D a y  O f   P e r c u s s i o n

When:	November 18, 2006 8:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Location:	Colorado State University University Center for the Arts 1400 Remington Ave. Fort Collins, CO

Recap:

The 2nd annual RMPA Day of Percussion event was a huge success! 150 students, instructors, and parents attended the all day event to share ideas and learn from a fantastic group of clinicians. Colorado State University provided the use of the new University Center for the Arts for the event. Many thanks to Eric Hollenbeck, Assistant Professor of Percussion for all of his help with the event!

Individual instrument sessions included keyboards, snare, tenors, and bass drum. Students also had the opportunity to attend a hand drumming clinic, a college audition prep session, a drum circle, and more. Clinicians included Scott Johnson, Matt Savage, Giff Howarth, Doug Walter and Eric Hollenbeck. Extremely informative sessions were also available for instructors, band directors, and parents. These sessions included Arranging, Proper Classification, Movement, Utilizing Electronics, Management Basics, and Trip Planning/Logistics.

After a full day of great sessions and tons of great giveaways from Vic Firth, Yamaha, Remo, Zildjian, ProMark, and Xymox, the final session of the day provided the opportunity for all of the participants to ask the judges questions in the Judges Panel Discussion followed by a social event with refreshments provided by RMPA.

Survey results and pictures will soon be on the website.

RMPA is committed to continuing to provide this excellent educational opportunity. Keep an eye on www.rmpa.org for information about next year's event.