Slide 1 - Good morning or Afternoon, my name is Cole and today I will be talking about

Marching Band Drill Instructing. If you have any questions about anything I say or don
understand anything feel free to ask me.

Slide 2 - A little background on myself, I was a Marching Knight for 3 years, as my final year
being drum major and 2 years of indoor percussion.

Slide 3 - My primary audience will be the North Penn Marching Knights and their staff and
members. My secondary audience would other local marching bands.

Slide 4 - the modes of instructions that I think are at the top of the list are
on paper - obviously it’s on paper
The Ultimate Drill Book app - a new up coming app
And Pyware - is a computer software to write drill
But today I will be focusing on paper and keeping the drill on paper along with the app and
Pyware

Slide 5 - My goal of talking about drill on paper will hope to persuade band directors and
members to keep using drill on paper along with the Ultimate Drill Book app and Pyware.

Slide 6 - 8 these are the 3 drill sets that I will be comparing,

Slide 9 - These are my conventions that I have come up with, as you can see these three sets
for the most part have all the conventions.

Slide 10 - As you see here in set 30, it has all the conventions that I have listed. The counts are
located here ( point to counts ), the counts tell the members how long the drill set is till the next
drill set. The measure numbers are here ( point to measure numbers ), the measure numbers
tell the band where the drill and music line up. There are abvisley dots. The additional info is
located under the counts and measure numbers and usually tells specific sections or member
special details about their movement. The drill forms a heart. And if you were wondering, yes
the arrow is pointing to where I am in the field.

Slide 11 - As you see here in set 46 it does not have measure numbers or any additional
information, so this would cause members to ask a lot of questions to staff members about their
direction they are facing or where they are in the music and it causes the to take time to figure
this part out. The print is small and thicker than the previous drill set which could make it hard to
read or find your dot.

Slide 12 - Set 49 has all the listed conventions and also forms a hammer and Sickle, our show
this year ( 2016 ) was a Russian Love story called ​With Love,​ the other two sets were also from
the same show. Now does anybody want to take a guess at what 6 BH, .5 out 45 and S2
means? It means that I am 6 steps inside the back hash, .5 of a step outside the 45 ( everything
on a marching band field is gridded and one step is equal to 22in. And there are 8 steps
between each yard line.) and S2 means I am on side 2 of the field which the right side of the 50
yard line.

Slide 13 - here are some positives of having the drill on paper

You can hold and see the paper in your hands
You don’t have to worry about a phone battery or spotty cell service
You can see the whole field
You can use you drill binder as a fake instrument to see your spacing and yard line
relations

Slide 14 - now here are the bad things about having paper drill
You have to carry a binder full of usually 70+ pages of drill and your music
The weather, wind and rain don’t usually mix with binders of paper
You need to take time at practice to sit down and write up drill ( write up drill means
finding you dot and writing out your coordinate ex. 6 Bh, .5 out 45 S2.
Having a full piece of paper can make it hard to read the small print and lines like on set
46

Slide 15 - concluding my presentation today I hoped to encourage you as a current band

director and staff that you keep using drill on paper alongside the ultimate Drill Book app and
Pyware.

Slide 16 - Does anyone have any questions for me personally or about my presentation?
Thank you for your time today!