May 20th, 2015 11:28am
As we enter the midpoint of season 43 of FMA, the iMarch association has been exuberant with the amounts of success from three of their groups. Season 43 has been proven to be the best since the entrance of division 1 competition for the drum corps group, Midland Valley Redcoats from Marathon, Florida, the marching band regiment, Spanish Park High School from Villa Rica, Georgia, and the highly skilled indoor guard, Republic Venue from Miami Beach, Florida.
The iMarch Association has been plagued in recent competition season of financial errors, injuries, and resignations. Those problems still exist with iMarch's indoor drum-line Big Bang Theory located in Rome, Georgia. Their last competition on the floor was back in season 39. They are no longer an active participant due to their founder being arrested from stealing equipment from local competition. There hasn't been any word of a revamp of Big Bang Theory, but it isn't never too late to begin another era of drum banging.
The Midland Valley Redcoats are currently sitting in the top 10 of the drum corps circuit at spot #9. They are sitting high in winds caption and sit in the middle of the pack in others. Their most recent competition the Maestro Showcase hosted by the Maestro Cadets shows their fans how they're bringing the heat to this competition season. They placed 6th with a score of 82.070 trailing right behind the Ragin Cajuns Drum & Bugle Corps from Portland, OR who placed 5th with a 0.005 advantage over the Redcoats. The Redcoats hope to continue the season bypassing other corps and hope to land in the top 5 of this season. This has already proven to be the best season for the corps even already have championship season in division 3 and other 2nd and 3rd place finishes in division 2 and 3. The Redcoats' show this season is based of the music from Indian Jones and the Last Crusade's Train Chase.
Both Midland Valley Redcoats and Republic Venue hope to squeeze out their first score of 90 ever. It will be the first 90 for any group in the iMarch Association.
Midland Valley belongs to the iMarch combine. Spanish Park HS Regiment is a member of BOA. Republic Venue currently resides their membership in FLAG.