I was just wondering how big everyones pit is we dont have one enless you count someone palying there for one song then marching agian

this year my pit had 9 people in it. we really meshed well

well your pit is bigger than my whole line

ya my freshmen year we had 8, last year we went down to 4, and we almost just have 2 this yea, but i got more, idk what i will end up with next year.

i know my line probly wont have a pit agian next year I dont know we might depends on how many people that join It would be kool to have a pit

This past year our pit had 5 people in it but 8 if you want to count the guitars.


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Our Pit has 19 people in it, and more to come next year.

My pit this year had about 9 people also. It's cool we have had bigger ones but hey its ok.

Ours had like 6, then 2 electronics. According to Jenna, the electronics aren't considered to be part of the pit, but I think that's just because she doesn't like them.

Southwind will have approx. 10 this year. The number won't be officially set until our Jan. 2-4 camp.

We have a whole two people in ours!!!

10 people, there was like 5 last year and next year will be around the same or a little bit more..

Correction my dear Chet. There were 5 acoustic aka percussion members in our pit. And 2 electronics. And the electronics are considered part of the pit. But like before E they were their own section of the pit. So when we did sectionals all perc. pit rehearsed. And the electronics rehearsed another place! Get it? And altogether there were 7 pit members! And who knows how many in indoor. I know way too many and i didn't feel like counting!

dhs snare- I know how you feel... At my school we've been traped in a vicious cycle. No one will be in the pit because we don't have much pit equipment. No pit equipment will be bought because no one wants to be in the pit. We have xylos, vibes, and glocks, orchestral bells and tubular bells as well if those count, but that's it. We had 2 players last year... We're loosing them both so I'm gonna be back in the pit next year. Perhaps next year I will be a one man pit.

we had 9 in our pit this year.

we had 7 in our pit. ...1 timpani, 2aux., and 4 principle mallets

Our pit is huge, almost 15 people every year and that does not include the guitars....cool I guess. BUt I love the size because the more parts there are to be covered and for the judge to have to listen to.

This year our pit is 15 members strong. 3 marimbas, 3 vibes, 2 xylos/bells, 1 drum-set, 1 bass guitar, and 5 percussionists

Wow some of thoes make our pit seem huge. we have about 15 people right now around 30 on the whole line.

Both the summer corps and winter drumline have 10 pit.

My pit this summer will have 12--four marimbas, four vibes, a xylo, a rack, a tympanist, and a tympani/rack spot

my pit is HUGE. it usually starts off with about 5 people. we're really amazing at the beginning of the year. once about 2 weeks pass and people transfer schools, my director decides to add the new people to pit until next year. so by the end of the season we have about 12 people who can't play at all. it really makes us 5 talented people look bad.

We had five this year. *sigh* It was awful... None of them were proud of what they played, and you could really tell.

I'm starting to form a independent winter drum line? I was wondering how many people in each section is recommended for a first year group.

This can sometimes depend on what class you're going to be in. World lines tend to have bigger groups. I've heard that this is necessary in order to be competitive. I'm sure it also helps with balance issues with the battery so you're not always relying on amplification to be heard over the 9-member snare line. However, Project only has 5 mallets, 3 Aux boys, and 1 synth this year and we're PIW.

I'm sure a new line would not be starting out in World class.

WGI maintains that the minimum amount of members is 6. That is a very small ensemble if you're doing anything other than a Concert group. I would probably say a minimum you should aim for would be:

With a front ensemble - 2 snares, 1 tenor, 3 bass, 2 FE
Without a FE - 3 snares, 1 tenor, 4 bass

"I'm sure a new line would not be starting out in World class."

Actually, this is my winterline's first year and we started out strong in PIW class. We've already beat some big name groups like Black Knights and Momentum. It all depends on the talent you attract, the design of your show, and your staff.

this year we had 9 people in the pit which is kinda small for my highschool(some players were not dedicated and didnt play). the whole pit and line was like 30 people which is still kinda small compared to past years.

Ours is mostly 3 but the other dude cant play pit for crap so its really 2..

we have 3 marimbas, 3 vibes, 2 xylos, timpani player, and probably a couple more people will be coming to play rack

we have 8 on our sideline this year

this year we are going to have 10 pit kids for sure! yay pit!

We have 6...okay, well 5. One can't play to save her soul.
Not bad for a group 1.

I have 13 in pit this year. 3 marimba parts on 2 marimbas, 2 vibes, xylo., bells, Timpani, Concert bass, gong, and 3 on rack. it's the biggest pit in my school's history.

Our drumline too.

We have 14. Last year we had 21. Needless to say, it rocked, but it was hard to write 21 parts for one pit.

21?!?!? That's enough to have one in the front AND the back...sheesh. What'd you do with all of those people? That pit could stretch from the 20 to the 20.

21 is awesome, man! I can only imagine the sound that would make.

no need for amps too

Nah, we crammed from the 40 to the 40. We had 1 Electric Keyboard, 3 Marimbas, 3 Vibes, 1 Timpani player, 1 Xylo(me), 1 crotales, 1 chimes, 2 bell players, and becuase of freshmen overeflow, 8 aux. Yeah, we had some cool aux parts my freshman year, to bad I was on Xylo.

This is my freshman year at my high school*athens high school, troy, mi*and we have one of the biggest pits around. i think this year we have 13 in pit

My school has a VERY VERY new drumline and were lucky to have 5 this year. And hopefully more once school starts and we get a hold of some freshmen who want to join. But that's really good compared to last years 2.... Haha... 2 people playing together on 1 xylophone.... that's it...

This would be my fourth year in a High school Pit. We only have 4 people in ours. But... Technically its just me and our Timp Player. We have one girl with MS that cant move her wrists, and can barely move her arms, so, she cant do much percussion wise. And We have a Guard member turned Percussionist, so, shes not doing very well. Im Playing marimba, Vibes and Auxillary. The Girl With MS is on Auxillary, and the Guard Member is on Xylo. Its small, but, Im happy with it. That just means that there are more intricate and Complex Parts for me.

we had around 20 last year. This year we have around 25

What is the purpose of having 20-25 in the pit? Enlighten me.

Ya know, vocalists, sound b1tches, guitar and synth players...

Well you can cover more instruments. We have 4 synth players 4 marimbas with 2 ppl on each. 3 Xylos. 2 vibes, 5 kitchen, 1 set player, 1 timpani player, 1 drummajor (switches from conducting to playing).

Wow... Pits are NOTHING like that around here. The most ive seen around here is about 10 Tops... How many instructors do you have with that many people?!

Personally, I have 3 1/2 people in the pit. (drum major plays Vibes for a song), and we dont have an instructor, but, I would imagine that a 25 person pit would atleast have one instructor...

Also, with that kind of equiptment, how many band parents/Runners to you have? We might have 5 on a good day to help set up.

we have 2 instructors myself and another. For battery we have one bass instructor 1 tenor instructor (who is also me) and 1 snare instructor

I have 5 in mine. Three guys, two girls. But we all played a different instrument on each song.

This year, for our line:

5 Mallet players
2 synth players
3 Auxuliary Percussion Members
6 snares players
2 tenor players
5 bass players
5 cymbal players

mine

9 snare
5 bass
5 cym
4 tenor
25 front ensamble