Image Design by: Adam Brixey

 

Information Overload
The show is a musical collage featuring the music of Frank Ticheli, Morten Lauridsen, and Leonard Bernstein.

Click here to play Information Overload - 2004 Show (requires Windows Media Player)

Director:
Ast. Director:
Guard Director:
Ast. Guard Director:

David Carbone
Barbara Siler
Belynda Freiden
Scott Plumlee

Field Cmds:
Guard Capt:
Guard Co-Capts:
President:

Ben Carpenter, Adam Brixey
Lauren Swallow
Rachel Ramke, Lauren Rockwell
Nicole Stahl

Wind Orchestration: 

Michael Siler

Instructional Staff:

Aaron Fromm, David Catogni, Nate Haupt, 
Mike Goretta, Brent Hayden

Percussion Orchestration :

David Carbone, Mike Rabinowitz

Music Staff:

Brent Hayden, Judy Varner, Mike Goretta, 
Kelli Pence

Drill Design:

Jamey Thompson

Color Guard Staff:

Scott Plumlee, Jennifer Plumlee, Amanda 
Van Druemel, Natalie Pratt Stephanie Thompson, Jessie Stephens, Belynda Freiden

Colorguard Design:

Sheldon Apo, Amanda VanDruemel, Stephanie Thompson, Stephanie Good

The program is presented in 5 parts:

Parts I and II – “Post it” featuring the music “Postcard” by Frank Ticheli

Part III – “Silence”, a ballad featuring the music “O Magnum Mysterium” by Morten Lauridsen

Part IV – “Cellular Madness” an interlude featuring “Masque” by Leonard Bernstein

Part V – “Overload”, featuring a reprise of “Postcard”

 

INFORMATION OVERLOAD reflects on society’s inherent nature to crave information, and its dependency on it.  We will touch on the modern day acquisitions of technology and society, the internet, the stock market, cell phones, you name it!  In a nutshell – watch a news channel sometime, MSNBC, CNN, how many signboards and floating messages can a single channel have?  What and how much can we expect to focus on at once?  Why is society so afraid of silence?  Of stillness?  The music will be frenetic, the visual drill blinding in confusion, only to resolve in silence, and consonance.  It will be exciting and at the same time reflective.  


 

Columnist for Bands of America and Drum Corps International offers this summary of the Marching Eagles production of "Information Overload" written after the band's special exhibition performance at the BOA Grand National Finals:

Bellbrook High School Marching Band
Bellbrook, OH
Class AA Champion exhibition
Bellbrook High School was the Class AA Champion from Semi-Finals.

"Information Overload" asked the modern day question, "Why are we so afraid of silence?" Frank Ticheli's frenetic "Postcard" swerved through the confused and hasty confusion of everyday life amidst the pounding stimuli of a world connected perhaps a bit too much. A respite in the form of the lovely strains of Morten Laudisen's "O Magnum Mysterium" offered the solace that people on the go seem to yearn for, but can rarely obtain. All too fast, "Masque" from Leonard Bernstein's "The Age of Anxiety" swept away any notion of relaxation with a reminder that the information age is not going to go away, with giant cell phone sets cautioning us that while we might be able to run from the grip of technology, we will never be able to hide from it completely. Michael Boo

For Michael Boo's complete article visit http://www.bands.org/public/forums/gncoverage/reports/

 

Performance Results:

2004 Accolades
King's - Grand Champion, 1st Place Open Class
 BOA Pontiac* - 1st Place AA, Outstanding Music & Visual, 3rd Overall
 Fairborn - Exhibition
 BOA St. Louis* - 1st Place Class AA, All Captions, 5th Overall
 MSBA Championships - 1st Place Open Class
 BOA Nationals* - 1st Place AA, Best GE, 16th Place Overall
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