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Tony L.

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  1. I do not think this will happen.  I think there will be one of two scenarios.  1.  BD just runs away and gets a massive score leaving everyone else behind (not likely, but we have seen it before).  Or 2.  Each corps takes various placements in all captions and as a result, scores at the top are tempered.  Time will tell.

  2. 21 hours ago, Chief Guns said:

    Thanks brother! I think they are definitely a threat for top six. 

    I tried telling some people this is NOT the Mandarins of old. They are for real.

    That ballad................will get a standing ovation in Indy. 

    Not to quibble, but the Mandarins of old were pretty amazing too.  How many titles did they win through the years?  I love them now, but loved them then as well.  Always a great corps!

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  3. At the end of the day, it is about understanding the past and the present to see how it all connects.  Certain iconic moves are still effective on their own, but when one realizes the history of such classic moves or music, etc., then it strikes a more poignant chord.  Because one realizes all of the past performers who may have done a version of the exact same thing.  And without recognizing the past, it is impossible to fully appreciate the present.  (See Cadets Z-pull and dissolving CF, Phantom chevron with leg kicks, BAC Conquest, BD wings, etc. ) I learned soooo much when I watched the Legacy collection from 1972 through 1999. So many things make so much more sense,  and my first DCI show was in 1988.  Noone is trying to convince you to feel one way or another.  But, it is about appreciating the activity from its roots to the present.  And even if you feel "meh" about something, that's fine.  Just try to get whatever you can from the experience.  

    There are no requirements for drum corps appreciation.  We all like what we like.  

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  4. OK, I do not have any affiliation with the Cadets, BUT, I think it would be a fantastic event if the Cadets put together an alumni corps for its 90th Aniversary.  

    After seeing the Bluecoats Alumni Corps the bar has been raised for sure.  But seeing a similar presentation (or even any performance) would be amazing.  

    Does anyone know if there is even any thought about such a thing?  I mean you only turn 90 once!  

  5. My one hope is that they actually move and play at the same time.  Watching their show at Prelims and Semis, it was shocking how little matching AND playing was done.  The craziest was when they were in some boxes standing still and playing, then marched without playing, then formed the exact same box. The top corps actually did a pretty fair amount of marching and playing.  Posing and playing is just not how I like a Madison show.  Hope the staff figures things out. 

  6. 3 hours ago, DWW11 said:

    “The blue and the dim and the dark cloths of night”? 

    they made more sense to me than the pillowcase people in Metamorph, during Flight of the Bumblebee!  

    Thanks for the line from the opening.   I  just assumed they were dreams.  And that is why they were all over the place in terms of music, mood, etc.  And the different languages were part of the dreams. But, it was often a lot of guard used just to carry the cloths.  

    Great show either way.

  7. 1 hour ago, 84BDsop said:

    And yet he was spotted at some shows AFTER the letter from DCI telling him to stay away.

    I could have sworn that I saw him at prelims. It looked a lot like him but with a new haircut.  I could of course be wrong.  But, I shocked to even think that he would show up in Indy.  

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  8. We got in line at about 5:35 or so.  Started a stop watch and it took 45 minutes to make it to the seats.  

    This was my worst Finals experience ever from the perspective of never-ending lines in all areas.  

    But, one personal vent:  while the masses had managed to create the serpentine queue on their own, one man wearing a corps polo with a name tag decided to tell the crowd that the line that they were in did not turn at the end of the street.  So this edict from someone who had the possible aire of authority caused a break of the orderly chaos and created complete chaos.  It was an absolute mess, but doing something like that made it messier.  

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  9. I am not one to go out on a limb (I am too fat for that).  But, i just have a feeling that someone might nip BD.  Their show just kind of lays there.  And I am just not sure it is all that.  And is it just me or were there some significant dirt in brass and guard tonight.  So I just do not know that we should be anointing BD just yet.  Please keep in mind that I anointed them last week. LoL.  

  10. 27 minutes ago, George Dixon said:

    agreed! That's the second worst in the show - the change to "swing swing swing" Motif in the jazz section was pretty terrible early on, now it seems into and out of the ballad need the most work. Like a pit bridge into as you suggest. They've got a couple pacing things to sort out and they'll be strong in Indy.

    Better to have transition issues at this point rather than fundamentally bad show designs that are not salvageable.   Like in some recent shows.  

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