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  1. brb. Getting my movie stub collection to go collect some Oscars. I mean, I get that the creative collective is motivated by who buys tickets to be entertained by their productions. But never have I had illusions that that I had a say in the 'outcome' of what determines 'excellence' in film beyond a right to spout my own 2¢ for people to ignore.
  2. Somebody could have a LOT of fun with this one....and I can imagine getting the crowd into it big time.
  3. ETA: Oh ho! DCX tells me Boston did this in 2010...[goes to find that show]
  4. SEC is taking it hard this year so far. This year's version of the tourney is nutso
  5. Could be worse, you could have been a Kentucky fan. Or even worse, from Kentucky.
  6. Heh. My dad was recruited to an AL corps the summer of 56 while in high school precisely because he was the only one in the battery that could read the sheet music.
  7. It’s one of those stories you SWEAR had to be an “in the lot” legend like Bob Hope died or Madonna marched in a corps. But it isn’t. It’s the corps lore story BD 360 should do an investigative mini documentary on but probably won’t.
  8. The bass drummer that got tossed during finals for being caught with weed. But comes running on at the last minute as they take the field.
  9. I dunno that I saw outright 'not cheering for them' but a mixture of 'hometown homerism' and 'unfamiliarity with their show' could be read that way. I remember shows in Indiana we went to when we were kids, the midwest corps had their fans and alumni that would cheer louder for their homerisms, but recognized the performance levels and cheered for those moments from the West corps too. This like mid 80s to early 90s. I recall Tommy getting a somewhat tepid response in 1990 in Ft. Wayne. But the general buzz was more "the Blue Devils came and we didn't get jazz?" sort of disappointment than any hostility about being the Blue Devils Annapolis has been my go to as of late and BD hasn't done that show when I've gone. It's a Cadets show and crowd for the most part historically. SCV got lots of praise in 2016 with Force of Nature. This year Mandarins sort of caught them all off guard. I don't think a lot of the crowd were 'flo watchers' and had no idea what was coming. So there wasn't much buzz taking the field. But by "Take me to Church" there were people grooving in the stands with them. And the spinners got an "oh my god...this is insane...i can't belive they're doing this" reaction around me and nods of appreciation as to what they were seeing. But nothing like when Cadets came on of course and they were roaring and buzzing for their own.
  10. While not "winning drums and not making finals" situations by far, last season had several lines punching above where their corps were placing. Cavies most notably. But Troopers too. Colts line early in the season was scoring real well too. The carryover from indoor and 'follow the instructor' effect seems to be part of this as well.
  11. Saw this at Ft. Wayne when they had a "flat run" for the opener (from La Strada on, it was great though). But it was clean as heck. There were staff from other corps that were sitting up there and when the last note sounded, one just said, "16." the other said "clean by July 8." This was the show where Tilt caught fire. Bloo didn't have the real ending on yet and there were still multiple jump runners (and the main jumper that was kept for the end actually overshot the catch group a bit and they barely blunted the head hitting the field...it was a bit scary). They had the Ft. Wayne crowd eating out of their hand though. It was clear though who was winning that show. Bloo was one point back and that was all the closer anyone got all season. This was also the show where BAC changed the opening drill for Animal Farm and I heard one of the judges behind me on his tape raving about the way they did the column shift now. "That's so much more effective!" Music City was open class and this was their season debut. They had us sitting upright and paying attention. The BD volunteer next to me was "whoa...that's open class?"
  12. Some of us tenor saxes would get so bored laying the chords in we'd double the bass parts with the low brass using the old 'foot in the bell' strategy to make the low B-flat be a low A
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