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tubabeard42

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tubabeard42 last won the day on September 24 2012

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  • Your Drum Corps Experience
    2012 Impulse
  • Your Favorite Corps
    Impulse, Bluecoats, Carolina Crown, Cavaliers, Phantom Regiment, Troopers
  • Your Favorite Drum Corps Season
    erm... 2012 because I marched in it.
  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    Long Beach, CA

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  1. For me it's not with a t-shirt, but with a hat. Having been a member of Impulse I have the hats I wore as part of my 2012 and 2013 uniforms. The hats are black baseball caps with a yellow zot logo on the front (see my profile image for an example). I occasionally get people coming up to me and jokingly asking, "Do you have a quest for me?", mistaking it for the yellow exclamation mark that appears above the heads of quest-giving characters in World of Warcraft. I have to explain that while I get the reference, it actually has nothing to with the game, and then almost always have to explain what drum corps is. I never really mind, since at least people notice, and it tends to be little more than a moment of humor.
  2. A couple that come straight to mind: Troopers 2011: Infinity chord. Before during and after. A beautiful and emotionally powerful end to one of my favorite shows that season. Pacific Crest 2012: True Colors. Again, a wonderful ending to what was a surprisingly great show.
  3. Or if you want something cheaper, just ask your orthodontist for some wax. That'll at least prevent the braces from cutting/indenting. As for playing, I agree, you do get used to it. The key of course is to practice. Just play a lot (and well, of course), and soon enough it shouldn't affect your playing. Your lips will adapt.
  4. The dancing and such, without playing, seemed a bit much for a 6-minute show, and it was hard for me to get into the live brass music with the repetitive canned beat in the background. Indoor competitive wind ensembles could definitely be done, but I'm not sure that this is the best of way doing it. Of course I appreciate that they put time and effort into an uncommon type of performance like this. It's nothing on the performers, it's just the way the show is designed. This is a less-explored idea, so it will likely evolve and change as it goes along, as do all competitive activities. Incorporating some electronics could work if done right (maybe). I'd just like to hear more of the actual people playing the actual instruments.
  5. This is what I'm getting from this show so far:
  6. I'd put in Jon Lacy (I think that's his name) from Surf '11 and '12 as one of the better ones for his solos in "Kiss From a Rose" and "Land of Make Believe".
  7. Jdfuncorps, the guy who made the popular DCI 2012 in 2 Minutes video, made an Open Class version! What do you think? Having marched Impulse that year, I found it hilarious
  8. A friendly reminder: the corps is Pioneer. Just Pioneer, like in the title of this topic. People can be sensitive about using corps' names properly. As for what's up with the corps, I know they announced their show. Beyond that, I don't know anything, but you can find a fair amount of information, including a MIDI of their opener for next season, at their website here: http://www.pioneer-corps.org/
  9. In an alternate universe, The Pioneers are an elite G-7 group while Cavalier manages to survive on much smaller numbers and works hard to compete on the same field as the bigger groups.
  10. To quote an old video game meme, "I hear it's amazing when the famous purple stuffed worm in flap-jaw space with the tuning fork does a raw blink on Hara-Kiri Rock. I need scissors! 61!"
  11. I've worn glasses while field marching since my freshman year of high school (and had glasses since I was about 8). I've never really had a problem with them, except occasionally slipping down the nose, which is fixed easily by either having the arms adjusted (which I can get done quickly for free at Costco), or a strap of some sort. Last season, I never wore sunglasses, as I never felt the need having a hat, and one of our techs did tell us not to wear them (me being a rookie and him being very[!] experienced and a bit intimidating, I took his word for it). Being near-sighted, I did occasionally do sections of rehearsal and full runs without my glasses without much of a problem, but for shows I always wore them. My corps' hats being baseball caps, there wasn't much of a problem in that department. I've given thought to getting contacts, but I've haven't gotten around to it yet. I'll look into maybe getting them before the season starts, or prescription sunglasses. Aside: I say "being" a lot. Human being. Alien being. Bee-ing. One of the fields we rehearsed on was covered in bees (or a similar insect) in 99-degree weather. I'll get off the stream of consciousness train before it leads to the darker corners of my mind.
  12. You asked for, in your own words, "any 2001 Division 2 corps" If it was only a couple you were really looking for, you should have specified that in your original post.
  13. One of our vis instructors last season in my corp called us tubas when he was upset with us/we did something wrong, and contras when we did something right/he was happy with us. As for the matter at hand in the thread, it seems to largely a matter of tradition to say that G horns are bugles, and without G, it's not drum and bugle corps. When I first learned what a drum and bugle corps even was, my understanding was that "Bugle" just referred to the winds all being forward-firing brass instruments. At the time, the only thing I knew was called a bugle was the valveless signalling instrument previously mentioned in the thread. When threads happen upon comparisons like this, I often like to chime in my rookie voice (being relatively new to the activity and so far having marched only one season) and say this: Bb lines, and the drum corps of today, are the drum corps I fell in love with. I haven't heard much in the way of a G line live before, so I lack the personal experience to make a comparison. From my perspective, I sometimes find myself getting a little irked about remarks of G somehow being the superior option or being the "real" drum corps. For those who have the experience to know the tradition, to have experienced it, it's understandable they'd prefer what they know to something newer that isn't an established tradition yet. Like I said, G horns aren't a tradition I experienced, and Bb is thus what I know. However, that being said, I'm not opposed to G horns. If things shifted back to that, I'd also be okay with it. If my corps decided to use G horns, I wouldn't object, I like learning new instruments. Overall, from what I've seen, it comes down to a matter of perspective and comparative experiences in cases like this. I'll be getting off your lawn, now.
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