Awesome to the corps

Explore the thrilling world of marching band competitions and discover the incredible talents of drum and bugle corps.

Written byPhil Plait
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When I was in high school I was a marching band dork. Shocker, I know. But let me tell you something: we were good. Very good. We won a lot of competitions, and we hosted a drum and bugle corps competition at our school that pulled in the best from around the country. To this day, all these decades later, it's still the loudest thing I have ever heard. We humans have incredible talents: imagination, cleverness, dexterity, and musical abilities that are truly astonishing. Don't believe me? Then behold: Un. Flipping. Believable. Those guys have major talent. Watch the bit from 4:50 to 5:10 again, and call those guys dorks. Holy mackerel, they rock.

Tip o' the chapeau to Fark.

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