{"id":74,"date":"2026-10-05T19:26:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T19:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldyoutharts.org\/drumcorps\/?page_id=74"},"modified":"2026-10-10T09:38:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T16:38:54","slug":"audition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/goldyoutharts.org\/drumcorps\/audition\/","title":{"rendered":"Audition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gold-site\"><section class=\"gold-aud-hero\" aria-label=\"The Gold experience\" style=\"position: relative; min-height: 600px; overflow: hidden; background: #060000; display: flex\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gold-aud-slide\" src=\"https:\/\/goldyoutharts.org\/drumcorps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/gold-brass-line.jpg\" alt=\"Gold brass line playing in unison on the field\" style=\"position: absolute; inset: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% 23%; opacity: 1; transition: opacity 1200ms ease\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gold-aud-slide\" src=\"https:\/\/goldyoutharts.org\/drumcorps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/gold-front-ensemble.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"position: absolute; inset: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% 1%; opacity: 0; transition: opacity 1200ms ease\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gold-aud-slide\" src=\"https:\/\/goldyoutharts.org\/drumcorps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/gold-percussionist.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"position: absolute; inset: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% 18%; opacity: 0; transition: opacity 1200ms ease\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gold-aud-slide\" src=\"https:\/\/goldyoutharts.org\/drumcorps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/gold-guard-flag.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"position: absolute; inset: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% 4%; opacity: 0; transition: opacity 1200ms ease\"><div style=\"position: absolute; inset: 0; background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(6,0,0,0.86) 0%, rgba(6,0,0,0.6) 50%, rgba(6,0,0,0.1) 85%)\"><\/div><div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; max-width: 1240px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 124px 24px 56px; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: center; gap: 18px; color: #ffffff\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.2em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #e6d3a3\">The Gold experience<\/span><h1 style=\"margin: 0; max-width: 760px; font-family: Optima, Marcellus, 'Palatino Linotype', serif; font-weight: 700; font-size: 56px; line-height: 1.05\">It starts with a dream\u2026<\/h1><div style=\"width: 72px; height: 4px; background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d5a10f, #ffdfbf, #bc8a4e)\"><\/div><p style=\"margin: 0; max-width: 600px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5\">And it leads to the summer of a lifetime. From the moment you walk out onto the field of competition to the final days at Lucas Oil Stadium, your life will change forever.<\/p><p style=\"margin: 0; max-width: 600px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5\">Face the challenges, meet your best friends and strive for excellence. Join Gold\u2019s inaugural year in World Class competition.<\/p><\/div><\/section><section id=\"dates\" aria-labelledby=\"dates-h\" style=\"background: #ffffff\"><div style=\"max-width: 1240px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 72px 24px 56px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 28px\"><h2 id=\"dates-h\" style=\"margin: 0; font-family: Optima, Marcellus, serif; font-size: 40px; font-weight: 700\">Upcoming audition events<\/h2><div class=\"gold-ics-cards\" data-gold-ics=\"cards\"><div class=\"gold-ics-src\"><div class=\"r34ics-ajax-container loading\" data-args=\"592fe9dc84cba27d284535ecec043080cf311f28\" data-js-args=\"{&quot;debug&quot;:false}\" data-r34icsym=\"202610\" data-r34icsymd=\"20261010\" data-view-is-list-long=\"1\" data-view-is-list-style=\"1\" data-view=\"list\" id=\"r6acaa8bcb59a431-ajax\">&nbsp;<\/div><\/div><div class=\"gold-ics-out\" aria-live=\"polite\"><\/div><p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0; font-size: 16px; color: #4a4b4e\">Dates come straight from the Gold calendar. <a href=\"https:\/\/goldyoutharts.org\/drumcorps\/calendar\/\" style=\"font-weight: 600\">See the full calendar<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/section><section id=\"register\" aria-labelledby=\"fee-h\" style=\"background: #f4f2ee\"><div style=\"max-width: 1240px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 64px 24px; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 32px 56px; align-items: center\"><div style=\"flex: 0 0 auto; display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 4px\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.16em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #6b6c6f\">Audition fee<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Optima, Marcellus, serif; font-size: 72px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1; color: #060000\">$125<\/span><\/div><div style=\"flex: 1 1 420px; min-width: 0; display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 12px\"><h2 id=\"fee-h\" style=\"margin: 0; font-family: Optima, Marcellus, serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: 700\">One fee covers the whole process<\/h2><p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.6; color: #2d2e30\">Your audition music packet, video auditions for out-of-town candidates, and every event, including experience camps. Lunch is included at experience camps.<\/p><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/pci.jotform.com\/form\/262564674038161\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto; background: #d5a10f; color: #060000; text-decoration: none; font-weight: 600; padding: 16px 30px; border-radius: 3px; letter-spacing: 0.08em; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 16px\">Register now<\/a><\/div><\/section><section aria-labelledby=\"bring-h\" style=\"background: #ffffff\"><div style=\"max-width: 1240px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 72px 24px; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 40px 64px\"><div style=\"flex: 1 1 300px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 16px\"><h2 id=\"bring-h\" style=\"margin: 0; font-family: Optima, Marcellus, serif; font-size: 40px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.1\">What to bring<\/h2><div style=\"width: 72px; height: 4px; background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d5a10f, #ffdfbf, #bc8a4e)\"><\/div><p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.6; color: #2d2e30\">Brass and percussion instruments are provided, but we often have more people auditioning than instruments, so bring your own if you can.<\/p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/goldyoutharts.org\/drumcorps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/gold-guard-lift.jpg\" alt=\"Gold color guard member lifted by bandmates\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 260px; object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% 35%; border-radius: 4px; display: block\"><\/div><ul style=\"flex: 2 1 520px; min-width: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style: none; display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(240px, 1fr)); gap: 14px 32px; align-content: start\"><li style=\"display: flex; gap: 12px; align-items: flex-start; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.45; padding: 12px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #ecebe8\" data-for=\"bring\" data-i=\"0\"><svg width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#b07f00\" stroke-width=\"2.4\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"flex: 0 0 20px; margin-top: 2px\"><path d=\"M5 12.5l4.5 4.5L19 7\"><\/path><\/svg><span>Your audition fee, if not pre-registered<\/span><\/li><li style=\"display: flex; gap: 12px; align-items: flex-start; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.45; padding: 12px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #ecebe8\" data-for=\"bring\" data-i=\"1\"><svg width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#b07f00\" stroke-width=\"2.4\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"flex: 0 0 20px; margin-top: 2px\"><path d=\"M5 12.5l4.5 4.5L19 7\"><\/path><\/svg><span>A friend who might want to try drum corps: they can sign up at the event<\/span><\/li><li style=\"display: flex; gap: 12px; align-items: flex-start; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.45; padding: 12px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #ecebe8\" data-for=\"bring\" data-i=\"2\"><svg width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#b07f00\" stroke-width=\"2.4\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"flex: 0 0 20px; margin-top: 2px\"><path d=\"M5 12.5l4.5 4.5L19 7\"><\/path><\/svg><span>Your own equipment if possible: horn and mouthpiece, drum, sticks or mallets, flag or rifle<\/span><\/li><li style=\"display: flex; gap: 12px; align-items: flex-start; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.45; padding: 12px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #ecebe8\" data-for=\"bring\" data-i=\"3\"><svg width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#b07f00\" stroke-width=\"2.4\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"flex: 0 0 20px; margin-top: 2px\"><path d=\"M5 12.5l4.5 4.5L19 7\"><\/path><\/svg><span>Pencil and a 3-ring binder with inserts for music (brass and percussion)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"display: flex; gap: 12px; align-items: flex-start; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.45; padding: 12px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #ecebe8\" data-for=\"bring\" data-i=\"4\"><svg width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#b07f00\" stroke-width=\"2.4\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"flex: 0 0 20px; margin-top: 2px\"><path d=\"M5 12.5l4.5 4.5L19 7\"><\/path><\/svg><span>Your printed audition packet, emailed to you when you register<\/span><\/li><li style=\"display: flex; gap: 12px; align-items: flex-start; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.45; padding: 12px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #ecebe8\" data-for=\"bring\" data-i=\"5\"><svg width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#b07f00\" stroke-width=\"2.4\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"flex: 0 0 20px; margin-top: 2px\"><path d=\"M5 12.5l4.5 4.5L19 7\"><\/path><\/svg><span>Athletic clothing (no jeans) and running shoes; dance shoes for guard<\/span><\/li><li style=\"display: flex; gap: 12px; align-items: flex-start; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.45; padding: 12px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #ecebe8\" data-for=\"bring\" data-i=\"6\"><svg width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#b07f00\" stroke-width=\"2.4\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"flex: 0 0 20px; margin-top: 2px\"><path d=\"M5 12.5l4.5 4.5L19 7\"><\/path><\/svg><span>Layers: if the weather is good, we rehearse outside<\/span><\/li><li style=\"display: flex; gap: 12px; align-items: flex-start; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.45; padding: 12px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #ecebe8\" data-for=\"bring\" data-i=\"7\"><svg width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#b07f00\" stroke-width=\"2.4\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"flex: 0 0 20px; margin-top: 2px\"><path d=\"M5 12.5l4.5 4.5L19 7\"><\/path><\/svg><span>A water jug, half a gallon or more<\/span><\/li><li style=\"display: flex; gap: 12px; align-items: flex-start; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.45; padding: 12px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #ecebe8\" data-for=\"bring\" data-i=\"8\"><svg width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#b07f00\" stroke-width=\"2.4\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"flex: 0 0 20px; margin-top: 2px\"><path d=\"M5 12.5l4.5 4.5L19 7\"><\/path><\/svg><span>Sunscreen<\/span><\/li><li style=\"display: flex; gap: 12px; align-items: flex-start; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.45; padding: 12px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #ecebe8\" data-for=\"bring\" data-i=\"9\"><svg width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#b07f00\" stroke-width=\"2.4\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"flex: 0 0 20px; margin-top: 2px\"><path d=\"M5 12.5l4.5 4.5L19 7\"><\/path><\/svg><span>A baseball cap or hat<\/span><\/li><li style=\"display: flex; gap: 12px; align-items: flex-start; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.45; padding: 12px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #ecebe8\" data-for=\"bring\" data-i=\"10\"><svg width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#b07f00\" stroke-width=\"2.4\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"flex: 0 0 20px; margin-top: 2px\"><path d=\"M5 12.5l4.5 4.5L19 7\"><\/path><\/svg><span>A black towel to rest your horn on (brass only)<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/section><section aria-labelledby=\"video-h\" style=\"background: #060000; color: #ffffff\"><div style=\"max-width: 1240px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 56px 24px; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 20px 56px; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between\"><div style=\"flex: 1 1 520px; min-width: 0; display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 10px\"><h2 id=\"video-h\" style=\"margin: 0; font-family: Optima, Marcellus, serif; font-size: 32px; font-weight: 700\">Live outside California?<\/h2><p style=\"margin: 0; 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