Life is Better with Music: Episode Six "DCI Halfway Mark"

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Episode Six: Our hosts Gavin Ray and Mitchell Urban discuss Drum Corps International's Halfway point in the season with special guest Kevin Ramirez. Kevin shared his background in the Arts field and gave his opinion on how the season has been going and what he expects to see. They talked about how they feel the second half of the season is going to go in comparison to the first half and what they expect to see. They also dove into past years and how scores went for those years in comparison to this year so far and discussed how Finals is going to be more intense this year than ever. They also viewed scores over the course of this last week along with a few clips and spoke about how these scores will possibly change throughout Texas Tour next week.

Special Guest Kevin Ramirez: Hello, I'm Kevin Ramirez, and I am an avid DCI fan. I'm from Somerset, Kentucky, and have participated in band since the 6th grade playing the Bb Clarinet. Since then, I've participated in middle and high school bands at Southwestern High School and have performed in local community bands. Additionally, I've marched for 4 years in KMEA and have participated in multiple All-Region bands and multiple All-State finals. I currently go to the University of Kentucky pursuing a degree in Computer Science with a mathematics minor.

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