What's the price & what's included?  2024 Camp Price is $650 * Includes room, meals, wi-fi, Group instruction, Clinics, Gear Sessions and Master Classes, drum swag, snacks, beverages & more. * If you need a Rental Kit add $75 and indicate on the Registration Form.

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The Mid Atlantic Drum Camp is a drum set camp.  If you are looking for instruction in Latin, Concert or Marching percussion, we hold clinics & day-camp events in those specialties throughout the year.

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Where is the Camp located?  St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, Maryland.  

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Do I need to read music?  NO 

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Do I need to bring a Drum Set?   YES   ( * We have a limited number of rental kits for an additional $75 - they will go fast!)

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Who is teaching at the 2024 camp?   Matt Garstka, Thomas Pridgen, Willie Howell

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Why ages 9-22?  This camp a unique opportunity for the next generation of drummers to increase their knowledge, skills & capabilities on the kit while learning from and working with the best drummers in the world. 

  

1) What should I expect at the camp?  Great drum swag, new concepts, ideas, exercises, how to apply methods into your drumming, newest drum gear, jam session opportunities every night - and great food & snacks. 

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2) I live near the college, can I commute?   YES

Same price for overnight or commuter - all meals are included for commuters.  

 

NOTE:  Whether you select Commuter or Overnight on the registration a request to change overnight or commuter status pay an administration fee of $100. Requests for change of status will not be considered after June 15, 2024.  Local parents are not permitted to "bunk overnight" with their student.

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3) What are the accommodations?  Overnight students are roomed with another student in air conditioned, key access dorm rooms with free Wi-Fi.  Parent chaperons will be in the dorms overnight for safety and assistance.

Students and Parent Chaperones  bring bedding for a TWIN XL bed (a sleeping bag & pillow are sufficient)

 

4) Is there a nurse available?  A full time Nurse is in the camp and available at all times.  If a student is bringing medication - including over the counter - they can be given to the Nurse at Check In if not self-medicating.

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5)  Chaperone spots are available for parents of students attending the camp in residence. Parent Chaperones are charged for room & board only.  

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6) What drums do I bring?  Students should bring a 4 or 5-piece kit including: drum rug, snare & stand, bass drum & pedal, rack tom(s), 1-floor tom, ride & stand, 1-crash & stand, throne & sticks.  Additional cymbals, double kick pedals, foot aux pedal, stacks, latin percussion are permitted.

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7) Rental Kits We have a limited number rental kits for an additional fee of $75.  It is highly recommended you bring your own drums if you are diving to the camp. Rental kits will only be assigned to students arriving by air. 

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8)  How do I register for the camp?   REGISTRATION OPENS FEBRUARY 1, 2024

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9) What are the skill Groups? How am I assigned to a group?  Students are assembled in small groups to help the Artists ensure the progress of each student. Once a student's camp registration is approved (See Terms & Conditions)  send a video of yourself playing your best groove in each of the genre's listed in #10. 

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10)  VIDEO ASSESSMENT  Students email a video or video link of themselves playing 4-8 measures of your best drum groove in all 11-styles listed below. Play the grooves in the order below and it's ok to skip any groove you don't know yet.  OPTION:  "Song Style" students can select a few grooves and demonstrate how you would play them as if in a song as you would in a song, using verse / chorus / bridge / etc)  For "song-style" grooves, transitions from verse to chorus, etc., are encouraged. BUT please limit your song-style grooves to 20-32 measures.

EMAIL you video - or video - link to somardrummers@gmail.com no later than June 14, 2024.

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 ➤ Record the grooves in order, any tempo or variation and announce the name of the groove or include a text box.

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Hip Hop or GoGo

Rock or Metal

Pop

Disco
Funk 

Odd Time

World Rhythm (Ex: Latin, Brazilian, Caribbean, Africa, Indian, etc)

Waltz

Linear

Half Time Shuffle

Polyrhythm

"Sound of Muzak"  by Porcupine Tree • 7/4 Intro Section only 

"Cissy Strut"    by The Meters • Intro groove only  (This groove is Optional)

Rudiments snare drum only:  Inverted Paradiddle, Double Paradiddle, Swiss Army Triplet

    ► Skip any groove or rudiment you don't know yet - play the grooves you know & have fun!

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12) Who assigns students to a skill group? Artists & Educators of the Mid Atlantic Drum Camp will view each video & collectively assign students to a Group commensurate with the skills you demonstrate in your video. Students may be moved to a different Group once camp begins. 

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      Questions? Send us an email ➤ somardrummers@gmail.com