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If Michigan is not to far There is Lakeshormen, we are Class A competitive corps.

I love it as well!!! :thumbup:

oops...I missed that memo :thumbup:

I was giving my honest opinion!

I dont see why its so "cool" to play high. As a trumpet player and a musician its your responsibility to play musically.....thats not musical IMO. You should only do it if you actually have tone in that register and its a "FAT" sound, oh and IN tune! It drives me crazy when people have that thin tone when they try to play super high and they cram the mouth piece into their lips. Go down to a comfortable octave and sound good there for heaven sakes!.....if possible. When people make videos like that it just reminds me of high school and how all the trumpets would try to play the highest.....its not cool at all. Its not worth it to sacrifice tone to play high. But this is my own honest opinion. :blink:

I heard some of corps with them last year. I cant stand the sound of the horns. But that is only my opinion.

troop in 2007 abandoned that technique and switched to straight leg because Matt Hainse was visual caption head in 07 he was from 06 capital Regiment staff. Then in 2008 Nick Benson came on board. Originally he was from Seattle Cascades staff and he marched BD. So that might help you :)

your in pleae when your straight leg jazz running, that is cushion for your knees, and your upper body stays lifted.

........this is a sad day :blink:

Does anyone have the 2003,2004,and 2005 DCI championships cds? If you want to sell them to me email me at woojos@Hotmail.com or post on here.

I'm scared for Phantom because they are switching to Jupiter! Why would they change after winning when playing on King? Is it about money? Do they get free horns? What good is it going to do them if the horns fall apart in their hands? I just don't understand..... :blink:

Hello all! I was wondering if anyone has a Xeno Yamaha trumpet anyone plans on selling. But I want the model with the thumb saddle not the thumb ring. Does anyone know that model number? My email is woojos@hotmail.com Thank you!

I would want to help out a struggling dca/dci corps that are in financial trouble. I rather keep the same corps around for a long time, instead of new corps popping up and folding after 2 or 3 years of being around.

Is it financially smart for corps to be doing this? This means you have to add even more spots on the equipment trailers for pianos, and guitars if a corps is daring enough? You also have to take into consideration the number of tubas most corps have also and they are adding even more. That takes up even more space. But I don't mind more tuba don't get me wrong. Tour fees are already astronomically high. Its not fair to college students that want to march junior corps to be asking them to pay $1,800-$3,000 or whatever the highest is. Not to mention travel to winter camps witch is just as costly, if not even more. IMO Sooner or later no one is going to be able to afford this activity if DCI adds more instrumentation.

That is great news!! I am glad you guys are back!! yah!!! :cool:

When the whole corps doesn't have the pulse internalized, but refuse to use a met. :cool:

The design and layout of the DCA website The lack of Midwest shows :thumbup: :worthy:

Troopers! Troopers playing Dean Westman brass arrangements Straight leg technique marching SUN BURST!!! Battle Hymn of the Republic(troopers) Bb Tuning(SCV/Troop Style) White Dawn(troopers)

IMO I think jazz running looks cool anytime as long as everyone is doing it at the same time. Then there is 08 BD sprint across the field then start jazz running. Who every thought of that? is that a first?

It bugs me when people leave comments on drum corps videos on youtube and saying "they played this to fast" or criticizing the corps. When there is a reason why corps do things a certain way. It also bugs me that kids think they have to be in a corps that makes finals. Its about the experience, not winning IMO. Two final things that bug me are when kids bash Sr. Corps....not cool! :thumbup: Especially if thats where you started! It also bugs me when musical crescendos aren't used. It may be marching but you still have to be musical in everything you do.

I think this show might actually bring me joy!! I'm just wondering, What do you think the average age of the BUCS are this year?

It looks like they are going to be active and field a Corps to! more class A corps! yah!!

I saw a regional event........My brain just couldn't stay engaged with most of the shows. The only one that did was a Jazz show. Most of concepts seemed very repetitive. Thats is the nice thing about DCI you have a bunch of very different verity of shows.

Whats with peoples fascinates with Marching band? Is it each high school in the US had a Drum and Bugle corps it would be popular or what? To me Drum and Bugle Corps sounds so much more crisp and full and thats what fascinates me. After seeing DCI show I couldn't stand to watching BOA because the quality isn't there like in DCI. Isn't that how People get into Drum and Bugle corps? just my thoughts sorry if I offend anyone