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The Houston-based Arabia Shriners are absolutely unreal. Very entertaining and very very loud. They practically blew the rest of us away with a 6 man hornline last year. Click their website for details: http://www.shriners-houston.org/units/drumandbugle.htm They are worth the price of admission alone. ($5). B)

Isn't Alliance performing this weekend at the DCI show (July 14th)? Incidentally, Sunrisers are scheduled to perform on the 14th as well.

Wow, way to go MOB! This is an exciting idea and from the website it sounds like you guys have already gone quite a long ways towards getting back on the competitive field. Looking forward to seeing you guys in 2008, wherever that might be! B)

amen to that! with an emphasis on "kinda". B)

Current and verified schedule for "Brass on The Bayou": July 28th, 2007 St. Pius X High School (Corner of Pinemont and Shepard) Houston, 77091 6:00 PM Gates Open 6:15 PM Arabia Shriners Drum & Bugle Corps - Houston, TX Exhibition 6:30 PM National Anthem - Presented by the Arabia Shrine 6:35 PM Austin Stars Brass Ensemble - Austin, TX Junior Corps Competition 6:50 PM Revolution Drum & Bugle Corps - San Antonio, TX 7:10 PM Teal Sound Drum & Bugle Corps - Jacksonville, FL 7:30 PM Intermission All-Age Corps Competition (DCA South) 7:55 PM Masquerade Drum & Bugle Corps - Ruston, LA 8:15 PM Frontier Drum & Bugle Corps - Dallas, TX 8:35 PM Gulf Coast Sound Drum & Bugle Corps, Houston, TX 8:50 PM Retreat (Awards Ceremony) 9:10 PM Grande Finale - Mass-Corps Performance This is a GREAT opportunity to view most of the active drum and bugle corps in the State of Texas, and all for the low price of $5 (if bought from a GCS member). b**bs

THANK YOU, SMOOTHY!!! of course, you have to assume a gaussian distribution. If everyone got this concept, we might have a lot different view of the media-skewed world. Rock on Governaires!, very much looking forward to seeing you guys again in Rochester.

echoes my sentiments exactly. Very sad to see RCR go inactive, best of luck with your future plans and getting back on the field!

Will give more details as soon as its confirmed. Sure would be fun though!! BOTB in 29 days!! B)

Did you miss "Brass Hysteria" in Dallas last weekend? Do you want to see two corps in their first year of existence? Do you want to support drum corps in Texas? Do you want to see high-caliber junior and senior corps in competition at the SAME show? Brass on the Bayou is the answer for all these questions and more. Buy your tickets here: http://www.gulfcoastsound.org/brassonthebayou03.html!! B)

absolutley! It was great getting a judged show in so early. No doubt the feedback will be invaluable to all our programs and ensure we continue to improve throughout the 2007 season! Thanks again to FPAA for another great Brass Hysteria! Also agree with Shadow that more local, relatively easy drive shows are a great thing for all of us. b**bs

should be video, audio and pics up somewhere (youtube) soon. It might take awhile for our GCS media dept. to get it out though, they are pretty swamped. B)

Thank you JOE!! We are on 'cloud 9' this morning, for sure. We really enjoy performing this show, and the crowd seems to "get it". We cannot wait to get in front of an audience again, asap!! b**bs

FPAA always puts on a great show! If you are in the Dallas/Fort Worth area this weekend, check out this show on Sunday and see what competitive Texas drum corps is all about! b**bs

Texas Drum Corps Preview 2007 - State Capitol Building, Austin, TX June 16th, 2007 http://www.gulfcoastsound.org/mm_video.html Video montage of Gulf Coast Sound's day at the preview. B)

Nope, no reason not to. Very familiar with Decatur as I worked there for several years. This is a no-brainer, with several live top quality corps in a nice venue. Wish they would have had this show when I was still in Indiana.

Dallas in 5 days!! b**bs Can't wait to see Masquerade for the first time! Austin Stars for the 2nd! Drum Corps is in Texas and this is just the beginning.

Shadow, your humor gets me every time. It was great seeing you at the Texas Preview on Saturday. Things seem to really be crankin' up in Austin. B)

Oh no. You brought up the little known and seldom used "DCA wow rule". Let the discussions begin. B) Best of luck to all the Class A corps this season! Still looking for a review of that Coon Rapids show. Rock on Govies, Brass and Chops!!!

It went awesome!! Great job everyone involved in producing this great event, and of course special thanks to Brent for all his hard work. Great weather (no rain and nice temps), GREAT CROWD (didn't count them all but at least 1000 plus). It might be tough to get a review as most of the audience probably weren't drum corps types but just bystanders and probably don't check out DCP. They certainly enjoyed the corps however, and the mass corps at the end rocked (at least from the line)!! Looking forward to preview 4 next year! B)

2 days until The 3rd Annual Texas Drum Corps Preview!! Bring your lawn chairs, bring your friends, bring a stranger! This will be nothing but loud, wholesome and free Texas entertainment!!

hmm we may have to unchain the monster on the steps there. and don't forget that: The radio's playing some forgotten song Brenda Lee's "Coming on Strong" The road's got me hypnotized And I'm speeding into a new sunrise B)

and what a beautiful day that will be. This is what the future of the southern all-age circuit could be/has to be, with the addition of perhaps 3+ more groups (in the works). The future is bright, and the sky is not the limit to our activity.

Thanks, tickets are going fast! This is actually a small-ish sized venue. You may want to reserve your seats early and buy them now. http://www.gulfcoastsound.org/brassonthebayou03.html

Best of luck on your show this Saturday! Go Minnesota DCA corps!

Thanks Kevin, You are sure to see plenty of GCS members then!! Looking forward to Saturday, the first great Drum Corps event of the season in the Great State of Texas!!