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11TH ANNUAL

DRIPPING SPRINGS PERCUSSION INVITATIONAL

WELCOME TO THE 11TH ANNUAL

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WELCOME!

We at Dripping Springs High School are proud to welcome you back to the 11th Annual Dripping Springs Thunder in the Hills Percussion Invitational! To the competing units and directors in attendance today, I would like to gratefully thank you for continuing to support this activity through your participation, dedica-tion, and hard work. We hope you enjoy Tiger Stadium and our hospitality at today’s performance!

We have 25 incredibly talented percussion units from the Austin and San Antonio areas converging to com-pete for class ranking and caption awards. We are pleased to be able to bring four world-class adjudicators in from all across the U.S. to give valuable educational feedback and commentary to the participants and their directors. Be sure to check the contest schedule on the following pages to ensure that you don’t miss your favorite performers!

The concession stands will be open all day offering cold drinks, snacks, and full meals to all spectators and participants. Be sure to visit the souvenir booth to purchase this year’s Thunder in the Hills t-shirt or buy a video of your group’s performance. Directors can find a moment of peace in the Director’s Hospitality room located in the press box at Tiger Stadium.

I would like to acknowledge how incredible our parents, students, and volunteers have been in coordinating and executing this event. If not for their late nights, thoughtful consideration, and relentless organization of all of the logistics involved, we would not be able to host this event year after year.

I would also like to thank our generous sponsors for their contributions and support. Without their help it would be impossible to host a contest of this size and scope. Please consider reaching out or visiting these businesses while in town and be sure to let them know that Thunder in the Hills sent you!

We are glad that you have decided to make Thunder in the Hills a part of your Fall marching experience. Best of luck to everyone performing, and let the THUNDER begin!

Jason Dye, Percussion DirectorDripping Springs Band Program

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MEET OUR ADJUDICATORS

ZACH SCHLICHER

Zach Schlicher began per-forming in the marching arts in 1997. As a member of his high school marching band, Zach was exposed to Drum

Corps International. In 2001, he earned a position in the snare

line with The Cadets and continued to perform there for the next four seasons. Upon aging out, he began teaching the Madison Scouts. After two seasons with the Scouts, he spent the next ten seasons on the fac-ulty of Carolina Crown.

Currently, he is on the faculty of the Boston Crusaders. Away from the drum corps field, Zach works with several scholastic and independent programs within Winter Guard International, Bands of America, as well as international ensembles. During the fall and winter months, he occa-sionally adjudicates marching bands and indoor percus-sion ensembles around the United States.

Zach studied percussion at Indiana University of Penn-sylvania and the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Along with his design/instruction commitments, Zach occasionally performs on cast with Aerial Experience Productions, JQProductions and has performed with Blue Devils Entertainment. For quick educational features, he can be found on VicFirth.com in the video lesson series, “Hybrid Rudiments.” Over the course of twenty years, he has been able to develop a unique set of skills which allow him to take on multiple responsibilities and roles with any ensemble.

RAY ULIBARRI

Ray ulibarri is beginning his 18th year as a percussion instructor in public schools. Prior to teaching at Reagan High School in San Antonio

Texas, Mr. Ulibarri was the per-cussion director at Klein Forest

High School and Pomona High School in Arvada, Colorado.

During his tenure with Pomona, the band won an un-precedented 11 State Marching Band Championships and was a finalist at the BOA Grand National Cham-pionships in Indianapolis. In addition, the percussion ensemble was a two time medalist at the WGI World Championships and perennial finalist.

In 2002-03 Mr. Ulibarri was the percussion instructor of the University of Colorado Golden Buffalo Marching Band. Mr. Ulibarri was recently the percussion arranger for the Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corp and the for-mer caption Head of the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps. He is also the former front ensemble arranger and caption head of the Blue Knights World Percussion Ensemble. Both groups are recognized as innovators in the world of percussion and have placed in the top three in the world. His Marching Band percussion ar-rangements are in demand throughout the country and he is a freelance composer. In addition Ray is a world class percussion judge for Winter Guard International and Yamaha Sounds of Summer Clinician.

Mr. Ulibarri has studied with Ralph Hardimon Gray Bar-rier, Doug Walter Doug Rosener, Amy Smith and Mark Foster. Ray Ulibarri is an active music adjudicator and clinician throughout the country.

MEET OUR ADJUDICATORS

TAHA AHMED

Taha Ahmed received his Bach-elor of Science in Neurobiolo-gy from the University of Texas at Austin. Currently, he resides in the Houston area where he

works with Cy-Fair High School and Clear Brook High School. He is

also an active instructor, consultant, ar-ranger, designer, and rudimental private lesson teacher at numerous other high schools in the area. When Taha is not teaching, he is working as a Licensed Advanced Emergen-cy Medical Technician and applying to further programs in the medical field.

Taha has multiple years of experience beyond the scho-lastic level. His drum corps experience includes being a snare drummer at Bluecoats 2012, Academy 2011, Santa Clara Vanguard 2010, and the Troopers in 2009 and 2008. Taha is currently the Battery Coordinator for The Manda-rins Drum and Bugle Corps. Prior to that, Taha was a snare tech at The Blue Knights Drum and Bugle Corps from 2016 through 2019, and the snare tech at The Spirit of At-lanta Drum and Bugle Corps for their 2015 season. During his drum corps career, Taha was privileged to learn from instructors such as Mike Jackson, Murray Gusseck, Ralph Hardimon, Glen Crosby, Roger Carter, Eric Shriver, Matt Ramey, Jim Ragsdale, Brian Stevens, Rick Barclay, Derrick Fields, and Kevin Welborn.

In the indoor scene, Taha has also experienced multiple seasons of success as an instructor. He was the Battery Coordinator and Movement Specialist for the 2014 WGI Independent A Gold Medalist, Lone Star Independent. Taha has been working with Monarch Independent since it’s inaugural season in 2015. Monarch Independent was the Texas Color Guard Circuit Independent Open Gold Medalist and WGI Independent Open Finalist in both 2015 and 2016. In 2017, Monarch made its World Class debut and since then has been the Texas Color Guard Circuit Independent World Champion, as well as WGI Championships PIW Finalist. Taha was also the

battery specialist for the 2016 PSO Bronze Medalist, Cy-Fair High school and 2019 PSO Silver Medalist, Clear Brook High School.

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DERRICK SHANNON

Derrick Shannon is a percus-sion specialist originally from the Chicago-land area. He holds the Director of Percus-sive Arts position at Plainfield

Community Schools who were the 2018 WGI PSA Champions

in his first year with the program. He started Percussive Soundscapes which is a company that offers a variety of services to the marching arts commu-nity including custom arrangements for band and winter percussion ensembles. He taught at Ball State University, judges during the weekends and consults with numerous groups across the country.

Derrick marched seven summers of drum corps with groups such as the Phantom Regiment and Cavaliers, both in the battery and front ensemble. Afterward, he became the Percussion Caption Head for the Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps and later the Percussion Coordi-nator and Battery Arranger for the Madison Scouts. He is currently the Percussion Coordinator and Battery Arranger for the Blue Knights. Derrick is also a Creative Director and battery arranger for 317 Performing Arts which supports the independent world group Veritas. He received his Bachelors in Music Education at the VanderCook College of Music and his Master’s in Music Technology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Derrick proudly endorses Innovative Percussion, Pearl/Adams, Remo, and Etymotic. He currently resides in Plainfield, Indiana with his wife Kayla, two daughters Miyah and Olivia as well as their dog Max.

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SCHOOL CLASS PERFORMANCE TIME

Lyndon B. Johnson Intermediate Small 11:00 AM

Bastrop Intermediate Small 11:15 AM

Crockett Intermediate Small 11:30 AM

W. Charles Akins Intermediate Small 11:45 AM

Del Valle Intermediate Small 12:00 AM

Wimberley Intermediate Small 12:15 PM

BREAK 12:30 PM - 12:45 PM

Temple Advanced Small 12:45 PM

Stony Point Advanced Small 1:00 PM

Anderson Advanced Small 1:15 PM

Lockhart Advanced Small 1:30 PM

Cedar Creek Advanced Small 1:45 PM

Georgetown Advanced Small 2:00 PM

William Howard Taft Advanced Small 2:15 PM

LUNCH BREAK 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Dripping Springs Exhibition 3:45 PM

Pflugerville Advanced Large 4:00 PM

New Braunfels Advanced Large 4:15 PM

O'Connor Advanced Large 4:30 PM

Earl Warren Advanced Large 4:45 PM

Brandeis Advanced Large 5:00 PM

BREAK 5:15 PM - 5:30 PM

Douglas MacArthur Advanced Large 5:30 PM

McCallum Advanced Large 5:45 PM

James Bowie Advanced Large 6:00 PM

Lake Travis Advanced Large 6:15 PM

Vandegrift Advanced Large 6:30 PM

Vista Ridge Advanced Large 6:45 PM

Cedar Park Advanced Large 7:00 PM

AWARDS 7:30 PM

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— 2018 —Advanced Large

Cedar Park HS Percussion

Advanced Small Rouse HS Percussion

Intermediate Large Temple HS Percussion

Intermediate Small Harlandale HS Percussion

— 2017 — Adv. Large Division – Vandegrift HSAdv. Small Division – McCallum Hs

Int. Division – Taft HS

— 2016 —6A Division – Vandegrift HS

5A Division – Seguin HS

— 2015 —6A Division – Cedar Ridge HS5A Division – McCallum HS

— 2014 —6A Division – Cedar Ridge HS5A Division – Vista Ridge HS

— 2013 —5A Division – Cedar Ridge HS4A Division – Vandegrift HS

— 2012 —5A Division – Round Rock HS4A Division– Vandegrift HS

— 2011 —5A Division – Round Rock HS4A Division – McCallum HS3A Varsity – Lorena HS/MS

3A Non-Varsity – Eastview HS

— 2010 —5A Division – Round Rock HS

4A Division – Calallen HS

— 2009 —5A Division – Georgetown HS4A Division – McCallum HS3A Division – Lorena "B"

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11TH ANNUAL

DRIPPING SPRINGS PERCUSSION INVITAITONAL

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11TH ANNUAL

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