Help Kacey Perform This Indoor Season!

Hello, I'm Kacey Burd, a senior at Delaware Valley Regional High School, and this year I have been contracted to perform with Imperial Dynasty's competitive indoor percussion ensemble!

Indoor percussion is a winter marching activity under WGI or Winterguard International. WGI is an organization that supports youth in their continued journey with music and the marching arts in a competitive format, and provides a space for growth beyond its counterpart of Drum Corps International's summer seasons. The activity involves an audition process usually spanning a month to two months, and if contracted, hundreds of hours of rehearsals and competitions, culminating in finals in Dayton, OH. The activity has Independent (unassociated with a school) and Scholastic classes (associated with a school), with further subdivisions of A Class, Open Class, and World Class ensembles. Imperial Dynasty is an independent open-class ensemble that falls in the intermediate level and includes both high school and college-aged musicians.

After two audition weekends, I was contracted for a spot in this ensemble, and I am lucky to be working with a wonderful group of students and staff. Each member is required to raise $2,100 to support the group in travel, uniforms, props, meals, instruction, housing, and several other costs that keep this activity alive. I will be tackling this cost myself and am looking for some support!

The marching arts have been my home for the last 5 years. At my high school, I was my band director's first five-year marching student, and for three of those five years, I was chosen to be a student leader of our front ensemble. Further, I was one of my band director's first two students to partake in a season of DCI with Fusion Core this previous summer. This activity has brought me friends and memories that have shaped my growth as a person and musician. Each day I am thankful to be given the chance to learn and grow through the marching arts and music. This activity is my biggest passion, and it pushes me to better myself constantly; to be given yet another season of growth and music-making alongside this group would be a dream.

Anything at all helps; anything you can spare I will be extremely grateful for and appreciative of. If you cannot donate, sharing this around would be extremely appreciated. I cannot begin to thank you enough for supporting me in my music journey!