What are you getting from your judge’s tapes?

I have had the attitude too. I’m a full time band director and know how to rehearse an ensemble. I’ve won WGI and MEPA medals so I know the activity well, right? Luckily, I have known some great people who didn’t allow me to spend too long thinking that I knew enough about my show and what it needed to not listen to my judges’ tapes or watch the video. Because of those helpful colleagues, I learned where the true value of the tapes was found. Not so much in the words but in all of the information that we sometimes forget to look for. Here are a couple of truths that I have learned:

1.) The Tape and the Sheet Don