mello118

Madison has their rep posted Here

I'm on a mac and the stream is coming through just fine. I had to download a plug-in, that lets you view Windows Media, though. Find it here

Is that a 9 point jump for Surf?

No. I've enjoyed many of my competitors shows. I Loved ECJ's 05 show. Loved Surf's 03 show. Loved Blue Stars 04. The list goes on. I DO NOT dislike Academy. Having seen their show, it was definitely executed well, and I had no problem with it, it just didn't engage me as an audience member. I like Academy (although I perferred last year's show), and I don't see how saying what I did could come across as me disliking them. I like Academy. I do not think they will walk all over the East Coast come finals.

Nobody is "hating" Academy by saying they won't walk all over the east coast without competition . . . And I have seen them, and personally, I don't there should be the kind of hype there is about them. Maybe it was because of reading all of this hype online, but I actualy felt a little let down when I saw them. They are excellent, of that there is no question. They are not as good as some would make them out to be.

They are very good. But after seeing a recording of them . . . they did not live up to the hype that has been generated here. But, that doesn't change that they are still very good.

Yep

Division II IS judged on different sheets than Division I. I highly, highly, highly, highly doubt that bumping ever occurs, since units have to go through a whole evaluation process to go Div I and then have to be declared before the season starts. But yes, Division II is judged on different sheets, so the scores are really not comprable.

Aren't they the same thing?

Gee, THAT was classy . . . <**>

97 Scouts

I don't see why everybody bashes Dynasty's so much. Blue Devils does fine with them. They are no harder to tune than any other brand. Just breath and play, and adjust accordingly. As for tone . . . that is debatable. But they do tend to have a much brighter sound than other brands. Me likey King the most though.

I say no to all. Drum corps was fine 30 years ago without "enhancements". It was fine 20, even 10, even 2 years ago. Why does it neeed them now? Did people suddenly run out of ideas and now electronics and additional instruments are the only way people can have new ideas? Star went their entire career in DCI without "capitalizing" on very many, if any of the rule changes and they were constantly "pushing the envelope". My point? That adding these things will not magically make people more able to put together a better show, and change the activity in to something it is not. Now, I LIKE some of these things that have been mentioned on the field. But I wouldn't want them touching drum corps with a 5000 ft. pole. I can get the experience from these things in a BOA format. But I can get drum corps from DCI/DCA, and that's pretty much it on this continent. Why change it in to something that already exists. It doesn't help us, it won't magically make us better, and it wont increase the quality of our programs. Sooooo . . . Why change for tthe sake of changing? If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Not working for me . . . can't find the link. weird

Unfortunately not the case. I just got a response from DCI today. To quote "The Division II and III tickets will be available in the coming months."