Accuracy, Dynamics, & Showmanship. I think this what you need to have a good one. Best wishes...

if you want to get them "excited" about a cymbal line show them some videos...personally i think that the cymbal line is more...the higher visual section of the battery...i mean...they need to sound good of course...but it doesn't take "a lot" of work to get cymbals to sound good...and if there just walking around playing no ones going to notice them as much...but if there doing a chrash beetween there legs (and still sounding good) and twirling and doing cartwheels and all that stuff people are going to watch them and like the cymbal line much better than they would have normally thought... :P

good attitudes

WOW, just WOW!!! I love how naive young people can be sometimes. If you've ever really played cymbals, you'll know that it takes a lot of work to deliver a good quality crash. I know people that have gone to summer camps, like Aspen and Tanglewood just to study cymbals. If any of my students asked if they could do crashes between their legs, I swear I'd punch them in the face (not literally, but you get the idea).

Now, lets talk about your punctuation skills, or lack thereof. We do not use ellipsis to end sentences. A single period, question mark or exclamation point will do just fine. A good friend of mine teaches in Utah, I thought the kids were smarter there.

Hey man, some of us ARE smart! Haha I did a search for Utah and again, is that friend Mike Huestis?

I think it is more important to play well with good uniformity. Cymbals are already a visual instrument without adding "between the legs" kinds of stuff. The angles are so important. Oh and a hardcore attitude helps a ton (see Santa Clara Vanguard)