lvl5drummer

Surf just posted this on their facebook page.

BD 2012, during the Accel Roll drum break, the DM stops conducting. That's the only one off the top of my head that hasn't already been posted. If I think of more I'll add them. Surf 12, in the beggining of William Tell, the pit gets a count off and then the DM's interact with each other.

If not a person, Blue Devils 2007 inspired me to continue to play music and the corps I marched this year inspired me to perform and be a musician.

I had a question, I didn't think making a whole new thread was necessary; but how are the G7 going to market to the woodwind players that they'll eventually add in? I honestly have no clue how they can make that happen short of saying, "hey you know the [insert G7] corps that you've always known and loved? Well they're not quite a drum corps anymore, and now you're open to perform with them!"

I'm coming up on my second season marching this summer with a non-G7 corps, and I'm slightly disappointed with the big wigs. One of the 7 corps inspired me to march and inspired me to continue with my music career after seeing one of their shows as a kid. This move by the G7 is making me rethink my goals as a musician, and I don't like it. I think what the G7 have done here is a little bit too much in the power-grab area, and it's flat out rude. You don't try to take over an organization, get kicked out/quit, whatever it was, and then come back and offer "better" terms for it. I say let them leave. I wanna see how long corps can last in MIM with their fiscal issues, especially after following the 990's. I want to see those corps try to survive on their own, and if they do, great for them. But I want to march in a Drum Corps that's a part of Drum Corps International, not some organization made up of a bunch of big wigs. I'll stick to the corps I'm marching in now and see what the G7 does.

There are still spots open at Jersey Surf I believe. There are in the pit at least.

If you choose to march surf like your signature says, when I marched last year, there were vegans and vegetarians in the corps. The food staff is amazing and made great accommodations for them, nd I would assume they would do the same for you.