Drumcorpsfan471

Ok, so maybe respect isn't the right word to use...(since everyone should get respect for marching). I guess what I am getting at is someone who marched say BD, Cavies, Cadets, SCV, etc. going to be viewed differently than someone who marched an open class corps? I know people who have never done corps will obviously have that level of being "star struck" when they see someone who wears their gears or whatever....but what about people who have been around the activity for 5, 10 , 20, 30 years?

So I was thinking the other day...When you meet someone who has marched, what do you respect about their career the most? Where they marched? How many years they marched? What instrument they played? I think everyone gets respect who has marched, but I was wondering if you see someone in say a Cavies jacket who has a '00, '01, and '02 patch on their sleeve versus someone who has marched somewhere like Spirit for 6 years....(and there is no disrespect to Spirit here. Only using them as an example...). What do you guys think?

Fresh fruit is a good one. I think cereal is also a good choice. We used to go through cereal like crazy.

Yeah. Its just that generally you have more trumpet players coming out to audition than low brass guys, for whatever reason....

As a trumpet I can say it all depends on where you audition. I had been playing 5+ years when I first auditioned at a lower finalist corps and BARELY got a spot. I mean barely (and it was more because of my marching audition). When I moved to the top corps, only playing for a few months isn't going to cut it on trumpet. I'd def say go for baritone. I know most corps are ALWAYS looking for baritone players, even a lot of the top corps...

Anyone else like the stab at Cadets in there? My thing about Crown is that the fans feel it necessary to always compare the corps to another corps. I think it has been proven over the last few years especially that you don't need to compare. You are your own corps and should not have to make correlations between corps to make yourself look better. Now I could fully understand the OP being turned away from Crown by watching how they react to certain wins they have....

Maybe you should shoot George an email. I'm sure he'll be able to explain things better than we can. I agree they did go about this the wrong way. It seems interesting because I have never experienced anything like that in my time marching....

God this is going to be an exciting season! I woulda like to have seen where Crown would have been in there!

190 average for The Holy Name Cadets Alumni Bowling Team

I got your back Tekk! FHNSAB!

Buuuuuuut.....doing a show like 2007 isn't going to win a championship. Which is sad to say because I did enjoy the 2007 show. But I know a lot of people would rather see crown take a title now, and then go back to a show like 07 later. Thanks for the review!

I really don't think it is....Cadets have just too strong a program this year. Sure Crown may beat them MAYBE once, but I highly doubt it. I guess we'll see. All I can hope for is some great drum corps this season!

Well probably because in the 20 years Crown has been in existence they have beaten The Cadets all of 11 times. I think the odds are in their favor For me it looks like this: 1)Holy Name - 72.65 2) Crown - 72.5 3) BAC - 66.7 4) Glassmen - 63.5 5) Colts - 63.2

The first 2 min i was really sitting here thinking why everyone was going so crazy about it. I thought it just didn't go anywhere (for me), but the last 2 min were actually pretty cool. Still early, but sounds good! Can't wait to see em! (Just hope the rest of the show is better than the first 2 min )

I got cut from what I thought was my dream corps then left for another. After I got to my new corps, I realized how much of a better fit it was from me, and realized that IT was my dream corps and not the corps that offered me an alternate spot.

I went to the Spirit picnic. Brass line was actually pretty solid. Pretty full sound. Drumline and what I saw of the guard needs work. The most shocking thing for me was the fact that Spirit using a piano/synth in their show....and I caught wind that they are going to use amped voice.....

These...plus some more. Just FYI, sometimes it's better not to show your marching history in situations like this....b/c you marched crown '08, you obviously have an unrealistic bias to your show. Anyways, back on topic, I'd say mine are: Cadets 93, 97, 00, 05, 07 Star 92, 93 Many more, but those are just a few....

Ummmmmmm.....no. Ok show, but nowhere close to the hardest.

For Holy Name Shall Always Be

I'm pretty sure Cadets step off with the right foot because the majority of the drill started with with the corps moving to the right, so it just made more sense to step off that direction.

I honestly did not expect 08 Gmen or BAC in there. I thought there were just some better programs from 03-08 than those 2.....anyways mine was: 08 Phantom 07 Crown 05 Cadets 05 Madison 04 Cavies 04 SCV

Music yes. They trailed BD in music ensemble and percussion all year, but traded off brass every now and then. Visual on the other hand.....if you can get a copy of the semi's breakdown, check it out again. Cadets were .1 behind Cavies in guard while BD was something like .7 semi's, but on finals Cadets were like .5 behind BD. Cadets won Vis ensemble thurs and fri by .4 (or .5...can't remember) both nights and lost finals by .4. Vis perf was BD all season long...I think Cadets were .1 behind finals. So by my calculations, BD wins music by a good bit (b/c of drums), while Cadets win visual (if judging was consistent). So maybe Cadets DON'T win.....but it would be a he** of a lot closer than 1 point.....

Check out my response a few pages back.....oh and I was there too, though I couldn't exactly hear that since I was performing for you and whoever yelled that.

I was there when the fans booed us off the field and booed us back onto the field because of some field paint....

If I remember right there were like 7 trumpets, no mellos (not quite sure, it may be 1), 7 or 8 baritones, 1 or 2 tubas, pretty much all of the battery (I think there was 1 tenor, 2 bass, and maybe 3 or 4 snare left), and like 15 guard (maybe not that much). So all in all like 45 age outs for The Cadets. Lot of people able to come back. Should be a lot like 07....