Lauren's Jersey Surf Tour 2013
Hello there! I am marching with Jersey Surf Drum and Bugle Corps for my third year, and with college, music major expenses, indoor drumline, and other performing ensemble expenses, I need extra help raising money for my Jersey Surf tour fees this year.
Jersey Surf is a world class drum and bugle corps for performers ages 14-22. Drum and bugle corps is very much like marching band; we learn a field show, which we perform on a football field. Drum corps takes place in the summer. For months, I will rehearse 12 hours a day in the sun and heat and rain, perform shows at night for thousands of people, travel all around the country on coach buses and sleep on high school gymnasium floors. I will go to Texas, Georgia, Massachussetts, Indiana, and many more places in-between.
Drum corps members train and rehearse harder than most Olympic athletes. The physical and mental demands that are put upon us are substantial. We are an elite, world class performing organization; the shows we put on are of professional quality. In August, our season culminates in the Drum Corps International World Championships, which take place in Indianapolis, Indiana, where we compete against all of the other drum corps at once.
This is my third year in the Jersey Surf as a tuba player and my second year as the tuba section leader. The Jersey Surf has affected the way I live my life in an extraordinarily positive way. I am a stronger, braver, and kinder person. I am a more experienced, more confident leader. And I am an excellent performer. As an aspiring music teacher, the instruction I have received in the Jersey Surf prepares me well for my future adventures into the world of music education.
However, despite being a performer in shows that people pay to see, I do not get paid for being in drum corps. I must pay nearly $3000 in tuition to march one season with the Jersey Surf. My tuition fee helps pay for the expenses it takes to keep a drum corps on the road all summer long.
What I would like to ask you is if you would consider making a donation to my Jersey Surf tour fee this year. Any size donation would be extremely helpful, and very much appreciated!
Jersey Surf is a world class drum and bugle corps for performers ages 14-22. Drum and bugle corps is very much like marching band; we learn a field show, which we perform on a football field. Drum corps takes place in the summer. For months, I will rehearse 12 hours a day in the sun and heat and rain, perform shows at night for thousands of people, travel all around the country on coach buses and sleep on high school gymnasium floors. I will go to Texas, Georgia, Massachussetts, Indiana, and many more places in-between.
Drum corps members train and rehearse harder than most Olympic athletes. The physical and mental demands that are put upon us are substantial. We are an elite, world class performing organization; the shows we put on are of professional quality. In August, our season culminates in the Drum Corps International World Championships, which take place in Indianapolis, Indiana, where we compete against all of the other drum corps at once.
This is my third year in the Jersey Surf as a tuba player and my second year as the tuba section leader. The Jersey Surf has affected the way I live my life in an extraordinarily positive way. I am a stronger, braver, and kinder person. I am a more experienced, more confident leader. And I am an excellent performer. As an aspiring music teacher, the instruction I have received in the Jersey Surf prepares me well for my future adventures into the world of music education.
However, despite being a performer in shows that people pay to see, I do not get paid for being in drum corps. I must pay nearly $3000 in tuition to march one season with the Jersey Surf. My tuition fee helps pay for the expenses it takes to keep a drum corps on the road all summer long.
What I would like to ask you is if you would consider making a donation to my Jersey Surf tour fee this year. Any size donation would be extremely helpful, and very much appreciated!