Marching Band Directors….

For those of you that add body movement/visuals to the show, what process works best for your students?

Teach the music first, then teach the movement part later? Or teach the movement part first, then add music later?

Do you create/design the movements? Hire someone? Have the students decide?

How much is too much? How much is enough? Are judges concerned either way?

After watching some of the drum corps this summer, when they stood still with no body movement, it almost seemed out of place because there was so much body movement for the rest of the show.

TIA