FROM THE DESK OF COMMANDER NATHAN INGRAHM, COMMANDANT, THE CHIEFS DRUM & BUGLE CORPS 2013JUL15

Greetings and salutations,

With the Season hitting full tilt, and an 11th place look in the rankings as of last night, I've already begun writing out my ideas for next Season's corps. I'm thinking a story route, and a classic one at that.

"Into the Rabbit Hole"

The story of Alice in Five Moments

Introduction- Valse Sentimentale by Tchaikovsky

Eerie, intriguing, and short. Pulls the audience in right away. Introduces our Alice.

Announcement of the name, and then

Opener - White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane

Straight forward rundown of a great piece.

Feature - The Walrus and the Carpenter by Disney

Lots of solos, and the drum feature of course.

Ballad - Valse Sentimentale reprise

Fuller version of this piece.

Closer - Dance of the Knights by Prokofiev, Without a Care by Ohne Sorgen, Symphony No. 4 - Finale by Charles Ives

Medleyed, with the Ives work's strange yet enticing big finish!

I hope the Season proves successful for you and your corps!

COMMANDER NATHAN INGRAHM

Nice show. Gonna have to postpone my Alice in Wonderland show now, haha.

Good luck the rest of this season and next!

Oops, sorry, I didn't realize someone else was doing one, also. It may end up changing; it's just a rough idea for now.

And thank you. :) You, too!

I was kidding haha. Got other stuff in the works! :)

Keep it up, you've got a great debut season going!

Oh... haha, I'm pretty oblivious...

Thank you!