“The most challenging part of the season was how different it was in comparison to normal years. Many of the members this year hadn't even played their instrument before, according to Caden Wach, a junior at Longmont High School, and they had to learn something completely new, he said. “I’m really proud of how everybody handled it and we were able to improve really quickly once we were in-person. I didn't get all of my first season (because of lockdown last year) but it didn't affect me too much because I didn't know all the experience that we (were supposed to get,)” she said. Saskia Leisy, a Longmont High School sophomore student, has been a member of the Longmont drumline for nearly two years and has not had the opportunity to fully experience the entirety of the competitions and performance as a result of the pandemic, she said. The top 15 for us was really what we were striving for.” “This year, once you make the finals, that is your reward. “(Performances) are almost impossible to judge on video,” he said. This season all 15 finalists receive the same level of recognition, including Longmont’s group, according to Dave Marvin, ensemble director for the Longmont Combined Schools Drumline and director and arranger for the Denver Broncos Stampede. This year no winner will be announced at the world finals. Because of the pandemic, all drumline competitions have been done virtually. WGI World Finals are usually performed in-person in Dayton, Ohio in front of a crowd of 1,500 spectators. In what has been an unprecedented year for the organization, Merrill said student performers continued to thrive in a sport that has put Longmont in the map nation- and worldwide. We started the season remotely, and were not able to have rehearsals together, students would use Webex and would be practicing with drum pads and rehearsing that way, making the most of it.” “This year is a very, very different situation. “With our drumline, we’ve been competitive for many years and a world champion about every other year,” he said. In addition, the group has won ten Rocky Mountain Percussion Association, or RMPA, State Championships, seven in as many years, according to David Merrill, director of bands at Longmont High School. This is the seventh time the Longmont Combined Schools Drumline has been selected as a WGI finalist.

Vrain School District program mixing music, percussion, athletics and theater - qualified for the Winter Guard International, or WGI, World Finals. After a season of virtual rehearsals and performances, the Longmont Combined Schools Drumline - a St.

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