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​Small Division

Up to 20 members in the ensemble

Medium Division
21-29 members in the ensemble

Large Division
30 members or more in the ensemble
Forney ISD will be hosting the 2nd annual North Texas Drumline Contest on September 26th, 2020 at City Bank Stadium.  Joining us for our second year is TBD. We look forward to providing another percussion opportunity to the students and staff of the DFW area.  Groups will have a chance to be evaluated by world class judges and receive a mini clinic to help the progress of their contest show. 

Performance slots of 20 minutes will allow the judges to provide feedback to the performers after their performance. Each school will also receive written comments and an audio recording.  Forney HS is located ten minutes east of Mesquite and twenty minutes east from downtown Dallas. We hope to see you this fall for the beginning of another great contest serving the DFW percussion community. 
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The contest will be divided into size classifications.  Awards for best snare line, best tenor line, best bass line, and best front ensemble in each category. The top 3 scoring groups in each category will receive trophies.

Each ensemble is $250.  Checks are made out to Forney ISD and mailed to:

Forney ISD c/o Mario Luna
600 S. Bois d'Arc
Forney, Texas 75126




jeff ausdemore

Jeff Ausdemore is entering his fifth year as Director of Music at Grapevine-Colleyville’s iUniversity Prep. In this new role, Mr. Ausdemore oversees all music curricula, including music theory music history, music composition/arranging, as well as applied music for all primary and secondary level students. In addition, Mr. Ausdemore has created the iMusic Club, a club dedicated to enriching the lives of all students enrolled at iUniversity Prep. ​

Prior to this post, Mr. Ausdemore served eleven years as the Director of Percussion Studies at Colleyville Heritage High School. In this expanded role, Mr. Ausdemore served as the percussion coordinator, head of jazz studies, and co-director/composer/arranger of the Colleyville Heritage marching band.

Under Ausdemore’s direction, the Colleyville Heritage High School percussion program flourished, gaining national notoriety through chamber music, guest artist concerts of all genres, recitals, and ensemble competitions. The percussion program has enjoyed competitive success at many levels, including the 2013 and 2014 gold medal for the North Texas Color Guard Association, as well as capturing the 2008 Percussive Arts Society Marching Percussion title. Other accolades include the Percussive Arts Society’s “Call for Tapes” winners, the Percussive Arts Society’s Small Ensemble Champions, the Plano Drum Line Competition marching percussion champions, as well as the Lone Star Drum Line Competition champions.

In Mr. Ausdemore’s first year at CHHS, he launched the GCISD Percussion Club, expanding the students’ musical education and enriching the lives of GCISD middle and high school percussion students throughout the district. The GCISD Percussion Club presented master classes, clinics, solo and ensemble performances by local and regional professionals throughout the north Texas area. The GCISD Percussion Club has produced a record amount of students selected for the GCISD “Select Band”, the Region 24 “All-region Band”, the Region 24 “All Region Jazz Band”, and the Texas “All-State Band”. CHHS is proud to have produced several percussion students who have earned the national title for the Percussive Arts Society’s solo champion on several different percussion instruments as well.

​Mr. Ausdemore has featured this unique pedagogical model at many state music conventions throughout the United States, including the 2009 and 2011 Texas Music Educators Association Conventions.

​In addition to his teaching duties at Colleyville Heritage High School, Mr. Ausdemore served as the percussion arranger and caption head for the Blue Knights Drum and Bugle Corps from 2006 through 2010. During Ausdemore’s tenure at the Blue Knights, the percussion program produced several individual solo championships, ensemble championships, and a strong reputation for excellence, placing in the elite “top 12” in the Drum Corps International Championships consistently. 

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contest information

Registration Link
​$250 per ensemble

Contest Invoice

Payment Link
​(Coming soon)

​Contest Map
(Coming soon)

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contact information


​Mario Luna
Director of Fine Arts - Contest Host
mario.luna@edu.forneyisd.net
469.762.4100 - office
469.762.4101 - fax


Jim Gist
NFHS Percussion Instructor - Warm-up/Parking coordinator
james.gist@edu.forneyisd.net


Riley Warren
FHS Percussion Instructor - Stadium coordinator
riley.warren@edu.forneyisd.net

Shannon Jacobs
FHS Drumline Instructor - Logistics 





PLEASE NOTE:
REFUNDS ARE NOT REFUNDABLE TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE CONTEST DUE TO PLANNED LOGISTICS.

Director of fine arts

Mario Luna
maluna@forneyisd.net

fine art COORDINATOR

Jenae Glanton
jmglanton@forneyisd.net

ADMINISTRATIVE assistant

Lisa James
600 S. Bois d'Arc
Forney, Texas 75126
972.564.4055 x10300
lljames@forneyisd.net

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