brainscratched

If you check out AzEuph's signature, you can see he's a former member of Vanguard.

Let's play review: idlethreats: .....Cadets played Blue Shades........ 2ndSop4life: backfield while emo kid talked, so it wasn't the focus of attention, i didn't even notice they were playing it the first time i saw the show, i was too busy thinking "wtf is this kid talking about? oh ####, i just missed blue shades..." Hrothgar15: No, that wasn't Blue Shades. JamMan: Yes, that was Blue Shades. brainscratched: No really, it wasn't. Promise. Make sense now? The Cadets played Adiemus by Karl Jenkins backfield while that one narrator talked. Blue Shades was the second movement and impossible to miss. But some people will choose what they want to believe regardless. That's what I was getting at.

No really, it wasn't. Promise.

Go, Jerry! [he was my former high school band director]

Just got off the phone with a member of Boston's brass staff, and he said he was very pleased with their performance, first show being taken into account and all. Cadets are currently headed to the stadium, so it shouldn't be much longer before we find out what's up... :)

I added links to some photos in this thread: http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/forums//ind...showtopic=80906

Pic 1 Pic 2 I took those from Capital's standstill at the Capital Regiment Centre in Columbus OH last Sunday.

Kenny, you and I both! :P Other than that, I'd have to go with Andre the Giant...not too many other 6'6'' marchers out there, that I saw at least! :( Then again, I might have to go with Steve "Crazy Eyes" Buscemi [from Mr. Deeds], judging by how my eyes looked in a closeup during my solo. Stupid camera angle!

No need to apologize, Whiskey! I did misunderstand you but now I see what you're saying. I certainly hope my reply didn't come off as harsh or angry...no disrespect intended! We had our fair share of drama over the course of the season, to be sure...although any drama that happened in the guard I tried to steer clear of as I am but a humble mellophone player! :) I think that if Capital Regiment is to move up in the ranks, it won't become obvious until the very end of the season. I believe SCV will start to make its way back to where it has been the past several years, although that's probably not TOO surprising. I believe Blue Stars will make it into semis and as for anyone else, it's way too tight to even venture a guess!

As far as "acting like the big boys", I would say the design team shoulders a great deal of responsibility when it comes to that. Since 2004, with the addition of Wayne Dillon as program coordinator, and Jay Bocook and Jeff Sacktig of The Cadets writing for brass and drill, respectively, the musical and visual demand has been upped to something comparable to the corps far ahead of us. I will be the first to admit that the demand placed upon our group might have been above our heads and beyond our talent level, however I believe the members embraced the challenges presented to us and we did our best with what we were given. I know I sure am proud of what we were able to accomplish last year. And once again, I must insist that, as a whole, we did put a great deal of energy into what we did. If it's true that a brass staff member felt this way, he certainly didn't voice it to us. Thank you for the compliments, though! I agree, the show did come a long way throughout the season [THANK GOD!] , and although I'm biased, it's one of my favorites on the CDs as well. Exciting stuff! :P

Could you please clarify that, because if I'm interpretting it as you intended, I'd say that's a rather bold statement to make... I believe my corps handled every issue we encountered last season marvelously well...from a show that from the start was probably above our heads [but hey, we lived for that challenge, and I know <b>*I*</b> wouldn't have had it any other way], to a show that was unfinished design-wise until several weeks into the season, to a show that lacked any significant GE [sorry, Sharky...], to a significant portion of staff members leaving mid-season [including the entire guard staff, save one], to numerous logistical/mechanical problems that in one case left the staff in one state and the kids in another, leaving us on our own to run our rehearsals for an entire day. I'm not trying to make excuses, as I'm sure each corps has its own share of issues throughout the season!! But I'm saying this only to help everyone realize that to say the members of Capital Regiment 2005 did NOT work our hardest is absolutely false! We thrived for the technical challenges our show provided us, and made the best of the difficulties and mishaps presented to us on the road. I'm 100% proud to say I was a member of this corps, and I honestly do not believe we could have handled anything better or worked much harder than we did last season. Corps will ALWAYS deal with unforeseen circumstances on the road, like breakdowns and such. But with some more care on behalf of the design team to complete the show WELL BEFORE the start of the season, and without key staff bailing on the corps mid-season, I have no doubt as to the possibility - dare I say probability? - of Capital Regiment jumping several placements within the next year or so.

We stayed at Mattacheese Middle School, Yarmouth MA. And Sears, awesome job with that cam! Who would've guessed back then it would get this much attention?