hornandsoccer
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very cool show. quite the hornline.
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Interestingly, it's not just trumpets that can click - if you put the saddle in the right spot you can click on a mello or bari. As a mello player it's always fun getting looks from staff that say "did you just click on your mellophone? love it.
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RAH TAKE BACK THE TROPHY
just kidding maniacs. calm down.
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Someone forgot the upside down tenors
all in all... GREAT POST!!
No, that's just how the tenors are in Australia.
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blue devils 2006 - knife through the heart
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DCP: Connecting players with opportunities, changing lives.
I'm sensing there's an ad campaign somewhere in here, folks.
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Mapquest lists the Tampa hotel as being just over 19 miles and 27 minutes from the event location.
A student from Seminole HS, which has quite an excellent marching band program, would find that the event is about 7 miles from their school, while the lodging is 23 miles from the school.
Out of curiosity, I called the event site in Largo and this event is indeed booked into the facility.
Investigative Reporter Michael Boo getting to the bottom of things. Nice.
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I think the wikipedia policy is meant to encourage articles to be relevant enough to merit inclusion in an encyclopedia: the argument is that if the only source of information about an organization is a publication by that organization itself, it may not be worth mentioning at all.
Yep, exactly. Just makes it a little more tricky for drum corps since this is a relatively insular community.
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Just found out that a guy I marched with at San Diego State....a 2 year (at least...83-84) of Santa Clara...Jeff Graf, is the current XO of the USS John C. Stennis...with the naval rank of Captain (bird Colonel to the other services).
Not bad for a sop player! I knew he flew combat aircraft (I think he got combat time during Gulf War I), but had no idea he'd gotten so far up the ladder!
That's crazy! Maybe the 2012 Vanguard can thank him somehow for his service, especially since there's an '84 alum on staff now...
EDIT: I a word.
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I can definitely say that the visual rehearsals I have gone through have affected how I prepare papers, emails, responses etc. The attention to detail in vis is exactly what one needs to make sure an argument is well-founded, sourced, elegant and efficient. Essentially, get to the point, cut your excuses and execute.
Oh, and I'm really good at moving couches. Backwards technique FTW.
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Just a side note as someone who has worked on corps' Wikipedia pages in the past: The hardest part is finding readily-accessible documentation that is not a corps' website - supporting a page with just that is a great way to get it run over by the mods, as Wikipedia has a curious obsession with avoiding direct citation. As an historian, going to the primary source material is the best way to build a credible page, and for a lot of corps, the best historical archives are their own pages. I'm thinking of SCV in particular, which has a particularly good archives section.
When you're writing one of these, it's probably best to only sparingly cite the corps' website. Corpsreps and DCI.org are safer, although not entirely safe bets. Whatever you do, do not just copy-paste anything from a website - that will get the article deleted almost instantly and make it much harder to get even a well-written draft accepted.
On that point, too, the DCI articles that are extant are riddled with so-called "copy-vios", or copyright violations, so if you don't have the time to build a new one from scratch, there's also the option of combing the ones that are out there and taking out/citing what is already written.
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IOh yes, and don't forget to downvote me for "hyping."
I'm gonna second this, except hype's not the right word. People should be really excited about this product. They're gonna turn heads.
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Brass - Star 90
Percussion - SCV 04
Guard - Cadets 98
Visual - SCV 98
DM - Stephanie Lee, SCV 09
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04 SCV. Period.
But many many good options.
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Cadets are looking for mellos as of their last camp, at least they asked about it on their last video. Might want to inquire there
Hoppy said they filled 'em in the latest vid.
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I'm not going to make a full prediction sheet because, well, I just don't care enough. But I will say this.
Doubt the following corps at your peril:
Santa Clara Vanguard
Boston Crusaders
Madison Scouts
Glassmen
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agree something funny with this thread..????/
Well, in her case it did work out since that corps didn't end up carrying alternates and she was on the field, but yeah, that is a real possibility. I used to think that being an alternate was an unacceptable situation and a waste of money, but my experience has made me think that being an alternate at a well-run group is better than being in an organization that doesn't necessarily have the resources to take care of you. (caveat - not calling anybody or any group out, just suggesting it's better to be well-taken care of than to insist on seeing the field).
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There's no such thing as being "cut" in the winter. Just keep going to rehearsal. Serious.
Yep. I seem to remember a vet at a previous corps who was cut not once, not twice, but three times and still got a spot by going to rehearsals. They're more than willing to take your money if it's green.
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Well, there's the laquer argument, and then there's also groups putting additional items on the horn, á la Glassmen 2011. Anybody know of any other groups doing that historically, and what purpose that serves? Would the effects be similar to laquer, ie "warming" the quality up?
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I read last week on the SCV Facebook page the the actual show title and concept would be announced shortly. The old, new, borrowed, and blue was simply for teaser purposes.
Also, no offense to the 2006 Spirit show but I'd like to think that SCV's creative staff is intelligent enough to do something more than rehash that show concept.
Dollars to donuts, it won't have anything to do with "Old, New, Borrowed, Blue". Definitely thinking it's just a tease.
Although, since it is drum corps where "everything is made up and the points don't matter", I could be totally wrong.
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is the video even from this year? I know guard wasnt supposed to be there and they were in the video.
It's from the audition camps, so not the one from last week.
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The OFFICIAL 2012 Prediction Thread
in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
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Incorrect.