Weaklefthand4ever Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 9 hours ago, Beckham said: Having the flub line definitely makes the whole group better. At least some of those snare and tenor players in Vandegrift's battery probably marched flubs in past years and were much better prepared to move up because of it. I think so too. It's a lot better than "You march plates until you pay your dues" thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rysa4 Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 good to see female snare line folks. back in the day -- the snare line " veterans" could make it hard for them. I do see far more focus on true drum line instruction at the high school level than back when I marched. Good feeder programs and instruction starting in Junior high too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 On 11/23/2019 at 2:33 PM, cybersnyder said: Are flubs more of a regional thing? I've never seen them in the PA / MD area, then again the drumlines are smaller and have no real need of an "intern" type of instrument. The big chore is filling the line. The closest I've seen is Pittsburgh Steelers' Steeline marches 3-4 "boom drums", which are flat bass drums with no bottom heads. they've been used in as far back as 2006 in PA...I know I teched them. And used properly, they do wonders for training and can add a unique voice to the show. We did it out of necessity. We were going to lose 16 kids...we had to train the next generation and fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weaklefthand4ever Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 14 hours ago, rysa4 said: good to see female snare line folks. back in the day -- the snare line " veterans" could make it hard for them. I do see far more focus on true drum line instruction at the high school level than back when I marched. Good feeder programs and instruction starting in Junior high too. Agreed. We had a female snare who probably could have marched Div 2 if she had wanted to. But we were also very lucky to have so many ties to SoA, Troopers, Southwind and Suncoast with our band directors. We were always teched by guys from Spirit like Scott Brown and Turtle. My band director took my to my first DCI audition in 86'. There was also a strong tie to winter guard with Jim Gladson, Joel Denton and Perry Vandergriff back then if I remember correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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