Just FYI, marching onto the field and off to taps is fine, but it is awkward going into the stadium to taps

At competitions, Tennessee lines routinely march in and out of the stadium to taps.

Football games however are a completely different story. Personally, the only time I remember marching into a football game to taps is when our cadence sounded like crap and the director told us not to play it.

let me clarify. I meant into stadium for football games. I myself would personally like tapping in and out at competition because of the judges. There, ususally besides our director, is never and type of "official" judge at my school. My school is the only school I have ever seen tapping through the entire game, except halftime music. Just feels odd not doin our little horn visuals and at a carry goin to pregame, or into the opposing stadium. Guess I'll just have to wait til next year

Secondly: yet another reason to kick the 4th bass and cymbal player; They got into a fight in the courtyard. I doubt the director knows about it, and if he does, I haven't heard anything about it. I may go into the bandroom Monday moring and show the video (someone on the drumline sent it to my on my cell phone) to him. I heard them talk about it at practice, but it has always been fake, so, I didn't comment.

Again, this is an example of the politics I was talking about earlier. That stuff has no place in a band situation. You're much better off making the best of this season and working toward eliminating current problems for next season.

Example: I'm working with a drumline full of non-drummers. All of them can't count. It bothers me when quarter notes are missed, or the beat gets turned around. If it were my band I wouldn't have drummers who couldn't count. Why? Because I would teach them how to count.

Try working with the people on the line instead of worrying about who deserves to be there. Fact is, they're there so you might as well make as much progress as your situation will allow and move things more toward the ideal for next season.

UPDATE:

I saw the snares and tenors play that cadence they made at band camp. they played it on the rims and it was C L E A N. Also, the cadence at the end of Drumline (i have notin to do wit it.) is clean. They can't play either without sheet music. The drum captain asked that I give them the sheet musc (Im goin to.) Also, I want to see if I can video tape or record the other cadence so I can make sheet music for it.

Our BD is way more chill about cadences, i sure as hell dont have a music degree, but i know how to throw notes together to make pretty noises. i wrote / arranged all of our cadences and my BD was fine with it, although we do get introuble for playing without permission al the time, but we love drumming, and were probably going to get focal dystonia from it but who cares, express yourself with your music, its all i got cuz i cant write great poetry or sculpt or anything like that. music is a great way of self expression and whether your BD says to write or not, is he really going to punish you for being vretive? no he's punishing himself when he finds out youre the next Roger Carter. This was more of a rant that a "quality post" but i think ive made somewhat of a point