DRUMAJOR

Drum and Bugle Corps Also known as Drum Corps Very simple. Drums. Bugles. Everyone else making noise please go to band camp.

I miss Drum Corps Chicks. Life without them is suffocating.

I think the OP missed the boat by a mile. Not a single mention of knee high socks and over the calf leather boots. heh

I was commenting on the squeeze hoping that Jim would detail the muscle and nerve interaction in relation to bone alignment, and then elaborate on the squeeze effect as it relates to energy consumption. heh There is no doubt that an off-axis wrist can cause alignment problems and lead to bad technique, but if anyone can feel an energy loss when a thumb is a degree off-line, that individual needs to exercise and spend more time playing their instrument.

Traditional: rotate Matched: squeeze Thanks for clearing that up Jim!

Folks, this writer is a phony. The post is identical in style and content to the attack on the online drum corps community a few years ago. Note the similarity in writing, and the practiced errors of punctuation, trying to imitate an internet newbie.

>> As would any fan of a corps that received even a fraction of the crap _____' get. > The thing is, there aren't 15 million threads about the _____ _____' easy drill or park and blows. > There aren't 15 million threads about the _____' lack of a brass book. > There aren't 15 million threads about _____'_ tone quality at loud volumes. AS YOU WERE Now get back on the bus, and I'll see if I can whip up some directed criticism.

Oh no! Let's hope no one notices the number of people common to both! Personally, I would like to see the DCI directors reel in the definition of Drum Corps before the academic world puts the breaks on supporting marching ban/s & drum corps. If the expansion of field pageantry steps on the opera and symphonic worlds too much, support will fizzle rather quickly. Like it or not, the patrons of those arts have long financial arms, fueled by a desire to propagate the traditional arts.

Which topic? The one discussing a poorly written rule and cheating, or the new one?

Yes please, shut it down. There is no place in drum corps for opinion. YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING, right? Right. Good. As you were. Will someone please educate me here? I need to know how and when in drum corps history, where integrity used to rule the day, it became okay to break, bend, fudge, and otherwise ignore rules, respect and common sense.

That didn't stop the evolution of the pit.

If there's a small corps near you, join up. Everything else will fall in place.

I was 11 my first year with the Seattle Thunderbird Cadets. Seems like yesterday . . .

What does a link to a public performance of a USA public school music department group have to do with the ban on DCI media?