Camp Dates:

June 5, 2026 - June 7, 2026

Cost:

• On Campus Stay - $295 (This includes all meals and the dorm)
• Commuter - $250 (This includes lunch and dinner, and no dorm)

Payment can be made online through the portal.

Registration Deadline: June 1, 2026

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Drumline Camp

Experience an authentic collegiate drumline environment with the SEMO Drumline! Whether you're an experienced drumline or marching percussion battery percussionist or just beginning your drumline journey, this camp offers focused instruction to help you reach your full potential on snare drum, tenors, bass drum, or cymbals. Led by drumline and marching percussion instructors Joe Turner and Christopher Loe, alongside members of the SEMO Drumline. Open to students entering eighth grade through graduating seniors in 2025. All experience levels welcome.

• Core fundamentals: technique, rhythmic accuracy, balance, fundamental movement
• Ensemble skills: uniform sound quality, listening awareness, musical phrasing

This camp prepares students of all experience levels for success in a collegiate drumline and marching percussion setting.

Drum Major Camp

This camp is designed for students who are drum majors or who want to be drum majors for their high school marching bands, with a strong emphasis on developing confident, effective student leaders. Students will receive personalized help working with their own show scores, allowing them to directly apply camp instruction to their fall programs.

• Core skills: fundamental conducting techniques, leadership development, basics of teaching, team building
• Additional focus: rehearsal communication and strategies for leading both music and movement in a marching band setting
• Hands-on experience: conducting, giving instruction, and leading small and large ensemble situations

A demonstration for friends and family will be given on the final session of camp.

Color Gaurd Camp

This camp is designed for individual guard members or an entire fall color guard. Students entering eighth grade through 2025 seniors are eligible to participate. We will teach you what you need to know to be successful in a fall color guard setting.

• Fundamentals: flag, rifle, and saber technique, body movement, basic choreography
• Additional focus: performance quality, timing, ensemble coordination

Participants will have the opportunity to apply what they learn throughout the camp in preparation for the final demonstration, which will be a show production performed to music for family and friends. You must bring your equipment.

Schedule

Friday, June 5

Address:

410 S. Fountain Street, Cape Girardeau, MO, 63701. There are three large buildings on River Campus. If standing in the parking lot and looking at the buildings, the Dobbins Center is to the left. Registration will be inside the Dobbins Center Lobby. You can’t miss us! We’ll have our counselors outside in red SEMO shirts helping you find your way.

Parking:

During the summer, parking passes are not needed on River Campus, but parking can also be found in the surrounding streets.

Clothing:

School-appropriate clothing will be just fine. Pack expecting to be outside and inside. Some evening activities could include getting wet! Pack accordingly.

Camp Packing List:

You will need several things. A printable list has been made with everything needed. In general, you will need:

• bedding for twin-size beds
• anything that your child needs in the bathroom, such as towels, body wash, and feminine products
• Clothing for everyday use, swimsuits, and formal clothing for the concert
• Cell phones, chargers, and a refillable water bottle
• instruments, pencils, audition music, and anything your instrument might need such as reeds.
• Drum Majors need to bring a notebook, pencil, any scores for half-time shows, and drum major mace if provided.
• Drumline needs to bring a notebook, pencil, and any music or cadences you have.
• Color Guard needs to bring a notebook, pencil, and any equipment you'd like to learn and use.

Do Not Bring:

• Tobacco and/or vape products
• alcohol
• skateboards, rollerblades, roller shoes, or hoverboards
• laser pointers