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Tickets for the Championships in Indianapolis in DCI Friends Section 441. Same seats in Row 8 for all three nights. Prefer to sell as a set at face value ($574 for the pair for all three nights - $59/Prelims - $89/Semis - $139/ Finals.)

I agree with others, if it's going to happen, it will be in Indy. I'd rather see both of them overtake BD, but I suppose that's a different thread.

Furthermore, other than its deformed creepy appearance, it's not that scary. I'm guessing even the most out of shape judge could out run it. Please, PR chalk this up to a really bad craft project idea and kill it for good. Bring back Spartacus... he can take it out for good.

This is just wrong... all wrong. As someone else commented... this is PR. They traditionally typify class, refinement, etc. This prop comes off as a cheesy distraction and, based on what I saw on the Fan Network, it's poorly executed and integrated into the show. I hope they go back to the drawing board and come up with another way to integrate the Evil Queen or any other characters they feel the need to kill off in order to meet the PR annual kill quota.

I suppose too much has already been said about the uniform change, but seeing Boston last night live confirmed for me my initial reaction when I saw the uniforms in the cinema. IMO, the flat grey reads very poorly on the field. I understand the tribute to the Cadet uniforms, the mood they are allegedly trying to create, etc., but purely from a visual perspective, this uniform doesn't work at all for me. With this said, I really like the different direction Boston took with this show. Once they clean it up (and hopefully do something with the uniforms), it has nice potential.

You apparently missed the part in which I specifically stated I wasn't singling out the Scouts with my request for a moratorium on Malaga and Malaguena. BTW, I didn’t even comment about ’08 other than to state that Latin music suits the Scouts well. Wow… drop the defensiveness. If it will make you feel better, create a thread about any of the other corps you bashed and I will post a similar reply. I thought this one was about the Scouts. You apparently are more comfortable hearing a lot of the same music over and over again each year, which I respect. I’d rather not hear Malguena or Malaga (or many of those you mention) for a while.

And the fourth time in the last 15 years that the Scouts have done Malaga. I honestly think there should be a 10-year moratorium on Malaga and Malaguena (and not just the Scouts). They are both great pieces of music for drum corps, but they have both been beat to death. Also, at the risk of inciting the Scouts fans who are already somewhat defensive into this thread (I love the emotion of Scouts’ fans!), put me in the column of those who thought the announcement was a bit pompous. Drop the preface, which takes pot shots at other corps’ announcements and just issue a brief statement… we will get it. To be honest, aside from the cheap shot at other announcements, the first thing I thought was that they must not have had have enough time to put together a “lofty and abstract” announcement of their own and wanted to quickly get the show information out there. With this said, I like the Scouts doing Latin music and think it suits them extremely well. I suspect by having only hints of Malaga in the show they are attempting to regain some of the emotion (and fan support) from the 1994 and 1995 shows. I hope they succeed. Good luck Scouts

When I first read this, I thought the comment meant that the 42 returning brass members exceeded the number of brass players in the corps in 2007 and 2008, which didn't make sense. My bad. I might be wrong, but this might have also been BRASSO's confusion. Now that I read the other comments, I get the point and it's great for Crossmen.

Great. Just what drum corps needs... more WSS. I'd rather a show with another door.

I can understand the PR – BD debate for 1st and 2nd because it could have gone either way. I personally thought PR had the winning show, but contrary to the judges’ scoring, I also thought they had the winning show all three nights. To the extent BD beat PR the two previous evenings and because I didn’t see much of a difference between the two (great) performances on finals night from those shows, I can see how it maybe should have gone BD’s way. However, I do not understand the perspective that Cavies should have placed 1st… aside from a great pit and another interesting visual show, the show wasn’t Championship caliber, IMO. I believe there is a stronger argument they should have finished 4th behind Crown. I know the topic has been beat to death on DCP, but Cavies brass needs to play more than half of the show in order to present a complete package. (With that said, this was the most enjoyable Cavies show for me in years… it just wasn’t a 1st place show.) I was fine with all of the other placements (other than I still contend Crossmen should have been the 12th place corps.)

I agree, but I don’t put much stock in any announcement that alleges the person is resigning “to spend more time with my family.” This is the standard, benign, and professional way of parting ways. Most often, it simply means the person needs a change or a better paying job. How many staff members have resigned to “spend more time with their family” only to resurface (sometimes immediately) with another corps? (e.g., wasn’t Fiedler’s explanation of his retirement to step away from the stress and spend more time with his family?) BTW, I am not implying this is the case with this announcement; instead I am saying you can’t really take these announcements at face value.

Sure, you could still technically “see” the corps on the field, but the shade of green blended so much into the turf that the visual presentation lacked clarity. There wasn’t any “pop” and, frankly, on the field, it’s a rather depressing shade of green. In your foyer, olive green might "rock", but on a football field, I think not. I have to say, however, when I saw the uniform up close it looked very sharp, but that perception is completely lost once they are on the field. IMO, the poor color choice completely wiped out the impact of the new design.

Good for the Bluecoats and David Glasgow. This is a perfect way to handle an unfortunate situation like this.

I honestly believe (or I’d at least like to believe) Greg Newell simply chose the wrong words in responding to the “rumor.” However, the link in his original post, the one in which the cat was let out of the bag, refers to a topic that was started that asserted Adam Sage “resigned.” Replying to that “rumor” by stating Adam Sage was “let go” is the source of the criticism. So the "cat" that was out of the bag turned out to be an entirely different cat. Nonetheless, the poor (and ill-advised) wording is the source of the controversy or criticism because it really serves no positive purpose for Phatom Regiment (unless they needed to go on record he was being terminated for very serious issues (e.g, legal etc.), which I suspect isn't the case.)

Oops... my bad. I fixed the typo. Thanks.