We returned yesterday from the 5 day Eagar sojourn, and things are looking up for the show. We've hit that point in the season when everyone starts getting their gig together, and so running through the show is more about performing and having fun than it is constantly worrying whether or not the whole thing holds together. Socially, it was a good run too. I've met a lot of interesting folk, and got to see new sides of some that I already knew.
It's funny, being in drum corps is like being part of a secret underworld- one where you only associate with a relatively small group of people, constantly working towards one single-minded goal, and you are cut off from the concerns of the 'real world' and outside society. Today it was more apparent than ever, coming back into a world of fast food restaurants, traffic, and boredom after rehearsing and working out like mad. It's funny how much emphasis and effort we throw into this activity, when it's totally irrelevant and unbeknownst to 98% of everyone else. Maybe I can put a finer point on exactly why it's such a big part of our lives in spite of this when I have a chance to write more...or when my brain's not fried.
"The Housatonic At Stockbridge" may be the most moving piece of music in the world. But only the orchestral version.
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Hey, I just found your blog. I'll be checking back when I have a little more time.
What instrument do you play in drum corps?
The Indy show (not these last two year unfortunetly) and the 2005 division 1 championship dvd are all the drum corps I've seen. I've become really interested in DCI again after I saw a video of the Cadets 2005 show.
I'm a composer and I play classical sax so I can't really join... though I'd really like to. Maybe I could learn bass drum or something -- do people randomly do that?
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