Jim Schehr

19 days since their first performance, CT will be performing their production of Event Horizon at DCI Northern Kentucky in Alexandria KY.

Wednesday through Saturday - prelims, semis and Finals. 1st row 50 yard line - same seats as usual.

Wednesday, July 11 DCI Crossroads Corps Score Blue Devils 1 Blue Devils 84.400 Cavaliers 2 Cavaliers 81.900 Phantom Regiment 3 Phantom Regiment 77.250 Madison Scouts 4 Madison Scouts 74.500 Corps Encore Corps Score Santa Clara Vanguard 1 Santa Clara Vanguard 85.000 Blue Knights 2 Blue Knights 78.000 Academy 3 Academy 76.500 Pacific Crest 4 Troopers 73.00 Troopers 5 Pacific Crest 67.500 Seattle Cascades 6 Oregon Crusaders 67.300 Oregon Crusaders 7 Seattle Cascades 63.600 Celebrations In Brass Corps Score Blue Stars 1 Mandarins 79.000 Mandarins 2 Blue Stars 78.200 Crossmen 3 Crossmen 77.300 Colts 4 Colts 74.400 Genesis 5 Genesis 67.900

How far are we willing to go back? 1965 Chicago Royal Airs were one of the best corps ever.

It's a dream; she is dreaming until the very end of the show; when her dream becomes real and she finds herself in reality. She's made it.

I love THE Ohio State

I guess you have never been to the West coast. More widespread than norovirus

You must remember that if you don't agree with them, there is something wrong with you. It's somewhere on page 1005 of the DCP user handbook.

Tuesday, July 10 DCI Morningside Corps Score 1 Blue Stars 77.525 2 Mandarins 76.725 3 Colts 74.655 4 Genesis 66.450 Drums Across America - Valdosta Corps Score 1 Carolina Crown 83.450 2 The Cadets 80.000 3 Spirit of Atlanta 73.300 4 Music City 64.550 5 Jersey Surf 57.825

I believe Memorial Lancers were from East St. Louis

Monday, July 9 Drums Along the Columbia Corps Score Santa Clara Vanguard 1 Santa Clara Vanguard 83.300 Blue Knights 2 Blue Knights 76.100 Academy 3 Academy 73.450 Troopers 4 Troopers 70.550 Oregon Crusaders 5 Pacific Crest 66.325 Pacific Crest 6 Oregon Crusaders 64.725 Seattle Cascades 7 Seattle Cascades 61.225

Go back to the old formula like prior to 2017. I loved those shows.

The percussion scores were spot on. Crown plays a lot of unison parts in tight formations and that’s why they were cleaner. Little depth of content, little environmental and physical demands. It’s now time to face the music.

Blooo another victory and a larger spread

It’s just a matter of time.

No we won’t be there. We will be in St. Louis for a play day

Let me know when I can unmute this

I still don’t get the teeter totter thingie

I have and I’m seeing them again in St. Louis too

Blooo that’s one of if not the best productions ever. Outstanding performance

Boston Strong. Love that production

Sunday, July 8 Drums on Parade Corps Score 1 Blue Devils 82.145 2 Phantom Regiment 75.650 3 Madison Scouts 71.750 4 Pioneer 54.855 DCI Orlando Corps Score 1 Bluecoats 83.350 2 Boston Crusaders 81.850 3 Carolina Crown 81.755 4 The Cadets 78.245 5 Spirit of Atlanta 72.250 6 Music City 62.350 7 Jersey Surf 58.100

With that staff! Only a fool would not look in their rear view mirror. Boston will continue to pull down better numbers. That staff has been there and done that with other corps, so there’s no reason to believe it won’t happen with Boston.

The drum book is written to capture the feel of the jazz idiom and not your traditional layering of rudiments within the ensemble. Bloo has a lot of environmental and physical demands due to staging and visual design. A traditional written approach with different rudiment signatures would be in direct contrast with the jazz idiom and feel. Many of these percussion judges are expecting rudiment signatures spread across percussion voices, that’s not what Bloo is laying down for an entire production. There are certainly elements of that but it’s not the basis of the writing. I would suggest that the percussion judges listen to the musical phrasing as a cohesive jazz musical idiom and stop wanting to hear a bunch of rim shots and double paradiddle diddles and triplet rolls. Trust me Bloo is plenty clean with their jazz stylization approach. As with most of what Bloo does it’s ahead of the times.

Blooo wins again. Just win baby