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Ran across this horn line warmup video:

http://link.brightcove.com/services/lin ... 1134923936


What a great sound!!

Any of you guys/gals in this video?

I'd love to march drum corps, if only I were 50 years younger!!

I'm not in the video, however, I did have the great fortune of marching Phantom Regiment for 5 years.


The warm-up you see is called "tidbits". The way the warm up works is very interesting. They (we) memorized several orchestral excerpts. Using hand signs, those excerpts are played (rarely in the same row) and some how fit together. You never know what is coming, and sometimes in the dark it is a hoot trying to see the hand signs.


The brass teaching there is incredible. Sam Pilafian, Pat Sheridan, J.D. Shaw, several college professors, Pete Bond (new york met trumpet).... they really know what they are doing.

Speaking of which, I thought I might throw in that Pat Sheridan and Sam Pilafian are the Brass caption heads and arrangers for the Arizona Academy drum and bugle corps. Here is a link to a video of their 2006 program: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuPl8BBI3JE. I am not sure if the tuba duo were Academy staff in 2006, but I know they were for this past DCI season.

djwesp wrote: The brass teaching there is incredible. Sam Pilafian, Pat Sheridan, J.D. Shaw, several college professors, Pete Bond (new york met trumpet).... they really know what they are doing.

I know Pilafian and Sheridan went to Academy D&BC. They're from Arizona, so it sort of makes sense...
All Drum and Bugle Corps teaching staff knows what they're doing. Simply put, the best of the best.
I miss my staffing from Drum corps...

Also, a video of the show that I marched in 2007:
Click here!