(Check in will happen at Smith Hall, students will then be escorted to the Band Room by Huntingdon College students)
9am - 9:30am - Registration at Smith Hall (1500 E Fairview Ave, Montgomery, AL, 36106)
**Students will be escorted by Huntingdon College students to the Band Hall once they have registered**
10am-12:30pm - Practice session with Wooton
12:30pm-1:30pm - lunch (provided)
1:30pm - 1:45 - Performances from the Huntingdon College Percussion Ensemble
1:45 - pm-5:00pm - Practice session with Wooton, Mooney
5:00 - Finish up
**Students will be escorted at this time from the Band Hall to Smith Hall for pickup**
5:00-5:30 - Student pickup at Smith Hall
LEARN ABOUT OUR SPECIAL GUEST!
John Wooton is a lover of music as he performs, teaches, and listens to a variety of
genres, but prefers a blend of jazz and several Caribbean styles. Known as a
rudimental specialist, John actually gets more work as a singer and steel pan player.
So, when he isn’t flipping sticks and playing ratamacues around the globe, you can find
him dressed in linen playing at a casino, on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, or dressed in
style playing at a jazz club in New Orleans. Otherwise you can find him on a basketball
or tennis court trying to stay young. A 76% free throw shooter and 4.0 tennis player,
recently bumped down from a 4.5..., proof that age is winning.
The past few years Dr. Throwdown has played paradiddles with stick tosses and hertas
with “Hi Moms” as well as flam 5s and diminished scales on his steel pans, in places like
Vancouver, Tenerife, The Forbidden City, Novi Sad, Ludz, Madrid, Bucaramanga, Biella,
San Juan, Missoula, Rome, Pescara, General Roca, Xinxiang, Buenos Aires, Lima,
Houston, Gdansk, Vienna, Cali, Ferrara, Tegucigalpa, Port of Spain, Dallas, London,
Mayagüez, Dusseldorf, McAllen, and many others. No, the countries are not listed... do
your homework. He is an international artist and clinician for several percussion
companies, whole heartedly endorsing each one of them, not only for their wonderful
products but for the support they all give to percussion education around the world.
Those companies are Pearl Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Remo, and Vic Firth. John also
endorses Row Loff Productions, publisher for his books, solos and ensembles. Check
out all their web sites, not only for wonderful products but also for their educational
material.
John is in his 31st year of teaching at Southern Miss, close to where he grew up in
Lafayette, Louisiana, so he gets to enjoy dat great Cajun cuisine and Miss’ippi bar-b-
que. Doc, as his students call him, loves his job... making music with his students on
various percussion instruments. Search Youtube for “Southern Miss Percussion” to
enjoy some of the ensembles he teaches. He was educated in Lafayette, Lou., Denton,
Texas and Iowa City, Iowa, receiving documents from all three places, but he was also
educated by teachers such as Marty Hurley through the experience of drum and bugle
corps, specifically one from Rockford, Illinois. He has won some prestigious trophies,
including several national titles as a soloist, ensemble member, composer and teacher,
along the way with these organizations but prefers to play music for the joy of the
experience.
