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I am excited to announce the release of a new mobile app. Starting today, you can download DrumScorps for your iOS, Android, or Windows phone. Developed in partnership with Drum Corps Planet, DrumScorps is an app designed for the drum corps community and is a must-have for members, family, alumni, and fans. Within the app, you can: - Check the latest scores (with integrated recaps!) or view historical scores from past seasons - Read up-to-date news with categories ranging from Open Class to International corps and more - Explore the tour schedule for your favorite corps - See details about each and every event during the season including time and place, performing corps, and weather conditions - Find nearby events and get directions to the stadium For more screenshots and info, check out the full announcement here: http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/drumscorps-for-iphone-android-windows-phone/ You can also follow us on Twitter for updates about the app: @DrumScorps I'd also like to take a minute to thank all of those who have been involved in the development of DrumScorps. To JohnD, a huge thank you for working with me on this project. It could not have been done without you. To Ken Hammond, for providing all of the excellent graphics and icons you see throughout the app. Also a huge shout-out to those that were involved in testing the app. Your feedback and suggestions truly helped shape DrumScorps into what it is today. DrumScorps started out a year ago as a simple Windows Phone app that did one thing: display scores. One year later, with the help of Drum Corps Planet and this community, the app is available on all mobile platforms with significantly expanded functionality. I sincerely hope everyone enjoys the app and finds it useful throughout the drum corps season.

The amount of stupid hurts and it all starts with super-secret drum corps shows days before the season starts. Seriously, step back and wallow in the idiocy and what you folks are saying to each other All this stupid just cost Blue Devils a placement, they will not be this years’ DCI Champions now who is sorry? Nope, too late the cow has mooed

You must be high as hell right now.

The hearts are integral to the enjoyment of the broadcast IMHO

This thread is hilarious

If they care as much as you guys care whether they care, they are bound to medal this year.

You can do the same thing on the normal website by clicking on the 'dot' or 'star' in front of the topic title.

Data that would be actually useful in mobile app: housing sites. I know the availability of that data is very hit and miss but it's a killer feature for mobile. Imagine begin in the area of a big regional; click on a corps and boom! google maps opens with direction to their housing site.

I spoke to said poster Privately so as not to drag it out in public as I was asked to investigate by the person who took the video. The youtube vid was someone else but someone who knew that person and dishonored him. Had I found the video online I would not have posted it as I knew the source of it. I happened to be there that day and knew the location of the videographer. Not everyone would know that though. Alluding to having more sources available by PM is not exactly cool either. However, I do feel that shaming him on this thread is also not very nice. Let's just move on and try to be civil.

That is both stupid and awesome.

For me it hinges on whether they offer on demand viewing after the live shows. It was rare that my schedule aligned to where I could watch an event live and I doubt that will change for me this summer.

Not gonna lie, I did get some enjoyment out of the hearts in the first broadcast tonight when Hop was just sitting there with his mouth open, and it looked like they were all flying into his mouth.

Current marchers are out of touch with anything relating to anything that is not Miley Cyrus or updating their Tumblrs Former marchers are out of touch with anything that is not unison rifle tosses while wearing absurd boots and/or playing valve/rotor horns FFF with bad tone Meanwhile, BD just wins DCI championships

If following the original owner of the video's wishes, and respecting the DCP terms of service and general copyright law in general makes me superior, then yes, I suppose I am.

Doesn't Crown look so much better without so much junk taking up field space for little reason?

I predict this goes on for 3 more pages. Who's gonna take me up?

I was not the poster suggesting that BAC's 75th would garner them any extra credit. I don't believe that is the case. I WAS responding to someone who suggested that current members do not care about nor feel bound by any sense of history and thus would not relate to the 75th. That is simply not true. Naturally, every member brings their own backgrounds and personalities with them when they arrive at move in and begin the touring process. My experience with Boston, which reaches back nearly 40 years, has shown me time and again that BAC has a certain historical thread weaving through its organization at the membership level. Do current members obsess about the corps' history or perform primarily for Crusaders of the past? Certainly not. Having said that, it is true that there is a thick, ever present institutional memory which the current members absorb. I would suspect that there are probably similar feelings at Madison and Cavies, and perhaps Cadets as well. In an era where many members of the "millennial generation" seem to not want anything to do with prior generations, I frankly feel that a reverence for the past and "how we persevered to survive" is a good thing.

I'm not a smart man, Jen-nay... but in regards to the secret performance on June 15th that Hop alluded to: Edit: Looks to be Troopers and Madison for that webcast. Maybe Cadets will pop in?

I feel the opposite. Can't stand them and loved the old ones. :/

YES YES YES MELLOPHONES!!!!

He's better than a serial baiter. I'd say he's a master. Yeah, I'm about 15.

#DCPGODWIN #SPORTS

Madison Scouts in their 75th anniversary year in 2013 finished in exactly the same placement spot ( 9th ) as they did the season before. I don't think the judges care if its your anniversary year or not when it comes to their giving of scores. Boston failed to make Finals in Boston ( Foxboro ) in 1994 by a mere 4 tenths, finishing in 13th, and missing performing on Finals Night. Madison Scouts just missed out on Finals ( 14th ) in 2002 as when Finals was in Madison too. That said, most athletes, ( pro and college ) will tell you that they do feel a "special motivation" when playing at home. So this notion that those in Corps or are college or pro athletes that speak about a " special motivation " when playing at home are " immature " is silly nonsense, no matter if that remark came from a " DCI Hall of Famer " or not. Teams in sports play like heck to earn home field advantage in the playoffs, and all Corps and sport teams like and prefer to compete before home crowds. Thus, most of them do tell us that they have a natural , "special motivation" to see that it happens, and they are not " immature " for having said so. Whether it actually happens or not, is of course beside the point.

Having spent time with the actual members of BAC (two weeks ago), I will tell you that they ARE highly motivated, and the 75th Anniversary IS in fact a big deal to them. With respect to last year, I don't think anyone can objectively watch that performance on video and not see how highly motivated those members were then as well. As I have stated on here several times before, I have no problems with the numbers from last August. Boston put on a great show at finals, but context is everything, and the 2014 Championships also included three drum corps (BK, BS, Cavies) who also happened to have their best seasons in years. The fact that these three corps hit it out of the park does not for a second diminish BAC's product. As for my own prediction...for the third year in a row, I'm going to predict 4th-9th.

You'd think they'd do that every year.

Chairs, coat racks, poles, and mirrors can be moved around, don't take up a lot of field space, and are not a safety hazard to members. Not only that, the trampolines were barely used at all. A lot of people don't like BD's style, but thing they know how to do is use props effectively.

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These uniforms always reminded me of the guards that protected the Witch's castle in the Wizard of Oz.

Heh, I like those...

I imagine that like me, Fannetwork had many overseas viewers which makes it impossible to watch live events' live'. If they have the on demand (i.e. watch the next day) function on this new platform, I will subscribe, if they don't, there is no point and I suspect they will lose many other viewers that cannot watch events live (unless they are nocturnal!)

most impressive thing was seeing Travis Peterman not die chasing the snares LOL

Oh, got ya. Maybe I should finally cave and become one of the army of twits.

Lord, what thread is this?

God forbid we have opinions without being attacked for them

Those who try and tell you that athletes don't have a " special motivation " when playing at home ( as opposed to on the road ) more than likely never played a lick of scholastic sports in their lives. And try telling anyone... right before on their anniversary... that they are" immature " for having a " special motivation " for their anniversary, and see the weird look you'll get. Whether the actual outcome becomes " special" is beside the point. Anyone that thinks a wedding anniversary is not " special " has either never been married, or they are probably divorced with such a blase attitude. All " anniversaries " in anything... anything at all, are considered " special ", and we find extra" special motivation" on the part of its participants. The fact that a couple of people on DCP need this explained to them, is sort of peculiar when you really get right down to it. ( haha! ) Of COURSE, Madison Scouts staffers and marchers prior to the 75th season of 2013 thought of that upcoming season as their anniversary as" special,"and as such were " specially motivated" to make it so, despite the fact that most of their marchers that year were not around for many of the prior years. Anybody that tells us that corps marchers are " immature " for considering anniversaries as " special motivators " , ( as poster Kamarag did here above ) or that most marchers in anniversary years for their Corps " don't care " about the fact that its their Corps Anniversary years ( as poster Guardling just said ) really, frankly, don't know what they're talking about on this. They are being just ridiculous and completely out of touch in such assessments, imo ( lol!)

That would be a tough nut to crack. There are some great apps out there for browsing forums, though. Tapatalk comes to mind: https://tapatalk.com/

They are definitely the most fit Cadets corps I've seen in a long time. I remember 2009 when they did their unveiling to alumni in NNJ in mid June. The brass sounded so winded by mid show and the closer sounded like half the kids weren't playing. The vids I've seen from ST 2015, these kids are fit and playing and projecting very impressively at this stage. I think the ballad and Waltz being slower will allow the higher tempos to be achieved in the closer.

Chipmunks are BAC fans. So I guess the determining factor might be the presence of wings. Alternatively, I'm wondering if they're doing a Doppler effect with those speakers that attracts them? Cause that'd be crazy cool.

Not saying that they won't place that low because it's their anniversary. This corps won't let themselves place that low. They know how important this is and they are determined to put together a fantastic show

Let's hope it's not anything close to the disaster last year..

Well we love you in Cadetland so keep recording those periscope vids of Cadets which evaporate after 24 hrs.

There ya go!! I didn't think it would be so hard to figure out!

Well, posting "I always have alternative links. Send me a PM." isn't exactly a classy thing to do either.

Phantom will unveil their uniform sometime today

Nowadays, that would get one arrested in 49 of the 50 states.

Well there goes the neighborhood.

This sounds lousy if they don't include the archival footage too. I like to watch stuff like the 79 Guardsmen or Northstar which the latter is no longer on there. I do like that you can watch finals but what if you had to work that day? Could you come home and watch a delayed version of it? I was going to ask them if there was a way to just watch finals and didn't want the DVD. My computer won't accept them half the time anyway and you never know when that is to happen.

Corps name: Mystre Director: Cloudhype Division: World Class Hometown: Las Vegas, NV Home show venue request: Las Vegas, NV

I think my funniest personal story was when my corp Sacred Heart was at the 71 US Open. We did our show and I went back into the stadium to watch the rest of Prelims. Well we were staying at Delaware Ohio....strange huh?... and my seat mate didn't tell anyone that I was not on the bus when it pulled out to go back to our housing site. So I'm stuck in Marion, 20 miles from our housing site and I wanted to kill that twit. The stadium is emptying and I'm stuck. So I went down to the judges table and they made a PA announcement and I finally got a ride back. My idiot seat mate got an atomic wedgie that night. Oscar PS: Blue Rock won with a great show.