Hello everyone, this will be my first post here. I'm going to present myself here because it's closely related to this topic.
I'm a 18 year old musician from Norway, with euphonium as my main instrument. I discovered drum corps a while ago, and I'm just falling more and more in love with it, so now, I seek the help and knolwedge of this forum to realise my biggest dream: Marching with a DCI world class corps.
The (main) question is: How should I do this?
-Do most drum corps allow foreigners to march with them? Or do I have to make a special arrangement?
-Auditions: Considering where I live, I suppose I will only be able to meet up physically for the audidion of one corps. As I want to max out my chances of getting in, I would like to audition for more corps trough videos. Is that possible?
-Plane tickets are pricey and will probably limit my possibilities to attend all camps held during spring. How much understanding can I get for that?
-Are there any legal issues?
-How should I prepare? My musical level is pretty good, but my marching skills is somewhat limited. I suppose I need to practise marcing a lot, and build up some more strenght in my upper body, at least. . .
-Something I haven't considered?
That's a lot of questions, but I hope you can help me
(I apologize in advance for any typing errors; I wrote this a little late in the night)