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The "greedy 7" are ON the board of directors. +++ “We can think of no better backdrop than our spectacular World Championships event to express our ongoing commitment to Dan and his vision for the continued strategic development of our programs and the Drum Corps International brand,” said Mark Arnold, Chairman of the DCI Board of Directors. My real comment is on the timing of the announcement. Despite the very reasonable explanation (above), I still find the whole thing a bit odd. With everything else going on the day of finals, why did the BOD find it necessary to meet as a group to express support for its director?

BEAT THE BLUE DEVILS AND CAVALIERS (did I get it right? ) +++ BTW I have no problem with the Cavies cheerleaders on this board. If the green team is your guys, I would EXPECT that enthusiastic "beat BD." It's the ultimate compliment to your rivals.

Star wouldn't lose anything due to "adjudication." They would lose due to execution.

Goodnight, Tim.

Sorry Tim, I should have read your post first before making my reply. +++ Tim, just have your secretary type that up, and I'll sign it.

If you are talking about visual, it looks like both judges had them in 5th, with identical scores of 18.9. Are you mad at the other judge too?

Semis scores are up on dci.org. Man, BD B is killing Oregon Crusaders by nearly 4 points!

Les Mis. By the Vanguard.

WOW AM I MAD AT THE LOUSY JUDGES!!! THEY SCORED BD A ... oh, what's that? Oh, the scores haven't come out yet? WELL THAT DOESN'T CHANGE MY OPINION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know this the internet, the source of all the worst information in the world, so please bear with me as I add to the confusion. Disclaimer: I'm going on my memory of what happened at that time, and I'm not sure I still understand it. I seem to remember something about a technical violation, that permissions were gotten for live performances, live performances over the internet, but somehow "mechanical reproduction rights" (whatever the H THAT means) was not obtained. PLEASE SOMEONE SMARTER THAN ME (ie, nearly everyone) please clarify with some facts, which has to be better than my addled memory. Those pre-ordered DVD's are the only COMPLETE version of "the world's greatest drum corps show" ever made. Did I send mine back? Yeah, I'll send mine back just after the congress balances the budget.

What a stupid topic. I'm sorry, but just exactly who the heck do you think you are??? In before the close.

I can explain. It's there because I like it. :) The Promise of Living is a great song, and Crown plays it magnificently.

I thought this topic was germane to another post.

The last two minutes of the show is the only thing I DO like! It's a good thing we all agree on this. That "most legendary DCI show ever" topic certainly got it right! Halftime Magazine article

Encore on RIGHT now. 1056pm 1010pm Edit: All done except for the singing.

I can see why the drum line is scoring big. They were crisp, MUCH better than early in the year.

Yeah, I noticed! I've never seen this kind of live feed before, so this is my first time. Pretty cool of Cavies to do this. And BTW very cool for the Classic Cavaliers to perform with just a few horns in each section (1 snare, 1 contra, etc). You have my respect, gentlemen.

600 viewers at 858p edt There are lots of ads on the live feed. Strange. +++ Edit: Classic Cavaliers are playing now. There is some kind of live "tweet" comments going on while they are playing. Wow, their own "fans" aren't being very kind to them re the sound of the G bugles! 908p, 843 viewers 938p end of Cavies show, 1140 viewers

I remember that. I was there. There is NO QUESTION that they deserved a tie. I loved both shows, and I really couldn't say which corps was better. They were both unbelievable. That was the best regular season show I've ever seen.

Bluecoats due to lack of weakness in every category, and a real strength in drums.

If she hates Crown, why did she have them in 3rd last year, with the exact same score as the other visual judge? Does the other judge hate Crown as well? http://www.fromthepressbox.com/20090808wcfinals.htm Man, if you think putting someone's score at 3rd in the world makes them a hater, what must Pioneer fans think about her? She must really be hating on them!

You sent the undefeated BLUE DEVILS to third? What do you think this is, 1988?

Thanks for your effort. And I don't mean to argue, but corps are going to be inconsistent from night-to-night. Shouldn't the scores reflect downwards performance as well? I would be suspicious if EVERY score went up the same.

I don't know where the particular judges were (pressbox, field, etc) but is it POSSIBLE that judge A was watching the LEFT side of the field, while judge B was watching the RIGHT side? I don't know if you've seen any shows lately, but the corps are now spreading from goal line to goal line, and there's a LOT going on out there.

Yes.