 
May 1st thru May 4th Whitehall Indoor Percussion and Colorguard at Tournament of Bands All-Chapters Championships Here you will find daily updates directly from the Wildwood events, including: Score and ranking daily updates Pictures taken throughout the day Synopsys of the days happenings and more!
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Thursday, May 1st Scheduled Events: Notes from Wildwood: Had a great bus ride to Wildwood - watched movie on bus Got to rest stop early and had late breakfast instead of lunch. Unloaded food and luggage from bus - settled into rooms Colorguard went to Rec center for late afternoon practice, lead by Mr Hilborn Percussion practiced all afternoon in hotel parking lot Chaperones had 'cookout' indoors (too cold to eat outside today!) with burgers and hotdogs (kids were hungry and ate good!) Colorguard had free evening, most went for a walk on the boardwalk Percussion continued to prepare for preliminaries later in the evening Indoor Percussion headed to Convention Center at 10:10pm, along with everyone else! Percussion performed a great show - scored a 94.1, just one tenth of a point behind Triton....! Whitehall goes on second out of three at finals on Saturday. Arrived back at rooms around 12:45pm...snacks and lights out by 1:15pm Whew what a day!
Pictures from the Days Events: (click on picture to view gallery)  
Pictures by Jeff Crammer Pictures by Chris Surovy
Friday, May 2nd Scheduled Events: Notes from Wildwood: Got to sleep in a little longer today - wake up was 8am, breakfast at 9am Had a hearty pancakes and sausage breakfast! Percussion practiced in morning on parking lot Colorguard took a long morning walk on the beach, hunted for shells and waded into the ocean then a continued walk on the boardwalk Took a break for a deli lunch in chaperone suite Colorguard headed to the Wildwood Recreation Center for a stretching session and rehearsal Percussion wrapped up practice and we all walked to Convention center Colorguard performed their hearts out in the convention center, scored an 83.7, putting them 4th place in the finals!!!!! Came back and enjoyed a home-cooked dinner including chicken, corn and mac-n-cheese. Topped the evening off with Italian ice, donated by Rollies Ice Cream!!
Pictures from the Days Events: (click on picture to view gallery)  
Pictures by Jeff Crammer Pictures by Chris Surovy
Saturday, May 3rd Scheduled Events: Notes from Wildwood: Early morning wakeup for chaperones to make bacon! Everyone enjoyed a full breakfast of bacon and eggs, assorted fruit, cereals, hash browns, etc. Colorguard worked on the scrapbooks for their Directors, Todd and AJ. Percussion practiced all morning in preparation for the afternoon finals. Served a full lunch including ziti, spaghetti and meatballs, salad and assorted Italian sides. After lunch, colorguard had free time on the boardwalk to shop...a few girls made their W.I.P.E. shirts in support of the percussion finals that evening. Loaded up percussion and headed to convention center Watched percussion perform against Quakertown and Triton. Colorguard headed to Rec Center for an evening practice Percussion returned to hotel for a fun taco dinner! Colorguard also enjoyed dinner when they returned a bit later. A few members of the percussion group spent some time on the boardwalk purchasing 'bling' and assorted souvenirs. Everyone loaded up on the bus at 11pm and headed to convention center for the Percussion awards full retreat. Watched United Percussion's final performance...including the now famous tri-axis drummer!! All the percussion groups finally made their way to the floor and awards began... Awards for Scholastic World Concert Percussion were finally announced......3rd place......with a score of 92.9....Quakertown!.....2nd place.....with a score of 95.8.....Triton!.......and first place....and the 2008 All Chapter Champions.......with a score of 96.4.......Whitehall! Everyone returned to hotel at around 1am.... Percussion met with Mr Roman for the presentation of their medals. Colorguard packed up and worked on hair straightening. Lights out at 1:30am!! Whew!
Pictures from the Days Events: (click on picture to view gallery)  
Pictures by Jeff Crammer Pictures by Chris Surovy Indoor Percussion Finals Video: (click on picture to view video) 
Sunday, May 4th Scheduled Events: Notes from Wildwood: Very early wakeup for Colorguard (6:30am!) to get hair ready and eat Great continental breakfast for all Colorguard headed to Rec Center for 2 hour practice before finals Percussion group unloaded truck, re-packed equipment and then loaded up truck for the trip home Everyone heads to Convention center for Colorguard finals competition!! Colorguard performs their best ever show - cross your fingers! Everyone takes a break on the boardwalk for some lunch and shopping Colorguard heads back to convention center to watch some of the other competing groups everyone arrives at convention center at 3:30pm for Colorguard final awards and retreat Scores are announced for Colorguard Scholastic Intermediate A groups.... 5th place is.....not Whitehall........, 4th place is.......not Whitehall......3rd place is......NOT Whitehall...........2nd place.......with a score of 89.1.....WHITEHALL HIGH SCHOOL INDOOR COLORGUARD!!!!! Everyone heads to back of convention center to congratulate the colorguard!....1st time they ever placed in the top 3 at Championships!! Colorguard heads out to celebrate and change into street clothing Everyone gets on the bus to head for home....what a great long weekend!! Quick stop at the rest stop for dinner then continue home Arrived at McArthur Road and were greeted by a full police and fire engine escort to the school!!! Final equipment unpacking at the Middle School then everyone heads home for well-deserved night sleep....... :)
Pictures from the Days Events: (click on picture to view gallery)  
Pictures by Jeff Crammer Pictures by Chris Surovy Indoor Colorguard Finals Video: (click on picture to view video) 
Pictures from Wildwood by Parents: (click on picture to view gallery)   Pictures by Michelle Relyea Pictures by Dale Michael
    
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