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I am sorry to hear that! Best of luck in your search.

The Pearl 1030 drum set snare stand adjusts all the way up about 27" which is three inches higher than the base height of most concert snare stands. Almost any music store that carries Pearl should have one, but they are pricey at around $130. Here's a video of BD using them for reference: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6arExeP7fP4

That is not true. There are dozens of videos of Paul Rennick lines having someone click sticks in front of them all the way up to finals, including years when they won the Sanford. Ellis Hampton does this as well.

Yes they were mic'd up. You can clearly see them in this video - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bzQu3Qww0Rk

Mike Jackson is a huge gain for BK. Props to Brian Stevens and Glen Crosby for turning that program around, they did some great work out there but I am excited to see what Mike can do.

I know it isn't ideal, but the Pearl CXSA1 will work with the old Randall May carriers. Here's a link to one: http://www.steveweissmusic.com/product/pearl-cx-snare-carrier-attachment/marching-snare-drum-accessories

I know he arranged the front ensemble during Mike Jackon's tenure there in 2006 and 2007. I believe he also did the entire book in 2008 and 2009.

Absolutely! See if you can get the old team back together from early 2000s Vanguard. Jim would be the best choice I can think of. My second thought is that Brian Mason isn't doing much writing nowadays either. His 2001 line was pretty good and, if memory serves, was pretty close in score to a really good SCV line and an even better BD line.

-Work on your timing with a met. The front ensemble is not exempt from perfect time and there always seems to be one person who hasn't learned that who shows up to audition. -Make sure you are not just practicing scales, but also ways to move through them - chromatic, circle of fifths, circle of fourths. Also, learn your modes. -If there is a packet, know it backwards and forwards. Have your technique set as close to the description as possible, but still be prepared to make changes on the fly. -Finally, this is important, if you don't get offered the instrument you want to march, march anyway. You'll learn more playing glockenspiel or synth than you will playing video games all summer, and you'll be much closer to that marimba or vibe spot next year. Good luck!!

Troopers Academy Blue Stars SCV BD Madison OC Pacific Crest

Those are the drums that BK's indoor line used this past season. I think they have yet to receive their new gear.

Yes and no. Shane was a Dynasty artist when he took the caption head role at Phantom, but has long used Pearl Drums with MCM. When Phantom made the switch this year he did as well.

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Actually, Oregon Crusaders are on Dynasty still and they are World Class this year.

As I said in the other thread, I think this is bloody brilliant.

I think this is bloody brilliant.

Troopers 2012 did this as did the Colts in 2009.

That is something I hadn't thought of. For a standard one day show, WGI charges roughly $300 for a group to participate. For a regional of twenty groups, that is a cool $6000 in their pockets. If DCI charged the A Class groups for these shows in a similar manner, surely it would ease the burden of hosting said show. In fact, it would give DCI a reason to promote the new class! Now I have no idea of the costs of an outside venue, but it wouldn't seem difficult to try...

I am not sure if you are just choosing to read what you want or if you are just reading through my posts without taking the time to comprehend them, but this is the second time you have attacked me for something I have not said, and at one point you actually agree with me. Let me make my points very clear: - There is a difference between a young adult and an adult. They are not peers. They are of different age groups and act differently around members of their same age group than they do around members of a different age group. If you disagree with this, okay, but It is my opinion formed on my own anecdotal evidence. - I know kids go to DCA to get experience to march DCI. I said that in my post - the post that you quoted. What I also said is that obviously there is a difference in the DCI experience from the DCA experience in the eyes of the youth. As for the kids who just marched DCA, I mentioned them too when I said "there are exceptions of course." - I never questioned the ability of a DCA corps to "kick ###." I enjoy many DCA shows each and every year from the comfort of my home as there are no shows within a reasonable distance of me. If you are looking to have an argument, it is very easy to find a thread that Stu has posted in (I jest, I jest), but I would prefer to have a civil discussion about what we can do to fix DCI as opposed to what DCA is already doing. I have proposed my model of change, and if you have a better idea I would very much like to hear it so we can discuss it. I am quite passionate about this activity and wish for it to be around still (in whatever form that might be) when my children reach marching age. I apologize for any misunderstanding that I may have caused.

You are looking for arguments that do not exist. I never said DCI members enjoy the joy of music more than DCA members. I said that DCI provides an opportunity to focus on the joy of music amongst their peers, something that DCA does not. Young people act different among other young people than they at when there are adults present. Based on my years of teaching I gather that many of them prefer the company of their peers in a situation like drum corps. There are always exceptions of course, but how many times do we see a kid go to DCA for experience, march DCI for a couple of years and return to DCA when he or she ages out? If the experiences were as similar as you are saying they are this would never happen. The person would just march DCA. DCI offers something more, and it isn't just being gone for the entire summer. It is the change in the environment.

There is a clear distinction between the environments of DCA and DCI from the top down. The experience feels different with adults in the mix, as is the perception of the activity. Part of the fun of being in these youth activities is getting to be immature and focused only on the joy of music in a world that is causing kids to grow up faster all of the time. Having older people, even if they are freshly aged-out, changes that. As long as DCA remains all-age, it is not the solution to DCI's problem. The regional problem is another issue with DCA. A reason I believe my idea would work is that DCI already has a national tour infrastructure in place. There are regionals that are actually split up amongst various regions in the US and dozens of local shows with an even further reach. It would be much easier for a group to attach to one of these shows than to book it across the country for even one weekend. I guarantee you kids would be down for a weekend-only experience if it was youth focused. One only needs to look at Surf and C2 to prove it.

I would assume that many groups already have budgets in that vicinity, and I know for a fact that some of the top World Class WGI lines have people take a semester off of school to move to a house nearby with other members. The way WGI addresses this problem is that the classes are structured off of the level of skills attempted in a show. It's the reason I can take a bunch of kids who have never marched indoor, rehearse half as much as other groups, borrow instruments and still be competitive in the activity: WGI encourages groups of our size and skill level. If a group becomes a game breaker, they get bumped up. The people in World Class are consistently pushing the boundaries of what a drumline is and can do, and for those twenty-five or so directors who want to mixed up in that, they have an avenue. But my kids, on a much lower level competitively, have an avenue to compete and feel successful as well. The same cannot be said for DCI.

This is an amazing idea.

So if you aren't aware, the vast majority of WGI percussion is run in a true volunteer capacity. This goes all the way from the lowest of A Class up to the multi-year World Class champs Music City Mystique. The main thing that makes this possible though is the fact that rehearsals and contests only take place on the weekends and the staff is located close enough to drive out every week. As a director of an independent program over multiple years, I put in about ten to twenty hours into the program during the week and ten to twenty hours on the weekend. I am able to do this because I live within an hour of our rehearsal sites and can hold a full-time job during the week. There is absolutely no way that I could sustain this lifestyle if touring was in the equation. I would propose that if DCI wants to keep the class model that they have based on touring and revenue, they add an additional third class. However, unlike what was expected of Div. III groups, the new, let's call them A Class, groups would only be required to attend one regional show and championships just like the WGI model. Even in my state, which has no drum corps of which to speak, there are five small DCI shows within a five hour radius. I think that doing four or five shows counting champs would be a wonderfully fulfilling experience for kids, keep costs down, and it is very much in line with what we do all winter. EDIT - I understand this provides no solution for the big dogs, let them figure out what to do. What this does do though is grow the activity following the footsteps of a proven model.