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Cool... I'll go grab 12 high school kids and teach them a drill move or 2 in 15 minutes, Then I'll teach them a "monkey dance", with proper technique, while connecting at the same level as Blue Devils. That will take me a season. I have a much better shoot with the drill. And for what it's worth I do design and instruct. I can, unlike yourself, tell you that drill is easier to teach and clean then dance. Your ignorance does not equal knowledge, it simply means you're ignorant.

Prove your "feeling of them being rewarded because of being different" and if it was "automatic" why did Crown beat them in effect visual on several occasions? Also I will point out my beef I have with this style of visual... Long musical transitions that seem pointless (in order to make seamless visual transitions) . $20, at the end of the day, the visual ended up hurting them in music effect. So, the visual might of cost them the win.

But it's not the Blue Devils so we can't ##### about it.

See... A better way of stating something I say to people almost daily, including you at some point in the past . I'm just going to deflect my Facebook traffic to you as you speak for me better then I speak for myself. Want to write my English papers for me? It's been 17 years for me and college is going to be a challenge for this old man.

35.... First show 1992 Regiment on PBS. My mother saw it and yelled at me that "Some marching band is on tv and they sound good". She now regrets ever telling me that. :)

Connect to the box. I can sit up top and they emote that high up. You know that swagger they have? That's just a part of it. Just like reaching the box musically, you need to reach the box visually. As far as judges with training, considering their backgrounds, about every one will have experience with it. Most are designers too or have extensive guard backgrounds and if you are designing or instructing, you know good from bad. It's really not that hard to tell if the members are committed to what they are doing.

It's like you took this from 2003 and replaced Cavalier with Blue Devils. Seriously... I remember there was somebody that sat with a stop watched and counted the non movement in shows, down to the second.

Most corps can't do a pile uniformly across the ensemble much less have a developed dance vocabulary. No corps, even Crown (Who's design I liked better FWIW) can connect as performers "visually" like Blue Devils members do. Yes, it is hard and it adds to the difficulty. People are clinging to drill because it is easy to understand, we all have done it. We know 220 bpm and 8 count moves at a 6-5 is hard but have no clue about a passé turn or a jeté. Not many of us have any experience with theatrical staging or dance or teaching members how to connect from a visual standpoint. If it was easier, high schools will be doing it but they aren't... because it's really freaking hard but in a different way.

Most surprising positive, I liked every single show in the top 4. Only a couple "hot dog" shows this season. On the other side, the fan base and DCP. You guys suck. Seriously.

Nope. He must be new to the drumcorps world.

History proves otherwise.

Double post errors still exist on DCP.

Crown goes the season undefeated and by the end of July, embody hates them.

Ignore that, my eyes are still seeing the Pyware grid from all these long nights. :) But I stand by the rest that I said.

Oh... I also think tonight is the night where Crown has a panel the might win the night with.

Incorrect, .3 to tie. Question is are Crown good enough to be .6 within Devils percussionand if not, where can they get it? I think finals night GE Vis panel is in BD's favor (give them an extra .2 vs last night). Blue Devils will have to get 3rd in GE Music and have one of the visual to improve in order for Crown to win. I don't see that with finals night visual judges. I think they can make up the gap in Vis Analysis though... Crown was 4th tonight. Percussion judge will not call it, it will be the GE Music judges. If Devils get 2nd, they win.

Because the second you post something, a few dozen people wish to get you fired or boycott a product. Etc... Happened to a friend of mine on this forum many years ago. When you make it George Hopkins, I'm sure many jumped at the bit to attack him.

I know for a fact that The Cadets changed housing locations for the 2007 Russellville, AL contest because of the lack of practice fields (not enough). They ended up staying at a school I wrote for and consult with. The school they stayed for 2 days at was built in the 1960's (which is older then the one they would of went to) but had 3 practice fields with one being a stadium with a pressbox. It's the rehearsal space, not the quality of the facility. While the choice of words IS an issue (because it reflects poorly on the activity), I can see his frustration if this is a frequent issue when he comes this way.

Living in the south and working with mainly directors that never marched and still believe corps trash schools, I've had to take a bunch of crap about what he said. Yes, there are some high school directors in the south that took offense. At the same time, these people wont let their kids march and don't take groups to contest. Parts of the area are still not drum corps friendly,

Agreed but.... Everybody outside of the G7 are playing Hop a sad song on a very tiny violin.

Also in Alabama (Huntsville Metro) and I understood without issue BUT... he seriously needs to work on his PR skills. He could of simply left out the whole "The South" rant and cut to the chase and just made it about rehearsal space and travel Another thing... Huntsville City has NO STADIUMS (good thing it is non top 8 ) at the local schools. They have a couple municipal stadiums they share. I seriously doubt that any corps are staying in the city for the Huntsville (Normal) event.

I like the shows you meh'd and dislike. My opinion is better then yours and judges scores should reflect my opinion.

Ditched when Sully came in and they ditched their Alexander Technique based visual style. That prep step was like thier "and" beat in look so it did serve a purpouse.

Just for you Jason.

Who in the heck is this?