You know what I tried to do? I actually made the screen larger to see if there were “X’s” on the field (so the band could line up so perfectly). I can only imagine the hours upon hours upon hours of practice. Whoever choreographs WV marching bands routine is pure genius!
Whoever choreographs WV marching bands routine is pure genius!
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It used to be done ‘by hand’ and ‘stepping out’ the field positions from the yard lines. I think a lot of it is done with the help of a computer, now (as far as the creation of a show)....but the peeps have to execute it. Talk about using your ‘peripheral vision’ when marching. ;-)
I can remember my relative (who was a band director) writing out all of the various parts from a given score by hand. Used to help him. VERY time consuming. Now, they use a computer program called Sibelius which is pretty darned helpful. It can also transpose and re-write certain parts to be more ‘helpful’ to the player if the piece is difficult so it all blends in. Amazing, really.