Hi guys,

I am a Freshmen marching with Winston Salem State University's Red Sea of Sound marching band, I will be marching my first Honda BOTB coming up on January 28th. When we accepted the Honda invitation a month and a half ago in front of our schools clocktower, the Honda officials had hinted they were doing something with the drumlines due to the 10th anniversary of Honda, they want it to be spectacular.

They are calling the theme for this year "homecoming", and will have the first ever drumline "showcase" including all eight of us.

Could a high-step forum be implemented? Id love to read some criticism about our line.


thanks

Im not sure what you're asking for here...
there IS a show style forum already however.
http://www.drumlines.org/threads/ubbthreads.php/forums/16/1/Show_Style.html

Well I saw that picture you put up, but if you want us to criticize your line, could you put up some video for us to look at?

As for myself, I've got no idea what your talking about. "Honda BTOB" just goes over my head, due to not being in a show style band. Could you enlighten us on the details of this?

The Honda BOTB (Battle of the Bands) is held annually at the Georgia Dome.

http://www.hondabattleofthebands.com/

It's a collection of HBCU bands that perform in a competitive format. (Think Drumline - If I"m not mistaken, that competition WAS the Honda BOTB)

I'm not a huge show-style fan myself, but being born and raised in the metro Atlanta area, I've heard a lot about this, and almost went last year.

And now I know...Yeah Knowledge!

So now I suppose all we would need is something that your line is playing so we can look at and give some positive feedback on.

heres our 110 bpm adaption of MSU's State Beat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGnRuNKNXPk

slowing down the tempo helped a lot to add a groove to the punch, its very crowd pleasing.

here's a clip of a show from last year

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPOL_AB3OeY

Liked the cadence, funk and the backbeat.