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TomPeashey

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  1. Yes Terri, unfortunate for them but fortunate for DCA weekend

    naturally a hurricane scurrying around can mess up the weathermen, but...

    Current forecast for Fri Sat and Sun of DCA weekend is primo... mid 70's

    0 chance of rain on Saturday and only 10% on Sunday...

    but hey, it's the weather... it can change... and for Texas... I hope it does! 

     

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  2. you do a great job Spandy

    I would recommend that you use the * when listing any score that DOES NOT use a DCA sanctioned panel

    This would include any DCI, DCE or DCUK shows...

    For your purposes those scores are "close" but really need to be taken with a BIG caution...

    DCE/DCUK shows are all on their own sheets... and do not relate properly...

    This should be noted wherever the asterisk is used

    just saying......

     

     

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  3. Actually, it is an interesting point that from the 50's till the end of the tick system...  one factor over every season that was rarely mentioned was how much time was spent watering down the charts before the championships based on the judges input via WHERE they were ticking us...  this watering down often left the musicality by the wayside and gave a "sterile" program...  just a random thought...

    and I won't even go into taking out passages that were played as well as the New York Philharmonic but had to be watered because many of the judges were simply "over-ticking" judge-able situations rather than REAL errors...  

    I could go into many more reasons why "ticks" were a BIG negative...

    from one who taught judges how to tick....

     

     

     

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  4. Several have contacted me about JAG - well known Audio/Video engineer for the activity... asking if I know if it's true that he has passed on.

    Unfortunately, I can verify that this is true. His mother had one of the CT guys contact a few people she knew were close to him and I was on the list. He had lung disease. There will be a mention in the next issue of Drum Corps World. At his request, there was no funeral or obit. Not sure of the exact date of passing but was around April 23 or so.

    One of the friends on his list who is in close contact with his mother is trying to determine if there are items in his audio/video library that should be salvaged for posterity. As many of you know, he frequently had a boom mic or camera in front of corps in both DCA and DCI... plus an extensive historical documentation of the US Marine Corps Drum and Bugle Corps. I'm not involved in this effort but wish them well.

  5. BX5CM you are absolutely right...  using a bone for an effect or a specific solo doesn't bother me...  trying to march a complex drill while playing a slide trombone is absurd... I doubt anyone would try that junior or senior...  furthermore most HS bands - at least those who are serious about marching - don't try it... valved bones work fine in 98% of all musical situations...  and a good player can handle the other 2%...  Mighty St. Joe's playing Lassus Trombone almost 50 years ago comes to mind... 

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  6. Which is why the 990s thread we had for the junior corps was such a great resource. We learned some of the wisdom behind the numbers. People familiar with individual corps came forth to explain how they do things. I have felt better ever since, knowing the financial sense those corps administrations are applying. And if you are a marcher (or parent) considering investing several thousand dollars in a drum corps experience, you will feel better knowing you are investing in a fiscally responsible organization.

    exactly... thank you for stating that clearly

  7. once upon a time I was considered an "expert" in this stuff... and what I learned is that these figures are the most misunderstood and misleading figures you could possibly look at... and while the web site that helps you "mine" this information may serve a useful purpose... god knows there's enough crooks out there hiding behind the not for profit status... when it comes to drum corps there are several issues but many are based on how good the accountant is hired by the drum corps... unfortunately HOW they prepare the IRS forms can vary greatly and cause some strange figures to pop out.

    further... these figures often tend to PUNISH a corps that is fiscally responsible by putting out figures that make them look affluent compared to the many that aren't... when in reality... there's a big difference between being fiscally competent and affluent...

    Trust me... the laws, legalities and IRS rules do not mix well with drum corps... when it comes to a cursory viewing of the figures...

    PLEASE... take these figures with a grain of salt...

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  8. True story

    Early 90's while I was director of Rochester Crusaders, Scott Shyne had an amazing middle voice solo... at DCA championships - after our performance but before retreat, Ziggy found Scott and complimented him on one of the best mellophone solos he'd ever heard... he then promptly handed Scott a brand new Kanstul Mellophone and says it'll sound better on this... I'm sure Scott still has that wonderful instrument.

    Drum corps owes a lot to Ziggy Kanstul...

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  9. I smile politely at this b.....ch thread...

    Quite honestly while I see a few posts from some very competent and experienced corps people combined with a few Buc supporters with obvious disappointment

    I see no one with my credentials or at least as old as me... although the guy that was at 58 Chicago might be close - I hope he enjoyed the Brigadiers that day...

    anyway... I have participated in - in one way or another - 50 of the 52 DCA Championships... I judged the championship 8 times... I was corps director of a top 5 corps...

    Sorry folks... B....ch if you must, but the judges called this show correctly...

    Furthermore, I can confirm what was suggested by Jeff or whoever earlier...

    Show Dynamics and numbers management mean that a 20 corps championship requires different numbers management than a 6 corps regular season show...

    It's simply necessary to get things right and that management will tend to lower numbers in the middle of the pack and compress upwards those who are in upper box 4 and box 5

    It would take all night to fully explain this... but trust me... it's necessary and fact...

    and also... someone was comparing this years score to last years score and basically saying they got the shaft because they KNOW they are better than last year... frankly, as for the quality of their corps they are probably correct, but that same numbers management taking in all aspects of a given nights show means that 90 in 2016 may very well be a better score than a 90 in 2015... it's just the way it is...

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  10. ok for those watching the show... here's my recommendation for prelims - on Saturday (Sunday too), Basil's Italian Restaurant on Empire Blvd on Irondequoit bay offers a brunch to die for, for $14.95 and you can set out back on the edge of the water... http://www.bazilrestaurantrochester.com/#!saturday-sunday-brunch-menu/cuk5

    reservations recommended...

    Doing it on Saturday will minimize the need to eat expensive stuff at the stadium... although as stadium food goes, it's pretty good stuff...

    of course it's excellent for any meal and family friendly ...

    to get there find I-590 exit at Empire Blvd and go east town the big hill to the water... it's on the left

    and the corps practicing right there when you get off I-590 is White Sabers...

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