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Another nice Facebook photo:

Just saw this Belleville Black Knights photo posted on Facebook. Awesome!

Yup. *sigh*

Speaking of the Black Knights . . . just saw this photo posted on Facebook ("Photos of 1970s Drum & Bugle Corps" group):

I complained too soon. Mine arrived in today's mail. Figures!

I played around with the color on this one and reduced the yellow:

Awesome!

Good to know!

Has anyone in Canada received theirs yet? I ordered the Blu-ray package via the Fan Network way back when. Still waiting!

No problem. I'm happy to help out! Is there too much red in that first "enhanced" photo? If so, I can drop it down a notch or two and repost.

Still waiting for mine.

Since you mentioned color in both of these photos (and also noted that the second photo was flipped), I took the liberty of playing around with the color a bit; the yellows are diminished a bit, the reds heightened. You can decide for yourself if these are "improved" or not. They're both great photos, no matter what . . . as is that spectacular overhead shot from the Eiffel Tower. That one needs no improvement, IMO; it's perfect as is!

LOL, ain't that the truth?

Very sad news. Heartbreaking for his family and friends. RIP.

Blue Stars were the first corps to use umbrellas on the field, and you're right, Linda, it was 1977. Santa Clara's guard used parasols in '83 and '84, and also used big red umbrellas in the opener to their "Miss Saigon" show in 1991.

No, I'm not sure. These photos were posted on Facebook (in the "Facebook Drum and Bugle Corps" group), and I included the captions that the poster, Dave Scott, included with each photo. Amen!

Hi, Linda! Yup, that's the one! Another great photo.

Saw these photos posted on Facebook, courtesy of Dave Scott, of one of my favorite corps uniforms, Belleville Black Knights: 1973 Rifle Ciindi Anderson 1974 Belleville Black Knights 1973 Belleville Black Knights, St. Louis Armory That last one is a photo I remember seeing many years ago, back when I was marching with Oakland Crusaders. I thought it was of the corps assembled around a courtyard, but I could be confusing that with a photo of De La Salle. Wish it were higher resolution, as it's an awesome photo!

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I hear ya. We have basic cable, but only watch a few shows regularly, and then hubby has his brain pudding that he channel-surfs through. So I find I'm getting fewer and fewer of the current cultural references. I feel so old!

Ah, it's a different Madison Scouts page from the one I usually visit. Thanks!

Amen.

Where? I'm not finding it. Well, we could debate whether it was "appropriate" or greed, but yeah, I have a feeling that money talks once again. Again, it would be interesting to know if all but one granted permission, or it was more than one who said no.

And the reason could very well be because, for all the other selections chosen by every other corps, there was not the long laundry list of copyright holders to go through that exists for "Empire State of Mind." And, again, all it takes is one holdout to nullify all those who did grant permission. Just because it didn't happen to other corps this season doesn't mean no other corps was ever going to run into this at some point.

Well, if you advocate that a corps start securing rights to next season's program a year before the current season is over, then that's the only way I can see doing this. But I think that's a pretty impractical solution. My understanding is that Madison's staff began going through the complex process of securing all copyright permissions well in advance, and that most (but not quite all) granted them synch rights permission. All it takes is one holdout to negate all the other permissions. There is a long list of artists/publishing corporations tied to this particular song, and I have written to them all (though four of the five publishing entities are tied to EMI, so they're effectively going to the same place). At this point, sadly I don't think it will do any good, as I've read here on DCP that the final answer was no. Except that at no time did Madison ever do this. The Scouts secured full rights to arrange and perform this song. The only permissions that didn't come through fully were the synch rights, which involve synching audio with visual in a video clip, such as on the "Fan Network" or on DVD. Where have they done this? DCI and the corps will not allow that to happen, since that specific permission did not come through. That's why we're not hearing the sound on the "Fan Network" clips. No laws were violated, and no financial ruin will ensue.