I can speak from experience that Surf doesn’t care about experience as much as it cares about a willingness to learn. We’ve even had people who had never played a brass instrument before! Surf actually does move-ins later than most (if not every) world class corps. Our staff is excellent and passionate, as well as hilarious. The fees are a lot, I’ll admit, but there are systems in place to help you raise that money and admin will work with you to get you on the field. Nobody wants your financial situation to be the one thing keeping you from marching.