chaos001

All that matters is if they (new ideas) are done well are not.

Because being sexist or possibly transphobic is cute?

These are two different issues. Yes, the music needs to be better. Yes, the visual needs to be better. Outside of '12, the visual has kind of been middle of the road as well. In hindsight, JT's products on his second run weren't all that exciting. And if using props, do better than '13 for goodness sakes. I'll propose a third issue...overall design. Integration across disciplines hasn't been fluid or contained Box 6 elements. You really have to be Box 6 these days (to steal a term from WGI). I haven't looked at the newest set of sheets, but I know after the redesign a couple years ago, the top of Box 5 was worded close to what Box 6 is in WGI...something about "game changing" or "pushes the activity to new heights." They haven't done that. Maybe they don't want to.

'12 was a mix.

Score-wise it doesn't seem that way, but it's not being put in full context like that. Placement-wise they went from 9th to 13th to 8th. That's a big swing. Semis is an outlier.

tried to scroll through the last few months of stuff and couldn't find the post i was looking for...yet. anyways...word was that BAC's guard took a huge drop from prelims to semis. judge admitted to staff that there was an error, but did not correct it on the final sheets because they were turned in and whatever. BAC's guard & staff got ###### and used the flags on finals.

I think this is why his voicing at Regiment seems incomplete. There's something missing. The layers and power just aren't there.

Well, considering you didn't mention 2013 until the second paragraph and didn't say anything about '14, it was rather unclear.

According to multiple social media posts after the fact, they weren't going to use the dci flags until the guard judge from semis admitted to getting the scores wrong and not correcting them.

BAC performed in the TOC Nashville show.

let's just say they went in that direction, but don't actually do it. i don't think it'd be very classy.

let's say we did...

absolutely one of my favorite shows from them. best since '10.

fixed it.

someone slap Bocook for arranging something like that. it's just too ####### good.

i'm sure a judge would personally appreciate it. he/she could only award it only so much because of the way that the corps write the sheets now.

double post

maybe instead of the storyline they can just do vignettes from Paris? they need to unleash some raw power. bring back that phantom sound. i'm hesitant with this one for now. need to hear it.

I try. Now to be hateful for real... glad this isn't looking like another ###### story. +1 for that. i know it's been 20 years since Claire de Lune and 10 since An American in Paris, but is there a need for both throwbacks? Could've used plenty more from Debussy. i see Hill is rehashing his Glassmen stuff. i think whether i like this show or not will hinge on the arrangements. if they're too similar (wind band-ish) to the last two years stuff, it's not going to work for me.

Hateful! :P

Well, it would do good to make up for the lack of ticket sales for the Titans this year...yikes.

where exactly would they do warmups? cost v. college stadiums?

Amen. However, the food choices are better in nashvegas.

I said "from the photos I saw." Doesn't rule out their being there, just didn't see any, which I found odd.

Based on the photos from audition camp, there were ZERO vets that I saw; however, they don't always go to the first camp.