists, Hotel/Casinos, and at Movie premieres.
Next time you are in need of some entertainment for any
kind of function, use the “VVED” to make it a memorable
experience for all!
For more info on VVED, click here.
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