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    Can Bluecoats win gold?

    in DCI World Class Corps Discussions

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    Audiences don't "enjoy" different shows in the same way. Some shows are more emotional, some more intellectual, some you appreciate the execution or demand and some the creativity impresses. Not all shows are "fun" type shows - which I think a lot of you guys are mistaking for "best GE" -- VK was almost always the crowd favorite because they were fun - but I'm hoping no one thinks they should have "won GE" because of laughing and standing O's... Madison is very "in your face" some years and ends their shows with company fronts drawing the crowd out of their seats. Doesn't mean they have the best G

    I love Coats - and get the crowd reaction - but their show lacks GE right now - it doesn't shape well, a little flat, then the very fun ending. And I'm saying this as someone who wants them to win. They are running 4th or so in GE right now, 3rd some nights. As they should be.

    In your opinion.

    Judging system/score sheets

    in DCI World Class Corps Discussions

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    actually several of us on here can explain it well. we're just ignored because it's easier to ##### when (insert corps here) doesnt get the score fans feel they deserve

    True in some respects. But even after the explanations , the GE sheets now, after explanations, look like they are not being used the way they are written and explained by the sheet and box requirements.

    The "what" can change based not only on re writes but also because the "how" will clean up and then expose the foundation of the what.

    Performers are essentially to engage and communicate to the audience. All of the performers must to satisfy box 5.

    GE sheets were changed to be handled in that manner. The adjudicators have to use them with box descriptors. Some of those descriptors are not up to opinion.

    Are players portraying bring space, tilting, on a movie set........for example through out the performance or are they just marching from dot to dot and posing or squatting like a sumo

    A DCI visual caption head once told me a deaf person should be able to describe a show to someone based on what the performers were consistently doing / style they were consistent maintaining............ As well as a blind guy would be able to describe a theme of a show based on what he was hearing.

    That concept is now on the sheets in GE performance.

    DCI Arkansas - Little Rock, AR

    in DCI World Class Corps Discussions

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    Props are like electronics with regards to weather decisions. If you have drill and work on the props and then the weather makes them usable for safety reasons (the design of the show actually requires them for drill and effect that adds to addressing a higher level of texturing than 2D drill thus adding to the increased responsibility and composition number.....) it's going to effect the GE when that layering is not used. (The thing that frustrates me with VA sheets is the fact that the Coats performers not only change the texture from a 2D perspective-drill and body appropriate to the TILT theme - but also a 3D level perspective. They physically change essentially the field surface adding another dimension to the performing surface. Check out high camera San Antonio.

    Several things I noticed observed last night-

    - coats show uses the wedges through the show normally and as a result the conditions - slippery surface on wedges and a bit on the field for foot work prep to get on the field...... It rightfully should have been reflected in the sheets

    - the on eras was Lso true - weather did not effect the cadets drill at all. There is not a spot in their show where the entire corps at some point was on the stage. The drill does not take any great leaps this year with regards to velocity of footwork - the weather could not effect their show or others for that manner - their cleanliness is great and entertaining but with the GE sheets this year I feel it will max soon. Especially because their stage does not move and a tiny amount of kids are using that stage effectively. The narrator is fine but even his drill visual responsibility should be viewed and not ignored (that will be a cut and past response - I know) I say that because years ago in USBANDS GH said the same thing to a band at one of their shows when the announcer kept announcing from the same area....(from a smaller stage) So.......

    Crown drill did and does not really on props to work. Their different texturing is similar to Cadets - static non moving props. Always located in the same area.

    - BK sneaking up.....

    - maybe BD number was correct ?!? Because the weather did not expose the simplicity or complexity of shows. Simplicity if the weather did not hurt a drill. Complexity because a show could not be performed because of the weather.

    And after all of that...IMO...the audience was still "involved" more in the TILT than any other show - so the GE is still supposed to credit that - that is one reason why GE#1 is toouch of a spread. Almost like anted to call the caption kind of spread.

    George oliviero still judging ?

    DCI in the Heartland - Mustang OK

    in DCI World Class Corps Discussions

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    So Coats took drums, Crown took brass and Cadets took everything else and were close #2 in both brass & drums

    The drum thing seems to flip-flop nightly. Someone is going to have to step up and "own it"

    Cadets really pulling ahead in visual & a solid gap in GE as well

    Academy guard with a very nice score and placement - great to see from them!

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