bearz
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One proud Blue Star alumnus tonight. wow.
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Multicam is at a higher bitrate for video and audio ......... it will cause a lag on flash. It's nice to see what's going on up top ... but the quality difference isn't worth watching the highcam IMO.
Yea, thanks. I'm coming to that conclusion. I'm gonna probably watch the multi.
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So I have both views open in different windows and there is a good 8 second lag in the multi cam. Ugh.
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Shoot. Got home late. I missed Madison, didn't I. @#(_($_)(#$@_
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Isn't semi on webcast for premium viewers?
Yea, I want to know that also! I just logged on and don't have a link.
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Figure 4 ppl to a room, 180 ppl with staff and volunteers, thats 45 rooms and $100 per room per night is only $4500 per night. Figure 4 nights would be $18,000 (and saving the 12% room tax for being NPO!) that would only be $18,000 for the opportunity to give their corps a great opportunity to perform at their best. Negotiate a smaller room cost and even better.
I'd consider that a great investment. I'm assuming that they have to pay for 4 nights of staying at a school anyway so you would deduct that amt also to figure the extra expense.
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Brad Furlano from the Blue Stars. He is the driving force behind the Blue Stars rise these last years and has an incredible talent for putting together winning talent on staff. Just look at the meteoric climb since he came on board and I don't think there can be much argument.
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I am one proud Blue Stars alum tonight!
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1977 Madison Wisconsin. Blue Stars on the field. We played Planets that years with the umbrellas in the show. The show starts out with 8 big impacts. Dah dah dah dah dadadada. Silence. CRASH! Lightning. Thunder. Right in beat with the show. Of course, a little lightning and thunder never stopped a corps back then. We continue with the thunder coming in in perfect accent to our show (almost like we ordered it). Fits right in with the umbrellas too. It really hyped us up. Best show I think we had all year.
We get to the part of spinning planets. I'm in the farthest one out on side 2 and am spinning out to the back of the field so I can't see anyone.
The announcer starts yelling DIP SH**! DIP SH**! I'm wondering why he's yelling awful things at us because the show is freaking awesome. As I come around the far side of the circle I see the rest of my corps running off the field and there are only 5 or six of us who are still in that stupid circle.
Turns out the announcer was ex military or something and was yelling at us to "DITCH IT!".
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Nope. If it helps, I could view things about 2 weeks ago when I tried last. Ugh.
Oh, and I tried to do the Windows updates and it fails. 2 error codes. Codes 646 and 643 but when I click on the help it is no help.
Ugh.
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In the words of Adam Savage, "Well, THERE'S your problem!"
Seriously, give the PC a reboot if you haven't yet. Can you stream any of the on demand shows on the Fan Network website?
Nope. If it helps, I could view things about 2 weeks ago when I tried last. Ugh.
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Windows XP, Vista, or 7?
You might want to do the Microsoft fix and reboot the PC, see if that gets you back up and running.
Vista.
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Got any other programs running?
Kill 'em all and try again.
Nothing and I did a disk cleanup thinking it was all backed up but that didn'[t help either.
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What version of Windows/Mac are you using and what is your web browser?
IE 8
I downloaded Firefox and tried that and I have the same problem.
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Can any computer people give me a quick help? I can't launch the video. I keep getting an error "Stack Overflow at line 104".
Any ideas?
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YES! Thats one of them! THANKS!
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At the LaCrosse show this weekend we discussed some things from long ago. In particular, I'm looking for the picture of that corps bus abandoned in the desert and the one where the bus tire melted into the asphalt.
Anyone have links?
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Was there.
Was exhausted.
Was completely satisfied.
I have absolutely no memory of that. Were Blue Stars there? If we were, I must have slept thru that show.
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I think in order to get the whole show in they should put 2 corps on the field at a time and let them battle it out.
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Stuff flying thru the stadium. Sheesh!
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Tornado warnings now. I'm thinking this show is a washout.
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Whatever corps they "belonged" to, I hope you don't let them tarnish your opinion of that organization.
Every corps has people like that. Every high school does too. Sports teams, even entire countries have people that act this way.
Unfortunately, it's just part of life.
I hope you were still able to enjoy the show as much as possible!
Never. I've met plenty of people from several of the corps that were there last night and have almost always had a positive experience, including their corps. That is why I didn't name the corps.
And yes, I had an amazing time!
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The name of the corps related to this fan doesn't matter because it wasn't specific to one corps.
So I was at the Madison show last night. A couple who had a kid in one of the competing corps sat in front of me all night. Never applauded or reacted in any positive way to any of the corps, including their kid's corps. Ran down each corps after their performance. They weren't loud and obnoxious about it but it could be heard by those around them.
Why in the world does someone go to a drum corps show just to ##### and look for the negative? At first I thought it was just an ###**** thing towards other corps but not even reacting to your kid's corps? Man, you must be a riot at parties. The funniest thing was that there were other parents/alumni from that corps around them and not.one.person stopped to say hi or pass the time of day or offer encouragemen to their kid. I wonder why?
Just a reminder that the members in ALL the corps need out support to continue to want to perform for us. I cheered loudest for my corps but I cheered and applauded for every.single.corps that performed, no matter their skill levels.
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I like that he doesn't spend half the article explaining what drum corps is. I also like that there are 2 other stories about Blue Stars. Gotta love LaCrosse.
I was at the Blue Stars camp this week doing alterations. The uniform is very striking. That gray on the pictures you see here is very washed out compared to actual color. Also, the star really does pop. They look long and lean and make for a very crisp look on the field under the lights. The gray also makes the colorguard work just pop out. First fittings are now needing alterations as they have lost their spring training weight so some of them did admittedly look a little floppy. That is an ongoing process, as we all know.
I think those who are on the fence will be in Camp Blue Stars when you see them under the lights.
Semi Finals Open Thread
in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
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I was so excited to finally see their show. I absolutely love them but was also very underwhelmed. It made me sad. Visual was fun but musically it just didn't move me.
So sad.