Liahona Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Bios don't necessarily indicate role and usage on the 2017 Troopers staff. Last corps I taught I was on brass staff, but my bio talks about arranging, WGI affiliations, and percussion design, but they used me solely in brass instruction, but thanks for assuming I don't know or didn't read the bios. As usual, your need to let us all know how much you know about every single aspect of every single corps is appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tesmusic Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Just as a point of comparison, and it may indeed be apple and oranges. 2016 Bluecoats percussion instructors (total of 8) 2017 Troopers percussion techs (total of 15) 2016 Bluecoats visual instructors (total of 12) 2017 Troopers visual techs (total of 19) What do you think? edit: mis-counted troopers visual techs. I'm getting old. What do I think, too many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xandandl Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 (edited) As the bios note, a few are band directors and will probably not be there all summer as they prepare for their autumn MBseason. Perhaps only a few of the list will be present all summer.and/or every camp. I presume they are not paid as much as the World Champion Bloo's staff and may need other job ops per annum. Bluecoats did not list on their staff link all the specialists they had zoom in for a weekend or two to work the corps. But the biggest difference between the two corps is the average age difference and the marching experience difference between corps members of the two corps. Bluecoats as a tier-one corps drew people with previous DCI experience and/or older members; Bloo is a destination corps.. Troopers seeks to maintain that status as a destination corps but marches many more first timers and younger members (youth here as a factor principally as that the bodies are still growing, the MM is adjusting to new heights, gait, and muscle structure.) Usually young marchers benefit from more one on one instructional attention whereas older marchers and long time vets don't need that same mentoring. As PamahoNow notes it may indeed be apple and oranges. What works at one corps may not be as effective at another. Some non-finalists may have benefited from larger, competent staffing. Edited September 13, 2016 by xandandl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStainGlass Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Other of old glassmen techs and marching members from my day. Some shocking names I haven't seen in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroopAlum12 Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Hey Troop-a-loop, just so you know there is a 2017 Troopers thread where you can consolidate all these posts :) people tend to like it when all the news related to one corps is filed together. http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/forums/index.php/topic/165160-troopers-2017/?hl=%2B2017+%2Btroopers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjoakes Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Just as a point of comparison, and it may indeed be apple and oranges. 2016 Bluecoats percussion instructors (total of 8) 2017 Troopers percussion techs (total of 15) 2016 Bluecoats visual instructors (total of 12) 2017 Troopers visual techs (total of 19) What do you think? edit: mis-counted troopers visual techs. I'm getting old. Numbers are interesting. Thanks for posting. And I realize others might argue about how to count what people doing which things. Somewhat important is keep focused on outcomes not inputs. They're related, of course. But it doesn't have to be that the quality of outcomes is directly associated with the number of inputs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroopAlum12 Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 I mentioned this in another thread, but one of the things many corps are trying to do is have a rotation staff because committing to a full tour every summer is getting harder. The vast majority of drum corps instructional staff members have jobs outside of drum corps, plus families for some and even college/grad school for others. The more people they have, the less strain it puts on people who can't afford to be on the road for long periods of time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troopers1 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 (edited) I wish we'd have thought of having large tech staffs BITD. It would have cut the per-person cost of the kegs. I kid. Edited September 15, 2016 by troopers1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllianaLancerContra Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Just as a point of comparison, and it may indeed be apple and oranges. 2016 Bluecoats percussion instructors (total of 8) 2017 Troopers percussion techs (total of 15) 2016 Bluecoats visual instructors (total of 12) 2017 Troopers visual techs (total of 19) What do you think? edit: mis-counted troopers visual techs. I'm getting old. Data suggests that the more techs you have, the more ticks you have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leadsop04 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Except blue devils. I mentioned this in another thread, but one of the things many corps are trying to do is have a rotation staff because committing to a full tour every summer is getting harder. The vast majority of drum corps instructional staff members have jobs outside of drum corps, plus families for some and even college/grad school for others. The more people they have, the less strain it puts on people who can't afford to be on the road for long periods of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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