Daily Dose 5/3

I'm dishing out another serving of my delectable casserole that combines the salty comedy of the movie The 40 Year Old Virgin with the sweet music and movement found in drum and bugle corps. With any luck the movie quotations will help to lure casual browsers into potential drum corps fandom.

Today's Quote:
Gandhi baked is good. I always feel bad when I watch it baked because I get really hungry and I'm eating a lot and poor Gandhi is starving his ass off. -Cal

What does this have to do with drum corps?:
This may only be a personal sentiment, but sometimes I feel a little guilty watching a drum corps show. As I have said before on this blog I was never a member of any drum corps, so I cannot pretend to truly understand the hard work and sacrifice these performers put into each show. I have been friends with people in drum corps I managed to dangle my foot in the waters of auditioning before life drew me back out. While I enjoy every opportunity I have to see marching music at its best. I always feel like I missed out on the ability to get an insider's perspective. I will never be able to understand the ins and outs of drum corps life as well as those who actually marched. I can sympathize with the effort I see on the field, but I don't really know what it feels like. I can't change any of that now of course. Yet I sometimes get that pang of remorse or that little niggling sense that I am an outsider inside a special private club. That is why from time to time I will try to bring in guests to this blog. But that's also why I know drum corps because can reach a larger audience. It doesn't matter if someone has marched before or not. We can all join in the glory of drum corps together.

Bonus Mainstream Media Alert:
Some sad news today in the world of the marching arts as Elizabeth Forward High School's drum corps was in an accident on their way to an event. It seems as though no one was seriously injured so everyone involved is counting their blessings. It is a reminder before the DCI competition season begins that each person in a drum corps has to leave their life behind for several months. It's almost always a fantastic adventure well worth the trouble, but sometimes lives can change during that journey. Here's hoping that everyone makes it through this season just fine and we all remember how quickly things can change.