Quiksilveric
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What happened to Ron Hardin leading Bluecoats visual program? Did he decide not to do it after all?
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Did I miss something? Wasn't Ron Hardin just appointed Bluecoats viz caption head????
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Gino Cipriani???? b**bs I wish...
I think he means Wayne Downey and Michael Gaines working together at last!
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70's - Zingali (27th Lancers)
80's - Zingali, then Brubaker
90's - Myron Rosander!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
00's - The easy answer M. Gaines, but I really enjoyed Kevin Ford's work with Boston.
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Earthquake
Welcome to Cali. Come for the Earthquakes, stay for the traffic.
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How about the simple innovation of allowing female membership into Cavies and Madison?
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I am only getting sound on the left side. No stereo sound. It is still better sound than they had earlier. Picture is good. Too bad I missed almost everything up to this point.
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And we must realize, of course that football fields are designed no tfor us, but for FOOTBALL TEAMS WHO NEED TO SEE HASH MARKS AND SIDELINES.
Sheesh.
So are basketball courts.
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Heh, you should have seen Center Grove in 1998, they covered nearly the entire field in a grid, black background with yellow lines forming 5x5 boxes. Seemed pretty smart to me, since then they could guide to both vertical and horizontal yardlines
I was at BOA grand nationals in 2000, and I saw them do that exact same thing. Maybe that's the year you are referring to? Anyhow, they were very efficient at rolling it out and it certainly put the icing on the cake.
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I saw a picture in the DII/III forum, and it reminded me of something that's always bothered me:
Why are we still performing on bright white yardlines and green "floors"??
Would it be possible to create a floor that would let grasses breathe and wouldn't cause injuries, yet still be affordable?
Imagine WGI without floors....
Now imagine the corps in DCI performing their shows on custom "outdoor" floors. Forget electronics and woodwinds. The next big innovation needs to be the stage on which we perform.
I've seen BOA bands roll out floors before, and I'm sure drum corps could figure out the logistics of it all.
Argghhhh, at the very least we could soften the yardlines to make them less visible, yet still functionable (see below).
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I've only been to a couple of shows and seen a handful of corps this year but it seems that there aren't many horn solos anymore. For crying out loud when I marched it seemed like half of our show was horn solos or duets or sextets, etc. I don't even think Jeff Wilt marched during the show, he just stood at the front of the field and moved from one side to the other to play solos!! Just kidding Jeff, I'm pretty sure you marched at least some of the time. :P Anywho, am I just imagining this or is this the trend these days with the "themed" shows?
Maybe solo's are programmed in based on a combination of show concept and talent available. What would be the point of writing in a killer solo if you don't have a kid with the chops to play it? That being said, I was definitely disappointed Blue Devils didnt have a solo/duet in Pegasus somewhere!
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DCI Pasadena 2007 corps practice locations
Blue Devils;
Roosevelt HS
7447 Cleveland Ave.
Corona CA 92880
Santa Clara Vanguard;
Warren High School
8141 De Palma Street
Downey, CA 90241
Cadets;
Norco High School
2065 Temescal Ave
Norco, CA 92860
Cavaliers;
La Mirada High School
13520 Adelfa Drive
La Mirada, CA 90638 (about 5 miles from Vanguard)
Carolina Crown
Arroyo High School
4921 North Cedar Ave.
El Monte, CA 91732
Blue Knights
Santiago High School
1395 Foothill Pkwy
Corona, CA 92881
Crossmen
Bloomington High School
10750 Laurel Avenue
Bloomington, CA 92316
Pacific Crest
Arcadia HS
180 Campus Dr
Arcadia, CA 91007
Troopers
Hoover High School
651 Glenwood Rd.
Glendale, CA
The following are unknown (can’t locate) as of 7/12/07.
If you have any of these, please fill them in.
Phantom Regiment
? Trabuco Hills High School
27501 Mustang Run Mission Viejo, CA 92691
Mission Viejo
Bluecoats
Boston Crusaders
Colts
Glassmen
Spirit from JSU
Blue Stars
Madison Scouts
Cascades
Southwind
The Academy
Mandarins
Pioneer
Anyone have any timelines for these housing sites? I'd loooooove to check out Cavies @ La Mirada or Cadets @ Norco.
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And does the crowd get their money back?
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and only about 2 hours away... you can go to TJ and get a nice cheap hooker. oh... and chicklets.
Ahhh, mr. abda 53 strikes again.
Anyhow, if anyone cares to visit the best* sushi place in So Cal, I will personally take you there.
*Biased opinion, of course.
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I think you're analyzing our analysis to much. It's just a post! (JK) :P
I think you guys just like using words with "A_N_A_L" in them.
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First of all, I have absolutely NO sympathy for you at all !!!
You have had a month of Division 1 corps contests!!!!
Move to Canada and see what you get !!
How about universal health care? I'd trade drum corps shows for that :)
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Prepare for the traffic muahahaha ^0^ ^0^ ^0^
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Its like a pincer attack of the east...
There are only 7 Div II corps listed on DCI's website. Has this number ever been this low?
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They were classic Vans
Porque? Spamster no likey El Rojo Chuck anymore?
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Umm... Isn't that the same as last year or did I just forget what their uniforms looked like?
Yep, same as last season. I championed the all black uni at first, but looking back at some of their older shows, I think the white bottoms work better for them.
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I believe that BD put the stripes on their unis last year because it signified the whole puppet on a string thing. If they wanted to go for pinstripes, it would have made sense to just keep the pants/unis from 04-05.
I don't know why they kept them on this year.
~>conner
Good point, Conner. I thought the same thing too about the pinstripes, but then I thought they might be going for a more macro effect with the single, thicker stripe (since skinny, multi stripes are not readable from afar).
I remember reading somewhere before they unveiled that uniform design that they had been working on the concept for a few years. Never saw any comments on Blueview or in forums explaining it. Maybe they just thought it looked cool? Who knows, but it's grown on me.
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Haha. Good call. Don't forget Barbara Maroney(sp?), the '83 and '84 Cadets mello soloist. She's without a doubt the hottest one-armed girl I've ever seen. (No sarcasm involved. I idolize her.)
Ooh, Barbara Maroney! She was definitely a cutie. Anyhow, I hope the aforementioned women ended up with Horn players for husbands. Horn guys pay the bills, Drummers drum 'til they're broke.
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I don't think you all could be anymore off topic...
~>conner
You're right, this topic has officially jumped-the-shark. But hey, at least it keeps us off the street and away from gang violence.
Seriously, back to the topic at hand. Uniforms....
Did Blue Devils ever explain why they put those white stripes on their uniform? At first I thought it was an idiomatic effect having to do with Godfather (pinstripes), but now I see it as more of a "stutter" effect created by the assymetry. This is similar to Broken Arrow's uniform design in which the white part of their uniform creates uneveness in their motion (from far away).
Thoughts?
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I'm thinking that Furher Bradley is the real Drum Major
Nah, hottie drum major chick wins out as DM. You want an old man's junk in your face all summer?
And what about Major Armstrong? I'm not sure I see his personality as a Contra.
The Contras I knew were a gritty bunch of guys. Besides, this guys name is Louis Armstrong! He's gotta play a horn.
The old lady in the background looks like she can bake a mean cookie!
Blue Knights to use Jupiter Brass
in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
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Interesting. Was this Nick Scotella who designed their '08 show?