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Winter 2009-Confluence: The Art of Flowing Together
One of the Winter Drumline's most successful shows to date, it was designed around the idea of unity in motion. The show was built in four movements, featuring pit music adapted from the band Tortoise in addition to some incredible four-mallet manipulations, and with battery drill designed around ever-shifting and adapting groups. The group took second place in PSO, narrowly missing a shot at the championship.
Winter 2008-Uncommon Time
This show featured Dream Theater's Dance of Eternity, and the title was a play on the song's frequent use of metric modulation. Though not something you could easily tap your foot to, the show was a smash hit, propelling the group to 3rd place in AIA PSO competition
Winter 2007-Mind, Body, Spirit
The 2007 Winter Drumline show was based around Minoru Miki's challenging Marimba Spiritual, and was designed by Steve Ballard, Brett Garrett, and Joey Rivera. The show began with calming Tai Chi in the battery and finished with and an explosive roar
Winter 2006-Nightmares
Nightmares was a show that had a complete storyline throughout the whole piece, involving a young boy being scared by the monsters who crawl out from under his bed. It was written by Steve Ballard, Brett Garrett, and Joey Rivera and featured themes from horror movies such as The Twilight Zone and North by Northwest.
Winter 2005-Fire Garden Suite
The 2005 show was the first winter show that Steve Ballard arranged for TJ's Winter Drumline, and featured pieces entitled Bangkok/Bullwhip, Angel Food, and Taurus Bulba and the drill was designed by Brett Garrett. This was a very exciting head-banging kind of show without much of a storyline that took the drumline in a whole new direction compared to last year's show.
Winter 2004-Devices
The 2004 show was an exciting one, stimulating both visually and aurally. It was composed and arranged by Paul Fadoul, with show design by Mike Kirby and Paul Fadoul, and featured Switch, Consciousness, Autonomy, and Destruction. It revolved around a group of devices that learn to free themselves from their master and control themselves. This show had a distinct plot, and had many dramatic moments.
Winter 2003-City Life
The show in 2003 was arranged by PJ Fadoul, and featured sections of Omphalo Centric Lecture, by Nigel Westlake and You Enjoy Myself, by Phish. The show was based around the occurrences of everyday life; the viewer felt as if s/he were walking down a busy city street.
Winter 2002-Modern America
2002 was the only year that the winter guard participated with the drumline. The show music was arranged by PJ Fadoul and featured Quick Blood, by Adam Silverman and Heroes Lost and Fallen, by David Gillingham. The entire show was based around a great battle between the guard and drumline, and included many suspensful and heart-felt moments.
Winter 2001-The Nightmare Before Christmas
The music from Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas comprised the Thomas Jefferson Winter Drumline show of 2001. Pieces arranged by Stacy Loggins included Sally's Song, Halloween, What's This?, Kidnap the Sandy Claus, and Making Christmas. The show was a huge crowd pleaser and led the drumline to our first PSO victory at the Mills Godwin competition.
Winter 2000-Variations on a Korean Folksong
This show was also a production by Stacy Loggins. The drumline competed in class PSA and dominated nearly every competition, earning scores over 90 by the end of the season.
Winter 1999-South of the Border
This was the first show after the drumline had a break for several years. The line competed in PSN this year.