April 17th, 2010:

TCIE brings home another Finalist finish at WGI Finals!

The 2010 season has come to it's exciting conclusion with TCIE retaining it's Finalist status with a 4th place finish (91.750) in WGI Percussion Independent Open finals! All staff and members would like to thank our family, friends, and local music community for their continued support! A very special thanks to the Tates Creek HS band directors and band program for their support and enthusiasm! Also, a very large thank you to Innovative Percussion, Remo, FJM, Kramer Graphics, and Yamaha.

From a wgi.org PIO Finals review:

Tates Creek Indoor Ensemble – The Other Side
Lexington, KY
4th Place, 91.75

Mystery and intrigue – along with the standard of ramming for days on end – were just some of the entertaining elements Tates Creek offered in their program. The floor was divided into two equal parts – one side blue, the other side orange. The blue side had a sense of calm, while the orange side represented more a fiery hue. The visual design had the ensemble focusing on the aspects of duality, with the music and the visual changing moods at the sections crossed both sides. One particularly interesting segment had the line divided in two. There were a series of movements that had interesting responses, as one line would look in one direction, only to have the other look away. The latter end of the program featured the highly-skilled bass line, which occupied the right portion of the floor and definitely played with a fiery and intense energy – all the way to the end as the rest of the ensemble joined for an exhilarating closer.

2010 WGI Finals

TCIE Snareline in the lot at WGI Finals