My band only has one drum major this year.Last year we had two.I don't know why we only have one because we have 150+ members.But we might have two again...
Hey, any of you from the Pittsburgh area? I'm from Monroeville and go to Gateway, so maybe I'll see you at a game or competition.<br>Greg<br>General Butler...
ME!!! i just joined.. <br>this is my 10th year playing trombone.. i also marched for blue devils drum and bugle corps for 4 years, id still be marching but im...
Our band always has just one drum major and one assistant drum major. Drum major is always a senior, assistant drum major is always a junior. Assistant drum...
My band has 3 DM's also, but I'm sure my band has a very different set-up than yours. Our DM's conduct seperately. The first song the first drum major is...
hi....erm......NEW MEMBER and it's MEEEEEEEEEEE!!!<br>erm......hi i'm not american so i dont understand all your funny weird strange band things!!<br>i play...
You're right. Your band is set up differently from mine. All 3 drum majors conduct infront of the band & colorguard on podiums. In parade formation, the head...
We have 2 DM's for our 90 piece band and they both conduct all of the songs but one is on a ladder and the other one is in the Pit directing the percussion....
Our band's staff introduced a new method of teaching drill, which we agree is much easier. Previously, everyone was given charts of each set, and located their...
WE LEARN DRILLS JUST HOW YOU DID PRIVIOUS YEARS! WE'RE GIVEN OUR DRILLS CHARTS AND ALL WE REALLY HAVE TO DO IS FIND OUR NUMBER. I HOPE YOUR BAND DOES GREAT....
Last year, we were given dot sheets. They are pieces of paper with numbers and letters on them. For instance, if the sheet said: A40, 4, 2 That means if you ...
We learn our drills by reading it off our music. The teacher will tell each person where they are, like what yard line, if they're on one or off one and we...
For us, all of us section leaders and captians get a drill chart, and we have to set our own section. Then, our director "fixes" us on how it looks from the...
We have a model of the field on a table and little pipe pieces to represent numbers. The director carries around drill charts with a polaroid of each set on...
Our director gets charts and gives them to all the squad leaders. Then we go out buy " Row Markers" something flat and visible. Then we make Coordinate Cards ...
Hi, my name is Mike I am co-Drum Major for the JMHS Marching Band in Jackson, New Jersey. Senior! YAY! :) Well, I just joined (like the subject says), and I'm...
I'm just wondering what shows other schools are doing this season. My school is doing Phantom of the Opera and so far, it's going great. The music is really ...
I live in Texas... Our show is Top Gun. It's okay but the drills are pretty boring. Last year we did a western theme thing that wasn't very good. but the...
this year our show is called "Remember What's Important" We will play Superstar Fanfare, Son of a Preacher Man, How Great thou Art, Abide with me, and God of...
My band is doing a salute to the 1940's. It's not as boring as it sounds. We do Stars and Stripes, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (with three of the colorguard ...
The name of my school's show is "Tradition 2000." We are playing 4 songs and a warm-up from "Fiddler on the Roof." The warm-up is Far From the Home I Love, and...
We're doing selections from Emerson, Lake, and Palmer's "Brain Salad Surgery": Karn Evil 3rd Impression, Benny the Bouncer, Jerusalem, and Karn Evil 1st ...
This year our show is "West Side Story". We're playing "Maria", "Cool", & "Mambo" (all songs from the GAP commercials if you've never seen West Side Story) The...
This year the Peabody Band of Gold from Trenton, Tn, will do a Russian show. We start with Firebird by Igor Stravinsky, with a featured solo by yours truly on...
I played Russian Sailor's Dance last year in Orchestra. That was one of our competition pieces that we got 1st place on. It's a really fast song especially ...
