Brecksville-Broadview Heights drum majors attend drum major clinic
Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School drum majors had the opportunity to attend the clinic Smith Wallbridge Drum Major at Eastern Illinois University the last week of July.Senior and junior Katherine Popek Franklin and John Drumm Verhovnik, spent the week polishing their skills on and take driving courses for professional drivers.
Each day consisted of walking outside class time, and after the evening activities and dinner.
The camp was attended by over 300 drum majors from several states and the last day, they played at the Midway in March for the public to friends and relatives.
The trio are very grateful that the band boosters helped send them to the camp where they have gained valuable leadership skills that will help during band camp and band season.
Katey Kubera, 2009-2011 drum major, also attended the clinic on her own because she enjoyed the experience of the last two years and was a valuable resource for current drum majors.
She will attend Cleveland State University this fall and is majoring in music therapy.
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the Smith-Wallbridge Drum Major Clinic at Eastern Illinois University the last week of July. Senior Franklin Popek and juniors Katherine Drumm and John Verhovnik, spent the week polishing their marching techniques and taking conducting classes from
“It's a pretty interesting idea, having somebody legally blind conducting a marching band,” fellow drum major Jeff Panhorst said. Even though Heddings is in his third year with Marching Mizzou, band director Brad Snow said he never recognized Heddings
This year 17 people auditioned to be a KU drum major. An audition consists of demonstrating skills used during performances, conducting the 240-member band, interviewing with the marching band director and writing an essay.
In 2008, Kovach was elected as drum major, which was decided through a vote by the bandsmen and partly teacher discretion. "The most challenging [part of being drum major] was getting everyone to stay focused at the same time," Kovach said.
Playing in the band is a lot different than leading it, so South Lakes drum majors spend a week at the George N. Parks Drum Major Academy at West Chester University, where they spend three hours a day concentrating on conducting, says Brake.
Legally blind drum major leads Marching Mizzou | UWIRE
As junior Paul Heddings stands atop a podium in the Marching Mizzou practice field, he conducts the band with confidence.
He raises his arms and the 350-person band crescendos. As he lowers them, the music grows quieter. At the end of the fight song, he signals for the band to stop and it obeys. What the musicians on the ground don’t realize is that he is legally blind.
Heddings’ visual impairment is not due to just one medical issue. It is the result of retina detachments and cataracts, both primarily in his right eye.
His left eye is his “good eye,” though he still experiences distortions in his central vision.
“There really isn’t much more they can do for my right eye,” he said. “The problem with cataract surgeries is that they can lead to retina detachments. So, if you’ve already had them, it just makes it worse.”
As he describes it, the thin layer of tissue in the back of his eye is coming apart, creating a series of blind spots in his vision. Normally, such a blind spot would appear as a little black dot. Heddings’ brain overcompensates and brings the edges of the spot together, creating bumps and distortions in his vision and making reading of any kind more difficult.
Heddings also has a scleral buckle around his right eye to prevent it from pulling apart, leaving it completely blind.
“I’ve had around 13 invasive surgeries, and I don’t even know how many laser surgeries and treatments, all within the span of a year and a half,” he said. “To make a really bad joke, it really blindsided me.”
Although more interested in sports than music, Heddings started band in fifth grade. He played football and baseball until his junior year of high school, when his eye problems forced him out of contact sports.
“Sports were a big part of my life, so I had to find something to do with myself,” Heddings said. “That’s where music came in.
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