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Did they security check for Jolly Ranchers in tunnel heading onto field for retreat ... just in case :)

Are you getting a spiff from the Indy Chamber of Commerce, Chris ? Joking, I tellzya, just joking!

I think you all have a very nice drum corps.

Pacific crest:75.25 Spirit:76.5 Acdy:79.45 Troop79.5 Gmen:82.85 Bstar 86.35 SCV 86.9 Crown:89.45 Bcoats:89.55

TheCavaliers @Edmuurr Thanks! You'll especially like our changes to the end we'll be debuting soon...

But is there rain anywhere else in 'sight'? Just kiddin' with ya :)

Nevermind, typos in scores fixed

It ain't close to being preordained yet. World Class DCI Rankings thru 7/22 1 Blue Devils 90.900 0 2 The Cavaliers 88.625 +2 3 The Cadets 88.567 0 4 Bluecoats 88.067 -2 5 Carolina Crown 87.825 0 6 Phantom Regiment 86.517 0 7 Santa Clara Vanguard 86.000 0 World Class DCP Rankings thru 7/22 Corps Score Change Last Show 1. Blue Devils 91.150 +0.500 7/20 2. Cavaliers 90.100 +2.750 7/21 3. The Cadets 89.800 +1.000 7/21 4. Bluecoats 88.600 +0.350 7/19 5. Carolina Crown 88.000 +0.350 7/19 6. Phantom Regiment 87.550 +0.850 7/20 7. Santa Clara Vanguard 87.000 +2.000 7/20

LOL same here. My son was part of Cape Coral, FL Mariner HS Triton Band. 7-time 3A champs throughout 2000's; he in 2 of 4 plus PSA WGI Drumline Champs in 2006. Football team would kid around with other teams "that they better not mess with our band!"

I beg to differ ... you had a spectacular place right ON the field for 3 incredible seasons most would die for (plus a few slower paced shows in 08)

GE Visual Kyle Miller GE Music John Bell Vis. Performance Ed Warren Vis. Ensemble Gary Czapinski Color Guard Marie Czapinski Music Brass Chester Phillips Music Ensemble Andy Cook Percussion J.J. Pipitone Recaps are posted for Rockford and Iowa shows at DCI.org

World Class 1 Bluecoats 88.250 2 The Cavaliers 87.350 3 Blue Knights 86.300 3 Boston Crusaders 83.600 5 Troopers 77.850 6 Colts 77.150 Hmmmm

And from West Des Moines show: 77.15 colts 77.85 troopers 83.6 blue knights and boston crusaders 87.35 cavaliers 88.25 bluecoats Tweets from show BUT DCI site shows -- World Class 1 Bluecoats 88.250 2 The Cavaliers 87.350 3 Blue Knights 86.300 3 Boston Crusaders 83.600 5 Troopers 77.850 6 Colts 77.150

From tonites Rockford show

Well, it was 'tenths' as you thought ... just a few more than (I) expected. Need to get that spread tighter before judging community starts baking it in.

And no finer section there is !

So you're saying Mad World stuff. OK then, you're off the hook.

Well, and there was that fire and stuff :) Maybe we need to lock you in your trailer at Camp Camby while the guys engorge their hefty appetites. Jay, are you at the show making your assessment or brotherly insight ? And seriously, Chris, I'm psyched with Sly's homecoming but I know we ALL have utmost respect and confidence in the Vis staff overall without a doubt - Sly simply brings together another layer with this experienced group.

Sly works fast, huh

I thought we already established that Pancakes are better, sir.

So? Not like the corps' themselves aren't pumped as well as fans in the stands (and shelters and bars). What else is there to do -- I mean everyone came for a nite of drum corps. Let the show go on. I'm wondering how relevant the scores (and perhaps performances) will be with all the start-stop, disrupted warmups and mental-readiness stuff, as well as judges clarity with all the delays and changing conditions / gaps in time.

I remember waaayyy back in dark ages there indeed was a corps hockey game for poop&giggles. Cavaliers vs Scouts (?) or was it a more local Chicago corps (Vanguard, Nisei. I can't recall. Memory going. Well, it is my bday today.

I guess DCI won't be posting Recaps until morning ... or they keep the hype building for another 48hrs leading to MN show. EDIT: nevermind. recaps up.

Social Communications Media like Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare are interesting information vehicles which have the potential (and intent?) to enable groups to interact and promote -- where 'Groups' used here refers to stakeholders or interested parties of an org, individual, event or activity. In this regard, Drum Corps is an almost perfect sandbox for the exploitation of social media capabilities to be tested and used effectively depending on ones level of engagement desired. I mean, by nature, the promotion and status of a given corps' whereabouts, schedule, performance, incidents, individuals coming-going-doing, etc. can be or lead to both passive and very active communications (or information for filing) at any given moment. And add at the foundation of communications mediums to which we transact today -- email, website and web portals, youtube, text msging -- consumed NOT simply via personal computer (laptop, nettop, desktop), but via more powerful Smartphones (Droid, iPhone) which have the capability to simultaneously access email, txting, FB, Utube, Twitter, 4Sq, and even DCP. Then, each of these apps begins to enable endless marketing PR communications possibilities accessible by (reaching if they desire) essentially any stakeholder in the value chain. Cavaliers, for example, have been experimenting on the bleeding-edge of this technology in effort to reach, retain and grow its "community of interest". Chris Lugo is a master subject expert, visionary and leader (professionally and for the Corps) in this work and the discipline required in its deployment and content delivery to make it sustainable. Consider the Anytime, Anywhere, Any Way cliche'. As a specific fan, vendor, parent, staff member, rabid honk, or simply a drum corps enthusiast or passing observer, one can by selection of the Application one activates and sets up for 'following', can get info 'pushed' automatically, passively or on-demand. Cavies do a great job of keeping everyone virtually connected to their Corps with daily schedules, locations, snipets about rehearsals, calamities, funny happenings along the way, scores, performance insight including quick-pics, audio sound bites, video teasers, etc. Particularly important (or at least interesting during tour season) since these are ONLY real comm channels (since MOST folks don't follow DCP nor does one get that type of info here on timely or easily digestible bites). So many Social Media channels to effectively use: the Web sites (Cavalier.Org in general; Splooie.Org for LARGE alumni contingent and deeper private info, updates, commraderie), Facebook for typically daily goings-on but buried amongst folks' other FB entries, Twitter for specific tid-bits but usually focused on show-day or on-road info, and a reasonable open-authorization policy for posting videos on Youtube as well as its own Subscription Channel for corps generated content (e.g., FanMail, Staff Notes, etc.), and Foursquare being used increasingly for organizing and locating moving clumps of fans and alums at watering holes on show days or in transit! And again, with Smartphones and Wifi, one can wire it all in. With plasma screens and a laptop and Wifi, one can multitask all these "windows" while watching FanNetwork or VODs! Crap, I need to turn these all off and actually work!

Posted on Cavaliers FB: show cancelled due to the storm.