The long awaited release of the 40th Anniversary Rock Ensemble concert is now available and shipping! This beautifully multi-cam video contains the over 2 hours performance featuring alumni from 1972 to 2012. The purchase of the DVD goes directly to help fund the Rock Ensemble Scholarship Fund.
Finally, the Miami Beach Senior High School Rock Ensemble “40th Anniversary Concert DVD” Playback Party will happen! There will be snacks and a cash bar. You will be able to pick up the DVD you reserved online or you may donate $20 that evening and pick up your copy then. I look forward to seeing many of you there for this exciting evening.
Rockingly yours,
Doug Burris
We are happy to announce pre-orders are now being accepted for the 40th Anniversary Concert DVD, available in both standard and BlueRay formats.
Please visit http://goo.gl/fXZbH for full ordering info and options.
About 1,000 people packed the Miami Beach Senior High auditorium April 28 for the Beach High Rock Ensemble’s 40th anniversary concert. Performers and guests came from near and far to celebrate the last performance led by beloved music director (and Rock Ensemble founder) Doug Burris. After 41 years on the job, Burris, 70, is retiring at year’s end.
The concert featured performances by groupings of Rock Ensemble members from 1972 through 2012, including Exposé lead singer Ann Curless (class of ’82), who performed Don’t Cry Out Loud..
VIP attendees included former Surfside Mayor Paul Novack (Beach High Hall of Fame 2011), producer/songwriter Rudy Perez and Miami-Dade County School Board member Martin Karp.
“It was really beautiful. I still feel like I’m going to wake up. It was like one of those magical moments – a perfect evening,” said Burris, who described the event as “forty years in the making.”
MIAMI BEACH – (CBSMiami.com) — In his 40 years leading Miami Beach’s Sr. High School’s Rock Ensemble, Doug Burris hasn’t skipped a beat.
In fact, his legacy as a teacher who launched the first official School of Rock has had enormous success. Many of his students have gone on to pursue professional musical careers.
Now, Burris who has mostly taught from his wheelchair after Multiple Sclerosis left him paralyzed, is preparing to bid farewell to his own career as he plans to retire at the end of this school year.
But this music man is preparing a big time performance expected to crowd the school’s auditorium this Saturday night. The performers will include current and former students dating back to the early 70s when Burris himself got his start at the school.
Read Jasmine Kripalani’s full report here: http://miami.cbslocal.com/2012/04/26/rock-ensemble-teacher-prepares-farewell-performance/
