C. Mitchell Wrote:
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http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/151703.ph
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http://www.nursingcenter.com/_PDF_.aspx?an=0000572
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http://bleacherreport.com/articles/195762-drum-cor
> ps-international-the-athletes-who-bridge-art-and-s
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> excerpt:
> r. Jeff Edwards, the chair of Physical Education
> and Athletic Training at Indiana State University,
> measured the metabolic rate of a marching member
> of the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps from
> Rosemont, IL to determine the extent of physical
> strain marching corps puts on the body. His
> results were astounding.
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> Dr. Edwards noted that even before the corps began
> their routine—even before he had put his drums
> on—the percussionist's heart rate had jumped to
> 180 beats per minute, which he compared to what
> happens to an athlete when the gun goes off.
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> The sympathetic area of the nervous system
> triggers what Dr. Edwards compares to an
> "adrenaline rush."
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> I loosely translate it as the power of
> performance.
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> But the astounding findings didn't end at the
> beginning. Edwards concluded that beyond the
> initial heart rate spike, during the performance,
> the percussionist's metabolic rate was 13 times
> that of his normal resting heart rate, to which he
> remarked, "The oxygen consumption is about where
> it would be in the middle of a marathon for a
> well-trained runner.
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> "If you looked at the heart rate, however, you
> would think you were looking at someone running a
> 400 or 800-meter dash. He's working very hard out
> there."
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> Heralded as "Marching Music's Major League," DCI
> is truly a unique activity-sport in which the
> artistic concepts of sports jump to the forefront
> of the activity. In fact, NFL Hall of Fame
> quarterback Steve Young described DCI as "the
> ultimate team activity" after attending the 2007
> DCI Stanford show with his family.
>
> He mused that an activity where championships are
> won by every single member of a 150-person
> ensemble performing their exact assignment at
> their best is truly a unique and commendable
> experience.
>
> Truly, an activity where the Steve Youngs of the
> world can find a point of relation to musicians
> and artists, and vice versa, is a unique and
> valuable experience.
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