Drumcorpsfan471

agreed. that was ultimately a waste of my time reading it. watch cadets '05 and then tell me that they don't focus on the individual. cavies, to me, have made the best combination of individual and ensemble visual, but they have their problems as well. as slower tempos, their technique gives them more room for error in timing, causing phasing problems. BD has a strong visual program. I am not always in love with thier overall visual design, but they look darn good doing it. to say they don't focus on individual visual is, to be honest, pretty ignorant.

And I love when baritones do nothing but complain about how heavy their instrument is. You guys chose it! :P

Like '04 to '05?

By far my favorite drum corps opener. It is basically rediculous good

1) Being woken up on the bus with the worst cramp of your life 2) Showers with enough water pressure to take skin off 3) Showers with not enough water pressure to get the shampoo out of your hair 4) Having the air conditioning on the bus seem to not work during the day, but the bus be FREEZING at night. 5) Having 15 minutes taken out of a block and "promised" to have it back only to lose 15 min out of getting ready for a show. 6) BASICS BLOCK! 7) Having to stay up 2 and 1/2 hrs past lights out because of Dot Book/Drill Charts/Dot Tests

Don't tick! :P

I think the backdrops were primarily used for the colorguard to change from the 05 unis to the 06 unis. I think that was the main purpose of them.....and to set up the feeling of being in a garden.....i think.......

Cadets and Bluecoats

My question is Wouldn't an increase in their money push them to buy new instruments......specifically Bb instruments? Makes sense to me. More money = better horns.

Ok just making a stab, this probably won't even be close, but its fun to think about! 1) Cadets - picking them because their music selections are pretty sweet, and b/c they had a down year last year (like 89, 99, 04, etc.) 2) BD - just a feeling that they are going to do well.....they always seem to. 3) Cavies - Could come back to surprise me, but I just have a hard time seeing them do this show. (I guess that's the point though) 4) Phantom - even though last year was amazing, I have a hard time placing them higher for now. 5) Bluecoats - Seems like a cool show title. Waiting to see about music and what not. Just don't see them breaking into the top tier just yet. 6) SCV - some staff changes that will eventually be for the better, but I think it will take atleast a year the staff to get comfortable. 7) Crown - Cool show title. Waiting for that percussion section to catch up before they can go any higher. 8) BK - Still working and getting better. Guess I'll just have to wait and see. 9) Spirit - Great momentum from last year. Maybe this year their visual package will FINALLY get there. Please. 10) Boston - I just have a hard time putting them much lower. I think they still need to work some things out though. 11) Madison - Not putting them out of finals. Even with the changes and rookies, I think they are going to be ok. Should improve in the next years. 12) Colts - I think it would be nice to see someone new in the big show. Right now, this, for me, is the corps to do it. ----------------- (not going to give an explanation from here out) 13) Glassmen 14) Crossmen 15) Blue Stars 16) Southwind 17) Academy 18) Troopers 19) Mandarins 20) Pacific Crest 21) Pioneer 22) Cascades

I don't think it is anything to worry aboutl. From the recordings, they seem like they are doing just fine. Hopefully a couple of good people will come along for them....

A little different than I expected, but seems pretty sweet. Looking forward to seeing what they are going to do this season!