thatonekid
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On another note, has anyone confirmed if Madison is, or is not marching a "Plate Line" in 2010? There's still no "cymbal tech" listed on the Madison site, but there have been a few other new additions:
Eric Thompson - Battery Visual Tech
Oliver Rodriquez - Senior Front Ensemble Tech
Brandt Murphy - Visual Tech
Whitney Medworth - Visual Intern
Also, I have a question that maybe "Cop" or other guard experts may be able to address regarding Guard Philosophy. I've been told by several individuals that there are essentially "two schools" of guard theory. I'm told that "those" who most recently oversaw Madison's guard program were believers of one philosophy and that the new guard staff resides within the "other camp"!
Can anyone out their explain for the rest of us what these "two" guard philosophies are and the differences between them? The only thing I've been told is that the differences in opinion are so stark that it's essentially akin to mixing oil and water. Are the differences that pronounced?
I can only speak on Brandt Murphy, or Cajun as we call him. I dont really see him being the plate tech, seeing as how...from my knowledge, he's never done anything with plates. This is probably because he marched bari/ euph for a long time with Madison and was the horn sgt. in 2005. I had him as a tech in 2008 and he's an amazing one at that. Extremely knowledgable from a visual standpoint, as well as philosophically what it means to be a true Madison Scout. I can't give enough praise for him and what kind of tech he is.
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The message about what the tuition covers has been on the website for years. This is nothing new.
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Great continuity on the Brass side staying in place with Madison!
Scouts Announce Nick Williams to Return on Brass Team
This is more than just continuity on the brass side. As someone who was taught by Dr. Williams for 2 years, I can personally say that he contributed more than just teaching brass. He taught everyone in the corps how to truly be a Madison Scout, and how to accept nothing less than perfection always. I certainly look to him as one of my mentors, and I know anyone in the percussion and color guard section will feel the same way. He's done so much for this corps, and current members and recent alumni hold him in a very high regard.
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So anyway...
Nice job to the I&E competitors! I saw a few vids of them on a certain website. Really fun stuff!
I'm glad our bassline won. I sat a couple row behind them on the bus, and definitely lost a few hours of sleep from them practicing, so they better have won!
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(Well, to get away from the whole clothes caper for a minute)......I'm sure this has been answered b4 but what is the average age in the Scouts this year. The kids seemed younger to me, just from a glance. I always remembered the Scouts as having some of the "older kids" in the activity but that seems to have went down of recent. (Perhaps I'm just getting older so everyone looks younger to me)
The average age of the corps was about 19.5 years old.
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And making fun of Weedy's beard after this season!
Join the crowd!
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Waiting to have my last everydays.
Waiting to have my last first show.
Waiting to essentially have my last everything. Boo aging out!
But seriously, i'm waiting to see girls for the first time after going all of everydays without seeing any (excluding staff and volunteers)
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Cavies have girlfriends?
Ba ZING!!!!!
But seriously, I know at Madison we are indeed very possessive of our corps jackets. Not just with who wears it, but everything about it.
PS- when it comes to your corps jacket, never let someone dry clean it. The dirt shows your years!
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Madison 08...but I'm a little biased.
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Thanks Mike! I completely forgot.
GO SCOUTS!!!
Just so you guys know, comments like this are very much obliged!
Thanks a thousand times over! It really means a lot.
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I like em too, but I'd like to see how they look with white pants instead of black. Not really sure if it'll work as well, but they should think about it in the future.
I think early 80's Madison would give you a ball park look as to what we'd look like now with white pants.
And creepy mustaches...and huge glasses...
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You are a thinker. Perhaps this is why SCV didn't win...someone knew this would happen!
Thank you Madison saving mankind.
It's what we do.
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I always have a blast playing Ice Castles and Neve Walk
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I march phantom because I have big thighs ( told to me by a phantomette)
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Because of a bowl game conflicting with my schedule, I was unable to attend this camp, but boy do I wish I was there! I heard great great things from camp and am on cloud 9 with what is being told to me by my brothers. And a public congratulations to Jeff Cleveland for being named drum major! He's an awesome guy who, in my eyes, will do nothing but succeed in this role. And he's from Texas, so what more could you ever want!?
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Just an on running joke, but I it must be asked...
WHY ARE YOU VACUUMING IN THE GYM!?!??!? WE JUST GOT HERE!!!!!!! IT'S NOT EVEN DIRTY YET! TURN YOUR VACUUM OFF AND GO TO SLEEP!
that is all. thanks!
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Dont know if anyone has posted yet, but the visual staff has been added to the staff website. What does everyone think?
http://www.madisonscouts.org/Madison%20Scouts/Staff.html
Personally, I'm pretty stinkin stoked about this. I'll hopefully get to meet all these guys in the winter months. But overall, seems like a stout staff.
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Spaghetti goes great with that murnura sauce.
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Then the best trick is to take that card, go to www.MadisonGear.com and make a donation to the Madison Corps program. Then the corps gets a donation and a commission at the same time!
Sponsoring a soon-to-be 3 year veteran is a really good trick too
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Got to be instructed by most of them in 07, and must say, they are great at what they do... I love Ian and Adam!
Don't you men 'Mom and Dad'?
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I've marched under pretty much that entire staff back in 06 (Waymire, Boerma, Putnam, Melrose, Seltzer, Garlinger, etc.) They're just awesome in all forms.
I've said this once and I'll say it again, I elect Mark Waymire to be the caption head of life.
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I'm sure there won't be any girls auditioning for Madison's guard. I'm also sure that they're only looking for "good" men. It's a very loyal group (after all, they never leave their buddies behind). Splooey!
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"PUSH it bass drums...don't ruin it!"
We listened to that tape so much on this bus this summer. It never got old.
Just makes allllll the difference in the WOOOOORLD
Please vote at Chase Community Giving
in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
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I still greatly disagree with the idea that drum corps should be my first choice of where I want charity money to go to. Do I want to see corps do well and financially prosper? Yes. But if Chase bank has 5,000,000 to give, why should that money first be given to a drum corps as opposed to a charity/ organization focused on funding research for pediatric disorders or cancers. Or charities for those in third world countries? I may be the debbie downer with this, but I feel like there are way more important ways to use a large sum of money other than drum corps.