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Tekneek

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  1. Haven't people been saying Fan Network will get better every year, and yet there are major blunders? They've got several years of experience with this by now.
  2. This applies in all aspects of life. A great many people live and operate by the worse of the two options presented, while the other choice tends to get the better results. Problem is that it isn't as intuitive/easy an approach as it sounds. Many people just don't feel like it will work so they won't even try. However, the best CEOs/Managers/Educators/etc know how to pull it off and get more out of their organizations than the others on a regular basis.
  3. Scores were finally updated... 1 Blue Knights 88.050 2 Boston Crusaders 87.950 3 Spirit of Atlanta 86.750 4 Blue Stars 85.500 5 Crossmen 83.750 6 Troopers 83.600 7 Pacific Crest 81.450 8 Colts 81.400 9 Mandarins 79.250 10 Oregon Crusaders 78.450 11 Vanguard Cadets 78.200 12 Blue Devils B 77.750 13 The Academy 77.500 14 Jersey Surf 74.550 15 Genesis 73.750 16 Spartans 72.800 17 Music City 71.550 18 Gold 69.950 19 Cascades 69.850 20 Pioneer 69.050 21 Legends 68.400 22 7th Regiment 67.000 23 Raiders 64.900 24 Colt Cadets 63.100 25 Taipei Yuehfu 60.900 26 Les Stentors 58.250 27 Racine Scouts 55.600 28 Blue Saints 52.000
  4. Anyone know why there have not been any scores announced for so long?
  5. I don't need to know the music before it is performed. When I got into drum corps in the late 80s, it wasn't unusual for it to be the first time I had heard many of the pieces. I could still really enjoy it. It actually turned me onto a lot of other music as I sought out the original works. I think the blame for the obscurity and inaccessibility of the music is on the shoulders of the program designers and arrangers. Nobody knew Robert Smith's originals before Suncoast Sound took them onto the field in the 80s, but we could still enjoy the hell out of it.
  6. Are the scores only announced during intermissions now? Not seeing any score updates.
  7. If they find DCI incompatible with their goals, they should go away. Star did. I get the feeling they wouldn't accomplish the same things Star has, as an organization, but they should go for it if it means so much to them.
  8. I miss Jay & Jeff Wise when I think of RAMD.
  9. Facebook as a whole is full of a lot of insanity. People rage about things that ultimately mean very little. People I have known for years have stopped talking to me just because I didn't agree that PBS should be completely privatized. Bizarreness.
  10. Fan and alumni, that are not on the payroll or board of any corps, should be represented on the DCI boards and be able to have input and votes regarding business goals and competition rules.
  11. A slight from DCI against the TOC corps? Might I suggest that the very existence of TOC is a slight against the entire activity as a whole.
  12. It has a lot more to do with the way the Internet works than anything else. People feel liberated from having to have any sort of manners or politeness when you cannot see them and will probably never meet them. I don't think it is more complicated than that.
  13. The schedule isn't nearly as grueling as it once was. There are fewer shows and over a shorter period of time, as I recall. The activity today seems to be depending more heavily on the family of the marching members than it used to. I don't have any data, just basing this on my personal observations.
  14. Unfortunately, I've watched some recent shows (over the past few years) where the lack of woodwinds was the only indicator that I wasn't watching a marching band. I found myself wondering why they didn't just let them in and remove the last real difference between the two.
  15. I continue to try to enjoy the changes in drum corps, but it just isn't appealing to me now. I watch the shows and, while I can tell the performers have technical ability, it is wrapped in an overall package that isn't very exciting. It isn't about "in my day", because I've enjoyed drum corps recordings from decades before I marched, and enjoyed recordings for at least a decade after I marched. By the mid-2000s, it began to go off the rails. By 2008, it began to be harder to find enough entertaining about any shows. I keep trying. I want to enjoy it, but it just isn't there. I wish I had the resources to buy control of a corps, or start my own, and develop the program in a way that can appeal to prospective members while also putting some more appeal into the show. I don't think the whole problem with the lack of a full, deep sound is because of moving from G to B flat, because there was still some great sound coming out for a while. As a whole, the activity appears to have decided that we'd prefer to hear a lot of staccato notes instead of being blown back against the backs of our seats. Even the last few Star of Indiana shows, much maligned at the time, would still knock you back at times. They were an acquired taste for some at the time, but today's shows make them look all the better in comparison. Unfortunately, this situation is complicated. We all approve of some changes, disapprove of others, etc. I dislike the involvement of electronics at all, and the amplification of anything other than pit instrumentation. I thought I would dislike that, but I can appreciate being able to hear the instruments without the members having to destroy them in an attempt to project to the box.
  16. The drum corps lower down the ladder, at least historically, attracted two kinds of people: (1) those who love a particular corps and would be happy to stay with it forever; (2) those who are looking to use it as a stepping stone to the top corps. I've known both kinds.
  17. My personal view. Hopkins has been the primary driver making drum corps less appealing to me over the years, so not much to lose at this point.
  18. There was a time when "marching band" would never be used by anyone connected to drum corps to describe themselves. I can remember distinctly the idea that "This is drum corps, not marching band" being quite common.
  19. With the understanding that DCI announcements rarely make a big splash anywhere outside of its own niche, it sounds like this one won't even actually make a big splash here.
  20. Sounds more like a recognition that these other corps have hitched their wagons to Mr. Hopkins, even though every single point may not be one they agree with entirely. It is not unusual for this to be the case with any sort of coalition. Rarely would they all agree completely, but eventually decide to let one person take the lead, under the premise that somebody has to, and knowing that they tend to generally agree with that person on the major issues.
  21. Definitely. The contents clearly indicate that it is not a personal letter between private individuals, but an official letter being sent on behalf of entire organizations. No expectation of privacy to be expected and none to be guaranteed (legally speaking).
  22. Has it been decided that DCI is a marching band circuit now?
  23. It would depend on what the expectation of privacy was. ECPA applies primarily to personal communications, so doubtful that anything illegal has happened with this. As has been clearly stated, this was not a personal note. This was an official letter (in electronic form) representing a faction within DCI. I doubt they would have any legally defensible expectation of privacy.
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