Ben Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 perfect timing for this topic- article on dci.org Texas Bandmasters speak out about drum corps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
year1buick Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 perfect timing for this topic- article on dci.orgTexas Bandmasters speak out about drum corps My band director in my freshman year of college was kind of a jerk about DCI, actually. Seemed pretty anti drum corps. Before I was aware of this, I made a trip to his office in May of 91 (prior to graduating high school and touring with Sky Ryders) to discuss the fact that I'd miss the first couple days of summer band. I offered to go over the music ahead of time, etc. His first response was to say that he didn't care much from drum corps, thought it fostered bad habits and bad attitudes in his band members, etc. etc. I was pretty floored. There were plenty of other DCI vets marching in this band (such as Chris Scott, whom I later marched with in Phantom Regiment)-- I don't know it they experienced this with him or not. For me, it continued throughout the year. I was finally so turned off that I quit the program after one year. Hopefully, this is a pretty rare exception... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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