I'm definitely not discouraged, though. I love drum corps too much to give up on it just because of that. Before I decided on Music City, I was wanting to go for Memphis Sound. However, the price is just too high...
There were about 2-3 people in college trying out for battery; the rest were HS seniors. About 4 trying for tenors, 6-7 for snare, 3 for bass, including me.