Victor Marching Blue Devils

The Victor Marching Blue Devils are proud to present their 2010 production; Axiomata Motus: The Principles of Motion featuring music by Richard Saucedo. This year’s program presents Newton’s Laws of Motion as taken from the Principia Mathematica.

Newton’s First Law: The Law of Inertia demonstrates how an object at rest stays at rest until it is influenced by an external force. Our opening production shows various principles of external forces moving objects at rest and changing the state of objects in continuous motion.

Newton’s Second Law: Force Equals Mass Times Acceleration shows the relationship between the forces applied and the proportional acceleration. This production explores different types of forces and how the acceleration of movement is proportional to that force.

Newton’s Third Law: To Every Action, There is an Equal and Opposite Reaction shows how forces are interactions between two or more bodies. Our closing production presents these principles with a musical and visual presentation of interacting forces culminating with an effective display of classical mechanics.

The Victor Marching Blue Devils are under the direction of Eric Everhart with Assistance from Mark Rider. The design team includes Mark Rider, Ted Mascari, Kirk Gay, Kelly-Moser Vogler, Mary Burke, Mike Heaney, and Lesley Rider. Instructional staff includes Shane Startzel, Patsy Vankirk, Jonathan Ytreberg, and Joe Taylor.

The Marching Blue Devils are celebrating their 29th season of involvement in the New York State Field Band Conference. The group’s storied and successful history includes winning 6 NYSFBC State Championships, a 2^nd place finish last season in the National Class, and a 5^th place finish at the USSBA National Championships in Annapolis, MD.

On Sunday, March 28th, the Victor Band Boosters will host the 2010 New York State Percussion Circuit Championships at Victor Central School (953 High St.) beginning at 2:00 p.m. in the high school gymnasium. Tickets will be sold at the door and are $10.00 and $8.00 for senior citizens.

This year’s event will represent one of the largest gatherings for state championships in the organization’s history. Almost 600 participants, representing 23 percussion ensembles from across New York State will compete in groups ranging from junior high to college class. Participating schools include: Victor, Baldwinsville, Batavia, Central Square, Cicero-North Syracuse, Cornell University, Dundee, East Syracuse-Minoa, Elmira Southside, Fusion, Hilton, Jordan-Elbridge, The Liberators, Liverpool Middle and High School, Marcus Whitman, Midlakes, New Hartford, Onondaga Community College, Phoenix, RIT and Waterloo.

Performances will take place sequentially throughout the afternoon, with the top marching classes performing later in the day.

The event is sponsored by the Victor Band Boosters and the New York State Percussion Circuit, with support from the Victor Central School District.