{"id":1367,"date":"2018-03-29T19:43:42","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T19:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arizonaacademy.org\/?p=1367"},"modified":"2018-03-30T16:39:19","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T16:39:19","slug":"the-academy-premiers-new-flx-fabric-by-fruhauf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arizonaacademy.org\/2018\/03\/29\/the-academy-premiers-new-flx-fabric-by-fruhauf\/","title":{"rendered":"The Academy premiers new FLX fabric by Fruhauf"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Anticipating the 2018 Design Announcement&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>The Academy Drum &amp; Bugle Corps and partner Fruhauf Uniforms are excited about their second season working together. The Academy will be debuting this year\u2019s new look at an upcoming fund-raising event, April 28<sup>th<\/sup> and in the days following, revealing to the world what Fruhauf and The Academy have been up to this winter. This year\u2019s uniform look will definitely speak to the theme of the 2018 production, yet to be announced.<\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1370aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arizonaacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20246371_10154776621608015_4321070567607491817_n-568x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arizonaacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20246371_10154776621608015_4321070567607491817_n-568x400.jpg 568w, https:\/\/www.arizonaacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20246371_10154776621608015_4321070567607491817_n-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.arizonaacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20246371_10154776621608015_4321070567607491817_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>The Academy 2018 uniforms will make use of a newly available Fruhauf fabric that stretches but doesn\u2019t look like Lycra! This new fabric, dubbed \u201cFLX\u201d by Fruhauf, will allow The Academy to retain a well-tailored traditional appearance while enjoying the \u201cFLXability\u201d and comfort of a stretch fabric. In addition, FLX is a \u201cwicking\u201d fabric, meaning it will wick moisture away from the body and dry quickly, a tremendous help to any drum corps while on the hot summer tour. The Academy will be the first drum corps or band to make use of this innovative product. \u201cOur entire uniform is being manufactured in FLX fabric,\u201d states uniform coordinator, Lauren Ripley. She goes on to say, \u201cWe vigorously tested a pair of uniform pants using FLX fabric and the results were fantastic.\u201d Academy member Jordan Spann wore them for an entire rehearsal day, including a strenuous physical training workout as well as a two-hour dance block. The pants were able to be sculpted to Jordan\u2019s body for a great athletic look yet still retain the look of a well-tailored suit. Jordan remarked on how comfortable these pants were and added, \u201cThey make me feel like I can really move in them!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Academy is proud to be representing Fruhauf Uniforms on the DCI World Class stage. \u201cThis partnership means so much to the corps, allowing us to explore new looks for each new production and to \u201cshow-off\u201d the latest and greatest in uniform technology and design,\u201d says executive director, Mark Richardson. Look for their 2018 program announcement coming in late April.<\/p>\n<p>Interested in learning more about Fruhauf Uniforms and the FLX fabric?\u00a0 go to <a href=\"http:\/\/fruhauf.com\/\">Fruhauf.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Academy Drum &#038; Bugle Corps and partner Fruhauf Uniforms are excited about their second season working together. The Academy will be debuting this year\u2019s new look at an upcoming fund-raising event, April 28th and in the days following, revealing to the world what Fruhauf and The Academy have been up to this winter.  This year\u2019s uniform look will definitely speak to the theme of the 2018 production, yet to be announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonaacademy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonaacademy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonaacademy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonaacademy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonaacademy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1367"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonaacademy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1373,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonaacademy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1367\/revisions\/1373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonaacademy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonaacademy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonaacademy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonaacademy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}