Drum Corps International
This drum and bugle corps resides in Sacramento, California.
PV's former band director. Now, Butte College's band director.
Who is Mr. Heimlich?
In 1977, this film was released, featuring music composed by John Williams.
What is Star Wars: A New Hope?
A trumpet has three of these.
What is a valve?
The 'middle' note on a piano.
What is C?
The 'blue' winners of the 2024 DCI finals.
Who are The Bluecoats?
The number of years Mr. Symington has been the band director at PVHS. (Including this year)
What is 3 years?
John Williams composed the music for this film, which features an extraterrestrial.
What is E.T.?
The first detachable part of a trumpet that air moves through. Some musicians buy their own.
What is the mouthpiece?
The key signature of Bb Major has this many flats.
What is 2?
Daily Double! This 2022 DCI show featured a synth keytar solo.
What is 'Riffs and Revelations'?
Mercury's rock band music was the feature of the Viking Marching Band's competition field show five years ago.
What is Queen?
John Williams served in this aviation branch of the military.
What is the airforce?
Careful! You don't want to bend this, otherwise your valves wont move.
What is the valve casing?
The frequency (in hertz) of the tuning note typically utilized by European orchestras.
What is 442hz?
The Drum and Bugle Corps that Coach Andy marched with.
Who is Pacific Crest?
Last year, the PVHS Viking Marching Band scored its highest score ever recorded at this competition.
What is Tournament of Champions?
The 93-year-old composer's birthday. (100 for month, 100 for day, 200 for year)
When is February 8, 1932?
To produce a consistent sound through a trumpet, this amount of air force (pounds of pressure) is required.
What is 0.5 pounds of pressure?
Daily Double! In German musical notation B natural is actually writen as this letter.
What is H?
This DCI show features a story about an ancient society that falls due to greed and desire for power.
What is 'Babylon'?
Both Trinity and Zach marched in this Open Class DCI corps.
What is the Vanguard Cadets?
The length in minutes of the entirety of the original Star Wars' score. (Closest guess)
What is 75?
This valve on a trumpet reduces the (open) played pitch by half a step.
What is the second valve?
The technical term for a musical note that is 1/512th the length of one beat.
What is a hemidemisemihemidemisemiquaver?