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13 hours ago, Chief Guns said:
Mandarins can make another statement tonight vs Blue Stars and Cavies as they are performing in the second time slot.
If the Mandarins beat those two heavyweights tonight, is it still west coast inflation, or is it 125 miles from Louisiana border inflation?
I'm still hearing some blending problems in the brass, especially low brass.
Great job! Mandarins! We are witnessing history in the making!
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24 minutes ago, Hook'emCavies said:
This show freaking rocks!
They were pushing hard tonight, and I heard the improvement in the brass! How bout that percussion!
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I'm traveling to Mesquite now, and only heard the show on Flo. Sounds like they're improving a lot. The passenger said the looked cleaner than ever.
The guys are in great spirits from my limited conversations with a few members, but the heat is a problem for them.
Hey, we love them.
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Go Mandarins!
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This Cadet show is great! One of my favored shows of the season.
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14 minutes ago, Chief Guns said:I will still be here brother. I love drum corps too much and I love DCP and the people here, (even though we all get on each other's nerves at times lol).
While my Chief Guns profile is only eight years old, I have actually been on DCP since the summer of 2008. I had another profile. But I did a nine deployment to the Middle East from September 2014-June 2015. When I came home, I couldn't remember my password LMAO. So the Chief Guns profile was born lol.
But knowing some of the things I said going to battle with trolls during the height of the BD hate (2009-2013), it's probably a good thing the old profile is dead and buried lol.
So I was here way before my son marched, and I will be here way after he ages out in 2025.
This whole Covid thing was a canary in the mine for me. It's a wake-up call to how fragile our society works. We gotta join together and keep THIS activity alive. I don't care who the corps is, and I don't care if I love or hate their shows.
We need them ALL. ...and I'm here for the people here too, because I think we're all basically good people with a similar set of interests.
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34 minutes ago, bluecoats88 said:
colts caught the bad end of that stick as well, going on before PC and the intermission with Troopers going on three corps after intermission
Yeah, it's rough as they're surging. As so many around here say, the judges will rank them properly anyway.
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I'm honestly looking forward to seeing Zephyrus Drum & Bugle Corps!
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Welcome back! You were missed, and we wish you continued health!
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On 7/14/2023 at 12:21 PM, Chief Guns said:
BD has the University of Wyoming on lock now.
The facilities there are phenomenal too.
That place will be a BD mainstay for years to come in my opinion.
That's great for them!
As has been wondered about here before, I wonder if training in the altitude helps them during the rest of the season. I imagine it helps them be able to blow more air through the horns and sound even better.
Imagine if Wyoming could become a little spring training hotbed for a bunch of corps? That'd be kinda cool and could be a win-win for all.
Of course, BD would get a Jackson Hole facility!
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Just now, Chief Guns said:
You should have been here on DCP in 2009 when BD sat down in chairs during their opener. This place went to DEFCON One.
I certainly did!
I was at the Riverside show and complained about their treatment of Happy Days Are Here Again, and also the trumpet section fracking that didn't get called out in the score, imho.
I was ready to throw babies at them until seeing them at this show, but it's just cranky old me.
The mirrors in 2010 were much cooler, though...
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This is one of my favorite shows of the season ( 4th favorite)!
I can't wait to see all the changes they've made to it.
I think I will have seen them 8 times live this year ( of course 3 times at finals week).
They sound great! Their show is interesting. They look good. The props are interesting. What's not to love?
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15 hours ago, Hook'emCavies said:
Welp... it's that time again!
6:30 PM- OPEN THE GATES!
8:00 PM- OOOOOOOH SAY CAN YOU SEE!
8:10 PM- Seattle Cascades (I have not seen them in a bit)
8:27 PM- Mandrains
8:44 PM- Colts
9:01 PM- Blue Stars
9:18 PM- THE CAVALIERS
9:35 PM- Carolina Crown
9:52 PM- Blue Devils
10:09 PM- Bluecoats
10:34 PM- Scores are announced
It's perfectly fitting that you started this thread! Enjoy!
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18 minutes ago, TOC said:
They'll be there on time since they're practicing how to lasso the moon.
Love that comment!
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1 hour ago, Texas_Dad said:
Lineup & Times
All times CT and subject to change12:00 PM Gates Open
1:30 PM Welcome and National Anthem1:40 PM Arsenal - El Paso, TX
1:52 PM Guardians - Houston, TX
2:09 PM Genesis - Austin, TX
2:26 PM Seattle Cascades - Seattle, WA
2:43 PM Music City - Nashville, TN
3:00 PM Spirit of Atlanta - Atlanta, GA
3:17 PM Madison Scouts - Madison, WI3:34 PM Intermission
4:04 PM Crossmen - San Antonio, TX
4:21 PM The Academy - Tempe, AZ
4:38 PM Blue Knights - Denver, CO
4:55 PM Colts - Dubuque, IA
5:12 PM Pacific Crest - Diamond Bar, CA5:29 PM Intermission - SoundSport International Showcase
6:29 PM The Cadets - Erie, PA
6:46 PM Blue Stars - La Crosse, WI
7:03 PM Troopers - Casper, WY
7:20 PM The Cavaliers - Rosemont, IL
7:37 PM Mandarins - Sacramento, CA
7:54 PM Phantom Regiment - Rockford, IL
8:11 PM Carolina Crown - Fort Mill, SC
8:28 PM Bluecoats - Canton, OH
8:45 PM Boston Crusaders - Boston, MA
9:02 PM Blue Devils - Concord, CA9:27 PM Drum Major Retreat - Scores Announced
I love this for Mandarins and Cavaliers! Oh, and look at that for PC! Go PC!
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13 hours ago, Chief Guns said:
I miss Plan9.
Oh my. LOL
I've heard enough about the "Blue Ocean Strategy" and how it applies to drumcorps to last a lifetime.
I'm the opposite. You're still here. I'm still here. Hope you're here even after your guy exits the activity when he ages out ( in Mandarins).
I'm a fan of the entire activity, not just one corps, and I'll try to keep supporting the activity until I die.
Hope the person is doing well, and they're probably some millionaire with more important things to do than come on DCP anymore.
I love the creative name though. Plan 9 from Outerspace has been lauded as the worst movie of all time, and for me it suited them well.
Yeah, I'm a little devil sometimes.
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Cavaliers, Mandarins, Bluecoats
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Just now, Cappybara said:
Sorry. The rules of English must have changed during the course of your comment. My bad.
“Catering to the lowest common denominator (people who come for only one show in this example) is one of the most destructive things happening to society”
These “lowest common denominators” are a big part of what keeps this activity afloat and if we don’t continue getting more of them interested in the activity, it will die off. Calling them that will certainly accelerate it. Talk about snooty and superior.Well, there's no need to cater to them because they're casual fans. They're one-off attendees. A new batch of casual fans will come in next year because a new bunch of kids will be rolling through the activity. That's what being casual is...
This is a common tactic used in business today, especially in healthcare, food, and entertainment, especially in areas where the population is sufficiently large enough to cycle through new people.
It's this way in the high school marching band activity and has been this way for years, so why not in DCI too?
You know what REALLY keeps the activity afloat? People behind the scenes, that don't attend shows, but got involved in the activity because they marched, or their kids marched. You know, those DCI fanatics with "weird ideas"!
You know how I know this?
I just spent this month talking to these people at several shows, and it has been inspiring to see how much work these people with "weird ideas" do to actually keep the activity open and available for young people to participate in them.
No, the rules of English didn't change, but your interpretation of it obviously doesn't match mine, which is just par for the course.
Pearls before Swine.
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When I marched, we had the pleasure of running down and nipping the field ( minus 1 corps) at finals, but we were ALL trading places in the top 5 throughout the season, so it was fun to end almost at the top, but more fun after the fact to see such a stacked field where it was an "on any given night" situation any corps could win.
During the season, we were just trying to hang on and do each of our own parts to make the whole corps better. We weren't really concerned about scores. We were looking at the trends and just doing our jobs.
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5 hours ago, Chief Guns said:
We will see how this plays out next month in Indy..................
But for right now, today July 16th, 2023...........it sure brings a smile to my face to see Mandarins sandwiched between two heavyweight prize fighters Crown and Phantom.
Keep it up Mandarins!
That's going to be incredibly awesome if Mandarins can end up in 5th place!
That will make the season for me.
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1 hour ago, Cappybara said:
If you see the vast majority of people as “the lowest common denominator,” then yikes.
That's your misrepresentation of what I said, which is what I've come to expect out of you.
You accuse DCI hardcore fans of having weird perspectives "on these things".
I see the one-time show-goers as people who are uninformed about the activity, and have no skin in the game other than little Johnny or Jain marching this year. They are uninformed and willing to accept whatever quality comes their way without comment. They help fill the seats, but they don't care.
So why is it that the people who enjoy, follow, and support the activity over decades of their lives have weird perspectives?
Frankly, I find that point of view snooty, superior, and yikes...
It's not weird to care about something and comment on the changes whatever way they feel about it.
Apathy is weird. Attacking longtime fans because they have passion about something is weird.
"Pearls before swine" comes to mind, so I'm going to check out.
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22 hours ago, Cappybara said:
I think hardcore dci fans have a weird perspective on these things. For most people, the changes aren't unsettling because there aren't any changes for them. For these people, it is their first and possibly only viewing of the show
Familiarity with a product is a "weird perspective"?
This perspective is similar in almost every activity from football to soccer to ballet, dancing, and cheer.
When you follow something, you follow it. Catering to the lowest common denominator (people who come for only one show in this example) is one of the most destructive things happening to society. It makes things bland and boring.
Apparently, we're both splitting hairs here though, so carry on.
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2 hours ago, iggymen said:
Finally saw Blue Devils live...and wow. Couple things... no one is catching them... and they will win high brass.. not crown. Holy cow. At this point I do think they will win by 2 points..or close to it. I am always rooting for Bluecoats, Crown and the Cavies.... but the proof is in the puddin' (so to speak).
1. Blue Devils by 1.5 to 2 (GE, Visual, Brass, Guard, Percusion)..captions sweep
2. Bluecoats (I think the will outpace Boston in visual and brass... and edge them for the silver)
3. Boston Crusaders (need to have something else on their heads or nothing at all... the visual package from uniforms to staging seems to be not well thought out)
4. Carolina Crown (why am i still not getting into this show... the story is not fun or exciting enough to connect)
5. Mandarins (they continue to get better and i have to say.. this show is packed with some interesting moments
6. Phantom (show has a lot of visual... confusion for me.. and is missing some difficulty) musically this show does not transition as seamlessly as those above them.
7. Cavaliers (it's obvious they are working really hard..and it will be close between them and Cadets)
8. Cadets (omg, i have seen them live so many times...since 1982... always seems to be some level of thrill for me.).. the staging for the show is designed to hide dirt until something is thrown in the air... and then you see the dirt. i hope this show gets clean and they make some changes. we need them back in the top 5
9. Bluestars (not much i can say..i keep looking away.)
10. Colts (this show gets better every time I see it... and.. i think they will potentially place ahead of Bluestars)
11. Troopers (i have the small version of this wind chime in the backyard...it is pretty cool) Perc is so good this year... Trooper is another corp placing a little higher than they would normally simply due to SCV being out.
12. Blue Knights / Pacific Crest (possibly Troopers)
I love your explanations. I don't agree with everything, but these are the kind of predictions I miss seeing from most people. Keep it up!
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Nice score bump! Welcome to the 80s
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Houston show that's actually Tomball
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Posted · Edited by jjeffeory
Amen.
...and they're still in striking distance of 5th place.
The show keeps making more and more sense as the season progresses.
Sorry some people don't like the show...