This season marching with the 7th Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps was a total rush. From the very beginning we knew big things were going to happen for us and I was so proud. I've been with the corps for 5 years, and every year just shows more and more progress. Every year pushed us in a different way, pushed me in a different way. This year was no different.
Our show this year was titled 24601-7R.
The 24601 refers to the prisoner Jean Valjean, though the show has no real ties to Les Misérables. The 7R is simply a referral to the corps name 7th Regiment. The show itself was "a unique, creative vision that battled with themes of oppression and conformity" (taken from the 7th Regiment Press Release written by Kathleen Schassler). In a recent newsletter, Reporter Ken Mason, Drum Corps World staff, had this to say:
"7th Regiment continues to exceed expectations,
not just improving, but doing so at a faster rate than their competition.
This corps uses everything from head to toe in performing visuals.
While not one of the larger units in this contest
(21B/14FP/8PP/14G/2DM), their field musicians projected a stronger sound than
the groups that preceded them. Brass has been bowling people over all year. The
battery plays with a very wide dynamic range, from the stickless hand strokes
on the snares in the ballad to the highly exposed -visually and musically-
full-arm accents, climaxing drum features."
We competed in Open Class World Finals on August 8, 2012. We placed 5th out of 14 total corps with a score of 86.35.
In addition to all of that, it was fun. I had a wonderful colorguard made up of 14 amazing people.
