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The Cavaliers are happy to announce that Drew Shanefield will be joining The Cavalier Design Team as Brass Arranger. An as educator, Shanefield is currently a member of the music faculty at Swarthmore College as well as a music teacher in the Haverford Township School District in Pennsylvania. He is also an active composer and clinician across the country. Compositions are published by Neil A. Kjos Publishing Company, Northeastern Music, and MSC/Center X. Shanefield's drum corps experience began as a member of The Cadets. He served as brass caption head for Cadets, Carolina Crown as well as brass arranger for The Crossmen. In 98-00 Drew was the Brass Caption Head for The Cavaliers and in 02-05 Program Consultant for the Corps. In 06-08, He was the Program Coordinator for The Bluecoats. "I am trilled to be given the opportunity to return to the Cavaliers; it feels like a homecoming. I look forward to collaborating with this incredible team of designers, instructional staff, and members," he stated. We welcome Drew back to The Cavaliers. We are excited and ready for 2009. - Bruno Zuccala, Director

embouchure.

10 - Madison Scouts 10 - Santa Clara Vanguard 14 - Phantom Regiment - 10 - Carolina Crown - 16 - Troopers +

Did I? If I really did fail, then Phantom will win.

That's what she said

The intent for this thread was a hoorah for The Cavaliers' first win over the Blue Devils last evening. Those of you who have tried to turn this into a #####-fest because you have a hard-on for corps of a paler color, you're more than welcome to vent it out in another thread, not this one.

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Because Jupiter horns are what they are for a reason... ####

That is all.

I seldom post. I doubt you'd have any memory of anything that I've put up on this lovely site... But yes, the only truth to what I recently posted is that BD got screwed.

This has actually happened once before. How do you think Phantom was able to get its half of a championship? BD got screwed.

sweet, didn't see it kill the topic por favor

This is an article from Louisiana State University's newspaper publication "The Daily Reveille" on Oct 21. Tiger Band stuck in disco era, needs revamping Lauren Walck Issue date: 10/21/07 Section: Entertainment As the mighty marching Tiger Band took to the field Saturday night for its halftime show, I was driving into Baton Rouge on four buses filled with marching band students. We had just returned from a high school marching competition and, quite frankly, I probably saw the better show. Watching the LSU Tiger Band jaunt by on its way to the stadium on a game day is like watching the year 1971 breeze by. From mustard yellow jackets to excessive sequins to poofy Aquanet hair, the marching band has not updated anything but its musical selections since the '70s. While most football fans revel in the traditional glory that is a Tiger Band halftime show, I merely sigh and resign myself to a state of observant distaste at the thought of what could be. My beef is not really with the hornline. I do not have the authority to criticize horn players, as my one-year stint as a clarinet player does not qualify me so. I am, however, one of a handful of people in Louisiana to have marched in a Division I drum and bugle corps as a colorguard member. I medaled in the Drum Corps International World Championships as a member of the Phantom Regiment. I have seen what the marching arts can be when people put the time and effort into it. Until you have seen an all-brass hornline literally run across the field blasting a wall of sound next to eight guys tossing a rifle that spins 8 times into the air and stops solidly, you haven't seen cool. Thankfully, the advances made in drum corps have filtered down into high schools across the nation. If you have ever seen a marching band in Texas, you know what I am talking about. College marching bands are missing a step in that none have evolved out of the '70s, and LSU is a prime example. Tradition really is the culprit. The fact of the matter is that every high school in Louisiana looks up to and imitates the Tiger Band. And when all they see is the 1970s embodied, it is extremely difficult for educators to get their bands to do anything else. Unlike the LSU Colorguard, drum corps colorguards are a 50/50 combination of dance and equipment work. Picture an amazing dance line, only they can chuck a sabre 10 feet into the air like it's nothing. The high level of dance incorporated into equipment work is a fairly recent development, and unfortunately most educators at the college level are stuck in the disco era because they themselves marched during that time period. Back then colorguards still high-stepped and spun rifles more like the ROTC. Take Associate Director of Bands Linda Moorhouse, who runs the LSU Colorguard. She marched drum corps back in the day. When she first came to the University, half the colorguard was male and spun rifles. So it is not a lack of knowledge or skill of the activity on her part. It is not even a lack of knowledge or skill on the part of the colorguard members. I would venture to say that most girls performed more difficult equipment work at their high schools than in LSU Colorguard. I know current and former members for whom this is true. I marched with two girls one summer who had been in Tiger Band the year before. They hated it and strongly advised me against marching if I was looking to do anything more than get a good seat for the football games. I did not, and do not, march in the LSU Colorguard, even though I too have an extensive background in it. I have no desire to stand stock still and pop my hair-sprayed head like a cheerleader. I don't even think my hair would poof up that high. And I'm not the only one. The fact of the matter is, the colorguard is stuck in the stone age and will continue to repel talented individuals until something changes. --- Contact Lauren Walck at lwalck@lsureveille.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://media.www.lsureveille.com/media/sto...g-3046656.shtml

Actually, it really isn't a joke. This actually happens. It's more weird than flattering, at least I think.

I'm pretty sure the last year they did the Showcase was in 2001 in Buffalo at Quarterfinals. Traditionally it's a free event and open to the public. Usually the performance line up isn't in stone until the day of the competition.

Excuse me... DO NOT mis-skew the numbers of weight at my expense, as it was nowhere near as dramatic as you made it out to be. If you would like to know, my brother auditioned for The Cavaliers for 2005 and 2006, and sadly was cut both years. He wasn't going to march his ageout year because he only wanted to march with The Cavaliers. That was until he found out Cadets had an open lead-trumpet spot in late April, and he sent in an audition tape to see if he could fill the hole. Myself, however, made the corps on my first attempt at the December camp. Also if you are going to question my athleticism, we went running after the summer and I LAPPED him on the track. Him weighing less never helped him in the end.

Yeah, we just call them hats BTW, you ever notice how a lot of the corps that use straight leg technique play a lot of notes? Do you think they just do that to hide the feet in their sounds? It would make sense, hides the pulse created by that bouncing around. Maybe Cavaliers can get away with playing longer notes because they don't have to worry about feet in the sound. What do you think?

A Cavalier wrote SCV's drill, just thought I'd throw that out there.

They did it for every single show, except for the victory run at finals. They had a couple different versions before the Atlanta show that included the large block. Then starting with Atlanta they had a long line that went across the field where the members broke off individually to go to their spot on the field. That's what they used thru finals week.

"Drink more Coke!" -Jeff Fiedler (After Allentown show) World Champions drink soda right before shows, after shows, meal breaks, whenev... It's a big deal. Just drink some water afterwards.

I love how people can be so critical of a group whose performance level is heads and tails beyond almost any other group that has ever existed. Is it so hard to accept that The Cavalers have just invented a new genre of drum corps and a new genre of show? Stop comparing it with what you had in your 'glory days' and take it for what it is. Splooie

Baritoneguy, you are wrong, The '06 show uses an octatonic scale.

It's called a waterphone. http://www.oddmusic.com/gallery/om33000.html

I personally like the mouthpiece that can make you play all of the right notes...