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With just weeks until the start of the season, the GErMs put together their ultimate drum corps wish list. Sharing songs, symphonies, film scores, and hidden GEMs we'd love to hear on the field someday.

From serious design concepts to a few wild-card picks, we're playing armchair program coordinator and imagining what each World Class corps could do with the right piece of music.

What Should Each Drum Corps Play? Songs We'd Love to Hear on the Field! With just weeks until the start of the season, the GErMs put togeth...

With just 46 days until the start of the 2026 competitive drum corps season, the GErMs are looking both forward… and backward.

In this episode, Daniel Montoya Jr., Aaron “Through a Glass” Blackley, and William “Tell” Bradfield dive into their favorite, least favorite, best, worst, most underrated, most overrated, and most confusing shows from *almost* every World Class drum corps.

From legendary masterpieces to shows that left fans saying “wait… what?”, no corps is completely safe.

Which programs consistently deliver? Which shows aged like fine wine? Which ones absolutely did not? And which productions deserve a second look years later?

Whether you’re a longtime drum corps fan, a current marcher, or someone who just loves heated marching arts discussions, this episode is guaranteed to spark debate.

Drum Corps Shows: Best, Worst, & What Were They Thinking?! With just 46 days until the start of the 2026 competitive drum corps season, the GErMs are looking both forward… and backward.In this episode, Daniel Montoya...

Recently, Indiana Lieutenant Governor Micah Beckwith went after the Westfield High School indoor percussion program, calling it “demonic” in a social media post.

And at the center of all of this are students. Suddenly, they’re part of a conversation they never asked to be in.

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