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Because you get so much water in your horn while not playing in a visual block.
It was a joke.
Also, keep your horn on your chops, Rook. Even in vis block.
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Right then and there.
"NEXT!"
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Water key water key water key.
When it gets heavy, just pretend you're emptying your water key ("spit valve" if you prefer) and give your shoulders a breather.
AND NO ONE WILL BE THE WISER.
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It's a groundbreaking new technique for brass players.
Breathe in, then articulate the buzz/air out with a "dah"
Don't act like this is what you've been doing since 5th grade. It's revolutionary. You're just a hater.
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First, I want to thank you all for being here. You have done a very brave thing today by being here. Some of you have been touched inappropriately by a Blue Devil. Others of you are here to lend emotional support someone who has been touched. You are very brave as well. There is a lot of love here in this thread, and that is a good thing.
The most important thing I want all of you to know is that you are in a safe place. A SAFE place. We can go through some very complex emotions after being touched by a Blue Devil, whether rage, embarrassment, shame, or anything else. Sometimes we don’t understand why we feel this way. But I want us all to explore these feelings.
The other thing I want you to know is that you are in control of what you want to talk about. You don’t have to give your name. If you’d rather just talk about the feelings you have now, that’s okay. If it’s your turn to talk, and you don’t want to talk, you don’t have to. And if you start talking and decide you don’t want to continue because it’s too painful, that’s okay too.
Listening to others is okay too. But others can benefit from hearing your story, just as you benefit from theirs. Remember, this is a safe place where everyone can share.
Understanding is important. Look at all of us here! What does this tell us? That we’re not alone. Many, many people have been touched by Blue Devils, or know someone who has. Some of come from different backgrounds, and some of us were touched by Blue Devils in different ways. But we’ve all felt the pain.
There is coffee and pastries for everyone. So with that, let’s let the healing begin.
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lol whatever.
no u.
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Crown absolutely deserves to win. There was no comparison between them and BD.
You're half right.
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When you get tired, just pretend you need to emtpy the spit valve/water key. This will give your shoulders a short breather.
Gosh there sure is a lot of spit in here.
Must be the cold.
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I have not seen the Cadets live this year, so perhaps you can fill me in. Every time I see a Recap Sheet, The Cadets Guard is scoring a point lower than they normally do. Cadets in the past have been known for their Guards, and they are being placed 5-7th this year. If they just had that extra point they would normally have, they would have almost won every show this season.
Why are the being scored out of the Top Three?? Is it a cleaning problem, a difficulty problem??? If they get that guard score where it normally would be, no one is going to beat them!!!! Someone tell me why they are down a good point from where they usually are!!!
Paul Gager
Houston Texas
Garfield 78-82
Cadets of Bergen County 93-2001/07
lol i dunno
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wait i thout drum corps was better tahn bands
r there realy good bands that r better?
pls let me kno bc i want to do drum corps but i wont if there not better
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you probably could have come up with a different way to title this thread. just sayin'. someone else will mention it soon enough.
oh, and "no, i dont."
i see wut u did there lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol
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your right tahts awessome!!
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in after warning to close
in b4 close
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lol cant he;p u there bc i am on trumpet but if u have tips on how to played hiyer im lisening lol
also i had a idea they shold make a specail baritone that u can played in trebel clef to just my thout tho lol
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in b4 close :sshh:
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lol velevet knigths r funny and zany!!
srsly i loev how tehy all say wacky things on here
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wait wut hapend y is there negatives do peopl haet the cavilers now??
bc i think there real good still!!! lol machine roks
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wait guyz r drum corps being school now?? or do schools had corps in there bands???
he;lp im confused lol :(
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But I like the one post on the first page of this--where the person says look at two recent examples of GREAT shows where babies and kitchen appliances are being thrown on the field by the spectators because they're going ####### about what's happening out there. The activity has changed, and some don't like it. But I was at Madison last summer, and there were about 30,000 people that agreed with me--there was a some GREAT stuff out there.
wow i cant' beleve that didnt get filterd
in b4 LOLBANNED
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in b4 close
in b4 take it to PM
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hay guys wuts going on in this thred?
wut did captals regimen do?? y was it good or bad??
and y r peeps angry lol
also in b4 close lol
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wait so plaiyng lower helps played hiyer??? y is that??
pls help i need it lol
Stanford Show
in DCI (All) Corps Show & Event Reviews
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I had to drive a few hours from the show. It's now very late but these thoughts were rambling through my head so here they are.
OPEN CLASS CORPS:
There are drum corps gods, and they are envious and spiteful. You may have perfectly valid reasons for missing the Open Class corps and only seeing the World Class ones (yeah, right), but the gods won't see it that way and they will spawn a loud, drunk couple right behind you who will talk and laugh loudly and incessantly through performances. You will want to slice open their abdomen and strangle them with their intestines, but you shouldn't, because that would be "frowned upon" by, who else, "society," and plus, you kind of brought this on yourself.
BDB played Legend of Alcobaca! Don't be an idiot. Watch Open Class.
WORLD CLASS CORPS:
Mandarins: I always root for Mandarins or PC to be the next big California corps, where we on the West Coast will be talking them up, and everyone else in the East and Midwest or wherever will just ignore it, and then all of a sudden you have *3* CA corps in finals. Wouldn't that be something? Cry harder, other 49 states.
Anywho, Mandarins have caught the WGI bug and have a narration-driven show about a chinese immigrant to America. When the narration began, I heard someone near me ask: "Is that George Takei?" and... well, it *does* sound kind of like George Takei. "Oh my!" The first big impact of the show finally shut up the annoying drunk couple behind me, which then made me see everything Mandarins did in a positive light. The story is very easy to follow, and while it's pretty dirty, it's also a pretty fun, comprehensible show. They are louder and larger than they typically are, I counted 62 horns I think with a few holes.
Pacific Crest: PC is a step above Mandarins at this point, especially in terms of cleanliness. They also showed a lot of heart (get it? hurrr). It almost comes off as a backhanded compliment to say that they have a very "achieveable" show, but seriously, they are performing at a surprisingly high level right now, and they have a good chance at maximizing what they have by the end of the season.
Blue Knights: BK are loud as the blazes, second only to Crown tonight. Their show, "No Beginning No End" utilizes a lot of circular themes. They had a short set of stairs leading to a platform with a curtain covering what was underneath the platform. Anyone who has seen a show from 2006 onward knows there are going to be people either changing underneath or behind it, right? Well this guard member went crawling under the platform, but she entered it from the front...showing her butt to the audience. She popped out smiling behind the platform. "I ain't no designer, but..." are you really supposed to go in that way?
REVIEW INTERMISSION: Speaking of butts. Like I said, I had a longish drive from the show tonight. I was flipping through radio stations, and a song called "Bubble Butt" came on, TWICE. Somehow, I had never heard it before. This would normally not warrant comment, but the chorus is as follows:
Bubble butt, bubble, bubble, bubble butt
Bubble butt, bubble, bubble, bubble butt
Bubble butt, bubble, bubble, bubble butt
Turn around, stick it out, show the world you got it
(This repeats several times)
At this point, because you want to believe you are an educated, refined person, if your brain could make a face, it would be making that disgusted look where your mouth is open and the corners are pulled wide and your eyes are squinting. But of course we never have as much control over our minds as we think, and just because we don't think we should like something doesn't mean that our brain won't go ahead and put it on endless loop for you. Bubble butt, bubble bubble bubble butt...
Carolina Crown: People have been busting walnuts about Crown, and it is 100% deserved. The show is "e = mc squared" and this has to be one of the most amazing hornlines I've ever heard. Crown is just determined to make anything and everything they do some cool, fun moment. Seriously, there is not a single moment in the show that is not designed to either be something you will like, or lead immediately to something you will like. The narration is relatively minimal and very smartly done: it gives you enough to know that this next part is a love theme, for example. Crown was surpassed by Devils tonight, and the crowd BOOED when Crown was announced second. Let me repeat that: 4 California corps at a California show, and when one of the 2 non-CA corps didn't win the CA show, the CA crowd BOOED. Dag, CA, you crazy.
Santa Clara Vanguard: I'm calling SCV's show a love letter to old-school shows. It's a stupid turn of phrase to say something is a "love letter" to something else--its lazy writing, to be honest--but its all there: the broadway theme, high marktime, that prototypical mello suspension thing (give me a break, musicians, you know what I'm talking about). I do feel bad imagining the design team announcing "We're doing Le Mis!" and all the other design teams with their "advanced" "modern" show concepts looking at them like they are the weird non-cool kids in the cafeteria. What, do they think it's 1990, like, oh my god, Becky... Forget those haters SCV, your show's fine, and you have performers playing the heck out of it. And even if you didn't have that, if there's anything lurking on DCP has taught me it's that people will never, ever tire of show methods they have seen before.
Blue Devils: Back in 2010 ("Through a Glass, Darkly") I ran into John Meehan at a coffee shop on tour. I told him that I really liked the show (I didn't, but only because I didn't understand it at that point yet). He looked up from his laptop, eyebrows raised. "It's not supposed to make you feel good," he said. What are you supposed to say to that? "Oh. Well, I thought it was really great" I said, dumbly, then backed out.
I bring that awkward anecdote up because Rite of Spring will not make you feel "good". The music is the riot-inducing stuff of legend (with some embellishments). The visual themes are very... faithful to the source, and you will see pagan rituals, a sacrifice, and perhaps other strange stuff. The show never puts you at ease. Crown spells out e=mc2 on the field, and the audience gets a kick out of it. BD does not spell out Spring. It is at times bizarre, disturbing... and heaven help me, beautiful. The performers are enormously talented, the themes are vividly portrayed and flow without halt from one thought to another, and of course everything comes full circle at the end.
If you believe the purpose of a drum corps show is to leave you feeling "good," you would not have put BD in first place tonight. If you can concede that drum corps may be an art form and art is allowed to make you feel things other than joy and satisfaction and still be a success, you might have.
Only might have, because Crown is really, really good. I hope these two corps exchange wins all tour. If Cadets and/or Cavies can throw their hat in as well, that would be great, but it would be a wonderful summer even if it were just Crown and Devs dueling for the top spot.
Last comment about BD that I can't let go: Dude, tuba in the front, side 1, on the ending halt: you're blowing it. On and splitting, not that hard.
MY AWARDS: everyone gets an award, just because.
Thank-You Award: Mandarins (for shutting up drunk couple)
Please Be The Next Big Thing Award: Pacific Crest
Most Circles: Blue Knights
Crowd Favorite: Carolina Crown
Party Like It's 1990: Santa Clara Vanguard.
F-You, I Liked It Award: Blue Devils.