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I believe you are referring to Jeff Wright as the horn player. He not only had two daughters in Spirit but met his wife of 25 years in Spirit. He also had a son in Spirit. Both daughters married drum corps folks. One with Spirit and yes I am the odd ball having marched Glassmen. With any luck our sister n law will be marching in DCI soon. She has many years of eligiblilty left! Anybody have a clip of this performance?

Regardless of the scores.... both corps need to get back to rehersal and these shows need to be 100% come September. Its time southern potential and expectations met accountability. I know both corps can do it!

We will be there. Greyson says he would like to play his big tuba.

Love it! PM and let me know what Glad tunes you are doing.

Awesome news guys!!! Congrats as well, Victor.

Semper Gumby is the motto. I was unaware of the situation leading up to retreat. I was only speaking as a "Alumni Fan In The Stands", in response to what I saw/heard in front of me before retreat. .I am sure you will accept my apologies and pass them on to the boys in the battery. I am not sure what "bulletin board clippings" are. I was simply giving my opinion, both likes and dislikes, on every unit at the show. Maybe my expectations are a little higher than some would like, but as I said in my original post: That was the best show put on in Rockmart so far. Best of luck to all of the performers at Finals.

The whole family was our to check out the Rockmart show. My wife and I were struggling with a sick two year old, but enjoyed the weather a lot. Just some thoughts for anyone who cares: Sun Devils: Welcome to DCA!!! Keep building on the strong foundation you have laid! Entertaining show. Side Note: Please add a button on the uniform, about mid way down. When your member are standing with proper posture.. the jacket looks like a wing. Button it down and you will improve the look of the corps right away. Sound: Great to see you guys are still going strong. You are the essence of passion for this activity! MCL: It is getting better every year! Battery... is spot on! Very clean playing. Very dirty drill. If you cant get your starts and stops down..... it does not matter what you sound like. Your visual mistakes take away from your musical perfection. Hornline ..... sounded pretty well. Get control of your emotions and it will help with some over playing at times. Guard... I had a hard time with the character development. You costuming was great, but the use of them left me wanting a better story. Note: Please change the GA/TN waltz tune. If you want to play GA... play GA. If you want to play the TN waltz.... Play the TN waltz. In my opinion... The Pride of The Southland Band at Tennessee play a much more respectful version of the TN Waltz in 3/4. Youtube and learn it. Alliance: (I had to watch this show from the front sideline, with sick son.) Wow! You have come along way! Keep at it. Very well put together show from the design stand point. Guard... has made very nice progress. Hornline.... nothing that really made me remember anything. Drumline...... There is no doubt that you can play many many notes. Get a hold of your emotions and you could take top drums at DCA. LOTS of small passages, following intricate and clean parts, that you took for granted. The great ones dont over look the small stuff. Every note is important. Because I was so close I will comment on feet and technique only. I watched the hornlines visual warm up out in the parking lot, and it looked exactly like that on the field. Over all you move well. A 1/4 of line is holding the rest back. Seek someone out and address your areas of opportunities. Spend more time on moving well together, rather than running awful individually. CV: Looks good. Clark, Stacy, and Hunter are on fire!. Gaurd..... you divas earned your crown tonight! Congrats. Hornline.... sounds very good! Suggestion: If the inner baritone voice would play out, this hornline would sound completely balanced. Contras are spot on as usual. Drumline..... Basses are smoking tonight. Loved it. Tenors are executing the part well. Both look young but that didint keep them from holding their own. Snares...... first half of show was great. The rest of the show you should work on. It almost looked and sounded like you threw in the towel after your last feature. Timing, attacks, everything was out of sorts. When things start falling apart, playing louder does not help. The feature was clean and confident. I think the biggest distraction for me watching this show is a few design issues. The ballad sounded well executed, but I didnt feel where it was supposed to go. The visual design was ok, but as in the past few years looked a bit pedestrian. Tweak a few things and this show could be great! Side note..... CV Snares: As a vet of this corps, I am sadly disappointed. How could you accept the honor of playing everyone on, when you couldnt play the street beat? Very embarrassing and disrespectful of your uniform. ::rant off:: About the topic: In my opinion, Alliance should have won this show by at least .5 of a point. Home field advantage has its advantages, so happy Christmas in August CV. Keep working on your shows guys!!! This was, by far, THE BEST DCA ROCKS THE SOUTH SHOW EVER!!!!

The only thing that would make it better would be some historical footage of Crunchy Frog. On a serious note..... Couldnt local TV stations use these spots as the required non-profit filler that they are required to have? If so... every DCA local show should see if they could run it.

I found no difficulty marching on the right foot with the Glassmen. We did it, because right foot lead was based in dance. To my knowledge, Cadets dont dance so that theory goes out the window........ hmmmmm.

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I remember the first rehersal in 1994 for Gigalo. Not a fun experience! The loved it when we trooped it off though.

Xmen!

95 Glassmen......

Pee on your feet in the shower. Wash your mouth piece out everyday. Dont make out with someone who is sick. Bring a blanket on the bus. You're a Flintsonte Kid.....take vitamins. Stay hydrated. Dont drink the Purple Monkey in the Wiscosin Dells.