2023 Drum Corps Season – DCP/DCW COVERAGE – Shoremen Brass Classic – Avon Lake, OH (DCI)

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Guard now all on flags and spread out on the field as the final stabs of the opener come from the brass and percussion.

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Horns move back to the tarp and play the opening of the second movement while a solo flag performs on a green flag, the color of this movement.

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Horns now center field. This music has the feel of a soundtrack, and it fits the theme as it is very minimal, almost Philip Glass in nature.

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9 guard, actually, and, once again, they are not afraid to spread out on the field.

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Third movement begins with the percussion on and round three L shaped props on side one. Horns come in on the right side of the field. Guard opens on saber and lavender poles.

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Guard now all on purple flags. Horns displaying a great sound in the closer, not letting their size or fatigue affect them.

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7th Regiment:

 

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Next on the field in DCI Open Class is the Spartans from Nashua, New Hampshire. Their 2023 program is entitled “Surreal” and consists of:

Zambra
Redemption for the Pain Endured
Fables of Faubus
Playing God
Tragic Kingdom

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I’m already a fan when Charles Mingus is played on the field.

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The premise of this show is that moment of time when you just lose consciousness to sleep, just before something wakes you, like the sound of the spoon you dropped when you started falling asleep.

Personally, with the sound of this horn line, who can PLAY, I’m not falling asleep anytime soon.