saxfreq1128 Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 9 hours ago, btown50 said: I have always noticed that BDCG is never really putting out a full package. If you see their shows especially in the early season, you can see them just walking or running to their spots just standing their and not doing nothing. So I really don't judge BDCG like they should be judged because I know they are not putting the complete package on the field. Scott, TJ and the team are masterminds at what they do. One thing that MUST be discussed regarding BDCG this year: the flag writing during that ballad. It's phenomenal, and extremely hard to pull off as an ensemble, really full of the weird subtleties that distinguish Very Good colorguards from Great ones, but accordingly, you have to watch closely. (One thing YT show videos are really not helpful for: watching guards. Ground level videos help—but the best thing would be more CG fans posting from the lot, like brass/drumline fans). Anyway: lots of interesting body going on. But the difficulty is all so lyrical, and BD has such a natural sense of style, that they're already making it look easy. You can tell the guard is in love with that work, which is the best part. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poppycock Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 36 minutes ago, saxfreq1128 said: One thing that MUST be discussed regarding BDCG this year: the flag writing during that ballad. It's phenomenal, and extremely hard to pull off as an ensemble, really full of the weird subtleties that distinguish Very Good colorguards from Great ones, but accordingly, you have to watch closely. (One thing YT show videos are really not helpful for: watching guards. Ground level videos help—but the best thing would be more CG fans posting from the lot, like brass/drumline fans). Anyway: lots of interesting body going on. But the difficulty is all so lyrical, and BD has such a natural sense of style, that they're already making it look easy. You can tell the guard is in love with that work, which is the best part. Thank you thank you thank you. We're starting to see those guards with much more difficult work cleaning and prefecting, passing others who obviously don't. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NakedEye Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 In the various angles now on YT, you can REALLY see how many spots are being held for future additions. If 75% of the show changes by finals, I wouldn't be surprised. It is currently as perforated as swiss cheese. All that running the horns do through the doorways in the centers of the stairs near the end is a perfect setup for a costume change. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoaDci Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 2 hours ago, NakedEye said: In the various angles now on YT, you can REALLY see how many spots are being held for future additions. If 75% of the show changes by finals, I wouldn't be surprised. It is currently as perforated as swiss cheese. All that running the horns do through the doorways in the centers of the stairs near the end is a perfect setup for a costume change. Thats what I said. I feel like they have a coloring page, and they only have half of their crayon box so they cant finish the page. When the other half of that crayon box is found though...I cant wait to be at the art gallery. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxfreq1128 Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 I'm sorry, I'm still stuck on BDCG during the ballad, can I just say one more thing? Any of the elite guards can give you fast, aggressive, complicated flag writing, and BD's work during the ballad isn't exactly slacking in that department, either. But I think what's most impressive is that they do it so delicately. Pulling off tricky work like that is it's own feat, especially with those difficult entries and the way everything builds. But they're performing it so elegantly, on top of that, and really matching the relaxed groove of the music—that's, like, next-level. That's so much more meaningful to me than just being excessively fast and difficult. It's what guard should be about. Okay I'm done. :) 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorpwithanS Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 Any chance a guard tech or instructor can fill us non-Guardies in, with regards to the subtleties and techniques to look out for in a top rated Color Guard? TY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mulder Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 Hey...newbie here but long time reader of these fantastically polite forums. I'm a guard person but that was after I played trumpet and spent one year on a drumline (in H.S.). I watched BDCG while up at Stanford and will be at Pasadena for warmups and agree they make it look so effortless. I always get good close up vids "from the lot" -- if I get any of the above mentioned parts of the show and figure how to share, I will. BTW nice to meet you all. LOL 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cappybara Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 2 minutes ago, Mulder said: Hey...newbie here but long time reader of these fantastically polite forums. I'm a guard person but that was after I played trumpet and spent one year on a drumline (in H.S.). I watched BDCG while up at Stanford and will be at Pasadena for warmups and agree they make it look so effortless. I always get good close up vids "from the lot" -- if I get any of the above mentioned parts of the show and figure how to share, I will. BTW nice to meet you all. LOL We can tell you're new when you call DCP "polite" Welcome!!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Guns Posted June 29, 2017 Author Share Posted June 29, 2017 13 minutes ago, Mulder said: Hey...newbie here but long time reader of these fantastically polite forums. I'm a guard person but that was after I played trumpet and spent one year on a drumline (in H.S.). I watched BDCG while up at Stanford and will be at Pasadena for warmups and agree they make it look so effortless. I always get good close up vids "from the lot" -- if I get any of the above mentioned parts of the show and figure how to share, I will. BTW nice to meet you all. LOL Welcome!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theonlyfizzle Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 59 minutes ago, Cappybara said: We can tell you're new when you call DCP "polite" Welcome!!! LOL it cought my attention too.. how "polite" lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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