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I saw a few posts last night about the 4.15 jump in score from Cadets2 score a week ago to their finals score. So, I investigated.
I took the last ten championships--2006-2015--and ran the numbers. I didn't include 2011 since MBI's last score was two weeks before finals. This is what the numbers showed:
Average Final Score: 98.149.
Average Score One Week Prior: 94.932
Difference: 3.217
Biggest jump: 4.000 by Bucs 2009
Smallest jump: 2.130 by Bucs 2013
Now for the 6-10 placed corps lower scores from prelims to finals.
Same thing, the scores from the last ten years--2006-2015
Average score in finals 6-10: 87.851
Average score in prelims 6-10; 88.021
Difference; -0.17
Scores dropped 6 times, and were higher 4 times. So that does happen more often.
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We have a guard member in a black cloak and staff. Merlin? a Druid?
Druid and later the yellow one is the sun goddess
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Ok, it's finished now!
I only saw the theater broadcast on Thursday night, which began with Academy, who I have never seen live or on video. What a show!
Anyway, during the broadcast, they did a comparison of the two uniforms of the Cadets going into the set where they spelled out "TEN." First they showed them in the black uniforms, then in their traditional uniforms. To me, the black came out better. Before they went on, one of staff people was interviewed and said part of the uniform change was to be used as a back drop to the guard's neon uniforms, going so far as saying the guard's uniforms were neon because neon is the 10th element on the periodic table.
About the Troopers----ok, going toward the end of the show when the troops were chasing after the "horses" with lassos, I noticed that a number of "horses" had rifles, which made me wonder why the "horses" didn't fight back! They would have won! (kidding of course)
The was the most immeresed in drum corps in the last 11 years. Sure, I've been catching corps on YouTube and all that. It's just amazing how the taent level of the members have risen! None of the shows were easy, sure, some were less difficult than others, but they all were very impressive. Excellent review!
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Was a great finals. The top three--The Company, Kidsgrove and Jubal--were far above the rest. The three were separated by .25 after prelims with Kidsgrove ontop. The Company put on a great show, as did the others, in finals and won by .85 over Kidsgrove.
Heartliner placed 10th. They seemed smaller and a bit younger than last season when they came over for DCA.
One thing that was impressive in most of the corps was the sound of the hornlines. Several corps in premier class had less than 20 brass. The top four, maybe five, had over 20. Couldn't count fast enough to see if anyone had over 30. Kidsgrove and Jubal looked like they might have had that many.-
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Actually they are the ones copying the high school bands who have been doing that for the past 5 years already. WGI probably just as long.
Top Secret Drum Corps of Switzerland even longer. Have high school bands and WGI been using flaming snare sticks?
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https://www.facebook.com/topsecretbasel?ref=profile
Top Secret Drum Corps from Basel, die Schweis. facebook page.
So Minnesota's drums light up and the response is bands had been doing that for three years.
Diese guys have been doing this longer. And, they also set their snare sticks on fire and play. When a corps' drumline in America does that, the flaming snare sticks.......
Und Ken, vielleicht können Sie Ihre Horn zu spielen und bewegen sich mit der gleichen Zeit. Warum nicht zeigen uns, wie das aussieht.
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Lights on drums. Sweet effect. Which we will see copied by bands all over the country this fall!
Like what Top Secret Drum Corps from Switzerland does?
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Knights of Cydonia twice today? Sweet. Love the non-traditional music sources.
Which is strange since the Cydonia region on Mars has nothing to do with the big bang.
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Kevin, the speech is from Charlie Chaplin's 1940 film The Great Dictator.
Just some background-----The movie began production six days after Britain declared war on Germany. It was also the time Chaplin was starting to get political. He was charged with being a communist but it was never proven, although he received a peace prize from the Communist led World Peace Council, after hobknobbin' with Krushchev.. His speech at the end the Great Dictator "was unpopular, however, and generated controversy.[223] Chaplin concluded the film with a six-minute speech in which he looked into the camera and professed his personal beliefs."
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Agreed. DCA wouldn't offer a live stream without certain assurances that the hardware would support it. I'm sure Michael and the DCA team are tearing their hair out doing whatever they can to fix it.
But shouldn't DCA have supervised testing of the feed before hand or did they just turn it on this morning thinking it would work. Or is this DCA's and/or the stadium's version of the obamacare website roll out?
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I tried my 51B on my 3B...it felt like the horn was going to crack. It didn't. I use a 6 1/2 AL that I've used since the mid seventies on the urging of my trombone teacher at the time, Bernie Schneider of the St. Louis Symphony. To me, that is the perfect mouthpiece for a 3B and probably a 2B. I don't think either of those horns are meant to be dark. Seeing how many lead trombone players in big bands used 2B's, they were made for the jazzer than the legit player who would have a need to play dark.
Side note--I tried playing my green pBone with my 51B. Not recommended!
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When I was in the Army before a promotion board, I was asked the question "what is the max range of a trombone?" The answer--as high as you can play. That is true of all brass instruments and players. For me at the time, it was double high Bb
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And let's not forget former Madison Scout Karleton Armstrong who, on August 24, 1970, blew up Sterling Hall on the UW-Madison campus, murdering Bob Fassnacht when talking about drum corps murderers.
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Well they could have paid you I guess huh?
No, they could have used the original score that is still available. What is so horrible about playing it verbatim?? Why does it always have to be turned into some bizarre mutant piece of garbage for drum corps to play? So much for "education." The United States Air Force Academy and the Argonne Rebels played it verbatim. Robert W. Smith is a joke for attempting to pass that crap off as authentic. It is a shame....the majority of Madison's tens of fans will have no clue who Kenton is, have no clue what he played and no clue how badly Smith did. Can't blame the members really...none of them ever saw Kenton live or listened to anything by him except whatever the staff played for them. Only the Kenton ignorant will applaud....or those who might think that somehow Robert W. Smith knows more about Kenton than Stan himself and Hugo Montenegro. I feel sorry for those trombone players too...if someone actually told them they had the style down, the same way Bob Fitzpatrick, Milt Bernhart and Carl Fontana did on "Concerto to End All Concertos," they were lied to.
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Wow. I'm a huge fan of Kenton. I'm also a Kenton purist. What Robert W.,. Smith wrote is criminal. And to think they actually paid him for that crap. :)
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Heartliner ended their season on September 28 by placing ninth in Premier Class, the Europen version of DCA's open class, finals at the Drum Corps Europe championships. All three German corps in Premier Class made finals with Starriders placing seventh and Spirit of 52 placing tenth.
Heartliner's 2014 show concept is Mythos. It will be interesting what musik will be used.
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Jubal wins! The beat out defending champions The Company by .05.
Premier Class - Finals
1 Jubal 88.45
2 The Company 88.40
3 Juliana 85.05
4 Kidsgrove Scouts 84.10
5 Black Knights 82.90
6 Beatrix' 80.80
7 Starriders 76.55
8 Commodores 75.95
9 Heartliner 72.00
10 Spirit of 52 71.50
I watched Spirit of 52, Heartliner, Black Knights, Kidsgrove, Juliana, The Company and Jubal. All put on great shows! I'll be watching the whole thing on DCE's on demand. I had Black Knights in fourth and Kidsgrove in fifth, mainly due to the entertainment factor...Black Knights had it, Kidsgrove just had a really weird concept.
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The Drum Corps Europe Championships are today, 28 September. DCE is broadcasting them for the entire world via their live webcast. The contest runs from 9am - about 11pm Holland time or 2am Eastern/1am Central - 5pm Eastern/4pm Central.
The live webcast is FREE! Also, soon after, they will have on demand available, also for FREE! Heartliner and Kidsgrove Scouts are competing, so check it out!
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Must have been one good guard for Starliners to beat Heartliner's. Looks like it was a close contest!
Starriders won guard by .50. Overall, Heartliner won total effect by .60, total music by .30. They lost total visual by 1.05, thus the difference. They took field visual, but lost in guard 7.5 to 8.0 and lost ensemble 6.25 to 6.90.
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German Open Scores
Hameln, Deutschland, 7-9-2013
1. Starriders 70,90
2. Heartliner 70,75
3. Spirit of Music 39,95
4. MDC Drumline 34,80
Starriders gewann Field Percussion, Color Guard and Ensemble Visual
Heartliner gewann Music Effect, Visual Effect, Field Music, Ensemble Music and Field Visual.
Drum Corps Nederland ist Samstag 21 September in Dordrecht, Niederlanden. Dordrecht ist 22km von Rotterdam, Niederlanden.
Drum Corps Europa is Samstag 28 September in Kerkrade, Niederlanden. Kerkrade ist 84km von Köln, Deutschland.
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Auf Heartliner:
"Heartliner knüpfen an die Leistung von USA Reise an. Mit einem zweiten Platz bei den German Open belegten die Heartliner nun auch in der DCE Premier Class ihre Leistungsfähigkeit. 70.50 Punkte sprechen ein klare Sprache. Die Heartliner 2013 spielen auch in Europa mit. Gratulation Heartliner."
Translation---Heartliner took second at German Open with a score of 70.50. They next go to the Drum Corps Nederland championships on 21 September and the Drum Corps Europa Championships on 28 September.
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Ich verstehe (kind of).... OK forgot so much of my HS/college German I didn't even embarrass myself by trying anything but English when I talked to someone with the corps.
PS - 'gut' to 'sehen' Frank posting....
lol Just saying that I was proud of them and that they represented our homeland very well. :)
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Best wishes to them. Solid corps.
They were fun to watch, and they sure seemed to be enjoying themselves here in the USA. I hope they come back someday soon!
I hope they do too.
Ich bin sehr stolz auf Heartliner. Sie vertreten unsere Heimat sehr gut! Und sie haben viele Fans in Amerika.
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Heartliner still has three shows. The German Open is this Saturday, Drum Corps Nederland on 21 September and the Drum Corps Europe championships on 28 September.
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4.15 Jump? 6-10 Scores Lower in Finals?
in DCA - All-Age Corps Discussions
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It's amazing what happens when I do simple math.