bluebellbrass07

Not odd at all. The horn as always been a part of the instrumentation for a woodwinds quintet. It blends well with the rest of the ensemble and kind of ties the sound together. And yes, it would. Drum corps have always had a very distinct look. The upper body presence of a brass player is just not there with woodwind instruments, MAYBE with the exception of flutes. I understand you being a woodwind player and wanting to do drum corps, but honestly if you want to do it so badly just learn a brass instrument. And again, woodwinds are not going to add a significant difference to the sound of a corps unless a large number are added. Thats going to have another increase in member limit, and another bus. (have you seen diesel prices lately? around 5 bucks a gallon in some places) Thats also going to have add limits to drill design and other things. And this is probably the biggest reason why this would never work. As far as clarinets go, there's no way a wooden clarinet is going to make it through summer without cracking, chipping, breaking, etc. And plastic clarinets just plain sound like crap. Not to mention having to put up with chipped reeds over summer and whatnot. Its not that I don't like woodwinds, they just don't belong in DCI

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I would venture to guess that almost every Division 1 drum corps has at least 1 woodwind player in the hornline. I marched with a saxophone and clarinet player last year. And remember you CHOSE to play a woodwind instrument! You can't complain and say its not fair that you dont get to march drum corps Honestly, learning a brass instrument well enough to march a D1 corps is not as big of a commitment as you would think. If you were to start now, playing 30 minutes to an hour a day on a brass instrument would more than likely be enough to get you into a lower tier finalist corps. And if you don't want to learn another instrument, theres always colorguard

Its called drum and bugle corps for a reason. Most corps originated from drums, guard, and 1 or 2 valve bugles. Granted the origin of these groups comes from military drum and fife corps... Adding in woodwinds also isn't going to have a significant impact on the sound unless you greatly increase the member limit. If you split the Brass in half and add woodwinds, the brass is going to overpower the woodwinds anyways, and its just going to decrease the overall volume. The only case I could see for a woodwind to have a useful application in drum corps is as a soloist, and frankly I'd prefer for that never to happen.

really now...

Yikes, thats a lot of spots this late in the season. Hopefully you get them filled fast. I'll ask around my school to see if anyones interested

Its alright. There are some corps whose shows I like more than others, but having marched drum corps I realize the enormous amount of work goes into a summer so I just try and look at them all in a positive manner.

You should have heard there battery this year! They never cease to amaze me.

^^^Agreed, after seeing their preview at the classic countdown. Drumline seems to be getting better though. I call Blue Devils winning and Vanguard back in the top 3. BD's show concept just sounds so awesome...I can't wait to see it

Hopefully I can actually attend a show this year...

After seeing most of these bands 2 or 3 times throughout the season I'm surprised to see pomona that low. Come Colorado state finals Pomona was far better than the rest of the bands here in my opinion. I haven't had time to watch all of these videos yet but I'll let you know what I think when I do

you whine a lot

Hey, thanks for actually leaving feedback! The instrumentation was just brass and chorus, no strings though. Along with some pit instruments. The chorus is meant to be played on a synth (since electronics will be allowed in drum corps in 09.) But I have made quite a bit of changes to it since I subitted it here. Feel free to start a contest any time you like. I'm really busy with school all the time and I would do them more often but I just don't have time.

Ha, you make a very good point. Its okay, I'll just sleep out on the streets with a hobo and a newspaper covering me for warmth

wanna house me?

I will be at nationals this year if I have to walk from Denver in a Blizzard!!! Mark my words!

good point, plus some corps may leave eariler than others. I'm sure everyone will see plenty of other corps at local shows throughout the year anyways. Though I know off the top of my head the only time the Blue Stars meet up with Vanguard is at regionals. Which sucks because I really want to see the show

good show

still not one show near denver....

I'll work on making a spreadsheet of what corps are going to see which corps at which show, that way we can maybe have a get together at a show or a regional or something. San Antonio would be pretty logical

yeah there concert bands are awful I don't know how they manage to get straight 1's every year gross what are the judges thinking

Nothing to be scared about. It will be the best experience of your life

Lucky for Bell they won a marching band competition

Oh, I have a great recording of it! do you have AIM? I can send it to you later tonight