thelonelysnare Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 Hey, I’m new here. I’m 15 years old and I play snare drum in the marching band at our school. This year our band is doing fairly well. We had a competition on Saturday in which we placed first and got the best percussion caption. (http://www.tob.org/index05o.htm#10/16/04 Scroll down to about halfway where it says Eisenhower HS, Warren, PA. Our band is Eisenhower.) Our band is fairly small with only about 40 members. Our drum line consists of 1 snare (me) 1 quint player, and 4 basses. In a couple of years when I graduate my aunt who lives in Chandler, Arizona wants me to come live with her for the summer and participate in The Academy drum and bugle corp. I think it would be fun to be in DCI and everyone tells me I would be good at it. So, the other day I was looking up DCI stuff and I found this website. So here I am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vern Contra Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 Welcome! Yes I am familiar with Eisenhower. I'm in Elk County. There isn't much Drum Corps in North Western PA. DCI anyway. The lake Erie Regiment was inactive last year, I am unsure about this year. That is pretty close and one of their staff members was from Kane so you could have a ride I'm sure if they are active this year. The biggest thing about doing Drum Corps is having the time. Although the amount of time to be involved in a DCI corps can vary from Corps to Corps, it still is a lot of time. But it is (a) good time, with lots of work and you will come out the better percussionist/musician for having participated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelonelysnare Posted October 15, 2007 Author Share Posted October 15, 2007 Cool. I'm not really looking for a drum corp around here. If I do it, it will be The Academy because my aunt wants me to come to Arizona. So, it all works out. But, I've talked to people about DCI and it sounds like fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickk3 Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Welcome thelonelysnare! and welcome to drum corps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelonelysnare Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 Thanks. I have a question and I didn't know where else to post it. So here it is. Does anyone have any cadences that are written for 4 bass drums or that can be easily played with 4 bass drums (such as a 6 bass part that would still sound good on 4) I’ve been looking for some and I can’t find any that sound good on 4 basses and the ones that are written for 4 the tenor/snare parts suck. Also, they do not have to be full cadences they can be just bass cadences which is what we are doing with the ones that the tenor/bass parts are not that good. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColtFoutz Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Don't be so lonely, lonelysnare. Welcome to the forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelonelysnare Posted October 17, 2007 Author Share Posted October 17, 2007 hahaha....in my drumline there is only me on snare....so, I'm always lonely :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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