The Positive Performance Concepts Clinic prepares students in all aspects of the marching band to perform as ideal role models to their peers, leading them to personal and competitive success. PPC also provides instructional, hands-on presentations for band directors in the areas of show development, rehearsal techniques, and general effect methods.

Our goal is support programs with limited access to specialized instruction for auxiliary captions, while providing a focus of positive leadership. Students of any experience level will benefit from our well-planned and progressive instructional sessions. Participants at PPC will experience the process and techniques needed to mold and shape fellow members into ambitious, enthusiastic achievers for their own marching band programs.

"The Start of Something Big" - The History of Positive Performance Concepts, Inc.

Positive Performance Concepts, Inc. began in 1999 as a one-day drum major clinic called "Field Commander Seminar" at Macon County High School in Lafayette, TN. Lead by Kelly Medford and J. Ashley Jarrell, this clinic introduced a thorough method of conducting and leadership techniques to the less than 10 participating drum majors. The outstanding results from this seminar however, inspired Medford and Jarrell to add an additional day of instruction for the nearly 20 participants the following year.

Held at Harpeth High School in Harpeth, TN in 2001, the clinic became the "Field Commander and Color Guard Seminar" by adding instructional sessions for color guard. With this addition, lead by renowned color guard instructor Damon Padilla, the clinic once again doubled in student participation and word was beginning to spread about the seminar’s high level of instruction and relevant material for area marching band programs.

Bringing the clinic to the Middle Tennessee State University campus in Murfreesboro, TN in 2002, the newly named "Contemporary Band Auxiliary Seminar" expanded its instructional sessions to include battery/front ensemble percussion sessions and in-service sessions for band directors. Instrumental to the future development of the clinic was the addition that year of Terry Jolley as the leader of the band director in-service sessions.

Recognizing the potential for the clinic to become a complete and effective marching band clinic on a grander scale, Terry Jolley, of Jolley and Associates, worked with Medford and Jarrell to establish "Positive Performance Concepts, Inc." for the 2003 clinic. Through this collaboration, the 2003 PPC clinic achieved its goal of offering instruction for every marching band member by adding the wind players sessions. With over 100 participating students, significant to the 2003 clinic was the inclusion of Julie Davila as leader of the percussion sessions, and Scott Lang for winds and leadership sessions.

With its meager beginning of a one-day drum major seminar for 8 students in 1999, Positive Performance Concepts, Inc. has now grown to an all-inclusive marching band clinic that will continue to grow and develop to meet the needs of all high school band programs. Throughout its development, Positive Performance Concepts, Inc. has always maintained its mission of presenting an effective, beneficial, and positive instructional approach for all areas and levels of the high school marching band. Our expectations will always be high so that we can offer our best each and every year.