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So so so so so so so proud :-) DARKHORSE.

My experience was actually backwards than it should have been. I marched DCI first and THEN got into it. I mean don't get me wrong, I sort of knew what it was (and by sort of knew, I mean "summer marching band", so OK in reality, No, I did not know what it was) from seeing 2001 Finals on PBS. It was something I sort of discounted throughout high school because: a) I wasn't very good, and b) I got put on a new instrument, see a), and c) I thought "I have other stuff I want to do in the summer. Welp, fast forward 3 years later and I had my first summer with the Crossmen (2004) and never looked back. Best decision I ever made was to suck it up and audition!

My sincerest apologies. The "4" threw me off in that title...

jts5032 shouldn't you be in Switzerland doing work?

Meh, I think alot of people still think that. There are always going to be years that have that one show with the alleged alternative meaning. All of which are completely ridiculous: 09 BD: 1+9+3+0 = Lucky number 13. How controversial, they were destined to win WITH THAT TILE ALONE. AND THEY DID?!??!? Shock!!!11 08 SCV: 3hree (pronounced "three-hree," of course) - 3rd place (yes, I did actually hear that one from a fan. My question is, why choose the number 3 to aim for? Why not aim lower? My personal favorite is Ei8ht, named after one of the clubs I frequent in Houston on the weekends.) 07 BD: Winged Victory - ohemgee the title has Victory, so they're going to win! (Side note...they did. Joke's on us.) 05 Cadets: The Zone - what is the only number that is in the title? One! Clearly they're going to win. (Again, joke's on us. Darn, maybe the show designers have a strategy after all!) 04 Phantom: Apasionada 874...Finals were on 8/7/04. Oooooh! Scandal! Let 'em think what they want to think. The people that actually understand show titles (those having to do with a common theme or music selection) can just continue with our lives and disregard everyone else whose opinions we don't agree with. jeez sarcasm is not easy to convey over post, is it???

I had mentioned that someone had told me Htown was in a drought. I find that hard to believe after all the rain we've gotten! And you're absolutely right; last summer was brutal compared to this summer. weather.com has a more positive outlook for Friday. Thursday is still chance of Tstorms. Meh as long as I get to give my respective contra lines the stuff I bought them from Sam's club, I'll be a happy camper :-D See "Y'all" tomorrow! (I hate that word)

Welp looks like the weather forecast is calling for thunderstorms. Apparently until the end of the month. Whoever said Houston was in a drought was severely mistaken. Let's pray to the rain gods that there is no lightening!

Crossmen were given the opportunity to watch finals in 05 after not making it that year. I was crazy impressed at BD that year, as well as Cadets. Otherwise, I didn't see a live show until 09 after I aged out.

Wow, bloo is staying in Brenham? That makes it anti-easy to see them rehearse :thumbup: Whaddupppp home show??? (waiting for my college roommate to chime in; he knows it's barely a home show) EDIT: Oh wow the only reason why I posted on this thread and I forgot the first time. I'll be sitting in Upper Deck, section D, Row E on Thurs. and Upper Deck, section D, Row M on Friday. I'd have gotten the good seats (aren't they all good seats?) but the guy I'm going with didn't want to justify paying $50/ticket. Whatever, it's drum corps. You'll find me in my Bloo jacket!

Happy Bluecoat Alum here :-) :-) :-) Six Words.

Way to make an alum proud!! :worthy:

I could see how this would be a problem on any other night than finals night...but finals night is meant for the performers. They deserve every bit of standing ovations they can get. On the same note, if you stand during a part that is not really meant for a standing ovation, then I could see how people could get PO'd.

hahaha very nice. was the last chord of america the beautiful (or whatever they're playing this year) an actual chord? or was it every other note other than a Bb? EDIT: It just clicked that there was no mass America the Beautiful. Sorry, I'm still new to this age-out thing and not being in the loop

That is pretty awesome! I wasn't a huge fan of SCV's show this year (no flaming, please)...but they performed it so well when I saw them a few weeks ago. I'm sure I'd love it as much as I've loved every other Vanguard show if I saw it tonight.

I came back to this forum late...when did people cry??

Oh wow I wasn't even aware of those two :tongue: sorry!!

I LOVE those drill moves. Crowd in Houston went NUTS for them!

507 Hornets (crossed out) Keystone Regiment (crossed out) Delaware County, PA (crossed out) West Chester, PA (crossed out) Newark, DE (crossed out) Sponsored by YEA (crossed out) Allentown, PA (crossed out) San Antonio, TX (ding ding we have a winner!)

it means "shut the eff up" but nicer because it's abbreviated.

haha that's a great idea!!

That's AWESOME!!! Congrats, man! I love hearing stories about that, especially people who are making a conscious effort to stay in shape. Great work to you!! My first summer I lost 25lbs and came back looking emaciated, but in great shape. then college happened. Then I marched the next summer and lost it all again. then college happened. twice...without marching those summers. Then I marched my age-out and lost 30lbs. I came back skinner than I had ever been and people thought I had an eating disorder. Losing a lot of weight is great if you need to. I didn't really need to...but my body has since then equaled out and I'm "average."

hahaha for us mac folk, I think I'll just be clicking the "garfield arrow" refresh button on my firefox. and also reading what the dcp peanut gallery has to say at any given time

It's like Christmas: "It's the most wonderful time of the year!"

Madison's kind of the same way, except they're kind of back in that slump. They'll be back soon enough! Looks like 2002 was a bad year... 1995: 4 1996: 6 1997: 5 1998: 6 1999: 6 2000: 10 2001: 11 2002: 14 2003: 8 2004: 8 2005: 6 2006: 9 2007: 15 2008: 12 2009: 15

Star got 2nd in 1993 so it should be 1,1,2,4...but who's counting