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Simply for discussion's sake, do you think that by viewing the marching and playing of a single member in street clothes from each of the various "identifiable" corps, you could tell who they marched with? For example, if they were to march and play some basic exercises, would you be able to tell a BD baritone from a Crown one?

I believe that was Jesus...

If they took the field in all black tonight, they wouldn't be able to perform for ten minutes because the stadium would be going nuts. That having been said, I like white. It fits them better and it fits the show better. I think this whole dirty feet thing is a conspiracy anyway. They just want to come up from underneath so their first all out victory will be more dramatic. To do this, they're intentionally keeping their visual a bit messy. Tonight, not only will they clean up their feet, they'll be marching an entirely different visual book.

You, sir, are risking asurbity.

Seriously?!?! I missed it?! I'd better get signed up for the fan network right now... EDIT: Also, since I don't think anyone's said it yet: PR 97.675!!!! Woooooo!!!1!1!

I'm too white and skinny.

I haven't seen crown live this year, but Phantom's hornline (and battery for that matter) almost took my skin off. There's gotta be some performance enhancement there.

Or, if you want to be technical, it's Japanese borrowed from Chinese. As an interesting and rather irrelevant side note, if you take the two radicals (the different parts of the kanji) separately, the one on the left denotes "person" and the right character by itself means (Bhuddist) temple. Samurai=Temple Man

... Just a warning, I get the feeling you're going to get lots of crap headed your way for not having Crown on that list.

I'm surprised I've never heard of these guys. I like it.

Best album ever. I know I might get kinda beat up over this, but I don't really think a drum corps would do it justice. It was originally played the way it was meant to be.

Unless you're a sports drink company... Now that I think about it, it's pretty funny in a sad, bitter sort of way that Gatorade can use it for their commercials but corps can't use it for educational/entertainment purposes. Long live capitalism?

I've said it before and I'll say it again: KALEVALA featuring the music of Jean Sibelius. Lots of Sibelius's work has potential, but it seems all anyone's heard is Finlandia. Also, let it be said, the day PR does Carmina Burana is the day I lose all respect for them. Call me crazy, but I think Carmina is the single most overrated thing in all of the world of music. Especially O Fortuna.

In no particular order -SCV 2004 (or maybe 2003... both great shows) -PR 2006 -BK 2006 -BAC 2000 -... *sigh* I'll give in to peer pressure... PR 2008 p.s.- Look how cool I am. I didn't use a single corps over three letters!

That and a hit of LSD.