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Last night I was up 'til a bit past 4am watching some TV 'til I fall asleep on my couch - My normal week-night routine. One of the best channels to do that with is HDNet. Limited commercial breaks, great HD shows, and NO "paid programing" after 2am like the other channels! (I'm tired of flipping channels finding endless infomercials talking up 'male enhancement' products) On HDNet almost every night, around 3am or so, a program called HDNet Fights comes on, showing random MMA events around country, and the world, in HD. Last night was a great event, showing some great fights in Japan on new years eve. What kept me wanting to stay awake during this fighting event, you ask?? The announcer!! HOLY CRAP!! I got goosebumps from listeneng to the intros of each fighter. Heres a little clip from one fight:

Fedor Emelianenko - Entrance

Of course, I had to do research of the voice work in that intro...and now I want to hear every entrance she's done! While Lenne Hardt may not be the best announcer for a drum corps show, it got me thinking. I hear about all these Japanese marching orginizations having lights and music shows for their entrances to get the crowd AND the performer pumped up....and I kind of like that idea...

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What could DCI, or its corps, do differently to make corps entrances, introductions, and exits more exciting? (by the way, this year has some of the coolest corps entrances)

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"On the field, from ______________, Drum Corps International is proud to present, the _______________!"

"Are the judges ready?"

"Drum Major ___________, is your corps ready?"

"_____________, you may take the field for competition."

Thank you.

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"Let's get ready to rummmmmmbbbbbbllllllllEEEEEEE!"

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How about cut all the lights, have wildly spinning spotlights, pyrotechnics and a WWF announcer. We could even drop a cage over the field occasionally to keep the crowd interest up! :tongue:

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How about cut all the lights, have wildly spinning spotlights, pyrotechnics and a WWF announcer. We could even drop a cage over the field occasionally to keep the crowd interest up! :tongue:

I think Star tried the cage thing the year they did the (ripoff of Bayonne's) circus show ... Never really worked out the way they wanted.

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"On the field, from ______________, Drum Corps International is proud to present, the _______________!"

"Are the judges ready?"

"Drum Major ___________, is your corps ready?"

"_____________, you may take the field for competition."

Thank you.

That about does it for me! If you can get James Earl Jones to do it - perfection!

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"On the field, from ______________, Drum Corps International is proud to present, the _______________!"

"Are the judges ready?"

"Drum Major ___________, is your corps ready?"

"_____________, you may take the field for competition."

Thank you."

....its a bit outdated!

USED to be the corp didnt enter the field until they were told to do so - hense the 'you may take the field' stuff.

But now, the corp is not only on the field, but often already warming up and going right into their show.

When does the judging start????

The introductions for each corp seems to be different and come at different times.

This needs to be addressed!

I go to many smaller shows and a lot of the people in the stands get fustrated trying to figure out which corp is on the field (especially if they end up out of order like in Rockford's Show of Shows).

Seriously, it needs changed!

"I AM SPARTICUS!!!!"

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"Let's get ready to rummmmmmbbbbbbllllllllEEEEEEE!"

make your check out to Michael Buffer...he owns the trademark on that phrase, and if you say it, legally you are obligated to pay him...even those who imply it but change a word or two...still falls under the same trademark. (he was a regular at the video store i used to work at)

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make your check out to Michael Buffer...he owns the trademark on that phrase, and if you say it, legally you are obligated to pay him...even those who imply it but change a word or two...still falls under the same trademark. (he was a regular at the video store i used to work at)

Michael Buffer rents porn? jussssss keeeeding...

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