As far as how much practice they put in compared to Blue Devils, Cavaliers, etc, it is lower. From what I've been told, they pretty much have the most free time out of most corps (in World Class), and they're just really laid back. What I do know, is they do work real hard. I'm not sure why their shows are always the way they are(music, tempos), but I guess the design team has a specific direction for them, or afraid some of them are just too young to hit 170 or so, :/ Musically, I guess the celtic stuff isn't bad this year.