TubaJon Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Well on a related note, i just watched Turandot for the first time..... and dude, Calaf, Turandot was not worth it lol I didnt expect Turandot to be a total b!+(# to be honest. The whole story should have been about Liu, who was willing to die for Calaf and Timur... im confused... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos001 Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Well on a related note, i just watched Turandot for the first time..... and dude, Calaf, Turandot was not worth it lol I didnt expect Turandot to be a total b!+(# to be honest. The whole story should have been about Liu, who was willing to die for Calaf and Timur... im confused... Apparently so was Puccini. He is highly criticized for this opera's storyline because he spent so much time on Líu, rather than Calaf and Turandot. He was trying to use an experience from his own life to write the plot, but was unsuccessful. He was so unsuccessful on how to write the plot, that he never finished it before his death. Thank goodness the music was good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos001 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Welcome back Phantomettes, indeed! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Doherty Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Opera plots are not known to be sensical and the ones that are often get criticized for being boring. To me, regardless of the flaws, Turandot is an example of great music and singing opportunities. No one IMO will represent the musical side better than PR, but as with all the other winners, they must execute and have a fine program design. Nothing that anyone herein doesn't already know. Kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hostrauser Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Welcome back Phantomettes, indeed! Giggity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 According to Facebook, Phantom is getting new uniforms again. Do you think it will be a show related touch like the Montague crest from last year? Anyone else hoping for all black? I am hoping they find a way to keep the white. far too much black in the activity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkfdPRphan Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 ...a couple notes from this weekend's camp. It was so good to see the whole corps there! Seeing I work with the sewing team, I was situated between the main practice/final tryout room for the guard and the large gym where the percussion and the brass traded time. As I am sure you have seen posted on the Phantom Regiment facebook page, it was the final cut from 60 guard to 40. Glad I didn't have to choose! Watching the spinning exercises and some of the individual tryouts I couldn't have picked one over the other. I hope there is room for some of these young ladies (and YES the guard is all women again this year) find another corps to march with this summer, get more experience and come back next fall to try out again. As much as I liked the drums last year, this year will sound and look much, much better when they are out on the field. They have been challenged and are rising to the occasion. Working with the uniform fitting this weekend, I have met some really large dudes! One base drummer has to be 6-8. A uniform fitting nightmare! But got it done. The pit has been equally challenged to step it up. I won't say a lot more until I see the visual part of the show, but just listening to the changes in sound, speed and volume this group can handle right now is just crazy! The pit, noticed for making faces and really getting into the music last year, will be noticed more for their abilities this year. Take that to the bank. As for the horns. The main soloist for Nessen Dorma is smooth. He hit the notes over and over during the practices. There are other solosist that do equally great jobs and a quintet (is that 4?) horns that so a short, but well done piece. The horn sections sound pretty strong for right now, but I can't wait to hear them on an open field. They were in a large indoor gym, so I cannot comment on if, how, when they played together if they sounded sharp and clear. So much sound bouncing around! They, the horns, did some marching. Watch out! There is going to be some moves that Phantom has not put in their show for years......and maybe a few new moves. It could be amazing or disastrous. Hard to tell until they have the chance to start praticing outside at Rockford College (RoCo) in about 3 weeks. Of course, at the end of camp on Sunday, the brass and the percussion combined, with the guard sitting in front watching - and did one complete run through of the entire show. I didn't know where to look nor could I keep up on what was being played so don't ask song selections. Other than the obvious song, I don't recognize the pieces even after watching the opera several times. I don't know what it's going to be like once they are on the field, but there was a lot of pit taking cues from the drums, the drums taking cue from the brass and so on. To me, much more 'team' than in the past several years. Sure the DM has control (and he's very, very good this year), but the members still need to feed off of each other. Finally, dont expect the Phantom Regiment's show to be your time to sit back and relax. It's not gonna be that kind of show this year. It was musically very intense this weekend and I sure hope that intensity flows into the visual show and comes back to the audience. I still have no idea what the guard uniform looks like, but I know some surprises are coming there so its taking a bit more time to get it worked out visually. I've been working with a specific part of the corps uniform that didn't come out right either, but we are working on the details and the corps will look great marching in the Memorial Day Parade in Rockford at the end of May. ....and there are, to my understanding, TWO members from ROCKFORD in the corps this year!!! As I am every year, I am excited about the music and how the kids can play it, the big thing is the visual. Will the drums be staged properly to show off some new moves? Will the horns sound as loud and rich when spread across the field. Will the soloists be loud enough when they are 1/2 a football field away? If it does, and if it is, you will hear / see / feel a very 'different' Phantom Regiment in 2012 - IMHO. SUTA! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general_tsos_chicken2 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 (edited) if the uniform was the exact same as last years, but with a black baldrick instead of the emblem, and maybe a cape like 03-05, and white chickens... THAT would be THE perfect uniform. Edited April 30, 2012 by general_tsos_chicken2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkfdPRphan Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 (edited) I am hoping they find a way to keep the white. far too much black in the activity You can see from the Facebook pictures that the main color of the uniform is still white. Not a new uniform. We dont have the funds or the pull to get new brass and percussion unis each year. Of course the crest is gone as it has nothing to do with China. What replaces it? I'm not telling, but it was my job this weekend to work on it. The guard uniform is new. Its new every year. No idea what the guard is wearing. They just pared down the size from 60 to 40 over the weekend and THEN the sizing and ordering is done. BUT I assure you it will be different from the Juliets of last year! IMO, black unis, in a semi dark stadium (or at Lucas with the black backdrop) is a visual nightmare. But I am starting to understand the explaination of last year's black plumes being hard to see from above (again at Lucas) or at seating level when the 'heads' seem to disappear and the corps members seem to look 'shorter'. No comment on the color of this years plumes.........we haven't made them yet. I'm still partial to red, but no one seemed to like that at camp this weekend! Edited April 30, 2012 by rkfdPRphan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjeffeory Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 (edited) if the uniform was the exact same as last years, but with a black baldrick instead of the emblem, and maybe a cape like 03-05, and white chickens... THAT would be THE perfect uniform. Edited April 30, 2012 by jjeffeory 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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