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During the intermission part of Blast when they are playing on the stools they do this thing sort of like a "weave". Does any know of other groups that did something similar, maybe with more players?

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1995 Cadets during the "Swing, Swing, Swing" section of the show.

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1995 Cadets during the "Swing, Swing, Swing" section of the show.

BD had a similar moment in the early 2000's with a cymbal rack (can't remember which year).

Cavies pit did something similar this past season (2011) as well.

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BD had a similar moment in the early 2000's with a cymbal rack (can't remember which year).

Cavies pit did something similar this past season (2011) as well.

I am trying to work out the "weave" using 4 players. I know it using three, but I am having issues working it out with four players.

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Yeah, an even number kinda makes it awkward.

I just think of the shell game that you see on the jumbotron at sporting events.

Have you tried with just drawing it out set by set?

I would checkout Cadets 2000, they had 4 tenor players weaving in and out during their sideline feature. You might get some ideas from that.

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Yeah, an even number kinda makes it awkward.

I just think of the shell game that you see on the jumbotron at sporting events.

Have you tried with just drawing it out set by set?

I would checkout Cadets 2000, they had 4 tenor players weaving in and out during their sideline feature. You might get some ideas from that.

The Cadet feature does have some moving, but not really a weave. The three person weave is very simple:

Count Drum 1 Drum 2 Drum 3

1........................1................

2.....................................1...

3........................2................

4.............2...........................

5........................3................

6......................................3..

Only one person plays a drum at a time and it just repeats after 6 counts or you can do a mirror pattern.

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The Cadet feature does have some moving, but not really a weave. The three person weave is very simple:

Count Drum 1 Drum 2 Drum 3

1........................1................

2.....................................1...

3........................2................

4.............2...........................

5........................3................

6......................................3..

Only one person plays a drum at a time and it just repeats after 6 counts or you can do a mirror pattern.

Ah, I see exactly what you want now. Hmmm, yeah that 4th person does kinda throw a wrench into it.

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The Cadets 2000 percussion feature involved 5 bass drums that were grounded, but it wasn't a field drill weave because it involved the players rotating through the grounded drums about every two beats or so. But I think this is closer to what Blast did with stools, which did not move.

Kevin

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The Cadets 2000 percussion feature involved 5 bass drums that were grounded, but it wasn't a field drill weave because it involved the players rotating through the grounded drums about every two beats or so. But I think this is closer to what Blast did with stools, which did not move.

Kevin

I thought they cut that part before Finals? They did that in 1995 as well, I remember seeing them do it at a few shows in 2000, but I could have sworn it was gone by the end of the summer (that drum feature went through some MAJOR edits over the summer).

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