Guard-ian

That's "Tim Ochran" on Visual Ensemble. Info is on the DCI website, but I think it is restricted to judges only and contest personnel.

Agreed! And I am sure that BS are not yet finished with their visual contribution this year. Time will tell, but I have faith.

The guard sheet is ensemble based. Content and Achievement..both 10 pts. Achievement is directly related to the Content. Content from corps to corps does not always contain the same depth of writing. "Timing" "drops" and "cleanliness" are relative to what is being asked of the performer.

It is for the Atlanta Regional The way I found out is that I have a good friend that is a judge.

Brass Perf: Steve Calhoun Color Guard: Lee Carlson Ensemble Music: Paul Hinman Ensemble Visual: Nola Jones Music Effect: David Carbone David Starnes Perc. Perf: Allan Kristensen Visual Effect: John Howell Rich Kemp Visual Perf: Bob Thomas

With the exception of California, the rest of the country has only had 5-person judging panels. Once this changes (soon I hope,) all the captions will be judged and this may level things out a bit.

What he said! For example, Blue Stars Houdini show. What does a key have to do with it? I for one did not know that it is theorized that the kiss his wife gave him prior to each illusion also was a means of slipping him a key to open the lock. I heard their staff explaining it to one of the judging panels and one judge saying he'd never heard of that story. A crucial point in their show that might not have been appreciated had they not explained their reasoning.

I hear BAC picked up Bruno Zuccala to work with the corps.

Judging tonight: Ensemble Music - Andy Cook Music Effect - Paul Hinman Percussion Perf - Rich Zamperini (sp?) Visual Eff/Ens - The Czapinski twins

The sponsors pay the same price whether it is a 5 judge or 8 judge panel. DCI saves the $$, not the sponsors.

I find it interesting that some of the early shows in California have a full panel of judges. Stanford for one on the 26th of June. It was my understanding that there would not be a full panel of judges until after the 4th of July for any of the early DCI shows. Any clues as to why?

I seriously doubt there are enough qualified GE visual effect judges who can also judge music.

84 Cadets.........Changed the face of drum corps. Pure genius!

After reading all ten pages of posts, it appears to me that DCI will only respond when it affects their wallets. I call it the "Chicago Sports Syndrome." The Bears and the Cubs suck almost every year, yet every game is a sell-out. Why would the owners change the way they do business if they are going to get the fans at every game anyway?

I seriously doubt that would ever happen.

I agree. The current college freshman was born in 1991. When the Star staff was in its heyday. I'm willing to bet that many of them never even heard of Star.

It's just not their style to advertise everything they do.

Boo, full disclosure.....you used to work for Bill Cook

I'm sure they'll welcome him with open arms.................not!

Bravo, Sgt.!

There were 12 Apostles?

Implicit worth vs. shallow appeal

I'm sure if you contact DCI, they will be more than happy to sell you a copy of their rulebook that contains all the score sheets and philosophy of judging. As well as their competitive rules.

What's the point of all this?

I think they'll have to address their visual deficiencies before that happens. PR got a "bye" in 2008 and I think people (judges) saw that when the dvd's came out. They weren't going to make that mistake again. Sure, it's possible, but until their visual book meets their musical book, I think it's highly improbable