Just A Plain Old Fan

lol...You have redeemed your earlier overreaction.

Dude-I'd say it's less "DCI" and more the specific point of view of the corps featured in the article. I know plenty of other top 12 corps who would not refer to their corps or their activity as marching band.

+1 drew! They took a 2 point penalty once...just to see what it was like. Their "over-age" members are still under 21. They mark-time, while standing still.

Dude--that's actually pretty spot on. I like it. I'm not original enough to come up with one of my own...

OUch! Man, when will us DCPers learn that we don't have all the answers. Jeff Fiedler calling some other dude out in another thread--Chris addressing rumor mills in Madison threads. Maybe we should not talk out of our rears. I like this trend...

Terri gets it! Because Terri's team is going through a similar renaissance. Good observation Terri. From what I've learned, Boston's DM is from Seattle, Guard Captains are from FL and Canada, Horn Sergeant is from CO, and home office, BOD, corps director, both principal designers are in MA. Plot those points on a map. Anyway, artists in residence sounds kind of cool, if not a little pretentious.

QFT. BozzlyB gets a gold star for this observation! (Sorry it's not Blue! )

I call shenanigans!

I've asked this before...but isn't that what we want? What if the judges are just calling it like they see it on any given night? Unless it's at the expense of our team, wouldn't you prefer to not know who's going to win finals night on June 19?

My apologies if this has already been asked, but is it just the Top 6?

With the 3-way tie tonight in VA, I thought I would remind everyone of the rule change that slid by this past January: The directors of all world class corps unanimously voted to return to the possibility of a tie for first place. In the past few years, if there was a numeric tie, ordinals would determine the actual winner. I just want to note that this is not a DCI conspiracy--the directors of each corps that you love and support decided that it would be ok to have a tie, and honestly, I don't see why they're so bad. It's not like it's an "everybody gets a gold star" situation...there are a heck of a lot of subcaptions, and the chance of a tie is fairly slim, but if it happens, why is it such a bad thing? I know some of you have lived through those ties. I guess my real point is I don't get why we bash the judges or "DCI" when there is a tie. Your own corps are the ones who say it's ok. Peace. Edited for link to DCI news article about the rule change: http://www.dci.org/news/view.cfm?news_id=2...52-77c2575edf73

I hate to be a stooge, but you know where you can watch all those shows? The DCI Fan Network. I've got a subscription, and every time I read these "favorite" threads, I can just zip over there and watch the show...it's pretty cool, you've got to admit. DCI, where's my referral fee?

Hey, can someone post scores?

I think it's hilarious. Every time a read a bogus review or comment, a quip about INT isn't far behind and it makes me laugh.

Jeff Fiedler won the Triple Crown, what?

I'd venture to say you can still rehearse with 25-30 blanks, but not perform. It's also easier to buy a day's rest/quaratine for those kids if they're not trying to squeeze in a show, too. Good call.

rotfl hahahahaha...that's funny. Maybe she was just making up for dumping Boston last year in Madison...I kid, I kid +1 on the Harry Potter reference

Cali--you're the one who started the thread...you shouldn't be surprised if things get hot in here. A couple things are in play here; it's funny how we look at the previous year's champ and expect that we're looking at the same corps, when in reality, it's a completely different group of kids...same with Boston. It's not that Boston is miraculously good this year or that Phantom sucks--we're just looking at corps from opposite ends of the top 12 meeting in the middle. I feel bad for Phantom, only because last year's show was so breathtaking, I couldn't possibly imagine a sequel as exciting. What's cool is what we all whine about *not* happening, seems to be happening, that is that corps this year seem to be getting judged on what they are putting on the field, not what they put on the field last year, which is what should happen, right? This is just the most extreme example available at the moment. I like the fact that GMen, Boston, Stars *and* Phantom can all win a caption on the same night--that's cool, and a decent argument against slotting, in my opinion. Boston vs. Phantom though? We'll see. For those that don't remember, check the finals scores from the early 2000s...it's happened before.

I can't believe no one has gone for the obvious: NO Pyrotechnics!

Corps pick their touring schedules, not DCI. If you have to be in a certain show, i.e. Cadets in Jackson, (or perhaps Crown in SC) it leaves you little option as to which tour you go on. Most corps will not pick shows with more than 7 hours between them...the way DCI sets up the tour leads each corps in a specific direction, with not much options for going back and forth between the east and the midwest. Hope that helps.

Holy cow--who judges that? The guard judge, or the brass judge? edit: Just watched the Beverly show on FN. The crummy low box view actually gives you a great shot of the tuba/guard feature...wow.

Interesting to see which corps in the Top 12 didn't drop tonight...

LOL. Alex, you marched BS, Jay marched Boston, obviously you guys are gonna root for your teams. You are right BS did beat BAC by 3 tenths head to head, which is pretty negligible, but still a victory. I think they see each other a few times this week...we'll have a better idea soon enough! Historically (recent) I think Bluecoats have the edge, but we'll see when they all get together.

Jay--that's awesome! I wonder if all the corps know about that! Sounds like a good deal. Thank you for eloquently refuting my statement with facts, as I requested--I appreciate it. How about that? A polite interaction where one party learned something from the other...yay! seriously...thanks, that's good to know.

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