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Cadets 2005. I hated it when I saw it at firstbeat... now it's one of my favorite shows. ~>conner

wow Matt, sorry I didn't get to say bye to you personally. I'm definitely going to drop by at firstbeat and finals. good luck this summer... wish I could be out there with you. ~>conner

because I'm significantly more awesome than you. ~>conner

haha, I'm glad someone finally asked me. if you ever watched The X-Files, you'd have seen this poster hanging in Mulder's office: http://data1.blog.de/blog/k/kalpeakatsasta...o%20believe.jpg nothing fancy... I just copy and pasted a picture of The Cadets over the UFO, and changed the text, all done on paint. ~>conner

considering he went to the school, I'm guessing he'd know how much be paid to march. ~>conner

as far as I know, The Cavaliers pretty much pioneered the style... I could be wrong. I like them. ~>conner

lol @ this thread ~>conner

I don't know about this... that was a pretty long opener, and it seemed pretty difficult. ~>conner

sad to see Phantom 04 getting no love. I loved that show... my favorite Phantom show of the decade so far. ~>conner

hated BK 01 so much, you had to add it twice, eh? ~>conner

in no real order... really. Cadets 05 Cadets 07 Phantom 04 SCV 06 SCV 07 Blue Knights 06 Blue Devils 00 Cavaliers 02 Bluecoats 07 Southwind 00 this was actually really hard... I feel bad for not including several shows. ~>conner

yeah, glad that's a typo. not a shot on Spirit at all, but I think it'd be too much for pretty much any corps. IMO, 72 is plenty... 76-80 is fine, but it's starting to get a little high. I will be able to live with the result though. I have a hard time fathoming the result of 96 horns on the field in a drum corps... not just musically, but also visually. This would impact the versatility of the drill, and would obviously hamper the guard's numbers. ~>conner

yeah, they were terrible. Making independent world finals 4 years in a row is something ANY drumline can do, especially the God awful ones. ~>conner

just watched the 07 SW I&E video... that's awesome. ~>conner

I'm pretty optimistic about Southwind. From what I can tell, they have a lot of dedication still with the corps, and a lot of eager members, and future members that are ready to make 09 a success. ~>conner

I was in a high school marching band that marches a pretty hard drill, and when I marched in 8th grade, it took me a bit to get it, considering I had been playing french horn for less than a year, and mellophone for less than a month. Once I figured out it was just numbers and making sure that I looked good, it all came together pretty quickly. I ended up getting rookie of the year, so obviously I did something right. ~>conner

so, what's the list so far? so far, I have: SCV Colts Spirit Academy Madison Crossmen Pacific Crest Pioneer not a bad list so far. I wish Seattle, SW, and Magic (I think they marched a cym line) were still around so I could add a couple more. ~>conner

Glassmen should march a cymbal line again. while we're at it, every corps should march a cymbal line. ~>conner

Madison is marching a cymbal line this year. ~>conner

aw ~>conner

I think you're talking about Blue Stars. Bluecoats are doing Knockout. ~>conner

if Bluecoats have a shirt anything like last year's Criminal tour shirt, it will probably be the best. ~>conner

seriously? did you even read what Cop posted? I guess I'm the only one who appreciates the irony of the idea of intimidation on DCP. Really? We're all band nerds here. ~>conner

best post ever. ~>conner

from what I've noticed, it depends on the audience. last year the the quarters show, I gave one huge Vanguard yell (at the appropriate moment in the show, of course), and I was the only one in the theater to do so. ~>conner