Terri Schehr
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11 hours ago, phd-student-TTU said:
I’ve been going since 2000. Love the show. Only negatives are that it’s usually hot and the band kids are oblivious to their surroundings.
May miss this year as I’m probably going to Orlando for the City vs Barca friendly.
I can handle hot living down here in Floriduh but I am going north for the summer this year. Three summers of swamp hot so it’s time for a little break.
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8 hours ago, Jurassic Lancer said:
Every corps I ever marched with folded decades ago.
Even my son has two. All the iterations of Southwind are gone and it seems to be forever. We know what happened to Cap Sound.. big fish eats little fish to survive.
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Another oldie. But long dead.
The Norwood Park Drum and Bugle Corps was formed in 1928 by William Widmayer, who was their director and first instructor. The corps was a community-based parade corps, located on the northwest side of Chicago. The corps was one of 14 started by Widmayer at the request of local community-
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15 minutes ago, keystone3ply said:
Maybe he wants to make a test run to get the lay of the land & make sure the steaks are rare. Or medium? 🤷♂️
I think there's a Longhorn Steak House behind the Embassy.
I said that wrong as I often do. He made the reservation yesterday for July. 😂
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1 minute ago, BigW said:
Oh, When I was an interim HS Concert band director, I scrapped "Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral", in part because it didn't fit the personality of the band, and also because it was Wagner.
Like I said, tough call.
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3 hours ago, BigW said:
The same tarnish effect also applies to Stan Kenton.
The separation of the deeply flawed artist from their art is a tough call. I think Woody Allen and Polanski are despicable but I have to admit that I still watch their movies. And i didn’t flinch when Crown played Liebestod last year. https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20130509-is-wagners-nazi-stigma-fair
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1 hour ago, BigW said:
With as many corps that have folded over the past 45 years, My guess is that it's possible that the majority of former performers on DCP are in this situation.
Two. Jim has two, also.
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On 4/16/2024 at 12:47 PM, RanksndFile said:
Make sure to go to The Chop House for dinner before the show.
Great steaks abd Bloody Marys. We usually saw a couple of the judges who were having a pre show dinner.
Jim made a reservation there. In April hahaha.
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6 minutes ago, happycomposer said:
Been going every year for 11 years now (well, one of those years was in the Vanderbilt stadium, which honestly I enjoyed a little more, but that's another thing entirely).
As others have said, it's a great venue! Bowl stadium with ample parking and room. Expect a lot of area high schools, lol. Two things to keep in mind: There is ample parking, but be prepared for a bit of a walk, especially if you park on the wrong side. Also, they usually run out of bottled water by the intermission - plan accordingly.
I walk about five miles a day so walking is good with me! I have a smart knee now. 😂 I picked tickets way up top just so I’d have to walk up a lot of steps.
The water thing has me a little worried, though. I think I’ll get there early and buy a few bottles.
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38 minutes ago, craiga said:
Somebody from the Kilties just posted the recap from the VFW Finals in 1970. I had completely forgotten that back in those days, along with the regular captions of GE, brass, percussion, and marching & maneuvering (visual) there were also captions for Inspection and Cadence. Yep, the "good ol days"!
Btw, you younger folk might recognize the top corps: 1. TROOPERS
2. BOSTON
3. CAVIES
Yep. Inspection was always fun. <sarcasm off>
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3 minutes ago, TOC said:
The sleeves of wind breaker's work well to store several beers or other drinks. A sleeve with elastic cuffs does it best.
I just need water but that sounds like a plan.
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15 minutes ago, bluecoats88 said:
we are all older than we once were, but younger than we'll be
Good point. ✅
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15 minutes ago, keystone3ply said:
Yes, I was in that mess with one gate (Gate 3). The next year they opened another gate & it went much smoother but the concessions are still congested. I drank a bottle of water before entering & also took a bottle in my pocket. 😁 @Terri Schehr
Maybe I’ll stuff water bottles in my clothes like the Animal House guys at the Food King.
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5 minutes ago, dciphan79 said:
They didn’t. I stood in line sweating for about 1.5 hours (no kidding) with my wife for two hot dogs and two bottles of water. Thought I was likely to get arrested defending my wife who wasn’t having the line cutting by the kids. I was never so glad to get to my seats. After that, my blood pressure, view, and show were terrific.
Oh no. That’s terrible. They really should at least have water accessible because some of us aren’t as young as we used to be.
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29 minutes ago, dciphan79 said:
Great show and venue. Went last year and only complaint was the concession situation. Blazing hot, hundreds of high school folks cutting line, and hours in line. Avoid the concession stands.
I hope they allow you to bring in your own water because I get dehydrated easily.
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2 hours ago, IllianaLancerContra said:
I should probably follow your lead on this.
It works for me.
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8 minutes ago, IllianaLancerContra said:
I believe the law has been repealed.
That’s good. I don’t watch the news unless there’s a weather event headed my way.
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1 hour ago, iggymen said:
There is a law in the city now that is not MEANT to target LGBT, but it is in reaction to the state as a whole... This is the first time we will not go in nearly 15 years.
I’ll have to look it up. I didn’t know.
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11 minutes ago, iggymen said:
if you are in a same sex relationship I would recommend... if you go to this city.. that you refrain from holding your partners hand in public
That’s not very tolerant. It’s sad that people can’t abide by live and let live.
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6 hours ago, Galen said:
NGL I thought this was going to be another cancelled show thread... 😥
I bought tickets last night so I hope not! 🤞🏻
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Thanks everyone for your input.
Booked at Embassy Suites near the stadium. Sitting up high. Club level 303 row 5 /43.
It’s about a four hour drive for us and we get an hour back. I’ve only done drive bys of Nashville so maybe we’ll go see the touristy stuff.
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We’re thinking about going. What’s the venue and parking like?
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1 hour ago, keystone3ply said:
Not a bad venue (needs upgrading), but I understand It was a logistics nightmare for parking, warm up, etc.
Luckily we could walk there because our hotel was nearby but they had a freakin outdoor circus set up there, too. It seemed dirty and dusty in there to me.
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2 hours ago, IllianaLancerContra said:
Idk re LOS price, but if construction delays mean it isn’t ready, then it isn’t ready. DCI might get a refund I suppose.
IDK Detroit cost, nor what condition St Louis dome is in. But if DCI is committed to dome, those are closest. And looking at St Louis dome website, they have a concert (band called Pink (who I have never heard of)) on schedule for 10 Aug.
I was at the St Louis stadium the last time they held a show there. It was run down and poorly maintained.
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Looking Back - Zingali & the Tick System's Removal
in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
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Jim once laughed at what a DI was saying to another Marine and he asked if something was funny. Jim said “Funny as hell, sir!” He ended up doing push-ups.
He has a few funny stories from the Marine Corps. He worked in avionics and one day a REO griped the deceptive electronic countermeasures unit and said it didn’t work in the O.F.F. Position. 🤦♀️