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  1. Everything ibex and C. Holland said is pretty true. You work a lot and move a lot, you experience all kinds of weather. You will learn how to sleep in a bus seat and that ability can last a lifetime and is actually beneficial. I travel a lot and being able to zone out in an airport, on a plane, on a bus, in a car is invaluable. You will experience performance highs and lows but when your corps is on and the crowd responds, there is nothing like it in the world and you get to enjoy it with your many, many, corps friends. Many of whom will remain your friends forever. And the war stories get better and better with each retelling. Commit to being the best you can be for whomever you choose to march with. work hard, play hard and enjoy it all.
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  2. Whoa whoa whoa. Slow your rollers there. That's a pretty big jump to make. Jetpacks are one thing, but piccolos?
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  3. not separate you will choose a seat partner for the bus you will sleep in your bus seat, on the bus floor, or on the gym floor parts of tour (and spring training / move-ins) are indeed brutal. Day 9 in a row of 12 hour rehearsal days is not fun. 2 hours into a rehearsal block where it is 100 degrees and 100% humidity is not fun. But stepping on the field and seeing all those people in the stands that came to see you... is very rewarding. Watching your fellow members give their best day in and day out, even when the conditions are less than ideal, is inspiring and will teach you about what can be accomplished when everyone is "all in"... and you can apply this lesson, and many others, to many aspects of your life.
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  4. i just wish they'd give us a credible update...be honest and transparent.
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  5. Oh, I get it. You're delusional.
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  6. They, like every responsible drum corps out there, seem to be doing what is prudent for the long term financial and competitive success of their particular organization. Certainly can't fault them for doing that. Dan
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  7. I'm not in the least picking on them - don't read into a post something that's not there. My son is trying out for Cadets this weekend, and I'd simply like whatever corps he winds up with to possibly head west in the near future.
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  8. Original plan Hopkins shared last year with MMs on tour was a Cali tour for 2016 But this was changed so that the Florida mini-tour had some consistently heavy hitters; Crown was remaining in Midwest to do its BOA week and following, not even being at Firstbeat/Crownbeat home show. Why are you picking on Cadets and not asking why BD never any longer seems to do the Northwest tour???
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  9. Wasn't it 2011, the year they won DCI? They even went north up to Seattle with Hop throwing fish at the Fish Market. Vid of same is somewhere on DCP.
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  10. Curious if anyone knows off the top of their head - when was the last time Cadets' DCI tour went to the west coast?
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  11. Licensing is a subset of copyright law, as I understand it, but I am far from expert on this stuff. The composer who creates the composition originally holds a legal copyright to it, but often chooses to share the copyright with a music publisher. Copyright can be passed on in an inheritance or sold to a different party. People who want to arrange a composition, perform the piece publicly, or issue one or more types of recordings of a composition need to secure a license from the copyright holder to do so, $ecuring different licenses for different needs. What in recent history has been most problematic for DCI and other marching arts organizations is the synchronization license, but the fight recently seems to have expanded to include the reproduction right, the mechanical license, and the digital performance license as well. http://www.bmi.com/licensing/entry/types_of_copyrights Here are some basics on copyrights of musical compositions: http://www.gcglaw.com/resources/entertainment/music-copyright.html A few years back, Mike Boo wrote a good post on licensing, particularly the synchronization license as it affects drum corps videos, which led to a good thread: http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/forums/index.php/topic/152151-the-challenges-of-music-licensing-and/
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  12. No. A scheduling conflict known for quite awhile.
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  13. I am starting to think that Channel3 is trolling us. Either that, or this is light hearted self-satire. Either way, I am intrigued.
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  14. Never pick up a lone sock you may find on the bus...
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  15. If only you could go back in time and warn the 1998 judging panel of their impending errors....
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  16. Hamms Indians! Yes, ONE of, if not the ONLY Active, Competing, Drum and Bugle Corps to March in the " ROSE BOWL " Parade. ( and I thought marching in "Orange Bowl" Parade with Neptune Shoreliners was Big. But a lot of Drum & Bugle Corps did Orange Bowl parade. Heck, St. Ignatis(sp) Girls from Long Island was just ahead of us that year)
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  17. My understanding is that the drum corps malady goes like this: The day after your last performance: "I will NEVER do that again!" About 30 days later: "I can't WAIT for camps! Last year was SO much fun!"
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  18. "Your days will be sunny and warm!", they said.
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  19. The question that needs to be asked is if that sit-down had not occurred would we have had the birth of the 27th Lancers? hmmm.
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  20. Maybe they could have a young girl pop out of the pines in finals night to "bring it all together." Would that be better?
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  21. Speaking of Indy, The Colts will need more than luck this season.
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