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    Mandarins Caption Head team returns for 2024!

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    6 minutes ago, fighterkit said:

    There is a lot that goes into being a drum major in todays corps. 
    A lot of DMs spend countless hours doing score studies between camps and before moving in with the corps to make sure that they are setting the ensemble up for the best success possible. 
    I am assuming that the Mandarins DM coordinator helps make sure that they are running rehearsal as efficiently and as effortlessly as possible, because that is something that takes getting used to and is frankly extremely nerve wracking. Learning how to run any rehearsal and deal with rehearsal etiquette is something that most corps throw DMs into without any prior knowledge and making sure that they are on their game for this early will help prevent early season hiccups during spring training or camps. 

    Also a DM coordinator can help double check timing and make sure that the DMs are starting things exactly on tempo and not rushing or dragging. 

    I remember in 2022 starting the show a few times at comps ~200. The written tempo was 188. It was never an issue because the battery and hornline could do it, but no one ever let me know until we had a staff member who was acting as a DM coordinator double check me.



    I know this thread is laughing about the amount of DMs corps have today. But I promise that they are extremely useful and having a large team relieves so much headaches from the DMs as well as the staff. 

    With a team of four DM's you can have all three on the front conducting and someone in the back running met for the corps. That way the timing responsibilities are being rehearsed as much as they can. Why remove a DM to have them run met when a marcher on the field will be using them for a timing. 
    And you can send DMs around to make sure that staff can adequately teach rather than having to worry about the met and running the met. 
    You can send a DM to battery to run the met and let the staff do their jobs and teach. 
    In 22 when I was the sole Drum Major running the entire corps, having rehearsal assistants be able to run the met kept a massive weight off my shoulders. 

    There is so much that goes into being a modern drum major nowadays. 

    It's not just ignoring leadership and waving your arms fancy like certain corps. 

    Who's drum majors are you referring to? 

    Rank your top three shows of each finalist corps for the last 3 years

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    Bluecoats
    1. Tilt
    2. Kinetic Noise
    3. Downside Up
    Blue Devils
    1. Felliniesque
    2. As Dreams are Made On
    3. Ink
    Carolina Crown
    1. Relentless
    2. Out of This World
    3. Inferno
    Santa Clara Vanguard (they're all #1)
    1. Scherezade 
    2. Force of Nature
    3. Spark of Invention
    Cavaliers
    1. Propaganda
    2. Immortal
    3. Game On
    Cadets
    1. Power of Ten
    2. Awakening
    3. An American Story
    Blue Knights
    1. That One Second
    2. Because....
    3. The Great Event
    Phantom Regiment
    1. Voice of Promise
    2. City of Light
    3. Swan Lake
    Blue Stars
    1. Where the Heart is
    2. La Reve
    3. Sideshow
    Crossmen
    1. Alma Gitana 
    2. Continuum
    3. Above and Beyond
    Academy
    1. Drum Corpse Bride
    2. A Step in Time
    3. Vanity Fair
    Boston Crusaders
    1. Conquest
    2. Animal Farm
    3. Quixotic

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