A little bit different for me because it wasn't my favorite show at the time: '98 Glassmen. We were standing backfield mingling with the Cavaliers waiting for retreat and the big hit near the beginning made the group I was with turn our heads in unison. I couldn't believe that sound was coming from the Glassmen.
A coworker died of a heart attack at work this spring. In August the entire staff was trained in CPR and AED usage. I wish that had been the case before such a tragedy. It takes very little time (our training was 10 minutes) and can make a very big difference. We also did a stop the bleed training that was excellent.
Madison needs a show that knows what it wants to be and communicates that to the audience--whatever the style may be. I love the old school Madison attitude as that's what I marched. But they don't need to do that succeed, they just need a well constructed product that the kids buy into and sell.
We are starting a musical theater program at my elementary school. We have a ton of help from a national theater organization and even with said help getting the money and rights correct is hard. I can't imagine the expense and effort is worth it for DCI.
I marched at the height of the scores don't matter era. I agree to an extent, but it was a lot easier to talk that game when 6th was the worst case scenario. This is hard to watch. The kids and teaching staff are doing a great job with what they've been given, and that's all I'll say about that.
I'm a Scouts alum and they are definitely still the Scouts to me. I feel the same pride now that I did when I marched. Time change, organizations change, attitudes evolve. Can't wait to see what the future holds.
We (Scouts) stayed in a hotel when finals were in Orlando in the late 90s. I thought it was fairly common at the time from talking to friends in other corps.