Wilderness Walk: Something Different Edition

You know the drill by now, there's not a lot of news, there's still a while till Hockey comes back, and only weirdos like me are excited about the return of the English Premier League...

BUT, I've just returned this weekend from Drum Corps International's World Championships. What's DCI, you ask? It's basically mecca for band geeks, where a bunch of kids who have spent 3 months working with a marching band compete for the biggest nerd. Marching in a show is also roughly the equivalent of running a marathon, though.

Take, for instance, this marching band interpretation of Dante's Inferno:

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Or this (older) version of Phantom of the Opera

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