Dot Books vs Drill Books

Dot books and drill books. Many people who are not in band have no idea what these are or what we mean when we talk about them. But any band kid who marches knows exactly what they are and why they are so important to us.

Drill books are in a binder, normally we have music, and drill in separate in page protectors with everything in order. With the drill we have to find our number and highlight it. We also have to find out last spot and mark it so we know the path that we have to take from point A to point B. Also don't forget to make marks on the yard lines and hashes to know where they are and can see them at all times.

Dot books are kind of similar to drill books but they are different in many ways. For example they are not big binders they are just little spiral notebooks basically. Even though they are little they are very helpful because it’s a lot easier than holding the binder.

The dot books need a couple different things than drill books, for example you have to cut out little sections of the drill around where your number is so that it fits on the sheet. You also have to highlight the yard lines and mark the path from point A to point B.

All in all the dot book it a lot more useful and a lot easier to use rather than a drill book, even though it takes more time to get done. There are also a lot of ways to get extra credit on them, like putting in music it and stuff.