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sounds like a ###### environment in a ###### activity Reminds me of the Cadets alums who came out in 2006 to tell my section that we were “the worst section of the worst corps in Cadets’ history”

3 years in Div I/WC drum corps (tuba) 1 year college marching band (sousaphone I ####### HATE SOUSAPHONES) 4 years in HS marching band (clarinet) Visual instructor at two HS bands in the summer of 2009

Recalling when finals judge and DCI Hall of Famer John Phillips stopped by a band I was teaching and said he would never give Cadets good scores because he didn't like their visual style

Boston second in brass let’s goooOOoooo

Competition is incredibly unimportant

Safety and inclusion… everything else is secondary. If they don’t protect members and get abusers out of the activity, it doesn’t matter how financially secure it is and definitely doesn’t matter how well balanced the competition is.

The second part is so weird, it's my favorite drum corps thing since 2013 BD

It's funny, the event that made me decide to march drum corps was actually a rain-out (tornado warning during Capital Regiment at 2003 Normal show). Standing at the focus of the horn arcs during standstills in the gym, I decided I had to become part of that sound.

Anyone know what's up with MC?

Oh wow I learned a lot there!

I have never reallly had much interest in Boston Crusaders, I found their post-2016 shows kinda cringey, like Goliath and the witch one. This show tackles some rich stuff musically and they are doing it with such finesse. Listen to Boston and SCV back to back, the difference in dynamic contrast is striking. Love the clean abstractness of the visual - white brass, red color guard, black percussion. Some of the colorguard uniforms are so abstract and minimalist they don't have shirts.

I'm guessing Crown or Bluecoats will be the first. BTW what does the Crown app actually do when you have it on at a show??

Nice

Typical boomers - constantly put down the younger generation and tell them the things they love are bad, ‘cause “they don’t make em like they used to.” Then get all sanctimonious about “respect” and lecture the youngs about how virtuous they are. Pathetic honestly.

We’re talking about old people ####### on current drum corps online, volunteering is not involved

So?

Anybody see that FB video of Bluecoats reading “mean comments?” No one in any of the corps membership or staff cares what old people say in their constant complaints. It’s literally a huge joke to them. Back in 2005, my seat partner’s dad would print out posts from DCP so we could read them out loud for amusement.

2014 Cadets ending was rough

I just wanna say before this thing gets locked This is one reason I'm partial to the old "music in motion" design concept. Let's be honest, everyone loves Spartacus, but heavily themed shows can be pretty cringey for a lot of reasons. I like the abstract - pick music, and march drill (or choreography etc) that captures the music. 1993 Star, early 2000s Cavies, SCV 2018

scheherezadesghost as someone who was a big part of SCV 2004 and have written about it at length, I wonder what your thoughts are on the 2014 Scheherezade "update" show and how they did (or didn't!) handle ... you know a show adapted from a piece of music written in 1880s Russia (not the worlds' most respectful place in terms of racial views)

Oh man, people are gonna get mad on this one 2008 Cavies' Samurai ... yikes

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And THAT'S why we do it.

@scheherezadesghost, I have read your writing about what you went through, and everything wrong with SCV 2004. I just want to tell you that watching the 2004 quarterfinals performance in Denver, with my late mother who flew out to see me, is one of my favorite memories of 3 seasons of drum corps, and one of my favorite memories of her.

No one wants to be outside in Hotlanta in late July