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  1. In general there tends to be too much information shared on DCP at times about individual marching members. Like what college they're attending or what food they like or what corps they used to be in etc. I find it creepy on a couple levels. One, why do adults know this much personal information about kids. Two, why are you posting this information on DCP? All I can conclude is it's some sort of weird need at validation, "look at what I know," "look at how I'm sponsoring a kid or kids". I wish it would stop.
    5 points
  2. leaked early sketch
    4 points
  3. Cappy, you know the Cadets thread becomes a blog of numerous unrelated rants, raves, opinions, sermons and witch hunts. Oh I think I just gave two corps shows away.
    4 points
  4. What in the hell is going on with this thread
    4 points
  5. It's kinda funny ... I have been reading this thread for the last several pages and didn't realize I was on the Cadets' thread. I could have sworn I was on Boston's thread. DCP is so fluid sometimes... So how about that Mass?
    4 points
  6. Thought I'd resurrect this after a lot of announcements......even if the tone of discussion as of late is pretty...well I've had lots more fun in the past posting on here. Lots of awesome shows. Madison Scouts sounds downright awesome, I can't wait to hear them play Music for Prague. The Academy is continuing what made the world fall in love with them, that show should be a blast. And Blue Devils/Santa Clara Vanguard both have really cool sounding shows to me. Similar but totally different takes on the idea of change and metamorphosis. Santa Clara Vanguard resonates a little more with me but both will of course be stellar. Despite so much discussion of uniforms and stuff, like every year I'm more excited than the last for shows. Should be a great season.....we go into pre season mode next week!
    4 points
  7. We all must admit that Crown did not become Champions by 2013 overnight...it took YEARS of hard work and dedication to build that program...I'm not as concerned about placement for Boston (even though I wouldn't complain about a decent jump) as I'd like to see them get to box 1 on the sheets...placement is harder to access because corps around you from year to year can be weaker/stronger than your OWN corps improvement and performance levels...Boston has clearly wanted to move up since 2012 (give or take)...and after about 5 years it is poised to do so competitively AFTER becoming stronger financially off the field first...again these things from a competitive standpoint don't happen overnight...Will I be excited if they do phenomenal this coming season as well?....ABSOLUTELY!!!
    3 points
  8. I agree with you in that the Boston will undoubtedly be better this year than last. However, I do believe there will be increased quality throughout all areas of the corps for a number of reasons: more experienced BAC veterans; new staff (designers and techs); increased staff's performance expectation for the members (this is a big one); the ability to draw out better MM performance by the staff. I might not have articulated that very well, but there has been increased demand on each MM's playing capability and quality. New practice techniques during the winter for each MM should result in significant improvement in program performance and individual performance.. Knowing what the winter was to be for MM's, I expect more demand from the music writing/design via the collaboration of this staff, which I hear has been tremendous. No doubt there will be huge visual changes due to the quality of the designers of the drill and the guard and the improved tech's to support the design. So I am with you regarding improvement, but I think the music design will be as significantly better as the visual. 8th is a good possibility and I will be cautiously optimistic as I hope for that and more. Why not? Although I risk sounding like a homer jihadist just saying that. LOL What is a homer jihadist anyway? What a stupid thing to call BAC supporters on the Boston thread.
    3 points
  9. They wear them during retreat at finals, I believe.
    3 points
  10. Its disgraceful to single out a performer of a Corps... any Corps... and say something as undeniably mean spirited as this. I hope this young performer does not read this here on DCP, as you have just publically humiliated him. There.. is... no... excuse... for... this. Period. Publically humiliating a young performer here on DCP is irresponsible, and vicious. A Corps performer should not be individually singled out like this for such public humiliation. Their role at a previous Corps is a PRIVATE matter. Not for public consumption. This is not a grey area. It is black and white. At least to me anyway.
    3 points
  11. I was just thinking this when "shedding skin" was mentioned, as I'm "The Last Man" at the end of the line in this shot to go in and out of that Tunnel of Doom...I was cutting it reaaaally close most of the time.
    3 points
  12. I wonder if we'll get some vintage SCV follow the leader drill for any stretches in this show. You know...very serpent-like but a nod to their past. For example the end of The Canyon in the '99 show.
    3 points
  13. I hear your logic but I just don't see it happening (which in the end is probably a good thing).
    2 points
  14. there will be some discussion about which version of "The Triumph of Time" is better, BD's or SCV's.
    2 points
  15. still get a little giddy when i hear this little vignette of Downey describing the arrangement of a segment of the 93 show
    2 points
  16. 1. (tie) BD and SCV, even though this could never happen due to that stupid GE rule 2. Cadets 3. Cavies 4. Crown 5. Bloo 6. BAC 7. BK 8. Madison 9. Colts 10. Blue Stars 11. Crossmen 12. PR
    2 points
  17. All very good points. And regardless of "future potential", what's happenin' now always has an annoying way of coming to the forefront. Anyway I have no idea how this is all going to play out. How often has a drum corps suddenly put together such an "all star" staff?
    2 points
  18. It will be interesting to watch how things develop. They certainly should be able to move up in 2016 based on design alone. Despite the BAC homers here on DCP being in full denial, there are some very high expectations from some staff who've moved over from other corps. And certainly at least one segment of performers has heard very clearly some of those expectations while they were "encouraged" to sign on with a new corps. Will those expectation be met? How will things play out? Only time will tell.
    2 points
  19. Obviously your return has triggered a cataclysmic event of biblical proportions!
    2 points
  20. Who said there's a percieved benefit? Two corps independently came to the conclusion that specific piece of music fit their concept. There's no mysterious collusion. or WAIT -- maybe there is?? perhaps there's a secret plan
    2 points
  21. shh.. you're ruining the narrative. (and your "read" is quite accurate). i'm not surprised the BAC gang tried to twist it into something far more evil. but that's how they roll -- they see G7's in every corner and have an overwhelming urge to vanquish them to the nether regions (kind of like their show last year!) . probably fits quite well with this year's product was well:
    2 points
  22. Costumes not uniforms. Being debuted to the public on June 24 Cream and Maroon is the basic color scheme I would expect a more "indoor look" for the Cadets this season
    2 points
  23. It's 90% about the writing a good book and the ability to clean. Not the talent. If cadets have a radically improved and more varied /interesting written book their guard will be competitive. If not, it does not matter how talented the guard is ......
    2 points
  24. Well percussion wise I would say that they do.
    2 points
  25. I meant to add...my son is in his second year at SCVC and they are doing the same physical conditioning regimen the A-corps is doing; it is unlike anything both A or C have ever seen. When he described it to me my first thought was they were trying to convert the kids into super athletes first who happen to play instruments and equipment instead of super musicians and performers who are called upon to do athletic stuff.
    2 points
  26. The repertoire is missing from the following... Bluecoats Blue Stars - Star Crossed Boston Crusaders Carolina Crown Colts - Both Sides Now Crossmen - Enigma Jersey Surf Mandarins - Inside the Ink Pacific Crest Phantom Regiment Seattle Cascades Spirit of Atlanta The Cavaliers - Men Are From Mars Troopers
    2 points
  27. To the original poster and his demographic - it is not just one single cause. A combination of factors has thinned the herd of drum corps. Yes, money is one big factor, and we largely did that to ourselves by making corps bigger, adding more and pricier equipment, and traveling more. But at the same time, this and other factors made it harder for the neighborhood corps to stay competitive. Society became more mobile. Population density shifted as suburbs developed and the baby boom ebbed. Recruiting expanded across regions (or nationwide/worldwide), and corps training kids from scratch eventually found it impossible to keep pace with corps full of kids with years of music education and/or marching band background. There are other factors I am leaving out for the sake of simplicity. To the inevitable wave of people trying to equate high school marching band to the grass roots drum corps activity of yesteryear - no, it is not the same. There are similarities, of course. Not just the marching music, either. The scholastic marching band has a captive audience from which to recruit, much like the neighborhood drum corps of days past. Many kids will choose band partly because the alternatives (classroom or study hall) are less appealing, just as street kids chose corps over hanging out on the street. But none of that matters if the high school in your town does not have a competing marching band. Kids cannot just join the band at another school in some neighboring town.
    2 points
  28. 99 was my favorite outcome. I was beside myself with joy. I love these two drum corps.
    1 point
  29. I love love love what Markworth did for Crossmen last year.
    1 point
  30. I don't think so. As far as i know it stopped around the late 90's? I went to 97 and my son was 2 now he is doing it himself. (wow that just hit me)...cool
    1 point
  31. yep -- but i heard he's going stale
    1 point
  32. the reason corps continue to use music from composers of great music is..well..those guys are/were composers of great music. seems pretty obvious to me. great music > meh music. i'd like to see Crown acquire exclusive use of someone like Sparke or PLC. That would be GREAT for Crown -- maybe not so good for those guys :-) OTOH I have no idea why these design teams don't commission works by those guys. yeah you need a lot of initial lead time on a design idea (2 or 3 years) but my god could you imagine what you'd get? and cost-wise it's not that much different than licensing some of their music to begin with!!
    1 point
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  34. The problem with music composed for drum corps (with some notable exceptions) is simply that music with only one purpose is not as high quality or as thoughtful as music meant to be heard and performed in multiple contexts. It's usually composed in a much more rushed timeframe, less of it is composed (only enough to fit the show), and is written under severe constraints in order to fit the visual program. In fact, much drum corps original music comes across as "sound effects" that serve as a background to whatever drill move or body movement is being performed.
    1 point
  35. One of the main recruiting tools for a lot of DCA corps is exactly that . They get a few really good kids that way. "Would you like to be in an organization where you're with people who want to be there and their Mom and Dad don't make them as well as compete?"
    1 point
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  37. Yes, both Corps will be playing " The Triumph of Time ", Terri, but fortunately for both, they'll not be playing it at the same time, and thats a triumph of sorts.
    1 point
  38. Absolutely. I agree. Not all music by every composer is a hit.
    1 point
  39. I am being mean, sorry Tekk! Here's some normal colorguard stuff from waaaay back! I now see that it's not a mop. ...and I've managed to get BD stuff posted on Crown's thread. Sorry!
    1 point
  40. I'm excited. It feels like they're ready to really go for it, and if that means a new and HEAVEN FORBID *modern* uniform, bring it on.
    1 point
  41. The 1992 Blue Devils laugh at you.
    1 point
  42. The kids that do Drum Corps are pretty special in every way, imo.
    1 point
  43. Things on my list... 1... I am interested to see where The Company stacks up against DCI competition. As a member of Kidsgrove Scouts (a corps that is perennially battling it out with CO), it will be interesting to see how the European activity compares to the American corps and see just how competitive DCUK and DCE actually is. 2... Will this be the year that Santa Clara makes the jump back into being a contender? This corps has too long of a history and too many titles to be perpetually in 4th to 7th place. Also, Blue Knights... I think they have been knocking on the G7 door for some time now. 3... Visual identity. Will corps follow Bluecoats lead and switch to more WGI type uniforms as a whole? I can see certain corps do it (the likes of OC, Colts, Blue Stars and some OPen Class groups) but will corps such as BD, Santa Clara, Cadets, Phantom et al dare to break away as Blooo did last year? 4... Instrumentation. What new voices are we likely to hear (outside of electronics)? Coronets, British brass band style tenor horns etc... 5... What will the effect be on the Cadets and Boston with regards to the mass exodus up I-95 from Allentown be? Will Boston suddenly make a jump or is it too early and much ado about nothing. Is it the faculty or the system that makes Cadets so successful? Consequently... Crown. What will the effect be on them losing so many visual staff members be?
    1 point
  44. No no. I was warning everyone about that insidious fiend, DrumManTx. Never trust anyone that nice! lol
    1 point
  45. Touring with THE ACADEMY, and attending six shows through No. & So. Calif. Attending my first DCI World Championships in Lucas Oil Stadium, Indy in August....WhoooHooo.
    1 point
  46. Baby No. 2 is arriving end of June! So that's pretty cool. If we're talking drum corps related, because a new baby means no drum corps shows this summer, we hooked up the main server computer at the house to the big screen with the good sound system so I can watch every live broadcast in style. Also probably going to upgrade the TV from the 55" to the 65". Altogether, should make for a nice compromise until I can pack up the whole family and take them to a show in 2018.
    1 point
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