Keeping up with the trends, and being in tune with the drum corps scene these days is a never-ending task for a corps director, and to his credit, Jim Costello has possessed the foresight, the tenacity, and the flexibility to change with the times as styles in music, drill and presentation have evolved. He has always striven to provide the corps with the best of equipment, instructors and arrangers, and he maintains an open mind as to innovations of any kind which could affect the corps.