Bob P.
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10 minutes ago, Rich Cline said:
True. So it's Bloo & BD tied for 1st or it's BD & SCV tied for 2nd
Actually there are 7 different outcomes for ties in 1st and second positions among 3 corps.
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5 minutes ago, Rich Cline said:
The spreads are tightening but the order is still Bloo, BD, SCV. There is still the possibility as I mentioned towards the start of the season that we could see a tie at one of the positions.
Among three positions, one can only tie in the top two.😉
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38 minutes ago, Ediker said:
Translation: there used to be stuff to see from up high.
There still is with Blue Stars, at least.
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30 minutes ago, Terri Schehr said:
They aren’t the worst offenders by a long shot.
In fact the BC are probably the best at integrating amplification of horns etc. into the whole and are being rewarded for it. Others not so good and not being rewarded.
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This the 7th and last show of our mid-west tour! Noticed that Academy changed their ending (for the best, I think) and hope that will help them to top 12. Next shows are Allentown. We refuse to attend indoor shows.
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This is silly, so I'll bite. The four tenors!
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4 hours ago, Terri Schehr said:
I tried watching. I got a half hour through episode one. When the little guy went to the whore house, Terri was over and out.
Yes, boring!
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3 hours ago, xandandl said:
Yes, isn't that Waterslide there in New Brunsfels monikered with some German sounding name? Schlitterbahn!
Of course, the key question is where South Texas begins and ends; we Americans think of it all as North Mexico.
Doesn't South Texas (or North Mexico) start at Brownsville and end at Dallas? Lots of German influence in Corpus Christi, which truly is in South Texas.😉
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51 minutes ago, HockeyDad said:
I got the inside scoop: it’s gonna be snippets of heavily mic’d unrecognizable songs muddled by thunderous goo, accompanied by lots of nonsensical props and dancing. With the word “blue” in there somewhere.
I hope not, but that description could be used for most of the corps, unfortunately, except for the insertion of "blue".
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5 hours ago, Fran Haring said:
More "Is it live, or is it Memorex?" moments.
What's Memorex?😉
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21 minutes ago, xandandl said:
Cathedral...
Great show idea. Maybe BAC still has the arch props (usually referred to as "the bottle openers") from several seasons back.
Much music would be available for such a show idea, past, present, and perhaps future.
Widor's organ symphonies would be a good start. The finale of the 5th would be glorious. Louis Viernes' organ symphonies also.
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1 hour ago, Fran Haring said:
I've said this before elsewhere... but the older I get, the more I like the idea of being in an indoor stadium. LOL. No sun beating down... no rain... air conditioning... all good.
And, I guess, the hearing starts to go as we get older, so bad sound doesn't matter as much either, can't hear it.
Not my case though - I have my hearing checked every year and it has not diminished much for the last 50 yrs and I want to keep it that way by avoiding excessive loud sounds. Read indoor Drum Corps contests. Even the outdoor contests can be too loud, especially with amplification.
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5 hours ago, Ghost said:
91 horns?
I am numerically dyslexic. 9 x 9 = 81, but with dyslexia it comes out as 91.
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1 hour ago, Jeff Ream said:
it's not just equipment on the field that's the issue. if you haven't noticed, it seems recently storms are becoming more and more destructive. I love good old J Birney Crum, but imagine trying to evacuate that stadium fast if an ugly storm is rolling in. Or imagine any other venue on the east coast...and as we've seen elsewhere, it's not just an east coast thing. Storms more than ever seem to roll in harder and faster, and tend be more powerful than they used to be. So sure, the stuff on the field is a concern, but so are the spectators, stadium employees etc.
Trust me...i do not like drum corps under a roof, because, well yes, the sound sucks ###. But i get the safety reasons. Imagine DCI had been outside several years ago when that storm rolled through Indy and killed people at the Fair.
Maybe the fair should be held indoors!
While we are at it, why not have the Indy 500 indoors - that would make it "safer" for the 200K spectators to evacuate in case of an ugly storm. 
Its not for safety reasons that the DCI Indy is indoors, its for $$ reasons. 
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3 hours ago, denmum said:
You should try Indy and I think you might be pleasantly surprised. My group has done Allentown and then Indy for years and we all agree that your ears get acclimated to the sound in no time in Indy. They do as much as they can to help the sound there. On top of that it is very comfortable.
I can also acclimate to jackhammers at 125db, but I still won't enjoy nor appreciate it. 91 horns and over 25 percussion instruments, even un-amplified are not meant to be enjoyed indoors, just like a symphony orchestra is not meant to be enjoyed outdoors, even when amplified, Hollywood Bowl notwithstanding.
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2 minutes ago, Jeff Ream said:
yup. i mean while Indy keeps selling a great number of seats, you see tons of people in all age groups say they'd love to see finals somewhere else....but the Dome...excuse me roof....keeps DCI there. If there was a decent dome on the East Coast, Allentown would be toast
Decent dome is an oxymoron. Even partially covered stadiums, where spectators are covered, are acoustically compromised. Situation is even worse now with omni-directional speakers, i.e. mid bass. At least horns are directional, except when amplified, but the rest of instruments are omni-directional, hence large goo and reverberation in large enclosed space.
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9 hours ago, Terri Schehr said:
We haven’t gotten our tickets for Indy yet either. Maybe they’re sending them by pack mule.
Just been notified that the Menomonie tickets are up for sale on Monday 8 April. Allentown tickets ordered. We refuse to go indoor competitions, which leaves out San Antonio and Indianapolis, so Allentown serves as our "finals". Been that way since 2007 at Rosebowl.
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Now if they could release the tickets, that would be great. Hotels all booked for mid-west tour, starting in Lisle and ending in DeKalb. Most of the tickets ordered where available.
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27 minutes ago, Fran Haring said:
Even back in the day, when someone would ask me what drum corps was... I'd tell them it was a summer version of marching band, without woodwinds.
And numerous times at parades, we'd be asked "where is your band from?" No big deal.
That was even more so true here in Quebec where the term Drum & Bugle corps didn't even exist. There was the term "corps de clairon", which means Bugle corps and also "Clique musicale".
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9 hours ago, BigW said:
Scout House has always used "Band" in their nomenclature, haven't they?
Yes and the key of their "bugles" was Bb.
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18 hours ago, BRASSO said:
I subscribed to " Drum Corps News " in the 60's and recall such resistance, and the Letter's to the Editor and such, re. the addition of the Contra to the brass lines at the time. The " purists " at the time had pretty much the same rationale for their objections to it ie, " it was a Marching Band instrument ", and its use would no longer constitute the unit being able to future call itself a " Drum & Bugle Corps " any more in their view. By the way, one of the first east coast Corps I recall being pictured in Drum Corps News with the " new instrument " at the time were 2 marchers in the Garfield Cadets posing with the Corps new instrument purchased and depicted being carried up and over their shoulder. MikeD. ( it was in 1960- 1962 ish in DCN). I believe the 1st Drum Corps to utilize the Contra Bass ( today's Tuba ) was a Canadian Drum Corps, I believe as the 1st Mfg, of the Contra was a Canadian Co. called " Royce- Whalley" ? or some such name ( I forget the inventor Co's correct name at the moment )..
I think that the name is Whaley-Royce. Whaley Royce also manufactured a custom designed C-bass, actually ordered and used by Les Diplomates in 1962 through "68. I don't think that any other corps used it. It was not shoulder carried as the Contra and was, of course, illegal since it wasn't pitched in G. It did allow us (Dips) to play some notes others couldn't. At no point did we think that we were going "band".
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59 minutes ago, jwillis35 said:
That's a killer show. I don't know if I could watch another live DCI show after seeing this. I'd likely need a few years away just to recoup. All fantastic and legendary shows!
I you had seen all of those shows live, would that count? Putting all of those shows on the same night would be "murder" on the judges and on the corps also. Placement would be impossible. But I see where you are going here, but I feel that if I have seen all of these shows live, then I have seen this "fantasy" show.
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On 2/23/2019 at 6:51 AM, JimF-LowBari said:
Actually it was rest of the season but ok....
Yes, maybe the last few games of the season, therefore the suspension ran through the series.
The riot had much more to do with Montreal losing hockey's best player at that time for the Stanley cup series. Les Canadiens lost the series to Detroit in the 7th game, which surely wouldn't have happened had the Rocket been there.
Apart from some very partisan fans, most thought that the suspension was merited, even among the French Canadian populace.
Playing God Save the Queen in 1982 was not usually well received, the separatist party being power since the 1976 election.
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2 hours ago, Fran Haring said:
Heh... we got the "chirping crickets" response in 1982, at the DCA show in Montreal. Our opening hit, which usually got the crowd going...nothing that day. I mean, zero response.
Of course, the fact that our opening hit was "God Save The Queen" and we were in French Canada might have had something to do with that.
That and the fact that traditionally, Quebeckers are Cab fans.
Sound Reinforcement - who balances it best?
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So far I haven't heard them all(not heard BD, Crown BAC nor BK), but of those I have heard live, I rate them as follows from best to less best:
Bluecoats, Cavaliers and Blue Stars. The worst are: Cadets, Crossmen and Vanguards.
Heard them all outdoors and can't imagine how they will sound indoors. Looking forward to hearing the rest at Allentown. I refuse to attend DC indoors!