saxmanjames7 Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 its all about consistant stride size and straight line pathways (unless otherwise specified). you should be able to march your show with holes on either side of you, and you also should be comfortable/flexible enough with your show to make small adjustments while you perform, giving a good "dress" to your curvaliner or straight line... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erictuba16 Posted May 17, 2006 Author Share Posted May 17, 2006 That's why you're always sticking out of the form, Borges. Maybe you should consider practicing the method that your instructors teach you, regardless of whether or not you agree with them. i wouldnt be sticking out if people knew how to get to their dots, and being a dot shopper i find that the form behind me seems to be more correct than what i see infront of me =P myth busted heh granted staff just wants to get things looking ok and they dont wanna spend 2 minutes setting up spots every rep.... but then again knowing how to get to your dot solves that. nuf said bye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
727driver Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 For us it was always form first, dot second. We used dots as a guideline to build the form, but memorized the shape as the focus going from set to set. Even when we stopped, we'd dress the form, then check the dots. Even when I get the chance to teach drill today, it is form form form. Dots are worthless if the shape sucks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicBobert Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 Dot shopping? We call it dot diving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzCat82 Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 i wouldnt be sticking out if people knew how to get to their dots, and being a dot shopper i find that the form behind me seems to be more correct than what i see infront of me =Pmyth busted heh granted staff just wants to get things looking ok and they dont wanna spend 2 minutes setting up spots every rep.... but then again knowing how to get to your dot solves that. nuf said bye Wow.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beccaboo Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 When you first start learning drill use your dots. After you have learned them I say go with the form. i agree with my buddy aaron.......but ummmmmm when they ask you to fix something dress to the form always, you always want to make it look good.......i heard a story about a girl from last year who stuck to her sot sheet the whole time.....bad choice.....*a*m*a*n*d*a* (cough, cough) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tborden10 Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 At the beginning of the season when learning drill, I think it is important to go for the dot, but into the season it is more important to dress the form. The only time you dot shop is when you are a primary dress point. The sets where you set the form, you need to be on your dot or the form gets out of whack. Drum Corps is a GROUP activity. If one person goes to their dot and not the form then even if they are right, they look wrong. Yes, if everyone went to their dot every time then you don’t need to dress the form but...when you have over a 100 people and over 60-75 sets at some point in some place or time someone will make a mistake, unless of course you marched with Dartmouth High School...ahem...Borges.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelloHorn13 Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 dot dive. unless it's an arc, diagonal, or veritcal line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whystarwhy Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 There's some great stuff in this thread. I have found that there's only one problem with "dressing the form." It stems from the question; "What is the form?" More often than not, the "form" get's changed because so and so never makes it to where they are supposed to, and then so and so's friend tries to make that "look nice." There are also a lot of people in the marching activity that have problems visualizing themselves on the field in relation to other members, so this doesn't help anything. Coordinates are as black as music notes on paper. I see no reason why members shouldn't learn and follow them. One question is also whether or not you are reading from computer-printed charts. When you read hand-written drill, there is a degree of human error when determining the coordinate on top of setting it. So sometimes going to the dot can be the wrong information. If you use computer drill with printed coordinates, and have a rehearsal space grided by 2 step or something, I say go for the dot with minimal attention to dressing. (the need for dress occurs when someone is making an error, eliminate errors and there is no need for dress) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DClifer06 Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 For us it was always form first, dot second. We used dots as a guideline to build the form, but memorized the shape as the focus going from set to set. Even when we stopped, we'd dress the form, then check the dots. Even when I get the chance to teach drill today, it is form form form. Dots are worthless if the shape sucks... Totally agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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