On the clear morning of August 13th, members of the Fountain Valley Royal Regiment began their first day of a two week long field camp for the 2012 season.
For six days a week, members rehearsed through heat and humidity to learn and refine their 2012 field show entitled “Fire”, a musical and visual representation of the different characteristics of fire. Igor Stravinsky’s “Firebird Suite” and Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire” are just a couple of the musical selections for the program.
“It’ll be quite the hot topic in a month or so!”, said Alex Quan of the brass line when asked about this year’s show concept.
The FVRR has been working very hard this summer to bring a great show onto the field for the 2012 season. Every day members rehearsed from 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. working on marching technique, choreography, and musical perfection for hours at a time.
“We’re doing a lot better than last year,” says tuba section leader James Elder. “We’re learning drill and music faster, the show design is great, and the rehearsal etiquette is a lot better.”
On Saturday, August 18th the Regiment unveiled the musical aspect of “Fire” to friends and family at the annual Office Depot performance. Seven days later, the group performed the program on the field for the first time in front of hundreds of attendants.
Keep an eye out for “Fire” later this fall during halftime of many of the upcoming home games and wish them good luck in their upcoming season as they compete with the very best of California.
omggg the royal regiment is AWESOME!!!! they put a lot of passion into their craft and it truly shows. i love the theme of fire, it’s so kawaii yet fierce and powerful. I want to become fire when i see their show. the tears stream down my face, it feels like the water of my tears is being doused by the fire! i love the FVRR, you guys are fantastic!