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  1. My random observations about the telecast and the corps. I get bored with guards that prance around during the obligatory ballads. Too much shredding during drum solos rather than musical drumming. Troopers: please just go back to your classic uniform and stop trying to be clever in this respect. I don't get why the guy from the Glassmen made such an effort to tell Rondinaro that the show was not about religion but was instead spiritual. Of course it was about religion, and who cares if it is? Madison was first corps that perked me up (sorry marching members -- I love all of you, but your staffs give you dull stuff to work with). Blue Knights were a good corps to follow Madison. I like how both play real music. Boston was fairly good in this respect, too, and I love the red cadet uniforms. Blue Stars: handless guard feature at beginning is really cool, and the mellos sound terrific. Santa Clara was great, playing some of my favorite music. One of the best shows in design and visual concept, and I love how Santa Clara maintains their image and icons. I might like Phantom's show a little more if it had more color. Too much white and light color for my tastes. I could take or leave the color alteration on the Cadets guard jackets. I actually kind of liked that they were the same color as the corps proper before. Otherwise, really love Cadets show, which is loaded with trademark moves and sounds of theirs. Great drum break and corresponding visual. Too much attention to Jeffrey. The camera follows the girl around too much in Crown's show, too. Incidentally, there were too many boy-girl scenes among corps tonight. Don't like Crown's uniforms, nor their gold horns. Both make them look bando to me. On the other hand, their horn sound was so good that I had to remind myself that they were actually playing and not marching to recorded music. Bluecoats . . . impressive execution and balance. Cavaliers is my favorite show from front to back. Woman next to me seemed a little freaked out during the pre-show theatrics. I actually really liked the Blue Devils. Applause may have been small because people didn't like the show, or because they were stunned afterwards, as I was. Rightfully well ahead of all the others. The theater was near Milwaukee, so there was a strong Madison backing. Otherwise, Cavaliers got second biggest response. Santa Clara was cheered as they entered the field. Steve Rondinaro was really professional, as always. However, his two sidekicks were a little sparse on words and reactions, I thought. It was as if they had been given the assignment an hour before the telecast and weren't sure what to say. Camera work was pretty good. Corps I liked best: Madison, Blue Knights, Santa Clara, Cadets, Cavaliers, Blue Devils.
  2. In an otherwise decent article, I too was taken aback when I first read that part. I don't know what the breakdown was of who preferred what, but it's not the most professional to make such a statement without supporting facts of some kind.
  3. Although this is technically correct, it does have to be qualified. 1983 was the last year of the old tear-down judging system. 1972-1983 and 1984-present are eras that have vastly different judging systems and thus comparison of scores should not take place between the two periods.
  4. Top 2 okay. 08 Phantom and 88 Madison tie for 3rd. 02 Cavaliers 5th.
  5. Excellent points. There is much less diversity today across the board and in so many respects than there once was, to the extent that even corps buses all seem to look alike.
  6. So, is your concern that people in the Boston area would go to Allentown if not for the Boston home show being on the same night? Or that it's tough to choose between the two? You do realize that they're about a five-hour drive apart?
  7. And do you think that's why they switched? I have my doubts.
  8. http://bluedevils.org/news/index.php?newsID=394
  9. I agree with all that have stated or agreed that drum corps is not a sport. And I disagree with DCI marketing itself as one., going all the way back to "Summer Music Games." Blech!
  10. I think this underscores the whole point. Money wasn't an issue, unless you were somehow in dire poverty. You drove for hours (sometimes under the risk of possible inclement weather), attended as many shows as you could, anticipated it for every hour of every day, bathed in the glory of it on those long drives home, etc. Money wouldn't have kept you from it because it meant more to you than practically anything and missing out on it would have been inconceivable. Such people were affectionately referred to as drum corps nuts, and part of the experience was too hang out with the scores of them milling around shows. I don't see many of them around anymore. The risk used to be if the weather would hold up, or for some that were young and poor, whether their cars would hold up for the long drives. It was worth the risk. Now I wonder if people are fearful of the expense of attending DCI events because of the risk of disappointment. How incredibly sad.
  11. I too tend to agree that the economy has probably contributed to the decline in attendance at DCI shows. If you have a large segment of longtime fans that feel apprehensive about attending shows in the first place, and they then feel they have less money to spend, of course there will be a significant drop in attendance. The question is, what will the activity do to get these fans back? And can we assume that most of them will be back?
  12. A rule is a rule, and all competing corps complied with the rules that year. Please explain the logic of your argument, particularly when the defending champion had always performed last. You do know that Madison won semis by more than a point, right?
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