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And they absolutely MUST have people yelling "WHATTA MANUVAH!"

My kid just returned from his looong weekend that started with flying from Southern Cal to NYC, doing the Macy’s Parade, flying back Friday to SCV A-corps auditions in San Jose which concluded Sunday afternoon, then flying home. His report was positive on “...all three parts of the audition.” THREE parts, I asked? “Yes— music, marching & playing...and dance.” His dad: Time for some Pennsylvania Dutch eggnog...

Or 2008. The Sally Jesse Raphael show,

WHITE RABBIT

The fact that Hop will not be involved makes it all the better.

Better be at a lower speed or the exploding knee replacements will drown out the corps

Good idea... but without the Ted Mack's Amateur Hour costuming on the featured characters from that year.

AND,, do the peace sign, In today's world it can be as controversial as it was in 72..Make a few heads explode...

Would that be in the "Bad Narration" segment of the alumni show?

White Rabbit comes to mind.

As the Brain said to Pinky "if I could reach you, i would hurt you."

400 horns whipping through a Z-pull. Gotdamit, DO IT!

A brief review: Vanguard yes please may I have another ill start listening to everyone else tomorrow

Anyone who attends finals knows very clearly that Dan Potter says vuvuzelas are not allowed in LOS.

2019 Drum Corps Associates Programs (updated 5/30/19) OPEN CLASS Atlanta CV - Of Gods and Goddesses Moving Mountains - Thomas J. Bergersen The Winds of Poseidon - Robert W. Smith Mars (from the Planets) - Gustav Holst Aphrodite (Part II) - Bill Chase Ignition - Todd Stalter Bushwackers - Diverge Adagio for Strings - Samuel Barber Fearful Symmetries - John Adams Us and Them - Pink Floyd Land of Make Believe - Chuck Mangione Libertango - Astor Pizazzolla Chops, Inc. - The Wolf Within Repertoire to be announced... Conneticut Hurricanes - The Deadly 7 Pride Sloth/Gluttony Greed/Lust Envy Wrath Featuring Original Music by Key Poulan, Tony Gamble and Michael Wyatt and Ave Maria by Franz Biebl Cincinnati Tradition - Aqueous Phrygian Gates - John Adams Without Warning - Stephen Melillo Sanctuary - Frank Ticheli The Wind River - Joseph Curiale Hawthorne Caballeros - Out of the Box La Ruptara - Chris M. Bernotas, Matt Blood, and Paul Nalesnik Mombozart - The Klazz Brothers Northern Lights - Ola Gjeilo Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - Alex Kotch and Trio Saxiana Viejo Nuevo - Chris M. Bernotas, Matt Blood, and Paul Nalesnik. Fusion Core - Purple Heart Overture Metal Gear Saga = Harry Gregson-Williams Adagio - David Holsinger Home - Michael Buble Reading Buccaneers - Dans Ma Chambre Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture - Mikhail Glinka What a Feeling - Irene Cara Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen "Benedictus" from The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace - Karl Jenkins Original Music - Mark Lortz, Johnny Trujillo, and Grant Butters Sunrisers - Into the Deep Blue A Walk on Water - Stephen Melillo Songs of Sailor and Sea - Robert W. Smith Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel Cyclone - Jim Casella Victory at Sea - Richard Rodgers White Sabers - 007: Becoming Bond Mvt. 1 - Introduction - You Know My Name - Chris Cornell Mvt. 2 - Shaken: Not Stirred - Welcome to Cuba by David Arnold Wang Mvt. 3 - Love and Tragedy - Skyfall by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth Mvt. 4 - Revenge - Live and Let Die - Paul Chad McCartney Mvt. 5 - Bond, James Bond - Golden Eye - Bono and the Edge A CLASS Carolina Gold - to be announced... Columbus Saints - Heart of Steam The World of Steam: Clockwork Heart - Bear McCreary I Write Sins Not Tragedies - Panic! At the Disco Curious World - Alice's Night Circus Govenaires - Govies Take Manhattan A Tone Parallel to Harlem - Duke Ellington Hundred Story City from "Ordinary Days" - Adam Gwon Take the A Train - Duke Ellington Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder Empire State of Mind - Jaz Z and Alicia Keys Southern Knights - Time Essence of Time - Joe Murphy Timestorm - Stephen Mililo Who Wants to Live Forever - Freddie Mercury Minuano - Pat Metheny Skyliners - She Returns Spoonful of Dance Feed the Birds Supercussion Step in Time Music from Mary Poppins

I don’t have a knee replacement yet but I do have stage 4 osteoarthritis in my right knee. I’m hanging in there and walking at least five miles a day. I’m sure doing high mark time on parking lots for a decade or more didn’t help.

I only have a joint replacement in the one big toe. But Kris and her dad had the knee replacements and I can wait. Both had problems with the pain med. Wonder if there is a gene for visual hallucinations when on the good stuff lol. Anywhere from seeing non-existent cats out the corner of your eye to seeing your name written in sparkles on the ceiling (long story).

...with the Peace Sign drill we did to the tune in 1970. 1971's excellent "Yankee Doodle" opener that was reprised in the closer as part of the Revolutionary War show.

That was our 1972 opener, as part of the "No More War" show...also did a bit in the closer as a reprise.

I agree, that would awesome!!! Along with the Z-Pull and others, it was one of the Cadets' all-time signature visuals.

2006 arrangement Can we get some throwback drill like the 1998 closer? 😂😂 "How did you sound that good marching that drill?" "Circle drill at 192 holding a concert F. Every day." -Chad Pence

Hymnsong of Philip Bliss Liquid Moondance The Narration from 2007

Yeah... not bad for less than 40 hours of rehearsal time one day a week sandwiched smack in the middle of Field Season, eh? And the kids did not enjoy -5 wind chill involved. I think it was the first time many of them actually saw icicles form on the ends of brass bells. 😄 To piggyback on someone else's post (and to clarify the link to DCI).. RCCMT had performing members from the following 2018 Corps: Watchmen, Vessel, Gold, SC Vanguard Cadets (the SCVC DM was *not* a member this year, but one of the RCC DMs is a SCVC Alum), Pacific Crest, The Academy, Mandarins, Blue Stars, Oregon Crusaders, Blue Knights, Bluecoats and Blue Devils A. [/back to lurktown]

I Don't Know How To Love Him! complete with the timing "gun" going off ala the recording

I have two thoughts here. one, they should look at what SCV did in 2017. They have a long history, though not as long as Cadets, and they did a tremendous job representing all of their history. There are other great examples such as 27th “Once More in 94” and Bridgemen who always managed to create the flavor of the corps, but I felt SCV did an impressive job representing all eras of their history. Second, if you have the right folks, bringing people from as many eras as possible to brain storm could be of benefit. We’ve heard all sorts of stories over the years of alienated Cadets alumni due to a certain director. This can be a way of bringing people back. However, it has to be the right people facilitating. There are probably so many pent up feelings, it could easily go awry. Handled well, it could have great benefits. We have seen corps great at brining folks together and corps where tensions between the generations is very real.

I think he meant "made/constructed of brass rather than insinuating they weren't "instruments of the brass family". Wow... if one wants to really delve into the discussion... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerophone There's a whole kind of gap regarding a Brass Instrument in that whole classification category in that it really doesn't matter what material the instrument is made of as long as you have the tube and one buzzes the lips to produce the sound. It's still a Labrosone or just a Brass Instrument.

Elks’ Patade!

So Maria/Tonight from 84, App Spring from 87, Rocky Point a given... what else?

Absolutely. It feels great to see real bridges being built there instead of blown up in spectacular fashion.

I'm still trying to decipher the code in the post. Possibly written by the Zodiac killer?

How old are these guard members they're looking for? I mean, cologuard? Isn't that like a stool sample test for people 40 and over?

That young woman could get a good sound out of a #5 soup can. Plastic horns are ok when your 5 year-old thinks she wants to play trumpet and you're not sure she will actually stick with it, but they are probably a non-starter in drum corps. Then again, if you are starting a corps for 5 year-olds, they may be worth considering.

great video of the 2018 Boston Crusaders percussion section appearing at the recent PASIC convention - what a great opportunity for the members (if this has been shared already, apologies!):

Cadets in 2005

I hope the Scouts have a resurgence in 2019. They were among the first Corps I watched in competition as a little kid in SM, WI, "Spectacle of Music". On the starting line!!!!!! That's where I got hooked for life. Best Wishes MYNWA!