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i like how they say the pit doesn't where "helmets"

if anyone knows of a good crossmen one that would be sweet.....

you gave like 4 actual comments in this entire thing, don't quit your day job. if you actually want to review a show maybe you should say something about it.

that would be nice.... they're ranked 15th at the moment. hornline sounds really good, playing much louder (and better) than last year. new caption head is awesome. drumline is steadily improving. colorguard looks good to me, but i'm not a guard guy. it'd be great to see xmen on the field at finals again.... but i'm not gonna hold my breath.

Hey you jerk! first of all, it's spelled Kelley. and i don't get shot down by ALL the chicks, just most of them. which is better than i can say about you john...

thanks for the kind words about the old team. i started in senior corps when i was 14, and did that whole thing for 5 years. then this past summer, i finally made the crossmen, and i had a great time. if you want my personal advice, come on out. trust me, you'll realize at the yea camp that you don't have to be an amazing musician just to try out. the worst thing that can happen to you is you get cut, but at least you can say you tried! i tried out for 3 years before i finally got spot. but i'm also a snare drummer, there's usually a LOT of us. even if you do get cut, you'll still have plenty of time to go to a div II or III or a senior corps. most senior corps have horn spots open most of the season! (i know, i filled one when i got home this summer). and also, trombone and baritone are the same thing once you get the valves down, so don't worry about that at all. i hope you decide to come out. if you do, go up to the tall skinny snare drummer with the "Josh" nametag on and say hi. i hope to see you there!

evans heads are alright, but they feel completely different. i'd stick with remo if i were you. not to mention i don't really like the evans snare heads or tenor heads...

Phantom - IP Paul Rennick Glassmen - IP Colin McNutt Crossmen - VF Lee Bettis when will the MS3 come out?

ha, al you beat me to the chase. i was just gonna mention that...

6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14 is the way to go. bushwackers actually did it the year before blue devils did. it's the best setup. oh and pearl definately has the best tenors IMO. i am a snare drummer, but that's how i feel.....

i tried the sticktape.com stuff, it was alright. i actually prefer the home depot stuff though. maybe i'm crazy.

you could maybe at least mention where in the country you are. a state would be helpful.

say what you want, but cadets were freaking good. did they have the coolest book? probably not. but they were the cleanest out there. they earned everything they got.

deffinentally?

that's actually not even everyone. there was another row at the time, PLUS people auditioning while that was happening. i was one of the people auditioning at that time (figures the only time i'm not at my drum they put the picture on the website). plus, that was only the CADET drummers. the group for crossmen was just as big too. we ensembled with 94 snares...... that was dirtier that dirt.

more chops? definately snare. which is HARDER?? there is no answer. both are hard, but they're each a different kind of hard. snare is hard cause you all have to listen and play the same thing together, which isn't always easy. bass is hard cause you have to play as one section, as if it were one mind, but it's 5 guys trying to blend. chops and difficulty are two different things. snare requires more chops. neither is harder.

more chops? definately snare. which is HARDER?? there is no answer. both are hard, but they're each a different kind of hard. snare is hard cause you all have to listen and play the same thing together, which isn't always easy. bass is hard cause you have to play as one section, as if it were one mind, but it's 5 guys trying to blend. chops and difficulty are two different things. snare requires more chops. neither is harder.

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holy thread revival, batman.

write out the paperwork and i'll sign it elizabeth!

will you marry me?

phantom only has 3 vets coming back to the snareline. yes, it's true about 6 snares aging out at cadets. cadets is also gonna march 10 next year. 7 rookies!

BlackMax came out before WhiteMax did. i realize that, but i wasn't talking about black max. white max and black max have more differences than just their color. there's different materials in the heads themselves. and i like the white max better. what i meant is that you can get a white max head, but have it be a black color. it's different than a black max.

evans is bass drum heads for dummies. if you don't want to put in the time and effort to make a drum sound good, take 2 minutes with an evans and it will sound decent. in my opinion, a remo head sounds much better when the person tuning the drums knows what they're doing. as far as snare heads go, i hate the evans heads. i don't think they feel as nice as a remo head, and i think the yellow head looks like crap. not that looks are as important as the overall sound, just stating what i think. white max is the way to go, now adays you can even get a whitemax and have it be a black color, but it's still a white max head. i used all evans at my high school and all remo at drum corps, so i saw and played on both kinds within a few days of each other, and i'd have to say that remo is the best. you're gonna have problems with heads pulling and stuff with any company, but remo is the most consistent and the best sound.

98 crossmen was an awesome cymbal line, and half of them played flubbs during part of the show. ever since then their cymbal lines weren't that great, except in 2003 they were pretty alright. scv always looks awesome, but to be honest they don't play as many notes as the other great cymbal lines. blue coats always put out a great cymbal line with steve regner, they're still good but not AS good. as far as senior corps goes, reading always seems to put out a decent program. empires cymbal line wasn't bad in 02, but i wouldn't call them spectacular. bush had a pretty good cymbal line in 2000, but they were AWESOME in 2003. that's my two cents. oh and to clear up the mixup, brass won best cymbal line in 2000. i know yokohoma won it and 2002 and reading won it in 2003, not sure about 2001 though.