rmurrey74
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I'm sorry, I'm not buying it... there is no way they are saying Jennifer. There's a distinctive "shh" sound in the middle of the word.
I'm not buying it either...it's definitely Pressure. The movement is even named "Pressure"
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i have heard the guard costumes will be fantastic,starting out wearing an 'inmate orange" colored prison jumpsuits then switching into a combination of dark red,black and orange outfits that are very cat burgleresque and adorned with lot's of silver hardware.
i have also learned that guard director jamie oakley has abruptly left the program leaving collaborator trish gooley in charge.
uniforms sound cool. Hope the dark combo is bright enough.
hmmm....
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Another Stanbury hack job.
Everyone looks like everyone...
What do you mean by hack job? Because of the uniform construction? The concept wasn't by Stanbury if you read the homepage.
Who do they look like because there's many unique points to this uniform that no one else has. The small cuffs, the collar, the stripes down the front of the pants, the helmet, the helmet paint, the "badge", and the reflective striping. Does anyone else wear glossy shoes? That may be unique too.
Do you mean they look like "everyone" else because they're blue/black? Because they have pants and sleeves?
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I believe this is a sketch and not an actual picture so the crotch area, and the fact that his legs look way too short with the crotch really low is not real. Wait until you see a picture of actual people in the uniform.
It's an actual photo. The photographers name is on the right side of the page.
edit: it's an actual photo of a person in the uniform, but with some lighting effects added.
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Another Stanbury hack job.
Everyone looks like everyone...
Stanbury didn't design it.
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I like most of it and I think it's definitely an upgrade, but what's up with that flap? I just looks out of place.
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2001 Bluecoats
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What about soloists, individual dance / spinning features, individual costuming on many drum corps color guards throughout the years? That's not drum corps?
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Umm....wow.
So, every drum corps in the past that that has had some focus on individualism is okay...it's just Cadets 2007 that contradicts the very virtue of drum corps?
There is individualism in drum corps.
All of these arguments are getting so old.
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Am I really the only one that thinks, with some tweaking, this could actually turn out to be really cool?
If I want to listen to Malaguena for the 80,000th time, then I'll go watch Madison. But what's wrong with trying something different? If it doesn't work well, then they lose serious points in GE. But if they can find a way to work the narration in seamlessley(especially if the visual program is better than last year...) then I don't see why this can't be a phenomenal show.
I guess I just fail to understand why it's funny when Velvet Knights did these weird, quirky shows and it was fine, but as soon as the beloved "Holy Name" does something like this, it's blasphemy.
I agree. I love the direction they're going with this. I can't wait to see it live.
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There was a very good explanation by the SCV DM on page 4. The battery sets the tempo ... the DM conducts either to what they hear .. or what they see (center snare feet). Everything else is adjustment based on staging and field position.
Example. The battery is holding the pulse ... the drum major is conducting to what they hear. The battery is centered on the 50 at mid field. Everyone in front of mid field and between the 40's or 35's are listening back. Outside the 35's or behind the drumline ... you anticipate the beat or play ahead of the DM's hands. The importance of all methods to is to realize when to play with, ahead or behind and be conscious of your responsibilities. Any good staff will point out where the errors are on the field ... and correct accordingly.
This can all be done with or without the Dr. beat. It all depends on what method the staff subscribes to ... what they're comfortable with. Either the DM listens and conducts .. or ingores what they hear and conducts to the pulse center's feet. Everyone else on the field has the job of knowing their responsibility... whether to listen, watch or anticipate.
Thanks! I understand all of that. That's how I've always done it or taught it. Maybe I wasn't clear. I just can't understand how everyone at Star played with the drum majors hands no matter the position on the field and everything lined up.
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The pit always listens back, that's different. I was talking about the hornline more or less. Sorry if I wasn't specific.
So, the pit listens back then why wouldn't the horns near the front of the field listen back?
If you line up 6 people on the field front to back and everyone throws those baseballs towards the audience, all 6 baseballs need to reach the audience at the same time. This means the people closer to the front have to throw (play) later than the people behind them.
Obviously this is not always the drumline. It's the pulse pocket which changes from set to set depending on horizontal or vertical alignment to the pulse center.
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Cadets and many other corps have a doctor beat that roves the field behind the pulse center during ensemble rehearsals. Some general rules of thumb.....
If the drill is on the same axis as the front sideline ... anyone outside the 35 must watch, outside the 30 must play ahead of hands, everyone inside the 35's must listen back to the pulse center. By the way, the pulse center isn't always the drumline. It's up to the staff to identify who the pulse center is on every chart of the show. It's when the axis of balance is on a different plain ... that's where it gets tricky. Same deal though .. the pulse center of the form must be identified. I'm sure most drum major's can attest that these occassions are rare and they key off the center snare most of the time. But, if you have an unconventional drill writer when it comes to staging, the rules above definitely apply.
If the Dr. Beat is used properly during ensemble rehearsals .... it will be used for 2 or 3 runs of a particular segment from top to bottom. The staff will make adjustments and corrections. Then the Dr. Beat will be used to start you off .. then shut off on the first attack. After a few runs like that .... it won't be used for that section. Once it's clean ... you move on to something new and the cycle repeats. Then you chunk. and so on and so on and so on.
Winter rehearsal's .. there's no point in NOT using it. Beat the tempo into their skulls until they bleed. Make them wake up 2 weeks after camp with the PING PING PING in their brain screaming for their mommies. ^0^ ^0^ ^0^
That's how my corps currently does it. I can't understand how having everyone play with the hands actually works. Put a drummer 3 feet from the drum major and have him play with his/her hands. Then put him behind the back hash and do the same thing. It's a very noticeable difference.
And everyone at Star did that and everything lined up? Really? That's certainly impressive if they were able to break the speed of sound rules. Did Star's pit play with the hands?
I'm not trying to be critical, I just haven't seen any explanation of how that could work.
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Wow, that's crazy.
They need to count as members. A 20 horse dance feature would be amazing!
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hasnt this been out for a week already?
No, the show description came out yesterday.
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Wow, this sounds cool. Can't wait to see it! I wonder if the new uniforms will be in the color scheme to this show write-up / new logo.
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I was just posting what MSN had on thier website.
Looking at it closer,,yes I agree I do think that is the TT/
Here's another picture of the wreck. I'm not sure how the tractor trailer would burn from this.
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Wow...that's bad. It looks....maybe immature? I'm not sure of the right word for it.
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There's an article on dci.org explaining the new image. It was up last night.
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Why would they use duct tape? I've never heard of a drum corps (or marching band) using tape to line a field.
It wasn't for lining the field. It was for marking dots. A lot of corps do it.
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Does anyone else besides me have a hard time believing these people who are mentioning tempos over 220+?
I still don't think people have any idea how fast that is.
Come out to WGI this weekend....you'll see a bunch of examples.
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At least one indoor percussion line this year I've seen in IW is moving 240 for about two minutes and 220 for another 2 minutes before that. It's incredibly clean.
Once you're used to it, it's not that big of a deal.
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Don't join a corps where members have to line the field/set up scaffolding, etc. If you do, don't get on linng crew/scaffolding crew. These are responsibilities of the staff. As a member and a staff member, I believe this. I can't believe some corps have kids wake up early to do this stuff. There is one place members belong 1 hour before wake-up. In their sleeping bags.
WHAT! I loved scaffolding crew when I marched! We were quick, made it a good time. Got to know the guys in my section much closer than others. I would have been ###### if we weren't allowed to do it.
I've heard of no other staff doing this. Maybe 1-2 line a field, but that's all.
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I saw it. It was great. I would see it again. I'm not sure what the big deal is.
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I was at the show tonight. The pre-show was actually pretty cool, although it took a loooong time. I liked the uniforms better than I thought I would.
The brass performance was one of the worst performances I've heard in drum corps. It was embarrassing and I feel bad for the members. I hope they can get it together. Visual Performance was not very strong as well.