Clean and Easy vs. Hard(er) and not quite as Clean

[QuadraticBeats]

Just trying to see where the emphasis of certain approaches and the correlation of judges' love for you begins, as well as getting an idea of why "X" school does DCI DII/Open Class-like shows while "Y" school does marching exercises on the field as their marching program.

 

Comment for my own entertainment:

I thought we got shafted by the judges, but then I viewed our recording, and wondered what became of that middle voice I heard in the wind ensemble before they started moving.

[ClarinetGlissandoInBlue]

we use jetpacks, how did you know?

[itsstephenyo]

It's gotta be the best of both worlds. March as many pages as your band can clean. I always thought that between 85-100 pages was an optimal amount of drill for an 8 minute show.

[Xenon]

I voted for "Clean > Musicality/Difficulty, but hey, you still need more cowbell", but I take exception to how that option is worded.

 

As far as I'm concerned, Musicality is a part of Cleanliness, but music design and difficulty are not.

[wilson07]

in my band program, and also in my personal beliefs, it is more important to have a challenging program both musically and visually than to have a pristine-clean show. of course, having both would be the best bet, but we don't live in a perfect world, do we?

[thesaxchica]

I'll admit, it bothers me when a band is wonderfully clean but has no challenging drill. Or, they have challenging drill when they are not playing and easy drill (or no drill - park and blow) when they actually play. I'm always been part of a program that emphasizes marching and playing almost the -whole- show. No, we've never been terribly clean, but at least I felt challenged. I admire Marcus (No, I'm not a member of the Marcus band) for being a able to pull off stunning musicality while performing less than easy drill moves. It's harder and harder to find every day.

 

You know, this is a thread to incite riots. =)

[ClarinetGlissandoInBlue]

for my serious answer, our band goes for the cleanest of clean with the hardest possible crazy Cavalier-like sets and visuals (our drill writer - George Hester - marched both Spincycle and Frameworks, so the Cavs have much influence on his work)

[borchnork]

I think I've commented on this before.

 

Marcus. Perfect. All the time. Clean and everything.

 

L.D. Bell, also Perfect. All the time. Clean and everything.

 

They place high for a reason.