Well, you had to know this was coming sooner or later. Its time to pick a theme for next year's marching band show.
That's right. For next school year. For August. Seems so far away.
Unfortunatly, choosing a marching band show is not like selecting a new video game for purchase. Its not like you can go down to the "Bands-R-Us" and look at the shelf....."Hmm, do we want a first person shooter, an action arcade, or a sports simulation?" "Do we want a trumpet feature, a latin flare, something broadway?" Gee Whiz!
Video game designers have it kind of easy these days. The company says, "we have a budget to develop a first person shooter - they sell good these days", and the guys at the development table say something like, "alright, whats in current events these days?" and months later (after some whiz with computer code does the programing) you end up with some kind of "urban warfare" shooter, or SOCOM Navy Seals, or what have you.
Marching band, on the other hand, requires those of us at the development table to consider many human factors.....can the kids in the band play? What shows have we done in the past? What style and type of music will the kids "buy into"? What will the judges like? Will the parents like it?
Holy Cow! Its almost as though I should start looking through the paper for a job in the video game sector.....like the old Far Side comic - $1,000,000 per year to test Nintendo games. I could deal with that. But trying to come up with an idea for next year's show, well........I'll be miserable doing that. Wait a minute?! Miserable.....Les Miserables! Nah.....it'll never work.....to much violence - it would be rated M for mature.
