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    The Cavaliers 2023

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    On 9/7/2022 at 12:13 AM, ZTWright said:

    Pretty sure if it were true Music for All would have removed him from their Hall of Fame, and Hal Leonard wouldn't use him as an arranger anymore as well as multiple high schools across the nation. Also, if it were true it was HIGHLY swept under the rug because there is nothing popping up on MULTIPLE Google searches.

    are you joking?

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    Staff Merry-go-round

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    1 hour ago, George Dixon said:

    My read on Cadets situation is >> losing TA sucks, but I think his wife being named "artistic director", his one son marching snare with crazy mouth open facial expressions all summer, his other son being the snare tech, Neil's son being a pit member - was all a bit much. Frankly it sadly reminded me of when GH named his GF guard caption head. And I think in the long run the corps would be better off without Darcie. JMO.

    He was also around for a very long time in the Hopkins era. But somehow ‘knew nothing…’

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    Staff Merry-go-round

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    14 minutes ago, Sutasaurus said:

    Grammar police!!!! Where are you?
     

    I assume you are referring to contributing to the Cadets this season . Given the financial trials and tribulations ALL corps are going through in this post Covid age why would you not chip in to keep the corps you “love” getting down the road? If you are concerned about corps leadership then become active in the organization on a grassroots level to enact change. It’s not that hard. Really. Give it a whirl. If your efforts go south, at least you can say you tried and then move on.

    I don’t love the corps, because I know enough about it

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    Prop safety OSHA Certified

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    1 hour ago, Orwellian Wiress said:

    I love moments in DCI where people jump off of stuff. It just completely turns off my musically analytical brain and just makes me go "WHOOOOOA". If anyone's super into the technical drum corps stuff, was the closer of Tilt a violation/penalty? I feel like if a band can get penalized for tall props they would definitely get penalized for a man running and jumping off a small thin ramp, being caught by a group of people that fell down along with him at the end.

    I find myself once again compelled to post.

    The first show with "jumping off things" as a design element was 2006 Cadets. We had pink benches that were held up in an angle by a member, and other members ran up them to dive/flip into the arms of a squad of others. The relevant part starts around 6:50 into this video:

     

    How did we work it out? Trial and error. Many heads, faces etc. hit the ground, the benches, etc. Total disregard for member safety and quality of experience. Look at the guard performer's face around 7:06 in the video. That's pure fear.

    The visual staff quit Cadets around 2012 and went to Bluecoats...

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