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davidp

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  • Your Drum Corps Experience
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  • Your Favorite Corps
    SCV, Guardsmen (RIP), Mass Brass, Alliance
  • Your Favorite All Time Corps Performance (Any)
    SCV 1989, Spirit, 1988
  • Your Favorite Drum Corps Season
    1980
  • Gender
    Female
  • Location
    Smyrna, GA
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    Music (duh, :D), Sports (baseball, soccer, hockey), current events, ham radio (NK4TE)

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  1. A little late (for me, on my end), but thank you!! 🙂
  2. Why not just make something like an alto flugelhorn (still in G, or I guess Bb now)? To me, that’s what the meehaphone looks like. 🙂🙂🙂
  3. Yeah; you listen to the show, and up to the end, it stacks up pretty well with the original. You get to the ending, and it’s like, “huh?” It sounds like either Petrouchka “gets the girl,” and all is well, or else he wasn’t such a great guy after all, and him getting killed (I was mistaken in my last post; the Moor kills him with a sword, rather than beating him to death) was a good thing, and the Moor and the ballerina live happily ever after. It seems like at the very least, they could have done a reprise to the very beginning or something, but that’s just me; your mileage may vary. 🤣🤣
  4. I put the 1988 show in my top 3 faves for Spirit. I didnt care too much for the ending, because it seemed out of character from the rest of the piece (it sort of sounded like Petrushka got the girl after all in the end, rather than being beaten to death by the Moor). I think being so out of the box was what made it for me, even though a lot of people weren't too crazy about it.
  5. Electronics, mics (and as Leroy Jethro Gibbs says, "too much yabba-yabba 😄), weird shows, and costing more $$$ to participate in than travel soccer.
  6. Yeah, but at that time, wasn't 23rd place the best any "brand-spanking-new" corps had ever done (until Memphis Blues three years later (20th), and then, of course, freakin' Star of Indiana :-P )? That's the story I've heard since i was in high school.
  7. davidp

    W.F.L. Bugle

    I was going to say something silly, that WFL Bugles came out when Gary Davidson tried to get into drum corps after the World Football League collapsed. Oh, never mind.
  8. And Vladimir now knows not to say anything about synthesizers and clarinets.
  9. In Soviet Russia, flag spins you. And tosses you. In Soviet Russia, sabre dances you. In Soviet Russia, bottle dances you. In Soviet Russia, you know not to go into a restaurant, when the sign on the door reads, "Sorry, We're Open." (Yakov Smirnoff rocks!) Apologies if I missed these somewhere on here.
  10. What was the name of that Billy Joel song, "We'll All Go Down Together," or something? The reason I picked "Band of Brothers" and "Hymn to the Fallen" was because of the recent (sort of) movie and miniseries. The "Battle March Medley," in my opinion, work work for any era (and it could showcase some really cool drill and guard work) Plus, I wasn't sure if the music of the Vietnam era was all that kind to the military (the fall of Saigon happened around my 11th birthday, so my memories of that time are vague, at best). I do see where you're coming from. I'm just not sure what music would be considered fitting for a modern military tribute. Of course, that's why I invited comments, substitutions, etc. (and it is very much appreciated ). This is fun; keep it going!
  11. Hi, I had a thought the other day about a tribute to those who have bravely defended our country, and continue to do so. I thought I'd run this idea "up the flagpole, and see who salutes it." I have chosen four pieces, one of which might be a percussion feature. Feel free to comment, switch around what I have, and also make substitutions, if you think something else might fit better. Here goes: "For Those Who Serve, and Have Served..." "In the Spring, When Kings Go Off to War" - Holsinger "Battle March Medley" - Woods (the Pogues) - possible percussion feature (with "old skool" guard work, maybe?) "Band of Brothers" - Kamen "Hymn to the Fallen" - Williams (from "Saving Private Ryan") I think I had another one, but I forgot what it was (ADHD sucks, ya know?). At the end of the show, the color guard, as the corps leaves the field, would spread out two banners; one would read, "For Those who Serve and Have Served..." (left side) and the other would read, "Thank You!!!" Anyway, have at it. Thanks.
  12. I don't know what pieces would be in it, but I'd like to see a corps use a theme like: "Theme? We Don't Need No Stinking Theme!" "Hey, That's A Nice Suit; Too Bad They Didn't Have Your Size." or... "Oh Yeah? Well, You're Ugly, But I'll Be Sober in the Morning!"
  13. So then, would it be possible/practical/feasible to replace/supplement the mellophone with an F marching horn? What is the major difference between an F frenchie and a mellophone, besides the obvious? Not trying to stir the pot, just curious. I am discussing with my wife (i.e., trying to get permission, lol), to march in a corps either in the next year or two, or when I turn 50 (3 years from now), and if possible, I'd rather march F frenchie than mello (I have an old DEG F marching french horn (the Kanstuls do look nice, though), and also a King Bb, but they're both laquer rather than silver plate. I also, somehow, ended up with an old short-wrap, piston-rotor french horn bugle). I play horn in a community band, and would be afraid that switching mouthpieces back and forth at my age (oh yeah, I'm really a geezer, ) might screw up my horn chops. I've played a mellophone with a horn mouthpiece, and I agree with everybody else that it's not a good option. Again, I'm just curious. Thanks.
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