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[QUOTE="LeMoyneCuse, post: 86605, member: 158"]
The SUMB tries to stick to a type of marching band that doesn't really fit. Their style is much too High School, too formal. Let me explain.

The point of HS marching band, especially in competitive circuits like Upstate New York, is to execute with precision. A good band is trying to move in formations that allow them to showcase an ability to create straight lines, curves, diagonals, and other angles. At the same time, the band is also trying to show an ability to move from formation to formation in a specific number of notes, all hitting at the same time.

A good high school marching band is constantly moving for seven straight minutes. The need to keep moving and the need to show different abilities means a band is usually creating abstract shapes that aren't supposed to look like anything.

The SUMB does the same thing, and I don't know why. Most college marching bands don't move very often. Their purpose is to play loud and to be fun. Our band doesn't really do that. Instead, it tries to keep moving, and therefore keeps trying to be a high school marching band.

That's why we don't see many fun shapes or unique concepts.
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