Phantom Regiment - Glendora Show

xBandx · Post by **xBandx** » Sun Jul 06, 2003 9:20 pm

Does anyone know why four members of Phantom just stood at parade rest in the Side 1 endzone for the whole show?

corkie · Post by **corkie** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 12:10 am

They are alternates.

Hostrauser · Post by **Hostrauser** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 12:11 am

I don't know for sure, but that's a pretty common thing to see at the beginning of the season. It generally means that those people are new additions to the corps (ie, only been with the group a few days or so... yes, I know drum corps tryouts are in Nov/Dec, but believe me, just about every corps adds members during the season) and haven't learned the drill yet.

I remember a few years back (okay, several, I think it was 1992 or 1993) the Crossmen had a brass player who marched only three shows the whole season: Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Finals!! He didn't join up with the corps until late July, and didn't perform with them until Finals week.

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 6:03 am

if you saw bd, they had a contra that isnt in the beginning parts of the show but stands on the front sideline for a while. so ya, its probably an alternate