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Last updated: Thursday September 18, 2008

Fall Newsletter is available now!

Our Fall 2008 Newsletter is now available online--click here to download the Adobe pdf file. Special thanks to Newsletter Editor Kirk Gay for his terrific work!

2008-2009 FLPAS Percussion Festivals

We're proud to announce our FLPAS festival sites and dates for 2008-2009; please email us if you need more information!


Naples Percussion Summit September 6, 2008--John Evans, host. Once again, a huge success with a great turnout and guests from all the major symphony orchestras across the Southeast! Special guests included Taku Hirano and Gordon Campbell. You can click on the pictures below for larger images. Also, click here for a radio interview with Taru, Gordon, and John (WGCU radio)!!!


If you didn't click on the link for John's name above, do it now. You'll be happy you did.

Northwest Florida Day of Marching Percussion September 27, 2008--Terry Sanders, host. Sean Vega and others will be our clinicians this year. The official flyer may be downloaded in pdf format here. You can now download the application by clicking here!!!


Central Florida/Timber Creek Marching Festival October 4, 2008--Rhett Cox, host. Artists include Bret Kuhn and others TBA.


Florida PAS Spring Day of Percussion April 4, 2009--Jeff Moore, host (University of Central Florida). Guests TBA.

2007-2008 Highlights

Click on the pictures below for larger images! The Florida State Percussion Ensemble, one of the three winners of the 2007 PAS Percussion Ensemble competition, performed a showcase concert at the convention. Also, Marimba Ayin from the University of Florida gave a terrace concert.

Here are some pictures from our Spring DOP in Orlando, as well as a few from the Naples Summit and the Pensacola Day last Fall (2007).

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