seanmoran

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Thanks Tony! I can't wait for the summer. I hope you enjoy the show!

Not a church story, but I got pulled over on the way home from a show back when I was marching. The cop was giving me a really hard time even though I had only been pulled over for my license plate not being properly displayed (it was in the back window). It turns out the cop was my section leader's brother and when he saw our corps jackets in the back of the car he decided to mess with me a bit. We ended up having a good laugh and he let me go. Definitely a small world moment though.

What about the broadcast in IMAX? I just saw my first IMAX flick and was blown away by the picture and sound quality.

I would say that injury can be avoided with any marching style by using proper upper body control. If you are engaging your core muscles and lifting up out of your hips, it limits the stress put on your knees and ankles. Lifting from the upper body will allow you to accept the ground with your feet as you roll through, where a soft upper body will force your weight down into the ground. Not only does this cause a lot of trauma for your knees and ankles, but it creates that oh so wonderful pulsating sound on sustained notes. When you see a group that has exceptional training in body control, they have that illusion of gliding along the top of the grass regardless of the technique they are using. I think this is why many groups are utilizing ballet type excercises in their basics programs now. Dancing requires you to be very light on your feet and the training dancers use really focuses in on the core muscles to control that. And of course with that added vocabulary, the dancing was bound to be incorporated into the field shows.

I'm Sean. I've enjoyed reading the interesting exchanges on these forums for a while and finally decided to register. I marched with the San Diego Earthquake in 1998 for the California tour. The last weekend of the Cali tour I was informed that the Blue Devils had a Euph spot open. I auditioned in the parking lot at San Jose, made the corps, and hopped on the bus for Nats tour with 3 days worth of clothes. After taking 1999 off (my biggest regret in life to date), I marched from 2000-2002 and aged out a Blue Devil. I became a visual tech for Esperanza in 2004 and worked with that corps until they went inactive in 2007. This summer (2009) I will be a visual tech with the Madison Scouts and hope to continue teaching for many years to come.