Do you think its a good idea to switch from pit to an actually marcher in marchi

Question:ok, im in marching band and im in pit. but i really hate it. so i want to play clarinet next year. but the only catch is that i dont know how to do drill. i know how to march, but i dont know how to do drill. so do you think its a good idea to switch?

im getting clarinet lessons btw so it doesnt really matter what instrument i play. i just dont know if its a good idea to pick up drill in my sophmore year. what do you think?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: ok, im in marching band and im in pit. but i really hate it. so i want to play clarinet next year. but the only catch is that i dont know how to do drill. i know how to march, but i dont know how to do drill. so do you think its a good idea to switch?

im getting clarinet lessons btw so it doesnt really matter what instrument i play. i just dont know if its a good idea to pick up drill in my sophmore year. what do you think?

i guess it just depends on if you like the extra work and theatrics of being out on the field marching.....i always was in the pit, but i didn't like the extra work involved in marching.....as well as the bari sax being incredibly heavy after a while, so that may have had alot to do with my choice to remain in a chair as opposed to marching around....no really it wasn't i just never liked marching.....you really answered your own question with the statement " but i really hate it" don't you think?......if marching is waht you hate.....you didn't really specify which of the 2 you hate.... why put yourself into all the extra work for something you admittedly hate?

If you already know how to march and are recieving clarinet lessons then why not switch. Sure, it will be a little more demanding physically because you're no longer standing in the same place playing the marimba or whatever... Drill isn't hard at all. I was in marching band for four years and now I'm in marching band in college. There are people here just learning how to read the drill charts... why not start now?

Go for it.