ApocalypseTissue Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 http://www.dci.org/news/news.cfm?news_id=f...aa-7db997f679e1 America’s best high school student musicians to take the field as "2008 All-American Marching Band" 2/14/2007 -- 3:45 PM CST MENC: The National Association for Music Education, has announced a new program to identify the 90 best high school marching musicians for participation in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl, with assistance from Drum Corps International. My friend who's been in MENC's Honor Ensembles for many years told me they were going insane. It's a very established program, their high school all-eastern and all-west coast ensembles are considered the best for the secondary education level. But what in the world is this??!?! LOOK AT THIS RIDICULOUSLY EXTENSIVE APPLICATION http://www.menc.org/allamerican/2008/pdf/2...Application.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntington Mallets Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Sounds more like "The best high school students that also happen to play an instrument" to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Western Burger Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 That is like the ultimate scary application, It's like every important application comblined into one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersop Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Can you say .... OVERKILL?!? But on the other hand, considering the lengths one must go to make a spot, it would look very nice on a college application. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumcat Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Well, look, it's not much different from a DCI audition if you were doing a video or remote audition. If you want to see an audition, check out the Blast! sheet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Western Burger Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Ok, that's true, I do remember reading the Blast! auditions, they are pretty intense. Of course, a spot on Blast! is a pretty prestigious position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marchinalong8 Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Looks more like you have to be an all states kinda person who also marches. I didn't know there was a general "drum corps style" marching technique. Interesting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tickbox Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 I think this is a great thing, because as the website says that the music students will be treated just like the high school football athletes who come to declare for colleges. I cant wait for the band kids to start pulling hats out of bags with their colleges on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubacurt Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Looks more like you have to be an all states kinda person who also marches. I didn't know there was a general "drum corps style" marching technique. Interesting... I think they basically just don't want people do do the high mark time/leg lift kind of southern "show band" type of marching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger Rick Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Ahahah. I should try out for DM, I fit the age requirements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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