Percussion Team

By Ashley Trinh, Staff Writer 

The FV Percussion Team has had an exciting past two weeks performing in two major events.  

Two weeks ago, the FV Percussion Team headed off to Green Oak High School in Temecula and performed “sdrawkcab” (backwards) in the SCPA (Southern California Percussions Alliance) finals. There, the team played and marched several parts of the show in reverse.  

Barons placed a remarkable 3^rd in the competition out of the many southern Californian high schools.  

The team credits much of its victory to intense practice. Their weekly Wednesday practices were from 5:30-9:00 and their Friday ones from 2:00-6:00. In this season alone, the team\’s practice hours totaled over 200.  

Last weekend, FV Percussion also competed in the WGI world championships in Dayton, Ohio. Several teams from across the country and the world, including a Japanese team, competed. 

FVHS placed 4^th overall, while King Phillips HS from Massachusetts placed 3^rd, Trumbull HS from Connecticut took 2^nd, and Pacifica HS from Garden Grove took 1^st.  

Andrew Neeld (‘10) adds, “It was really fun because we knew a lot of other kids from drum line and we got to see each other out of state and represent Southern California.”