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"HI, BILLY MAYS HERE, AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE AWESOME POWER OF THE TROOPERS! ARE YOU LOOKING FOR DRUM CORPS? WELL HAVE I GOT A DEAL FOR YOU!"

To clarify, I was actually two months old. I realized this was 1978 after the conversation.

"I like swords and hot chicks" LOL!!!! Now you need to invite him to a show!

Just got back from Bones' rehearsal in San Antonio. They ended the evening with the first full run of the season (closer drill is 5-6 hours old!). I am not about to make any predictions about placement, it would be dumb to do so. BUT, these guys sound like a drum corps again. Chuck's brass writing is great. Lots of stuff going on, not so "one dimensional" as the past few years. Beddis and Markworth have that drumline groovin again (thank God) and Rudy Gowern and his staff have done a GREAT job with the drumline. I've gone to check out rehearsal each year before they leave for tour. This is the only time since the move to TX that I haven't left feeling like I've been at a HS band rehearsal. The hornline can put out some SOUND and the drumline has some sweet beats. This will be a crowd pleaser, for sure. Good job, so far, X-Men!!!

It's a calf stretch

Even if it ain’t all it seems, I got a pocketful of dreams Baby, I'm from New York Concrete jungle where dreams are made of There's nothing you can't do Now you're in New York These streets will make you feel brand new Big lights will inspire you Hear it for New York, New York, New York! On the avenue, there ain't never a curfew, ladies work so hard Such a melting pot, on the corner selling rock, preachers pray to God Hail a gypsy cab, takes me down from Harlem to the Brooklyn Bridge Some will sleep tonight with a hunger far more than an empty fridge I'm gonna make it by any means, I got a pocketful of dreams Baby, I'm from New York Concrete jungle where dreams are made of There's nothing you can't do Now you're in New York These street will make you feel brand new Big lights will inspire you Hear it for New York, New York, New York!

But did it make national television?

you guys call me when the Bluecoats drop to 6th as predicted here twice. I'll keep my phone on Monday night.

Going to Orange Stadium Promenade 25 in Orange here in SoCal! I'm so excited!! :) Aaand I'm going to be bringing my parents with me to see their first performance of drum corps ever! They haven't the slightest idea about what drum corps even is, so I think this will be a good experience for them. They hear me yapping about drum corps all the time and never know what I'm talking about! I think it's a good idea to get them exposed to drum corps a bit so they know what it is that I'll hopefully doing in the near future :)

You must not have seen how strong they were last year, and that the design team, with Robert W. Smith replacing Jim Prime, is the same. The staff is virtually the same. Do you really think that having that type of consistency, plus incredible eligible membership retention, and a program that is brilliant is not going to be successful? I truly would LOVE to know where your thoughts come from. I'm going to go ahead and base mine off of what happened from 2009 to 2010. Maybe I'm wrong though.

One person's crushed brass instrument is someone else's piece of art...

When I first heard about this event I decided I wasn't going to support it (you know - G8 stuff and all that dookie) but the closer it gets I think I'll probably break down and go just beause I'm ready to see some #### drum corps!

So all this recent trolling that has been going on is actually against the guidlines?

[psa] "FAIL" IS NOT A NOUN. PLEASE STOP USING IT LIKE A NOUN. [/psa]

Fan Network - full standstill of the show as performed on June 10 at Conner Prairie Civil War Museum! (with a few gems at the end, too!)

scores at first show are more of an indicator of how you finished at finals the previous year he he

A boy comes home with a black eye after a date. His father asked him what happened, he says "Well Dad, you told me to be sure to compliment my date, so I told her, 'For a fat girl, you don't sweat much!'

Bawker is a chump is doing some things I'm not happy with. For example, this thread.

I did knock Sandra Opie's tape player out of her hand with the bell of my euph. one time.

Dudes! SCV 2010 was awesome!!!!

Paul Collins, who runs the Brass Shoppe mobile repair unit, can tell you some stories. He says the players learn a drill change, but the instruments don't catch on as fast.

Class is hard to define: SCV, Madison, and The Troopers come immediately to mind. I can tell you what definitely ISN'T classy: coming on to field wearing your championship ring(s) over your gloves!

In before close

I use my prison library computer after finishing my license plate polishing... usually just before my evening Vespers, and before the lights go out for the nite.

That does sum up the experience for some folks... Mike

I've been wanting a cummerbund added since last season! That makes all the difference in the world. I could live with this design! Now if they'd just do it!

That guy's beard is the reason clean-shaven is a bad policy. Ideally: >inb4 someone points out how bad I am at photoshop

http://video.l3.fbcdn.net/cfs-l3-ash4/232065/582/10150213297212274_24343.mp4?oh=ccfa903fa67ba57c40735a0feaadd865&oe=4DFBF800&l3s=20110615174736&l3e=20110617175736&lh=070d2f37fb5275ac6d24f

who you callin' boy?

Let us also remember that even if you follow the guidelines, the mods will ban you without warning or reason. I mean sure, you ruffled some feathers from time to time...but then one day, BAM, no more DCP. Doesn't matter though, because I'll always come back and there's nothing they can do to stop me. Wonder if the Gods will leave this post up or hide it? Your Pal, Luvs_Me_Sum_Mello

This is an old topic for sure. They didn't go open class many years ago when they were small. I'm not so so they will now either because of size.

This is very true. A corps that has made massive improvement will see that show up not in the first show, but by seeing their scores rise faster than others over the next couple weeks. Blue Stars 08 was a great example of this. They kicked off the season with a 62.5, behind Madison and Colts. It was pretty obvious, even in early june, that that show was a major step up. It'll be interesting to see this year though, if that changes with the top 8 all meeting up at the beginning of the season.

When I voted "no" the Cavaliers were exactly who I thought of. In addition to '95, 2004 is another year where they made a come back. I vividly remember it being a year that people I know gawked at the idea of 007 being a field show (prior to the season starting) then seeing it in the movie theater thinking "holy smokes!" That said, Blue Devils have left little to the imagination the past 2 seasons as far as movement and shifting goes. All the more reason why I'm excited for this summer, and for all of the teams to give it all they've got!

I voted Cavies too, altho it would be awesome if Phantom managed to do it again after such a shakeup and turnover in percussion! My close seconds are Blue Devils and SCV. ...and, of course, the poll could be entirely WRONG and a corps that finished 9th or below in 2010 MIGHT win both the percussion award and pop into the top 8!!!!

Pic of tuba wreck from Hop's FB

Just a few things... Myron Rosander isn't currently with Phantom for 2011. Jamey Thompson, a former Cavalier, btw, is the CURRENT drill designer for 2011. Myron Rosander was the designer for 2010.(http://www.regiment....ory.cfm?ID=1046) Pete Weber would be more a parallel lineage to Michael Gaines. BOTH who would be from the linage of Steve Brubaker. So, it appears that three current designers are former Cavaliers and from the Brubaker school of though on drill design. May and Sacktig would be of the Zingali school of thought. Brubaker and Zingali still influencing the activity 20+ years after they're gone!

From the second I first heard the 1996 Blue Devils it has been all about emotion to me. The ability of 150 people to pull emotions from you that one wouldn't normally expect to show for a "marching band". I always thought it was silly to read people getting choked up at a drum corps program until I actually did it. Few things get me excited like a big brassline bringing a show home at full volume with every ounce of what they have left. To see the looks of the performers after they put on what they know is a spectacular performance is awesome. It's a special thing that sucks you in and takes you for a mental and emotional 12 minute ride when done just right and it's not something you can get just anywhere.

I heard a standstill of the show at their Crusader day at Lakewood Ranch, FL in May. . .Les Mis is certainly the foundation music. 1812 is "spliced" in the phrasing at opportune moments. Opening is still "I Dreamed a Dream." Of course it's a different treatment, but the first 2 bars at FFF are quite redolent of '89 CBC which imho is a GREAT thing. :) I'm expecting fantastic things out of BAC this summer.

More of this silliness again? Phantom Regiment will not have the lowest placement in 37 years. There is no way you can legitimately think that. 1. They have a director who has 2 world championships under his belt. 2. Two people on staff have led a brass caption victory. 3. The new drum caption head is one of the pinnacles of his profession. 4. Jamey Thompson has had a perfect score in DCI Finals for drill composition. 5. The corps is in their best financial status in 15 years. 6. The corps has placed in the top 3 11 times since they last were in 11th place.

Not any more unusual than the sounds of woodwinds coming from speakers...

"Carolina Music's First Championship"? But that's not true, didn't Rocky Mount win BOA back in the early 80s?

Naaa, looks more like a stoned ex alto sax player that joined the band to impress girls but after 3 years of sucking out he realized it was the brass plyers and drummers that always scored. After seeing that video he spent the rest of the night shaking his fists in the air and saying " I could have been a contender, I could have been a contendor instead of a pretender". Struck with the realization of his youth wasted playing a woodwind instrument, he made a small bonfire out of Rico reeds before slamming his Bundy alto on the floor over and over again.

In a related picture...

I really don't think it works that way, if the placement and scores of the corps come first before anything else, then they have some problems.

Seriously? If anything that uniform will cause them to go down a couple spots. Definitely NOT generally effective

1 Crown 2 Cadets 3 BD 4 Cavaliers 5 Bluecoats 6 Blue Stars 7 PR 8 SCV 9 Glassmen 10 Blue Knights 11 Crossmen 12 Academy 13 Madison 14 Boston 15 Troopers 16 Spirit 17 Colts

OK, let's try to keep this thread positive. I admire that Pioneer has made some radical moves in the past couple months. They are learning an entirely new, original music book. They are using a unique battery percussion color/voicing. Apparently, some things weren't working for them and the staff had the courage to correct it. I really think the kids deserve a big hand in accepting the challenge put before them. It would have been great if they were able to expand upon last year's membership but that is not the reality. We can sit here and criticize or we can applaud their performances this Summer. I choose the latter.

They used mics. Big deal.