Brit wins percussion world title with Rhythm X
On Saturday, Jordan Murray from The Company became percussion world champion with Rhythm X. Rhythm X won the title in the Independent World Class of the Winter Guard International in Dayton, Ohio (98.263).
This year, sixteen-year-old Murray was the first ever Brit to march in a WGI drumline and has been playing the xylophone Rhythm X for the past few months. Murray was able to make his dream come true thanks to the cooperation of his school. Because he is in his final year, the school put together a special programme which allowed Murray to go to the United States for a few months.
The Belgian Tijl van der Meulen also scored very well in Dayton with Matrix. After 1.6 penalty points, the corps attained a disappointing eighth place in the Independent World Prelims, but Matrix came back strong in the Finals with a fourth place (95.150). Second in the Independent World Class was Riverside Community College (97.425), and Music City Mystique finished third (96.125). Chino Hills HS won the Scholastic Marching World Class (95.513).
Scores and recaps can be found on www.wgi.org. Both Jordan Murray and Tijl van der Meulen have kept a blog of their WGI adventures on the website of Indoor Percussion Europe.
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