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I read your message and decided to wait and see what others had to say before I said my peace. Well...here it is.
So you want to be a better marimba player, eh? Where else are you going to go over the summer to achieve that? You could study privately with a teacher, pay lots of $$, have a lesson MAYBE once a week...OR you could march corps, have a lesson every day by multiple people, pay lots of $$ (sorry), and make hundreds of new and wonderful friends. Having marched 2 years in corps (to remain nameless) and having played marimba both years I cannot even begin to explain everything there is to gain. Sure one can argue you learn to play loudly all the time and, lets face it, a lot of the time you do. But if you're any kind of a musician you will be able to pick out the corps where the pit is expressive, sensitive, and the like. You build great chops, you learn how to play as an ensemble, and you build ENDURANCE, which is key to playing much of the standard marimba repertoire (ie. Merlin). You become a better musician, you make friends all over the country, you perform for great audiences all over the country, you have the time of your life, AND you get a great tan. What else do you want?? :)
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