For 2002 news, read below. For other
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Charlie Gumbert shows off new house at spectacular July 4th party!
We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate
Charlie Gumbert on the purchase of a beautiful home in Cincinnati.
6/20/02 Board Resolves to Purchase Land for Pride Facility! The Board of Directors of The Pride of Cincinnati Foundation
have committed to a purchase of land for a "Pride" facility. This facility
will serve multiple functions.
4/14/02 Pride captures the first Silver Medal in the organization's history!!! You are so beautiful to me…
4/6/02--Tri State Circuit finals: BEST PERFORMANCE YET!!! On Saturday night, the Pride of Cincinnati performed close to home with their best run to date at Ryle HS which hosted the Tri State Circuit Championships. Exactly one week before WGI finals, and the guard shows no sign of slowing down. Continuing to refine and enhance, the members are bringing "Both Sides Now" to life with a passion that is worthy of a WGI week performance.A score of 97.4 starts the WGI week. Come support the Pride of Cincinnati in the prelims contest on Friday, April 12, 2002 at 4:20pm. The contest is being held at the University of Dayton Arena. The finals contest will be held the following evening. See you there! 3/24/02--Nutter Center debuts as new home for the WGI Mideast regional... The Pride of Cincinnati and Miamisburg HS played co-hosts of the color guard portion of the WGI Mideast regional over the weekend. A record setting percussion regional was hosted down the road at Centerville HS. What a wonderful opportunity for all of these units to view their programs in an arena type setting only a few weeks before the World Championships at the UD Arena in Dayton, OH. Not only did it give the performing members the opportunity to showcase their talents in a huge venue, but it gave audiences and judges a preview of what all the color guards would look like in a few weeks. Pride came out of the weekend as the Independent World Champions, with a final score of 94.8.
3/12/02--Vegas trip yields life memories as well as colorguard experience... Wow, wow, wow! What more can be said about such an incredible weekend? Director Charles Gumbert and the Pride organization created an experience for everyone that would last a lifetime. As far as the colorguard portion of the weekend went, the Pride of Cincinnati was warmly received by the hosts of the event, as well as spectators. Many people said it was refreshing to see groups from the Midwest/east out there for a regional, and asked if we would consider coming back next year (ok...twist our arm!). Prelims brought a good performance. Many Pride members felt it was very emotional, but yielded more individual mistakes than normal. Finals was much better and allowed them to leave the weekend with a score of 92.3 before penalties, and the knowledge that the audience saw their best effort. Fantasia won the regional with their exciting performance, and a score of 94.5. Congratulations to them! The Pride of Cincinnati would like to give a special thank you to the members of Fantasia for their kindness in welcoming us to the regional, as well as helping with the floor! A highlight of the weekend for everyone would have to be Friday night's trip to the Rio World Buffet followed by going to see Cirque du Soleil's performance of "O". It was unbelievable! Definitely a trip to remember!
3/4/02--Centerville Show brings highest score to date! This weekend, the guard performed for a local audience at Centerville HS. Click HERE for a full recap. It was nice to be "home" for a weekend even though the guard had a great time in Nashville. Due to scheduling conflicts with the guard's usual facilities, Centerville HS and Springboro HS were kind enough to provide rehearsal time. After a couple of intense rehearsals and even more enhancements to the show, everyone is excited to take it on the road once more: This time to Las Vegas!!! Stay tuned! 2/24/02--2002 WGI Nashville Regional Independent World Class Champions! After a weekend of intense rehearsals and major enhancements, the Pride of Cincinnati took their show to Nashville, TN for the Mid-south regional. For scores and recaps, click here. In addition to two wonderful performances on Saturday, they managed to squeak in some time for Kareoke on Saturday night. Breaking the record for the most people to simultaneously perform a song there, all 28 members of Pride sang their version of "The Greatest Love of All". Those who stuck around later were serenaded by a certain staff member who shall remain nameless! Sunday brought a short rehearsal day for more enhancements before the long trip home. All in all, a weekend to remember!
2/10/02--2002 WGI Indianapolis Regional Independent World Class Champions! The Pride of Cincinnati completed it's first regional weekend in Indianapolis with successful performances in both prelims and finals. The performers did a great job in prelims, and then stepped it up a notch in finals to deliver a truly emotional performance. Many people commented on how different this program was from the 2001 program, and yet if anything, was even more emotional! The performers captured the hearts of the audience and judges alike from beginning to end. The guard finished the weekend with an 85.2--their highest score to date. For all the scores, go to our SCORES page. We would like to thank all the people who helped us on and off the floor for our past several shows. Click HERE for a personal thank you from our director! The next chance to catch this program will be in two weeks at the WGI Regional in Nashville, TN. See you there!
1/31/02--Pride of Cincinnati "Through the Years" Video now available!!! A must have for the true Pride Fan. A complete compilation of WGI performances from 1984-2001! Click HERE to go
to our online store for more information! 1/20/02--Exhibition at Campbell County a success! What a weekend! The Board, Staff, and Members of the Pride of Cincinnati 2002 ended last weekend with a sense of excitement about the season to come! After performing over half of their show for the audience at Campbell County High School in Alexandria, KY, there was no doubt in anyone's minds that this will be a season to remember. Whether it was their first performance with Pride, or their first performance after a 4 year hiatus, the members all came off of the floor feeling the passion of a show well done. The audience at the Tri State Circuit exhibition was extremely receptive to all of the color guards who performed at this early date. Pride would like to extend it's best wishes to all of the units for a wonderful 2002 season! Please join us next weekend at the Tri State Circuit show being held at Indian Hill High School on Saturday, and the MEPA show being held at Miamisburg High School on Sunday. Click HERE for directions. See you there!
12/4/01 Second Performance Enchants Audience!
11/19/01 Pride announced 2002 program!!! Over the weekend, Pride officially announced their program for the 2002 competitive season. This was not made in the form of a press release, but with an actual performance of the first 25% of their show! This took place at the ISHCGA color guard clinic. See the headline below for more details!) For a more detailed look at the 2002 program, go to the PROGRAM section of our website under 2002, or simply CLICK HERE to go directly to the show description for this year.
11/19/01 ISHCGA performance well received!!! The Pride of Cincinnati 2002 had their first official
performance over the weekend. The debut of their 2002 program was warmly
received by the spectators and participants at the ISHCGA
clinic hosted by Mooresville HS.
10/17/01--Show schedule announced! The following is the performance schedule for the 2002
season: 10/8/01--Final Guard Set!!! Sorry about the delay in posting. Our webmaster (me)
was out of town for a couple of weeks. After a grueling and most difficult
second audition camp, we have the 2002 Pride of Cincinnati. The guard
was set by Saturday night, and on Sunday we played the music for the guard
and actually started playing with ideas for the show! Everyone is excited
to begin the season. 9/15/01--In our hearts.... To all those affected by the terrorist attacks on Tuesday, September 11, 2001: You are in our thoughts, our hearts, and our prayers.
9/10/01--Audition weekend a HUGE success! Over the weekend, the Pride of Cincinnati held auditions
for the 2002 season, playing host to prospective members from all corners
of the country. From New England to Florida, from Oregon to Japan, the
weekend was filled with wonderful performers from everywhere having fun
and meeting new people. 9/5/01--Auditions for the 2002 guard this weekend! Auditions for the 2002 edition of the Pride of Cincinnati
will be held this weekend! Go to our Audition
page for more specific information, or click HERE
for directions to the National Guard Armory in Middletown Ohio.
We would like to congratulate all the Pride of Cincinnati members who performed over the weekend at DCI. Some amazing performances were brought to the field. Several Board members made the trip to Buffalo to support everyone. Charlie, Bart, Scottie, and Sharon were all there encouraging all our "kids." We can't wait to see you all at auditions! Congratulations once again!!! 7/27/01--New baby for Board Chairman!!! Congratulations to Board Chairman Ryan Alm and his wife
Jenny on the birth of their new son Keagen Alekxander Alm! We understand
that the baby is healthy and doing well, and the proud parents have had
no sleep in the last month! Click HERE
for a photo of Keagen. 7/23/01--LAS VEGAS...HERE WE COME!!! Our best wishes go out to Carolyn Crumpton and her new
husband Jeff Perry. They were married on June 9th on a houseboat in Atlanta.
Until everyone gets used to her new name, she says it's ok to call her
Carolyn Crumpton-Perry!
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