The Drum Corps Season Kicks Off Tomorrow

For a number of years, Emily has been involved in drum corps.  She started after her sophomore year of high school (2003) and was a member of Pioneer for two years and then went on to be a member of Phantom Regiment for five years including 2008 when they won the DCI World Championship with their show "Spartucus".  Below are a few pictures of Emily when she was competing for Phantom Regiment.

Since aging-out in 2009, Emily was a mellophone (a marching band version of the french horn) instructor for the Academy the past two summers and will be a mellophone instructor for the Blue Knights this summer.  Below are a few pictures of Emily from this past summer.

If you're unfamiliar with drum corps and would like to learn more about it, see the video on this page.

Drum Corps - Music in Motion

These are a few pictures I took last summer at a drum corps competition last summer.

I used a technique called the zoom effect to create a sense of motion in these photos.  I think this technique has the best chance of succcess when you use either a monopod or a tripod.