The end of Bluecoats show last year was not a gesture asking for applause. The guard brought in the "main character" to their imaginative cloud-person world (for large lack of better term), then slowly began spreading through the entire corps, when at the end finally converting the drum major; the ending gesture was supposed to be a sort of symbolic invitation towards the audience to join their "world". I guess it would be pretty easy to misunderstand, though.
matched grip with your drum lower is a lot more comfortable than up high having to stick out your elbows... ever noticed the drum height difference between snares and tenors?
Yes and no.. I saw their lot and was not very impressed.. lots of entrance and clarity issues
then on the field they were a different drumline than I had seen just half an hour before. I don't like the inconsistency, but their line was #### good when they played well.