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Awesome ^_^

It says that the music of Imogen Heap is being considered. I would love to hear 'Hide and Seek.' I saw The Woodlands High School band perform it this year. When I saw that I thought to myself, " That would be an amazing drum corps ballad." I was thinking that it would be good for Crown, but Cadets would do it justice. I hope it comes through.

I'm excited to see how things turn out, and if I keep up my responcibilities, I can't wait to be part of it. Of course, I would like to see the technique stay close to what it has been for the past few years. I'm not the biggest fan of the technique the Cavaliers use. And 2004 definatly lived up to the hype, IMO.

The Tastee Bros. are the funniest thing in music. I love the advice they give on their website on how to play high. "Play on the flattest rim you can find to allow for the use of the maximal amount of pressure possible," "Play as loud as humanly possible always," "Don't talk to legit players," and my favorite..."Get to the point where you don't have to practice. This leaves a lot more time for eating or wasting time."

We had charts only. We kind of had to guess where we were supposed to go, didn't help. I think it's best to have both though.

My freeday in New York City is were I learned how great I am at haggling. I got a $15 t-shirt for a $1.50. The rest of the day was spent carrying around a colorguard girl who kept passing out from heat exaustion.

As in Tomball, TX. I'm from Magnolia. sorry. OT

5.) 2006 SCV ballad (echoing trumpets) 4.) 2006 PR Ave Maria 3.) 2004 Scouts ending (starting with the two trumpet soloists) 2.) 2003 PR entire show 1.) 2004 SCV push after the vanguard yell

OK, I'll play....This is what I would like to see, but not a clue about who could possibly happen. 1. SCV (I always want them to win, but now there's a new born biased opinion ) 2. BD (Just because it's time to be back up there) 3. Cavies (or PR) 4. Phantom (or Cavies, just don't know) 5. Bluecoats 6. Cadets 7. Crown (or maybe switched with Cadets for 6th) 8. Scouts 9. Boston 10. Crossmen 11. Spirit 12. BK Div. II champs Oregon Crusaders (I always love their shows) Div. III champs Revolution

haha. The reason why I have to wait to buy the DVDs is because of a parking ticket I got on friday. My parking permit was hanging the wrong way from my rear view mirror, so I got a citation, then three hours later, I got another citation for the same reason, from the same guy (before I even noticed the first one, I don't go to my truck but once or twice a week) so now I have to wait for some money to come my way before I buy the DVDs. It's taunting me.

Thanks alot for clearing that up for me. I see that you have changed your signature, OborBrad. I hope that SCVC is awesome for you and you have a blast. Good to know that you have a place to march, and with great corps none-the-less.

For anyone who was there at the SCV audition, do you remember what the point system on the evaluation sheet looked like? I know it went something like this: Ready for vanguard (certain amount of points needed) Needs to show improvement,invited back to December camp (certain amount of points need) Ready for cadet corps ( " ") How many points did we need for "Ready for Vanguard?" I can't seem to recall. Thank you much.

I was at the audition, also. I know that I could have done better. I'm still waiting for the results and I'm checking my e-mail every other minute. Hopefully I'll see you in December.

You need to write a full chapter on the Virginia Tech showers. Greatest showers ever. And followed by a free day in NYC none-the-less. You know what I'm talking about.

Yeah, today was the first audition for SCV in Cedar Park, TX. I got so pumped up when I saw the trailer there at the site. I can't wait for the camp in two weeks.

I remeber rehearsing in a small town called Kermit. It's not too far from Lubbock. The weather wasn't as bad as we expected for west Texas, but there were swarms of evil bees everywhere. Not fun. As for the San Antonio show, I really hope it's a full line-up. If I march this summer, that's the closest thing to a home show for me. If I don't march, then that's my only chance to see what all of the corps have.

BD and SCV aren't using any Arbans characteristic studies, they both have a few exercises and the auditionee can play a piece of his or her choosing. I know that the Cavaliers are using a characteristic study along with a couple of orchestral excerpts.

For the first 3 years of high school, I had a director who didn't mind drum corps. She would play the championships dvds in the band hall and even took a bus full of kids to the DCI san antonio event in 2003. She marched BK and Sky Riders. Unfortunatly, at that time, nobody in the band had any interest in the activity. I was the first to go for it and march between my junior and senior year. During that summer, the school recieved a new director, and he really didn't care for any kind of marching.

Musically, I'm ready. I've been preparing for a long time and I have my music and exercises down. BUT, I'm more worried about being mentally prepared. That's usually my weakness. Last year I had my music down to near perfection, but when I stepped into the audition room, my mind went out the door. I was nervous and overwhelmed with worries that I might mess up the music that I worked so hard to perfect. I kept thinking about auditioning for my dream corps and the pressure. My mind got to me and it went down hill. I've heard alot of people say that the same problem got them cut. These past few months, I've been putting myself in nerve racking situations and playing my audition material so I can be a little more ready when the time comes. One thing I did, was I bit the bullet and played all of my stuff for the trumpet master class at school. So not only did I get the experience of playing in an uncomfortable setting, I was critiqed by several great players and three outstanding professional players. If you get the chance, put yourself in a mock audition with a band director or lesson teacher, or even play your music for a group of friends and family in a mini-recital. Perform your material instead of just practice it, even if it's just a few exercises. Let yourself feel a little bit of pressure so you know what it's like and you know how to better cope with it. This is just another way to be ready for auditions. It might help out alot when it comes time for the real thing. OK, I'll shut up now.

That made my day. b**bs

VK, cause you can't have a party without a giant, inflatable godzilla.

I don't know what to think of the yellow outfit that unlucky soul is wearing. It would be a funny uniform to see on the field though. I can't even begin to think of a caption for this.

Happy birthday, good sir!

Our corps was coming back from our first competition of the season in Midland, Texas (Thunder in the Desert) and and we had stopped at a truck stop for gas and a restroom break. We finished up and were ready to load up on the busses and head for, if I can recall, Oklahoma. Well, it turned out that the bus drivers had mistakenly filled our deisel busses with regular inleaded gas. That was appearently a problem. So we spent most of the night sleeping in the truckstop TV lounge. Those who weren't sleeping were watchin "Godzilla vs. Mothra." That was the funny part of the event, because now I know how brain fried, exausted and heat stroked you have to be to sit through that movie. Once our busses were up and running we figured that we wouldn't make the trip to Oklahoma or wherever at that time, but we need a place to stay and get some floor time. One of the soprano players (who happened to be a local) knew a guy who owned a square dance hall nearby. So we stayed there for a day and did visual blocks across the dance floor. Yep, staying the night in a gas station and having rehearsal in dance hall. I love the desert.

2004 SCV... With the two guard members running toward eachother from the sides of the line and the hornline doing the wave as they pass by. I don't know about precision, but I thought it was really cool.