justanopinion

Fact check: You made a statement. I asked what you meant. You won't answer the question (which to me implies you are just making stuff up) I'll stop feeding the troll. I'm done. <**>

how would I know whether you were intending sarcasm or a lie?

Is this sarcasm or a lie?

It says nothing about which side of the brain they were using. If you stop using the right hand, then you have to use what's left. Which arm is left? The Left! Which side of the brain controls the left? The Right! Which side of the brain do you use to figure that out? The Left! Sounds like every possible angle to me, as they promised! :P

Maybe it's a way of getting in the song: "It's Still Rock and ROLL to me!" :P

Didn't someone else write for Troopers?

You said you didn't think they marched very well. (I happen to think that they ACHIEVE more than their competitors, but that's another discussion.) Ok, so BD marched better. Well, they won excellence. The judge agreed with you (although there is more to excellence than the lack of marching tics). Then the judge thought Cavaliers composition was better. He had them up in composition. Seems like he's not that far off from your opinions. Maybe you would have had a bigger spread. But he did have BD up in excellence.

nice photo!

You know, I don't agree that they are the same. But I went back and watched to be sure. The only similarity I can find are the use of vocals. FC: Starts by banging on the horns and goes into vocals 1, 1-and, 1-and 2, then dies away as percussion takes over. P: Pressure starts with percussion and different sections shout from different parts of the field, but the vocals get louder and take over. FC: horns run in snakey kind of forms around the color guard who starts dancing P: starts in straight line and folds out from center with little groups of brass, percussion broken up, and guard in giant block with rifle FC: big ending is with percussion on one side and brass and guard together on other side doing quite a long movement phrase that begins with guard member being tossed P: big ending is brass around percussion while rifles do a massive exchange while horns slide to ground pointing to percussion I really don't see any similarities other than the use of vocals. And when it comes to THAT, Cavaliers are certainly not the biggest offenders! The drill is not the same, the music is not the same, the phrasing of the music is not the same, the guard is on different equipment, there is no big movement feature for the horns, and no guard member is thrown.

See the thread on brass caption heads for a breakdown of the Cavalier brass philosophy. As far as the judging criteria, I'm sure someone can post the critieria on the various music sheets.

While I disagree with your 'stumbling' assessment, even in a relative sense, you have to look at the recap. You thought BD (and PR which I can't see) were cleaner. Cavaliers did indeed win Visual Ensemble, but if you look closer, they won on the basis of the composition subcaption. In the excellence subcaption, they were down to the Blue Devils. Just pointing out that maybe the judges aren't nearly as blind as you might imply....

LOLOLOL right.

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Wow. I haven't heard that expression since grade school! Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

You know, I don't agree that they are the same. But I went back and watched to be sure. The only similarity I can find are the use of vocals. FC: Starts by banging on the horns and goes into vocals 1, 1-and, 1-and 2, then dies away as percussion takes over. P: Pressure starts with percussion and different sections shout from different parts of the field, but the vocals get louder and take over. FC: horns run in snakey kind of forms around the color guard who starts dancing P: starts in straight line and folds out from center with little groups of brass, percussion broken up, and guard in giant block with rifle FC: big ending is with percussion on one side and brass and guard together on other side doing quite a long movement phrase that begins with guard member being tossed P: big ending is brass around percussion while rifles do a massive exchange while horns slide to ground pointing to percussion I really don't see any similarities other than the use of vocals. And when it comes to THAT, Cavaliers are certainly not the biggest offenders! :) The drill is not the same, the music is not the same, the phrasing of the music is not the same, the guard is on different equipment, there is no big movement feature for the horns, and no guard member is thrown. PS This is based upon Pressure from a couple of weeks ago...not sure if there have been any changes.

Not one ounce of class or tact. <**> <**> <**>

LOL...and I'm sure that you could replace 'SCV' in that sentence with any other corps too and make everyone happy! cheers.

Sure enough. I'll bet all of the corps are doing their last minute adjustments. Probably hard to clean AND change with so many shows to do!

Yes, this is just tongue in cheek! No corps are peaking right now people! Different Shows, Different Nights. They're all improving, I can almost guarantee it!

No, of course they haven't. I think that the scores of the drum corps, much like the stock market, need correction every once in a while when they jump too high too fast. It's almost like the judges say "whoa....we still have two or three weeks left!" I have never really seen a corps peak before the last couple of weeks. Everyone gets better (well, the majority of the time). It's just who gets 'better-est!' best wishes to all of the corps. maybe we should just have a 7 way tie and call it a great year!

exactly. Plus a quick search of the last few nights: cadets 92.2 on July 24 to 91.05 on July 25th. SCV 88.55 to 87.6 same show It happens. It does not mean people are peaking early. It just gives those that WISH it was happening a moment of hope. cheers.

Got it....sorry if I misunderstood.

Yes.

And I disagree with almost every one of your opinions just stated. Cavaliers visual design has consistently scored higher than Bluecoats (Rep,Comp), music rep has gone back and forth, The Cavaliers' guard is a much better guard than BC with a much more challenging show, I like Cavaliers' music better than BC, and being only a few tenths out of a world championship is not shooting themselves in the foot. These, of course, are my opinions.