Public Safety Pipes & Drums for a Cause games
(PSPDC)
SUNDAY October 25, 2009
2pm to 7pm contest to start at 3pm sharp.
Come watch New England area's best Pipe and Drum bands perform and compete for charity and bragging rights for the next year. Bands from all across New England will set on Brockton to compete to be the best public safety band in the land. There will be food, fun, music, and a whole lot more.
Save the date!! On Sunday October 25, in partnership with the Shaw’s conference center and Campanelli stadium, home of the Brockton Rox the Brockton Firefighters Pipes and Drums would like to invite you to the first annual public safety pipes and drums for a cause games (PSPDG). The plan for these games is quite simple. You will be required to play in a circle one march set for a time frame of 3 to 6 minutes and perform at the end of the evening in a massed band. Each band will pay a $150.00 entrance fee and pick a charity that is close and personal to your band. All entrants will have to help promote the event by sending out informational packets, selling tickets at $5.00 or just plain spreading the word. There will be a top three winners group and of those top three the prize money will be divided for the respective charities. All bands must have their charities named by October one (1st) for their charity to be eligible for prize money. The first place winner will receive 50% of the proceeds in a check to their respective charity, the second place winner will receive 30% for their charity and the third place winner will receive 20%.
Public is welcome so tell all your friends!
Tickets are now available for purchase in advance and at the door for the cost of $5.00.
Public Safety Pipes & Drums for a Cause games
(PSPDC)
COMPETITION RULES AND REGULATIONS
Note: Rules and regulations are taken in part from the EUSPBA website for grade 5 at euspba.org.
(http://euspba.org/resource/rule/rulesnregs.pdf)
General Rules:
Bands should be considered a public safety band to be eligible to enter, i.e. Fire, police, or other form of EMS service.
Bands shall be made up of a minimum of five pipers, two snares, one bass drum, as per euspba rules for grade five. Bands will be allowed to enter more than one band. To enter satellite bands you will have to add the letters a, b, c, to the bands entering and all satellites will have to pay an entrance fee.
Bands entering will name a charity of their choosing. The top three winners will receive prize money in the form of a check for their respective charity in their name. All bands will receive a written acknowledgement for their band and charity. The monetary break down for each charity shall be as follows.
50% to first place
30% to second place
20% to third place
Bands shall pay the $150.00 entrance fee and have their charity named by October 1 2009.
All bands are asked to participate in a massed band march following the competition. The PSPDC committee’s suggested massed band tunes are,
Scotland the Brave, the Rowan Tree, Wings
Minstrel boy Wearing o’ the Green
Green Hills, Battles or’, Balmoral
Adjudication:
Adjudication will begin on the first tap of the drum rolls and end on the last note of your performance. The PSPDC committee will provide judges for these games.
The PSPDC games will be judged by two (2) piping judges, one (1) ensemble judge, and one (1) snare drumming judge.
Each band will be required to play one medley of 3 to 6 minutes in length. The Medley will be a selection of tunes of any length, type, tempo, and time signature.
Each band shall march into the circle by the tap. All bands will march by the tap when leaving the circle. EUSPBA style evaluation sheets will be provided to each judge prior to the start of the contest. Judges are asked to make the fullest use of the sheets provided in evaluating the competitors. Judges shall assign a numeric placing in the “placing” box for the first (1st) through sixth (6th) for all bands. Each sheet used by the judges must bear the judge's signature.
Promotions:
Members of the PSPDC committee ask that all bands entering assist in some form of positive promotion for these games, i.e. sending out flyers, posters and ticket sales. The committee will provide all promotion materials. Tickets for the general public are available at the cost of five ($5) dollars. There will be advanced tickets available as well as at the door sales.
All proceeds will be going to charity.
