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  1. I asked this question a year ago. I ended up having pouches made with material colored to blend into the uniform as already mentioned (black...nice and easy). The pouches were hung like a sling and didn't seem to bother the trumpet players much. Whatever method you use, make sure you mock one up and try it out before mass producing them for the entire section.
  2. Thanks for perpetuating this practice. <**>
  3. I'm glad we're better than those opinionated judges and can look at things with a totally objective eye.
  4. In 1989. George Zinagali wrote the drill for Blue Knights and in the first 20 seconds of the opener, Moorside March, there must have been 15-20 pass throughs in the hornline, many of them done blindly. You have to run the video in slow motion just to catch them all.
  5. No, this is not the Ave Maria that Phantom performed. This is Schubert's Ave Maria.
  6. Can anyone tell me how corps (or even bands) carry mutes onto the field without having to pick them up or drop them off at the sideline? Is there a commercial product that allows musicians to attach them to part of their uniform or does one have to create some kind of contraption to do it?
  7. No, I really intended it to be the former, but some people aren't helping out. Since I started this thread, I think I have the right to ask for everyone to simply post their rant and not respond to others unless it is in agreement. If you are compelled to respond in opposition, just post your thoughts and not refute what others say. This thread was initially set in not-holier-than-thou mode.
  8. Thanks for sticking to the topic, Knightsbari. To some other posters, play nicely and stick to the topic, please. The testosterone level in this thread is killing me!
  9. What do you think was the biggest injustice during finals week (e.g. [Corp A] should have made semifinals, "Champions Fanfare" was a terrible replacement piece for retreat, the hot dogs at the concession stand were too dry, etc.)? <**>
  10. After reading the thread of name change suggestions for VK, I was wondering if anyone knows the origin of the names of different corps. Was there a reason (other than sliding off the tongue nicely) why corps were given the names they have?
  11. It used to amaze me on how people argue the competence of judges (now, I'm just used to it). Have you noticed that... - there are rarely any threads praising judges. - unjustice always occurs when someone's favorite corp scores slip and never when they jump up (and in turn, the low scoring judge is the villain). - people act as if judging is a perfect science and that there is always an explanation on why a judge scored a group or groups poorly. - there are endless arguments for or against trends (i.e. incremental scoring and slotting) Judging IS NOT a perfect science. If it were, we would not need judges because everyone else could figure out the competition results on their own. Judges value things differently, therefore you will rarely see direct correlations between judges (trends). If by chance you do, there is a good chance that the groups are obviously at different levels (slotting). You also need to consider that scoring ranges can differ and that if you are looking for trends, you should look at trends by judge, not by competition (score jumping). Are there "bad" judges? Sure, but seldom do we see these judges stick around for very long. Are there "good" judge? Yup. How about some of you chiming in and telling us how they got it right? We don't know exactly what judges are thinking, so let's stick with expressing our own thoughts instead of trying to justify how someone else got it wrong.
  12. I'm keeping my list short... 1987 - Zingali was a genius, and the corps performed the heck out of that show from top to bottom! I can only imagine what that should would be like with today's resources.
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