ouooga Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 I don't mind at all. Music is a part of the whole drum corps show, so if two corps have a few minutes that sound similar, that's still not at all the same as two corps having the same shows. That latter would probably bug me. That said, as corps, it seems important to pay attention when another corps is playing the same piece in the same year. Boston had a great rendition of Malaguena in '03, but it's always felt super vanilla to me in retrospect purely because I liked Cadets' 03 version of Malaguena much much more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terri Schehr Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 38 minutes ago, ouooga said: I don't mind at all. Music is a part of the whole drum corps show, so if two corps have a few minutes that sound similar, that's still not at all the same as two corps having the same shows. That latter would probably bug me. That said, as corps, it seems important to pay attention when another corps is playing the same piece in the same year. Boston had a great rendition of Malaguena in '03, but it's always felt super vanilla to me in retrospect purely because I liked Cadets' 03 version of Malaguena much much more. I’m not kidding...the three corps that played Children of Sanchez, went on one after another in 79. Cavaliers, North Star, Blue Stars. It was kind of hilarious. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Lancer Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Terri Schehr said: I’m not kidding...the three corps that played Children of Sanchez, went on one after another in 79. Cavaliers, North Star, Blue Stars. It was kind of hilarious. More than a little hilarious ... I remember a show we did in North Carolina and I heard Sanchez when we were warming-up and thought “I didn’t know North Star was here” ... they weren’t ... it was Cavies. Edited May 16, 2018 by Jurassic Lancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terri Schehr Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 2 minutes ago, Jurassic Lancer said: More than a little hilarious ... I remember a show we did in North Carolina and I heard Sanchez when we were warming-up and thought “I didn’t know North Star was here” ... they weren’t ... it was Cavies. Definitely a you had to be there to realize how tiresome it was thing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Lancer Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 1 minute ago, Terri Schehr said: Definitely a you had to be there to realize how tiresome it was thing. I can’t even watch those three shows on the DVD. It was so monotonous. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creekomega Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 Ugh, I don't mind it in drum corps as much as BOA....if I have to listen to "The Sound of Silence" one more time I'll puke. I was so happy to see Cadets pulled it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlenI Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 In the New England HS competition circuit in the early '80's it seemed that Pictures at an Exhibition was played by about 8 of the bands in the NESBA finals. About 1/2 way through the competition, you could hear the groan coming from the crowd when a band started to play. Very funny! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito365 Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 1 hour ago, GlenI said: In the New England HS competition circuit in the early '80's it seemed that Pictures at an Exhibition was played by about 8 of the bands in the NESBA finals. About 1/2 way through the competition, you could hear the groan coming from the crowd when a band started to play. Very funny! I don't think it was just the New England circuit. Happened in Kentucky and the surrounding states as well. Les Miserable and West Side Story was pretty common in the early 90s as well. One can only listen to I Dreamed a Dream before they start to dream a dream... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigW Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 "Beauty and the Beast" was a big one in PA for awhile. Remember a contest where 4-5 competitors did the same Jenson arrangement. It got to the point you knew that arrangement like the back of your hand. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcsnare93 Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 It doesn't bother me too much, as the arrangements tend to be different enough. There's so much material out there though, that it's kind of bummer the same stuff gets rehashed so often. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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