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  1. Ah yes, my rookie year at Suncoast. Reactions at each show were quite mixed, and seemed to progress throughout each individual performance. People generally liked the drum solo (a mash up of parts of "The Wall" by Pink Floyd, and "YYZ" by Rush), most everyone loved "Aquarius", up until the jarring ending of it, then usually shocked silence as the fabric wall rose slowly from the ground. Reaction to "Requiem" varied, but no matter what was felt, it was felt strongly. Depending upon how an individual reacted to "Requiem", "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" was either that it was cool, or confusing, or induced differing degrees of irritation or anger. "America the Beautiful" was almost universally well-received. How did I know all this when I was on the field? You guys all know that you can read the crowd as the show progresses. In addition, many people would come up and make comments if they saw us walking around between our show and retreat. I will mention that the show was emotionally draining for those of us performing it. In fact, towards the end of the season, we would never do a full run-through at the end of rehearsal on a show day. The staff learned that we could only perform the entire thing once per day, mentally speaking. So, end of rehearsal run-throughs would always leave something out, sometimes we would just skip a movement, or do a movement visual only, or "bop" one movement, or even just arc up and play part of the show, anything the staff could think of that would keep us from mentally "completing" a show.
  2. As others have pointed out already, folded after the 89 season, then did not re-emerge until 1992. It was basically a totally different organization by then.
  3. Did anyone ever time the one at the end of "Requiem" in Suncoast's 1984 show?
  4. Fair enough. I forgot to mention earlier, but there is an additional, separate policy and procedures manual in addition to the district policies linked that is in place by the instrumental music division. It is not available online, and is a 3-inch-thick binder. A fair amount of it clarifies district policy as applied to instrumental music-specific conditions. It also puts additional, sometimes more strict than district policy, items and procedures in place. I am no longer "official", so I do not have a copy at home to scan.
  5. Also, I can vouch for at least one drumcorps (Music City) that has similar, but not as extensively worded policies in place, as well as in-person training for all staff
  6. Did it not occur to you that your wording could possibly come across as insulting? I was serious when I asked if you really wanted 20+ pages of training documents typed/cut/pasted. It exists, and we have to be responsible for knowing all its content and following all its policies. I emphasized some words in all caps because I was too lazy at the time to use either the bold tool or the italic tool. You apparently were offended by a couple capitalized words. (I see you responded in like fashion above). I was offended by being lumped in with a group of people labeled as having no training, no knowledge on how to handle behavior, or having no skill. If you want to look into a standard set of policies and procedures: https://www.cobbk12.org/page/6380/section-j-students https://www.cobbk12.org/page/6193/section-g-personnel There's more if you want, and yes we are trained in such. [EDIT] I am not an employee of Cobb County Schools. Former employee/currently a semi-retired not-paid-by-the-school-system adjunct.
  7. Sorry you feel that way. Your wording in your first response seemed inflammatory, hence my "I'm not sure if you're baiting me" comment. Not sure why you consider your time wasted, you got the response you wanted without me having to scan, cut, and paste 10-20 pages of policy manuals. Policies that are made quite clear that you can be immediately terminated if not followed. Perhaps you would not be upset if someone made a statement such as, "It appears all people in IT have no idea how to properly interact with other human beings"?
  8. Seemed be a flaming response imo. Was always told to inform rather than fire back…. Oh, I'm supposed to be ok with such accusations?
  9. I can't tell if you're baiting me or not, so here's the answer: Depends upon the school, but these things were stressed in multiple classes, even BITD: 1. DFTK 2a. Avoid being in a room alone with any student 2b. Always have a witness when talking to a student alone 3. Do not socialize with students away from school, unless it is a planned, chaperoned, school activity 4. Do not add students on social media 5. Do not call, text, or email students (unless it is your school account). If you must call a student, make sure the parent(s) is/are aware (They really want their All-State results ASAP) That is the gist of personal student-to-teacher interaction Do you REALLY want me to go through EVERY detail and policy regarding how field trips, football games, concert performances, etc. are expected to be handled? I don't feel like typing 10 pages of details unless necessary
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