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The Cavaliers are in need of CDL drivers - both truck and bus - for the 2015 season. Please contact me directly if you are interested. Dave Flynn dflynn@cavaliers.org

The Cavaliers are in need of CDL drivers - both truck and bus - for the 2015 season. Please contact me directly if you are interested. Dave Flynn dflynn@cavaliers.org

We're still looking for bus drivers. If you are available and interested, please contact me directly. Dave Flynn dflynn@cavaliers.org 224-365-9715

The Cavaliers are looking for A Class truck drivers and B Class bus drivers for the 2014 summer tour. These are paid positions. Clean driving records required. Interested drivers can contact me at dflynn@cavaliers.org or 224-365-9715. Thanks, Dave Flynn

And BTW, Jeff is a former marching member, but still a Cavalier.

Pete has been designing for Green Thunder for several years. He's also a Cavalier, and always welcome home.

Those sounds are not sequenced. They are all sampled and triggered by members in the pit.

If given the opportunity to develop their program, the current brass staff under David Clemmer will produce an excellent brass ensemble. I'm also sure that they will recruit great players who will love their approach. Program choices are another issue.

HEY! That's our line!

They are playing every note. The guys tell me that the the orientation of the neighboring drums brings them closer to their head (does that make any sense?) and it's actually easier to hear than when they are all standing up. BTW, this upside-down thing is something the guys themselves came up with, and then sold to Mac. Dave

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Look here: http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/forums/index.php/forum/292-dcp-sponsorboard-2011-season/ Perhaps more importantly, contact everyone you know (or can think of) who has a job or a business. Compose a compelling story about what you are trying to do, and why, and be ready to sell yourself. Be specific in your request. Example: My corps will perform 30 times this summer. Will you commit to $10 per performance? Be creative. There are many ways to get this done. People with money are out there, and will help a kid who is trying to do something significant. But you have to ask. Nobody is going to voluntarily give you money. If you cop out and convince yourself that no one will help, that you aren't a salesman, that it can't be done...well, you're right. And you probably shouldn't be marching drum corps. But if you are willing to suck it up and proudly ask for support, you'll get it. Good luck. Dave

That corps SO should have won. Travesty.

We had 146 members on the field in 2009, 147 with the shofar dude. There were actually several different shofar dudes throughout the season. And yes, you could hear it clearly.

Boo, what in God's name is that?

HOLY COW!!! Someone who actually understands!!!!!!!!!!

Unfortunately, the mix is for the judges. And for the record, our mics, cables, speakers, amps and mixers are all excellent. We have three professional sound engineers on staff. In a controlled environment, the quality of the sound is also excellent. But every venue is different, and we don't get to do sound checks. Maybe that's an argument against using the equipment at all. But we and the other corps are getting this figured out, and improving quickly. Dave

I saw the movie Inception last week. I sat there in awestruck, and dumb, confusion for two hours. I read an article about the movie in the Chicago Tribune today talking about the generational divide between those (younger) viewers who get it, and those (older) viewers who don't. There was commentary about how the video-game-inspired, non-linear, artificial-world-immersion nature of the narrative was comfortable for gamers (meaning young people), but very uncomfortable for non-gamers (meaning old people like me, apparently.) Earlier this season one of our volunteers made a comment that the 12-30 year old audience really gets our show, but that older fans probably don't. At the time, I thought the comment was curious at best. The show is intended to be episodic and visceral, not linear and literal. If the crowd reactions and the number of tee shirts we're selling this summer are any indication, lots of people do indeed seem to get what we're doing. Dave

Where's the "Like" button?

Ding, ding, ding, ding. We have a winner.

"Several directors wanted to be completely in control of their own destiny and formed The Combine, which became DCI."

Nope. The Glassmen are for real. The only question is how far up they can go.

Folks, The season is a week longer than usual this year, and many corps had planned to come out later, for financial reasons as much as anything else. These three corps agreed to perform. Period. No other motivations involved. Come on out and cheer on these great performers.

Don't forget your towel.