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Interview with drill designer Casey Ehrler
Live from ASU Band Day
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Band Parent Interview ASU Band Day
Sam Pilafian interview with Diana Waites, Gilbert High School Band Parent, and Emmy Waites, Gilbert High School alumni and ASU Marching Band Colorguard member.
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Covering the Visual Category
Covering the Visual Category
Whether it's at a marching festival, a parade or your own halftime show, audiences and judges are always looking for that “something extra” to provide memorable visual excitement. No doubt excellent…
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Drill Design First Thoughts – In the Arena
Taking a unique approach to the competition field this year, director Mark D’Angelo and the staff at Wyandotte have determined to do a marching band show about . . . well . . . marching band show. Like all good artistic endeavors, this show…
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Composers First Thoughts – In the Arena
“This year’s show design process for the Wyandotte Marching Chiefs of Roosevelt HS was a circuitous path to the final product. The original concept was built around the “In the Arena” quotes and was supposed to support a gladiator theme and…
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Mid-Season Evaluation – Heros & Villians
Steve Martin Composer/Designer- GPG Music Publications
Roosevelt HS Marching Band, Mark DeAngelo, Director
2011 Show "Heros and Villains"
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"Mid-Season Evaluation"
As a benefit of the amazing technology available to us,…
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Get Inside The Box — And win!
Get Inside The Box — And win!
Randy T. Gilmore
I recently saw a comic depicting a boss pointing at a subordinate saying, “You get back to your cubicle and start thinking outside the box!” Other than being an obvious oxymoron, you can…
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First Thoughts – Marching Chiefs Heroes & Villians
"First Thoughts"
The 2011 Wyandotte Marching Chiefs show is entitled "Heroes & Villains". This year, the Wyandotte design team was struggling a bit with the concept development and asked me if I had any shows that I wanted to write.…
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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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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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