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Fun Crossmen trivia: in 2012, they went into semis in 13th. Blue Stars were in 12th. The corps put in a great performance highlighted by the screaming solo of Chris Lyman during the Michael Jackson opener. They made Finals.
Chris Lyman is now the corps director.
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The Crossmen have more actual drill in their show than most of the corps out there. They put in a really good performance. (I am live at Lucas Oil).
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I thoroughly enjoyed the exposure to these corps on Flo. Since, I'm going to Indy, I'm going to make a strong effort to see many of them in person at Prelims. Some really interesting shows on the field.
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1 hour ago, bluesman said:
At the beginning of the season I completely ruled out the possibility of Crossmen returning to finals. The show was an unreadable mess. But something happened after San Antonio and they cleaned much faster than their competitors for the last spot in finals. I won't be dismissing a corps early season performances anymore.... and as of now I think they are the corps most likely to pull into 12th.
It did not look good. But, they've come a long way.
Examining the caption scores from Allentown--even though the Crossmen were on a different night--they beat BK and Crest in every caption except Brass. They beat Crest in VA, but were behind BK in Visual Analysis. The only thing that may be a barrier for the Crossmen is that they perform before both Blue Knights and Pacific Crest at prelims. Performance order can matter. If they can still beat them and go into Semis ahead, it's a more comfortable situation. This is going to be a nailbiter.
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2 hours ago, kdaddy said:
The is the most I've looked forward to a prelims since last year!
I'm in the minority that still enjoys going to Indy. A few solid dining options, walkable downtown, nice weather, and great venue.
My 19th finals week since 02!
This will be my 3rd year in a row after a long period of not going. I hooked up with some fun people and it really makes a difference. I can't say Indianapolis is an exciting vacation destination, but St. Elmo's Steakhouse, alone, makes it worth the trip. Our group makes reservations to have dinner there right before Finals and the place has many drum corps people in attendance. I'm already looking forward to it.
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15 minutes ago, brassboy said:
FWIW (I know, not much), same judges as last night with I think 2 exceptions.
Yes, two judges were different. Almost, every judge that was the same, judged a different caption. Interestingly, only one judge did the same caption as Mesquite--Brown on brass. He gave the Crossmen a 15.2 in Mesquite and a 16.4 tonight. That was the biggest jump of any caption and it was the same judge/same caption. Interesting.
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4 hours ago, barigirl78 said:
I'll be interested in the spread between Crossmen and Troopers. It was 4.8 points in San Antonio. If the Crossmen jump is the "new normal", it would be cut in half.
This is also a very different situation. The Crossmen performed three hours before the Troopers in San Antonio. Here, they are back-to-back.
The spread was 1.8 tonight. So, the difference was cut by more than half. The Troopers were ahead in almost every caption except Color Guard and one of the GE judges. So, last night looks less like a fluke for the Crossmen.
I like the dynamism of the scoring this season.
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7 hours ago, spacewill said:
I'll be interested in Crossmens score to see if the 81 from yesterday is the new normal or if we will continue to see night by night fluctuations. Also interested if the judging panel is 100% different or there is a big overlap.
Go Mandarins, keep that Sinmentum going!!!!
I'll be interested in the spread between Crossmen and Troopers. It was 4.8 points in San Antonio. If the Crossmen jump is the "new normal", it would be cut in half.
This is also a very different situation. The Crossmen performed three hours before the Troopers in San Antonio. Here, they are back-to-back.
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Based on what I saw and heard, I think they'll do fine this year. It looks like they are going very light on props--just two big backdrops that match up with the drill concepts.
They are still four days from their competitive debut on July 7th. They'll face Madison, Troopers, and Colts, as well as higher ranked corps. Their position in the hierarchy should be apparent at that show.
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On 4/3/2023 at 1:01 PM, siletzspey said:
While hoping to afford flights + hotel for Indy every few years, I'm puzzling a 2023 truck-camper run from Oregon to at least DCI West (Stanford) and Capitol Classic (Sacramento/Roseville).
Is there any advice on doing DCI shows by RV? Is there a DCI RV contingent that has some routines down? I might imagine Uber from RV Park to Stadium. Generic advice plus anything specific on Stanford and Sacramento/Roseville much appreciated.
Thanks,
--tg
It's probably different now, but in 2012, we rented and RV for DCI Finals and parked it in the stadium parking lot. A friendly employee of the Lucas Oil stadium pointed us to an area where we could plug ourselves into electricity on a pole. Other RV's were in the same area. I don't know if other stadiums have this feature, but it is worth looking into.
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I know I will come off like a fangirl for saying this, but I feel very bad for the members of the Crossmen. They performed the Hell out of that show. I haven’t seen today’s sheets, but, across the board, they outdid their show design. To be out of Finals by such a slim margin is brutal.
On the other hand, the design staff has to come up with better show concept than “Show about a shape”. 2019’s “Valkyrie” was a great concept. More like that, please.
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1 minute ago, regimentlvr said:
Crossmen and Troopers should beat the Colts IMO
I was just about to say that. Their show was sleepy compared to the energy of the previous two. The acoustics in the stadium are bad for everyone, but they sounded mushy at the end.
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21 minutes ago, bluesman said:
When I first read about what Crossmen would be doing with the order of it's music, my response was "why on Earth would they do that". Ultimately, I did like the show. But if they do end up missing finals, we can look back at that decision and understand why.
They settled on this particular order a while ago. I don’t know when exactly, but before Allentown.
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Madison sure ended strong and brought the crowd to its feet. Now, to represent the cannabis version of drum corps—Blue Knights.
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As Genesis finishes a fine performance, I am realizing Texas had three corps in Semis This year with Guardians performing earlier. A first?
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Successful on-time flight from New York JFK on American Eagle. The price for a RT had been reasonable and there were empty seats. I even got upgraded to First Class.
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Does anyone else get the feeling Gold could be a candidate to jump up to World Class?
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My 2-hour delay report. I love the Calgary Stampede's uniforms.
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The $5000 fee has been brought up. How much of that fee is supposed to devoted to being fed? Doing some math, if you start on Memorial Day and end on Finals day, there are 74 days. Hypothetically, if you consider the $5000 covering those days only, that is $67.57 per day. That certainly doesn't just cover food. This discussion makes me wonder how much the typical corps spends per member on food.
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33 minutes ago, Phantom56 said:
He is almost 70 years old, and will not be returning to teaching, or running anything. Those days are past. These days, he works at a golf course in Harrisburg, Pa.
Ummm, He and I aged out of the Crossmen the same year. 1978 was our last season. I am 65 Years old. I don't consider 65 to be "almost 70", but maybe some people do.
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I just love that this year has such intense competition and lack of certainty going into the Finals weekend. I'm hoping this leads to more people in the stands at Semis to watch and cheer on this group of corps.
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The Troopers vs. Blue Knights head-to-head should be revealing after what happened in Allentown, with Troopers beating BK, but not on the same night.
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Crossmen 2024
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