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Granny Smith for president.

If you can have a camp in West Virginia or Ohio, I'm there! (with my son, of course)

The first rule of writing is USE A SPELL CHECKER! ;) The second rule is don't quote Wikipedia. That doesn't mean you can't read it, I think you should, it may reference other articles. Your research article is about you learning how to dig up hard to find information, not just about the topic. So do the hard work, it will be worth it. But since I just looked it up, it is very poorly written and doesn't use many sources. I looked up "bugle" and it's even worse. Why don't you lay out your outline for your paper (number of pages, your main ideas, define your terms of "classic" and "modern", define who is your audience, etc) and let us help you with that? Then you can use US as your sources! :) If you didn't know, the greatest writer in the history of DCI (modern drum corps) is Michael Boo, who has already posted on your topic. If I were going to write an article, I'd ask him what he thinks and follow everything he says. Below is a nice drum and bugle corps. Can you identify the year of this "classic" drum corps?

Go to Youtube. Search "RCC tommy"

Terrific! Thanks for the clarification!

I don't post here on DCP very often, and when I quote a post I usually snip! it, just so others can refer to it if they want to read the whole thing. Your post deserves to be read again, just the way your wrote it. I logged in just to tell you that it's people like you that give me hope for our country. You certainly sound like a young man who's got his act together, and who knows what is important in life. Have fun this summer with the Troopers. I'll be in the stands, applauding for you. -Dave

Me? I'm what nobody cares about in drum corps. I'm just a fan. But I'm a darn good one.

Yes, it's incredibly distracting. Not because of that one judge moving when the other 150 are moving, but that isn't the case most of the time. There are many, many shows when the corps has made a nice halt, shows perfect lines, and some idiot drum judge is RUNNING from one part of the field to the other, or moving when the entire corps is stopped.

Wow, I can tell you're not a drummer. A "tenor drum phrase" doesn't sound "dirty" up close and then mysteriously becomes clean on its way to the stands! Look, I don't care where they put the drum judge, as long as they GET HIM OFF THE FIELD. Come on DCI, it's time to get with the modern times. Audiences come to watch a show, not to watch judges judge. JUDGES SHOULD NOT BE PART OF THE VISUAL PACKAGE.

I am 100% for getting the perc judge off the field. This is waaay overdue, as judges roaming the field and being distracting is out of date with the modern fast paced movement of drum corps and should have gone out with the tick system.

I heard both shows live. I loved both shows, no doubt. The 1987 Cadets was a champion, and had to beat an absolutely fantastic Santa Clara Vanguard show to do it (Russian Christmas Music, Pictures at an Exhibition). The 1987 SCV beats the 2009 SCV as well. 1987 Garfield, by a lot.

BD 2008

Agreed. They were great, one of my all-time non top-12 corps. I would also point out another power corps that at the time was said to be "the next Spirit of Atlanta"; the Memphis Blues Brass Band.

Unpopular view department: The typical views have been aired; it's DCI's fault, it's bad corps management, it's money. What nobody has considered is, the lack of quantity of drum corps is the fault of: Marching bands If a young person wanted a quality marching experience "back in the day", with rare exception they HAD to go to drum corps. Today, there are thousands of good marching bands, all of whom go to national level competitions. I remember the corps that were ranked 17th and lower; they were NOT good, they were boring, many were tiny. There are many marching bands today that would blow away the hundreds of little drum corps from the 60's and 70's. I believe the modern DCI styloe marching bands satiates the need of those who love excellence and have a love of competition. DCI is still the elite of the marching arts, but high school MARCHING BANDS are less costly alternatives that fill the need of the combatants.

Our local HS marching band uses State Farm. The band boosters are a 501©3 and pay for the policy. One year policy, liability only (no property) 1 million dollar umbrella policy. $400.

That's a trick question. This drum and bugle corps was established in 1914, but then disbanded in 1924. They were re-established in 1926 and have been active ever since, and are active today. In fact, they won a championship in 2009. They are CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

No one would ever vote for 1983 Garfield Cadets unless they saw them live. The broadcast from that year was horrendous. It was just awful, as many of the great moves were simply not shown. I saw that show 10 times live that year, and I spent my time watching the tape SCREAMING at the broadcast for everything they missed. I voted for 1983 Garfield, but upon reflection I would like to change my vote to 1987 Garfield. NOTHING against 1983 Garfield, it's just that Appalachia Spring is a personal favorite. One last editorial comment: As great as the 1983 Cadets were, a great deal of their show was borrowed from 1982. They were not 100% innovative, they just repeated a well known winning formula commonly practiced in that era. Right Blue Devils? ;) But for 1984 the Cadets threw out the book and played an all-new show. This was unheard of at the time. What a tremendous risk it was for them to do that. That was the most striking innovation from that decade and exists to this day. Compliments of the 1984 Garfield Cadets.

This is the most clever thread of the decade.

I attended a concert in Canton in 1994, called "An evening of Brass Theater, The Canadian Brass and Star of Indiana, Ray Cramer, Conductor." Amber Waves Pictures at an Exhibition Renaissance Dances *La Morisque *Bransle Quatre Bransles *Ronde/Mon Amy *Ronde Selections from "the Pines of Rome" *Pines of the Villa Borghse *Pines of the Appian Way Excerpts from Medea Excerpts from Rhapsody in Blue Swing Sweet Chariot Theme from Schindlers List Excerpts from 1812 Overture The Pines of Rome and Medea were played on "traditional, non-chromatic G bugles." I'll leave it to others to debate what was "DCI" music and what is "esoteric." FYI most of the tunes were arranged by J. Prime Jr., and T. Hannum. +++ Hey Michael Boo: Did you remember that you wrote about Brass Theater and were quoted in the CD liner notes?

Where is Blast? I don't see anything scheduled for the traveling show past Oct. 2009, nothing for 2010. http://www.starofindiana.org/

Buy American. I'm not kidding. +++ For a more detailed analysis, can there be anything better than Penn State Chris's post #58, further upstream in this thread? http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/forums/inde...t&p=2716359 Great job, Chris.

THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RULE CHANGE OF THE DECADE: Get the judges OFF the field of play. Let them patrol the sidelines, put them in the stands, or at the very least let them judge from OUTSIDE the "marching box", but judges on the field of today's modern drum corps is an anachronism. This is the 21st century. It's time for the judging technique to catch up with the marching activity. /meaningful suggestions +++ Please return to the usual meaningless and useless DCP posts which criticize DCI and trash amplification.

I would agree with you about the letter "G" thing, if the name of the corps was THE GADETS!

You buy the audition package, but other corps do that. After the audio tape is reviewed and accepted, you pay an $80 audition fee. Other corps do this in one form or another. I don't understand what is shocking, or why anything is surprising. It looks pretty routine to me.

Check out Youtube. Search "DCI Athletes"