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drchuck9

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  • Your Drum Corps Experience
    Southwind '99 '00
  • Your Favorite Corps
    Southwind, Phantom Regiment, Madison Scouts
  • Your Favorite All Time Corps Performance (Any)
    1995 Madison Scouts
  • Your Favorite Drum Corps Season
    1995
  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    Murfreesboro, TN

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  1. I haven't heard anyone mention it yet, but when I think of underrated shows, I think of: Crossmen 1990 Great music, excellent soloists, and an exciting drill that matched the music so well. They perfected the "art of the pass-through", as one form crossed through another just at the end of a musical phrase, generating a great effect.
  2. I've always thought of them as crowns. You know, crowns don't have tops and all...
  3. Ah. It appears DCI is giving suggestions on their web-site. Should have looked there first: PARKING: General Public Free Parking in 25th Ave. garage on the Vanderbilt Campus, one block from stadium. Access 25th Ave. Garage off 25th or 24th Avenues from Blakemore Avenue on the South or 25th Ave. off West End Ave. on the North. Free entrance into garage on the Highland St. entrance. Read more: http://www.dci.org/schedule/details.cfm?event=295#ixzz38Js1Dw4t
  4. Show starts at 7:30. Different venue this year due to renovations at Floyd Stadium in Murfreesboro. Vanderbilt Stadium 2601 Jess Neely Dr Nashville, TN 37240 Bluecoats - Canton, OH Blue Devils - Concord, CA Phantom Regiment - Rockford, IL Santa Clara Vanguard - Santa Clara, CA Carolina Crown - Ft. Mill, SC Boston Crusaders - Boston, MA The Cadets - Allentown, PA The Cavaliers - Rosemont, IL Music City - Nashville, TN My #1 question: There appears to be limited parking directly adjacent to the stadium, which I assume will be reserved for performing corps. Anyone have suggestions on alternate parking locations? Thanks!
  5. There may be more than one arrangements that are similar to Cadets' version, but heard this version from Barlow Girl on Way FM in Nashville. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFzMPUSPSXc
  6. I find it somehow ironic that the first advertisement that pops up when I visit the site is for Victoria's Secret.
  7. Okay, so we know that Crown is going to have a top-notch brass line and music book, and if all goes similar to the last few years, will place in the top 3 in Brass Performance, Music Ensemble, and Music GE. But what about their Visual Program? To be a champion, you gotta have a championship visual design, which the Blue Devils seem to have mastered the past few years. Now, I could go into detail as to my observations on some of the "tricks" BD has used since ~2008, but instead, I want to focus on what Crown will do / can do to make their visual book be as immersive as their music book: - How will the ideas of Energy, Mass, Speed, and Light be explored (the name of the show is E=mc^2, after all)? - Regarding light, how can the concept of light being both a particle and a wave be visualized on the field? - Though this relates more to quantum mechanics rather than relativity, how about visualizing the "Double-slit Experiment" on the field? Any other thoughts/suggestions?
  8. Though I don't take issue with the author's own opinions, I do take issue with the parent upset that the school "forced serious music students to attend band camp and march at football games," because this implies that marching band has no educational value. Instead, the marching music arts is just another performance venue similar to chamber choir, jazz band, concert band, etc. By requiring all music students to participate in multiple forms of music education, they become more well-rounded musicians. I graduated college with a degree in mechanical engineering, but at the conclusion of my college years, I was required to take the 2-part "Fundamentals of Engineering" exam. The first 4-hours tests your breadth of knowledge in multiple engineering fields, such as electrical, chemical, structural, industrial, as well as mechanical engineering. The second 4-hours tests your depth of knowledge in the engineering field of your choice. Though I have never in my 10 year career ever used a bit of chemical engineering, having a basic understanding of the field has made me a better engineer. The same is true for music education. "But high-stepping marching band has no education value," you say. The same could be said for a poorly run concert band, but this has to do with the music program itself, and not the genre of music.
  9. Heard this on NPR earlier this week. http://www.npr.org/2013/03/13/174138591/school-bands-should-not-be-entertainment-adjunct-for-sports The article has received a relatively large number of comments on the NPR website. Basically, the commentator is upset with what he feels is an overblown emphasis on marching band within High School and College music programs. What do you think?
  10. Anybody know where the show is taking place? DCI.org is a little short on details...
  11. I noticed your choice of music was from the movie "Prometheus", right? Good choice.
  12. I'm sure it's just coincidence, but does anyone else see the irony of the top two headlines on dci.org? Wednesday, June 27, 2012 High temps will delay start of Friday's DCI Central Indiana event 4:21 PM ET Promoters aim to bring drum corps competitions back to Canada 9:55 AM ET
  13. Been excited about this show for a year! See everybody at the Slick Pig BBQ before the show!!!
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