jjeffeory Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Cadets are marching with them. Yes, actually moving their feet :) That should be fun. I have no doubt they'll do it well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drangin Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Cadets are marching with them. Yes, actually moving their feet :) Marching + band instruments = marching band. So why is it still called "drum corps?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 (edited) Marching + band instruments = marching band. So why is it still called "drum corps?" Because it's always been marching band, or at the very least a form of marching band? In the eyes of the general public... we're all bandos, and have always been so. Edited May 6, 2016 by Fran Haring 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screamer Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Was the usage of french horns such a problem a few years back as this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fsubone Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Marching + band instruments = marching band. So why is it still called "drum corps?" Because drum corps is marching band and always has been. We wear funny costumes and play instruments on a football field. We're a band that marches, therefore a marching band 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screamer Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Because drum corps is marching band and always has been. We wear funny costumes and play instruments on a football field. We're a band that marches, therefore a marching band But isn't drum corps on some sort of upper echelon where all is shunned if done differently? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRASSO Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 (edited) Marching + band instruments = marching band. So why is it still called "drum corps?" Most still like the monikers of " Drum Corps " and "Drum & Bugle Corps" over that of" Marching Bands ". Otherwise, with all myriad of changes, they'd have been on board with supporting changing the name of " Drum Corps " to " Marching Bands " or some such too. It appears there is a bit of confliction among some on why they seem so set on hanging onto the moniker of " Drum Corps " and /or " Drum & Bugle Corps". The monikers both seem outdated monikers to me, that should be changed. Why it hasn't, who knows. But the good news is, the monikers will no doubt eventually change to " Marching Bands " ( or something similar ) once the slow to change eventually come around to a bit of grounded reality here on this, which I believe they ultimately will. Its really no big deal, of course, but yes, it is a bit odd and curious to me as well, drangin, as to why so many still persist with maintaining what clearly appear to be 2 outdated and obsolete monikers for these ensembles. Edited May 6, 2016 by BRASSO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRASSO Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 (edited) Because drum corps is marching band and always has been. Well... not really. Not in many quarters BITD anyway. In Massachusetts, the CYO circuit for decades had 2 divisions. One for" Drum Corps," ie Drum & Bugle Corps, and one for Marching Bands. So didn't other circuits, including the VFW, AL. There were distinct divisions, and were both identifiable, and made separate, by primarily the instrumentation usage ( ok, so both wore " silly costumes".. whatever.. no argument on that personal assessment observation of yours on this from me ). But this comment we often hear today that" Drum Corps", ie, Drum & Bugle Corps were always Marching Bands is not factually, not historically accurate at all. Not as far as competition qualification entry was concerned anyway. The real test of what determined a unit back then. The fact that both marched, and both were sometimes perceived by outsiders as the same .ie, a."Marching Band " is really beside the point. The main point is that to those who knew better, including the qualifications for competition entry, the judges who judged the 2 at the time, and the staffers who taught the 2 at the time, the 2 were absolutely not the same. A Drum & Bugle Corps was a Drum & Bugle Corps, and a Marching Band was a Marching Band. Period. Yes, it might've been simpler times back then, but those people involved back then were not confused, nor conflicted in the least on this and they absolutely knew that a Marching Band was not a Drum & Bugle Corps, nor vice versa. Thats why they all had separate competition divisions for each of the 2 back then. To think otherwise is not only a feeble attempt at revisionist history, it is simply a wrong headed, silly, and inaccurate historical observation, imo Edited May 6, 2016 by BRASSO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjeffeory Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Because drum corps is marching band and always has been. We wear funny costumes and play instruments on a football field. We're a band that marches, therefore a marching band Yup, however all marching bands are NOT drumcorps. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrownBariDad Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Who needs trombones? Or trumpets for that matter? A little "La Fiesta" for you Chick Corea fans still hung over from Cinco celebrations. https://www.facebook.com/USNAband/videos/10154095997186763/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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