north state di

Way to go, Govies!

Thanks for the pictures...I got to see some of my old pals in the pit, guard and hornline :-) PROUD of all of you!

So proud of my friends in Renegades. You wanted it bad and you made this season happen!

good to know...course that wind sure plays havoc with guard equipment.....that is just the way it is. Wish I was there to enjoy it live...better yet, wish I was performing :-)

yikes! I just saw the sky in the background...would someone text the powers that be to hold off on liquid clouds n rain please?

I am one of these people wondering, and hoping, for a new Sac based all-age (welcoming Sr. aged people) corps. It is good for everyone to have competition locally and there are many who have a heart to belong and perform and the options are not always worth it. sigh

I'm a guard member but I appreciate your specific comments about each corps musical contribution to the show. I really enjoyed performing to our music this year. The theme was chosen and we were out to win hearts or eat ya alive...there is no other option :-) I must say that my favorite moment was off the field before prelims...all of these folks that are intense, rough and tough singing My Immortal to the guard.......tears flowing from many of us. Thank you to all DCA performers and audience members for allowing the 2007 Renegades to be a part of the season.

Hey Mrs. Thang. Thanks for being one to take care of misc. e-mails. Now, the question looms. Are you going to be in Rochester LIVE to greet your friends? I know you will be there at Family Day but that ain't the question. About the props - they almost glow eerily in the stadium lights that we finally get to experience again! woo hoo!

Trevor - it was someone earlier that seemed to infer that Renegades thinks they suffer for being on the older side - I was just saying "whatever" - not about you brudder...not at all. I just think world is an amazing thang - I just got thru watching DCA Semi's last night and it took me back to the days when I was that young and disgustingly FIT. I'm working on it but the joints are 19-20 any more. My step son asked me how long I have "been doing this" I realized that I have been marching, teaching, judging and now performing again since 1976....wowowow

First flaw I see is that someone would assume this is just about Renegades because the idea of analysing age/placement comes from one in the corps. It is just a valid idea worth evaluating by someone someday - perhaps. I don't tend to hear many of us oldsters complaining about being old - except when it is time for a long drive home after rehearsal. I am proud to be in the way over 40 group of the Reneguard and I am sure that anyone that has hit 40 and is still able to do this activity (in any corps) is proud of themselves. I take pride in being able to build a cohesive group with people of various ages, abilities, locales, etc. whatever - I just am glad I can still be out on the field learning and participating. Each year when we line up for retreat at DCA it hits me anew of the youth of many involved and my pride in personal achievement grows...hey, my Mom couldn't do what I am doing at the age of 48....I don't put down anyone for being young - I was in high school band and then Blue Devils. I am just celebrating things for myself as a wonderful contrast to what many do - turn into couch potatoes. May we have a Drum Corps United over 40+ guard group celebration? Diane - Renegades 3rd year 48 yrs young

I'm sure there are valid reasons - but I sure wish Renegades would have been invited to perform at the DCI West/Stanford show. It would have been a wonderful way to show those currently in corps that there is a way to keep their love of music and performing drum corps going in a valid, exciting way.

I never thought about it - Renegades in August CA competition. Let's go on, be strong and remember we get so little time to share this show with others....I don't like that part - 3 more competitive performances plus Family Day.

Take the emotions that are less than productive into a private discussion so that you are not part of the problem. Anything that pulls off the focus just hurts the group and ummmmm was it Spock..."the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few ... or the one." Anywooooo can't someone close this thread and let us all move on to something that is beneficial?

I can hardly wait to be back on the field at DCA...more fun for me in the Renegades guard than my years in BD. That is our focus. This is my priority; to bring a show that y'all love or hate - either way is ok by me. I just want to pour my heart into that show with my fellow performers. Can we return to that focus and not let anything jeopardize that goal? Especially those in leadership and the combo leaders/performers have worked too hard to be derailed in any way. It is not that long before we are seeing a zillion shows with everyone working their heart out but we get only TWO performances back there - sigh. But maybe that challenge is part of what makes us Renegades. laser focus calibrated anew - onward and upward Diane