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TrumpetJ

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  1. Spats wouldn't look good anywhere - any time. Looking forward to seeing the new uniforms though.

    I only wore spats for three years in a college band and couldn't stand them. They stayed dirty from the first gameday to the point where the elastic strap under your shoe snapped, which was usually the second gameday. I am firmly anti-spat.

  2. My mom showed me the 03 finals broadcast before my freshman year in high school, but it didn't really stick. A couple of months later, one of my friends handed me a CD with "1996 Blue Devils" scribbled on it (we were playing Club Blue as our show that year). First big hit was all it took.

  3. From the second I first heard the 1996 Blue Devils it has been all about emotion to me. The ability of 150 people to pull emotions from you that one wouldn't normally expect to show for a "marching band". I always thought it was silly to read people getting choked up at a drum corps program until I actually did it. Few things get me excited like a big brassline bringing a show home at full volume with every ounce of what they have left. To see the looks of the performers after they put on what they know is a spectacular performance is awesome. It's a special thing that sucks you in and takes you for a mental and emotional 12 minute ride when done just right and it's not something you can get just anywhere.

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  4. I havent seen this one up close, but the panel (that's what we actually call them) had gotten smaller each season from 08-10. This years looks just about as long as last years, but is more stylized with the slit in the side and will probably look really cool in motion.

    Has it always wrapped around that far? Maybe I'm just now noticing how far it goes because it is blue on the outside instead of black.

  5. Academy: Pleasantly surprised. It has room for tweaking season after season with a different shirt/tie color combination.

    Blue Devils: It's not earth shattering, but it's alright. I could do without the black striping on the left sleeve. It would have looked better as white stripes or just a solid blue sleeve with those small white stripes continuing to the shoulder. My only real issue is that huge drop sash. It's gone from small dangly sash to a half skirt.

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