Show #1 Show Schedule

Preliminary schedule will be released three weeks prior to the event date.

Show #1 Detailed Information

Tickets

Spectator Ticket Sales through TicketTailor

• All tickets need to be purchased online through TicketTailor.

• Upon arrival, proceed to Ticketing to have your ticket scanned and to receive a wristband.

• Ticketing at NCPA events is cashless. Tickets must be purchased through TicketTailor.

• Children five and under are free with one adult ticket.

• All ticket sales are non-refundable.

Show #1 Maps

School, Parking, and Gym Maps

Please note the entryway dimensions and make sure your equipment/props can fit through the entryways. If your equipment/props do NOT fit through the entryway, contact NCPA so we can prepare a plan for your group’s equipment/props.

Show #1 Modifications

• 1. Interval times will be increased by 2 minutes

  A class will receive 11 total minutes (up from 9)

  
Open Class will receive 12 total minutes (up from 10)

  
World Class will receive 13 total minutes (up from 11)

• 2. Groups will be encouraged to use their full allotted time.

  At the conclusion of your show, feel free to reset to a particular moment of your show and run it again. Use the opportunity to get additional reps on challenging parts of the show, exciting parts of the show, things you just learned, or whatever you feel would best benefit your program.


  This is not a rehearsal - no metronomes, staff on the floor, etc. - keep it in the spirit of the performance


  You should decide ahead of time how you are planning to use your time, and communicate this to your kids, so that it is as seamless and organized as possible


  Judges will stop judging at the conclusion of your initial performance; anything you do afterwards is purely in the spirit of providing your kids additional time on the floor

  
While not factoring into their numbers, Judges will continue to provide constructive commentary on anything you do during post-performance

• 3. No penalties will be assessed for exceeding your interval time, but please don’t exceed your interval time

  To ensure you feel comfortable leveraging your full time, we will not penalize you for going a bit over


  You will still receive a written record of your original performance time for future planning


  A NCPA representative will alert you when there are 2 minutes remaining in your interval time

• 4. Only 2 judges will judge this first show, with their primary focus being Effect-Music and Effect-Visual

  The best feedback you can receive early in the season is about how your show is coming together, so you can make good decisions on show design while there is still time to make adjustments. Thus we are eliminating the Performance-Music and Performance-Visual captions for this show only, to put more focus on “the big picture”


  The Effect-Music and Effect-Visual judges will be encouraged where appropriate to speak outside their captions to help craft the best feedback they believe they can provide for you


  Scores will be weighted 60% Effect-Music, 40% Effect-Visual

• 5. Critique will have increased time with each of the two judges

  You will receive 4 minutes with each judge, as opposed to the normal 3 minutes

Judges

• Effect-Music: Charley Poole

  Location: Stoneham, MA

  Charles A. Poole, Jr. began his musical career in 1957 in Connecticut as a percussion student of former world champion individual snare drummer, Robert Redican. During the course of his performing years Mr. Poole was awarded the Connecticut and Northeastern States Individual Snare Drum Championship on four occasions (1966-1969) as well as a three-time winner of the National Individual Championship (1968, 1970, 1971). Additionally, he performed with the national award-winning championship percussion section of the Boston Crusaders Drum & Bugle Corps.
  
  He received his BA in Political Science from Boston College in 1973, Juris Doctorate from New England School of Law in 1977, and Master of Music Education from Boston University in 2008.
  
  He has taught, arranged for and adjudicated marching bands, drum corps, and percussion ensembles throughout the United States, Canada and Japan.
  
  His arranging and instructional credits include 27th Lancers, Bluecoats, Star of Indiana, East Coast Jazz, Connecticut Yanks Ancient Fife and Drum Corps, 27th Lancers Reunion Corps, Boston Crusaders Senior Drum Corps, Boston College Marching Band, Dartmouth (MA) High School, Nazareth (PA) High School, Malden (MA) High School.
  
  He has served as an adjudicator for the following circuits and associations: Drum Corps International, Drum Corps Associates, Winter Guard International, New England Scholastic Band Association, Massachusetts Instrumental and Choral Conductors Association, Indiana State Scholastic Music Association, Maine Band Directors Association, Musical Arts Conference, US Bands, Western Bands Association, Indiana Percussion Association, Mississippi Indoor Association, Louisiana Mississippi Color Guard and Percussion Circuit, Rocky Mountain Percussion Association, Mid Atlantic Percussion Society, Michigan Alliance for the Performing Arts, Keystone Indoor Drill Association, Northern California Percussion Alliance, Atlantic Indoor Association
  
  New England Scholastic Band Association Chief Assigning Judge
  1997-2000
  2022-Present
  
  In 2019 he concluded his education career as a member of the music faculty of the Everett (MA) Public Schools where he served as an instrumental teacher, as well as holding the positions of Assistant Marching Band Director (1998-2011), Marching Band Director (2012-2019) and Percussion Ensemble Director (1998-2019). Under his tutelage, the Everett Crimson Tide Marching Band and Percussion Ensemble won numerous awards, including multiple-time New England Scholastic Band Association and Winter Guard International Regional Championships.
  
  He is a member of the Drum Corps International, World Drum Corps, Boston Crusaders and Massachusetts Drum Corps Halls of Fame. Additionally, he is the recipient of the United States Association of Rudimental Drummers Lifetime Achievement Award. He is a clinician and signature artist with Loyal Drums, Pro-Mark Drumsticks, Evans Drumheads, Zildjian Cymbal, and Pearl Drum Companies. He has presented clinics at PASIC, the Massachusetts Music Educators Association and Ohio Music Educators Annual Conferences and is a member of the Percussive Arts Society, National Association for Music Educators, Massachusetts Music Educators Association, the National Association of Rudimental Drummers and Massachusetts Judges Association.

• Effect-Visual: Ed Martinez

  Location: Pasadena, CA

  Eduardo Martinez has worked with high school marching bands and independent winter guard programs in the Middle Atlantic and Southern California since 1995 as a director and visual designer/consultant. Past program affiliations include Broad Run HS (Ashburn, VA), McLean HS (McLean, VA), Solution Performance Ensemble (Huntington Beach, CA), Revelation (Richmond, VA), and Stonewall Independent (Manassas, VA). Eduardo is currently a design consultant with George Mason University Winter Guard (Fairfax, VA). He has judged for fall marching band and winter guard/percussion circuits throughout the U.S since 2000. He has judged with Bands of America (BOA) and Winter Guard International (WGI) since 2024. Eduardo previously served as circuit president for Atlantic Indoor Association (AIA) and percussion and winds coordinator for Winter Guard Association of Southern California (WGASC). Eduardo is a Forecast Manager with Southern California Gas Company. He graduated with a BA in International Business from California State University Fullerton and a MA in Economics from California State University Long Beach. Eduardo has been a member of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association since 2007.

• Overview: Jeff Wilson

  Location: San Jose, CA

• T&P: Art Nunez

• Contest Administrator: Andrew Blankenship

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Participating Ensembles

Percussion Scholastic Concert J

Union MS

Percussion Scholastic Regional A

Oak Grove HS
Vanden HS

Percussion Scholastic A

California HS
Fremont HS
Live Oak HS
Los Gatos HS
Monta Vista HS
Saratoga HS A

Percussion Scholastic Concert A

The King’s Academy

Winds Independent A

Sparta Winds

Percussion Scholastic Open

Amador Valley HS
Branham HS
Foothill HS
Granite Bay HS

Percussion Independent Open

Sacramento State Indoor Percussion Ensemble
Tri-City Percussion

Percussion Scholastic Concert Open

Leigh HS

Percussion Scholastic World

Cupertino HS
James Logan HS
Saratoga HS World