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An Ounce of Prevention
The start of a drum corps season always can bring a shock to the system, from new surroundings, to new people, changes in eating and sleeping habits and especially with the physical demands placed on the corps member … That is, if you’re…
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As Summer Heats Up, So Does Drum Corps Season:
As Summer Heats Up, So Does Drum Corps Season:
Learn to survive the dog days and keep your body fit for your moment in the sun.
Emile Menasch
Drum corps is a complete music, mind and body experience. And while the music and the mind…
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Getting Organized: Planning Your Year
Getting Organized: Planning Your Year
William W. Gourley
Summer
Check with principal/department head:
What is your teaching schedule?
Who sets the teaching schedule for the building?
Who schedules music calendar?…
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Cope Your Way to a Stress-free Life
Cope Your Way to a Stress-free Life
By Randy Gilmore, Marching Show Concepts, Inc.
First published in Fanfare, Volume 21, Issue 3, Spring/Summer 2007. Reprinted by permission.
This time of year finds many of us weighed down and…
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Be Remarkable!
Be Remarkable!
By Randy Gilmore, Marching Show Concepts, Inc.
First printed in Fanfare, Vol. 22, Issue 1, Autumn 2007. Reprinted by permission.
Marching bands can hardly help but be noticed. People instinctively turn their heads…
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It’s Your Story…Stick With It!
It's Your Story...Stick With It!
By Randy T. Gilmore, Marching Show Concepts, Inc.
Originally published in The Bandmasters Review Online, September 2008 - volume 10 - issue 1. Reprinted by permission.
Even though the Olympics are…
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What did You Say?
What did You Say?
The hallmark of effective teaching is based on successful communication. The basis of successful communication is intrinsically bound to our use of words. Words have power. Rudyard Kipling goes so far as to say, “Words…
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Going the Extra Mile
Going the Extra Mile
By Randy T. Gilmore
Our inner drive to “be the best,” to run farther, jump higher, have the best band program, or do anything better than ‘the other guy’ is ingrained in us as children. You never see a…
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Checklist for Success for Your Upcoming Marching Band Season
Checklist for Success for Your Upcoming Marching Band Season
Last fall, after I had just finished judging state marching band finals in another state, it got me thinking about what I would tell each of the band directors of the groups…
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Marching Band “Kickoff Rehearsal” Visual Teaching Progression
Marching Band “Kickoff Rehearsal” Visual Teaching Progression
Jeff Young
This teaching progression is designed for the very first marching band rehearsal of the year, typically in late spring or early summer. This may seem…
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Preparing the Marching Show Visual Design
Preparing the Marching Show Visual Design
Scott Kurtzweil
I. Degree of Demand (Grade Level)
Before sitting down to design a visual package for a particular ensemble, I like to review video of its previous three years of performances.…
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Concept and Design – Drill Design Pt. 1
Show Concept and Design Clinic 2007
Scott Kurtzweil
Banddirector.com was gracious enough to ask me back again this year to provide another series of articles related to show concepts and design. For the 2007 installment of this online…
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Researching Your Band – Drill Design Pt. 2
RESEARCHING YOUR BAND - Pt. 2
If working with a new marching ensemble, the first step in putting together a successful field show is to research the program as much as you can. For me, this information gathering is done through three…
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