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Yes and no. Most corps (and bands...including mine) have a UPS running for the express purpose of keeping the wifi network and mixer up and running, along with the sound engineer's iPad or computer. While you could theoretically run an entire sound system off of a UPS for a very limited time, it's not that simple. It really depends on the amperage draw of your amplifiers. You would probably be ok in a pinch with a small system, but not with a system like most corps use, an certainly not on a regular basis. Would it work in a pinch in an emergency? Maybe. Building a dedicated battery system is one option. I've seen bands that have several marine batteries with an inverter, but I've never used on personally. It would certainly be a lot more quiet than any generator, that's for sure. One of the band supply companies sells a pre-built rig along these lines, but I haven't seen any favorable reviews.

Tarpon's show is really cool. I dig how they integrate the screens into the program. It's great design.

Chuck's resume in drum corps is bulletproof. Hiring him at Madison is a *great* call, and you have no idea what the heck you're talking about.

Confirmed. It was part of his "thank you" speech, where he did offhandedly acknowledge there were issues, but really took a shot at "internet trolls". For those of us on the back side of the field in the corps staff area behind the corps at retreat, it was a real "WTF, did he really just say that?" moment.

Highland is on the schedule for Reading with a performance time of 6:40, leading off the show. Here's the official rundown... 1. Highland Regiment 6:40 2. Cadence 6:57 3. Skyliners 7:14 4. Bushwackers 7:31 INTERMISSION 7:48 5. Cadets 2 8:15 6. Hawthorne Caballeros 8:32 7. White Sabers 8:49 8. Reading Buccaneers 9:06

The "they" in my post wasn't the individual potential member...it was the corps.

The irony being, of course, that "jazz" is far more diverse than "classical" is.

They were first on Thursday as well. The bad night was last night's judge.

Barf

It's not bragging when it's true.

2009 was far worse.

Sorry, man, I missed the sarcasm of the gif...got 'em turned off.

It is when you're accusing a drum corps judge of bias. The numbers don't tell a story without the commentary and critique feedback.

Unless your research includes all the judge's tapes that go with those numbers, and notes from critique feedback, your research is flawed to the point of meaningless. Numbers don't exist in a vacuum, and unless you have the commentary that those numbers are derived from, you might as well toss all that "data" in the trash.

Yes, you can.

That's how contest dynamics work sometimes.

No storms in the forecast for the weekend as of now.

I should have noted, "presented without comment" for that line.

Here's the performance order with times: 7:10 - Skyliners 7:27 - Cincinnati Tradition 7:44 - Bushwackers 8:01 - Sunrisers 8:18 - White Sabers 8:35 - Cadets2 8:52 - Hawthorne Caballeros 9:09 - Reading Buccaneers Full Retreat to follow

It. Will. Not. Rain. Out. The. Nazareth. Show. That said, if it does rain, DCA should bag it, and not try and repeat the Bridgeport show from 2015. That was all sorts of awful.

I thought is was about the same as the last several years, despite the absolutely horrible traffic and parking conditions due to construction on 46.

It's a show about sword fighting. Do we *really* want the audience involved? Though it would certainly bring headlines...

You're certainly not the first person to suggest that idea, but without being too verbose on how the law works, music and drill are not the same. When composers are freelance, they certainly can assign rights to the corps they write for, but it's not in their best interests to do so. Additionally, the composer may have a contract with a publisher (and many do) that would preclude assigning rights to the commissioning organization. Traditionally, commissioned works never include publication rights. Additionally, it's not really valid to compare music and drill. Drill isn't subject to copyright in the same way music is. While a drill writer could conceivably copyright the actual drill sheets he/she produces, the actual dots moving on the field wouldn't be subject to that copyright. It's kind of like how recipe publication and copyright works.

Nope. They still need to secure rights from the publisher, which may be Rich Saucedo himself, or whoever published his music at the time.