Show #1 Show Schedule

Show #1 Show Schedule (as of January 21, 2025)

Show #1 Detailed Information

Ticketing, Parking & Much More

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 (updated January 10, 2025)

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: Caleb Rothe

  Location: Fontana, CA

  Caleb Rothe is the Percussion Education Coordinator for WGI Sport of the Arts. He has previously served as a program director, arranger, and instructor for Ayala HS (1997-2009), Pulse Percussion (2004-2007), and Rancho Cucamonga HS (2000-2004). Caleb is an internationally sought-after adjudicator and clinician and has written for numerous groups across the United States and Japan.

  Mr. Rothe has served as an adjudicator at events across the United States, Europe, and Asia. His judging experience includes work with WGI Sport of the Arts, Drum Corps International, Bands of America, Drum Corps Japan, the Malaysia World Band Competition, and many local and regional marching arts organizations and events across the United States.

  Caleb is a Yamaha Performing Artist and endorses Promark sticks and mallets and Remo drumheads. He was a founding member and now serves as President of the Southern California Percussion Alliance. Caleb has previously served as the Vice President of Percussion for the Winter Guard International Board of Directors and has previously been a member of the WGI Percussion Advisory Board and Percussion Steering Committee. Caleb was inducted into the WGI Hall of Fame in 2020.

  Mr. Rothe received his bachelor's degree in Computer Science from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona in 2003, his teaching credential from the University of Redlands in 2007, and his master's degree in Instructional Technology from Fort Hays State University in 2021. He currently serves as an Educational Technology Coach for the Redlands Unified School District, working with teachers on instructional pedagogy, student engagement, and 21st-century lesson design.

  Caleb lives with his wife Kelly and two sons in Fontana, California.

• Effect-Visual: Blair Kuhn

  Location: Westland, MI

  Blair Kuhn received his Bachelors of Arts Degree in Communication & Film Studies from Eastern Michigan University. Blair’s been active in the pageantry art for over 30 years, having performed as a percussionist with the Saginaires Drum & Bugle Corps 1982-84, Northern Aurora Drum & Bugle Corps 1985 & The Cavaliers Drum & Bugle Corps 1986. Along with his background in percussion, Blair is an accomplished Color Guard & Drill designer, with over 25 years of experience. Blair was the visual designer for Eastside Fury Percussion, from 2007-2010 & Co-Director / Designer of Ancora Winter Guard 2007-2014. Blair currently designs for The University of Michigan Winter Guard. Blair currently holds the position of Judge Coordinator for the Michigan Alliance For the Peforming Arts & Visual Caption Administrator for the Michigan Competing Band Association. Currently Blair is an active adjudicator for The Michigan Competing Band Association, Bands Of America, Drum Corps International & Winter Guard International.

• Overview: Jeff Wilson

• T&P: Vickie Braga, Art Nunez

• Contest Administrator: Andrew Blankenship

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Participating Ensembles

Percussion Scholastic Regional A

Capuchino HS

Percussion Scholastic A

Branham HS
Fremont HS
Live Oak HS
Mountain View HS

Percussion Scholastic Concert A

Price Charter School

Percussion Scholastic Concert Junior

Union MS

Winds Independent A

Sparta Winds

Percussion Scholastic Open

Foothill HS

Percussion Independent Open

Sparta Indoor Percussion
Tri-City Percussion

Percussion Scholastic Concert Open

Monta Vista HS

Percussion Scholastic World

Cupertino HS
James Logan HS
Saratoga HS World