As someone that marched tuba on this show, it was easily the hardest show I've ever been fortunate enough to be a part of. The opener was definitely difficult, but the closer was a BEAST to get right from a stamina and environmental standpoint. Oh, and marching backwards at 5 to 5's over planks of wood with a tuba created very specific challenges lol
Fazing at the beginning really threw me off the tempo with the trumpets and mellophones. Though it came together when the low brass and drums came in. #doitupcrown
In scripted works, chaos should be used minimally, and like a potent spice. On the outside it appears to be wild chaos, but underneath the writer and producer/creator know it is a manipulated, orchestrated scripted chaos, measured and carefully constructed for maximum effect. On a movie set for example, you don't have your actors just running around with their hair on fire. It's all choreographed. The collective impact of scripted chaos is missing here. What's the point? By the end, where is the eye drawn? Professionals in the performing arts know that chaos is a device supporting a larger thematic purpose. You don't lose your "sense of DI-rection" for more than two minutes in a feature length film before the new objective is revealed. But in this twelve minute piece, chaos covers about four minutes. That's a lot of "no's".
I see your comments everywhere on drum corps youtube and I just kinda find it funny that you think there is a right way to do art. if you don't like it, fine, but don't say that it's simply "unscripted" if you can't find a focus point. Thought does go into show design, it's just that not everyone thinks like you
@@jesuspectre9883 my first time watching, I was taken aback by the fact that some brass players were playing 2 instruments at the same time. All of the non-traditional instruments on the triangle stages are the "point of focus" that I found on my first watch.
@@mattdeveer3102 The horns played percussion simultaneously. That seems like a task that takes super-awareness and great skill. How does that fit into "I've lost my sense of di-rection? How does that performance element mesh into the whole? Frankly, many many people I've asked didn't know that the horns played percussion in this segment. It doesn't draw enough focus. There's so much chaos, that it's hard to recognize the triangles as anything more than a stage set. This is an example of staging issues throughout this disjointed show. Great performers, professional quality dancers and musicians. But what what what are they doing?
