Thanks for the post. I was a clarinet squad leader this year (my junior). We took a lot of time to convey the music this particular year. I hope that comes across to viewers now and in the future ❤✌🏽

"Rapture of the deep" is an expression for the medical term "Nitrogen Narcosis" which is the primary subject of this show. Fun!

This beautifully arranged and well executed show is begging for large-scale depictions of underwater creatures in battle. A show explanation video details a story about a diver in distress, hallucinations and return to safety, but the staging doesn't support it. The diver gets lost. (Also, is it a diver from 1950 science fiction movie? Why? If the entire show is in the vein of early sci-fi pictures, make it clear.) The drill beautifully illustrates the moods and landscape of the music, with appropriate stylistic changes and lots of field coverage, but what happens in this show? It's hard to tell. What is the dramatic action? A diver in distress? The audience simply can't decipher it. STAGE SET If the stage set is important enough to feature backfield, it's important enough to feature closer to the audience. That's the first clue that we're dealing with an inexperienced designer. The weaker the show concept, the more the stage set recedes into the background. The weaker the show concept, the less the stage set integrates into the high stakes action of the show. FOCUS The first five minutes of the show are completely without central focus. What do you want the audience to focus on? A diver? What's the visual point? The audience is quiet because they don't understand what the action is, or if there is any. In this case, I fear there isn't, really. The music is dramatic, but the focus on visual action is completely missing. 9:50 this is supposed to be the big emotional finish? We're desperate to believe in something, and the audience is begging for meaning. But a flag in the middle of a cluster of ensemble members ain't it. If it's a diver being rescued, let's see her. Also, the final movement is the diver retreating upstage, away from the audience? Why not closer to the audience? Closer is better than farther away. The staging in this is so odd.