Dave_G
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I'm just happy to see my old corps fighting (for now, at least) amongst those in the 7-10 grouping, rather than the 12-15th bunch.
:thumbup: Feels good man.
Been a while since we've walked these grounds competitively.
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I see a lot of love for whitewater. Both in the performing and the spectator side of things.
I have to say from a spectator standpoint I loved Camp Randal and a college near Huntington West Virginia right on the Ohio River. Is that UWV? Great acoustics and really good lighting.
Marshall (Joan C. Edwards stadium)
Great place to perform. WVU's stadium as well (Mountaineer Field) is excellent, would be nice if DCI went (came back?) to that one eventually. But the Joan is a great place for a show. Not a fan of Huntington itself but that stadium is great for a DCI event.
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Mile High Stadium 1.0
Mile High Stadium 2.0
Camp Randall
Death Valley (LSU)
Mountaineer Field (non-DCI, performed there with the WVU band)
Franklin Field (total pain to park there as a fan though)
Sun Bowl Stadium
J Birney Crum
Salem Va
NightBeat (Charlotte) - can't think of the stadium name
Roy Stewart Stadium (Murray State)
Floyd Stadium (MTSU)
Joan C. Edwards Stadium
Kidd Brewer Stadium (App State, non-DCI, performed there in HS multiple times)
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East: 27th Lancers, Bridgemen
South: Suncoast Sound, Tarheel Sun
West: Anaheim Kingsmen, Freelancers
Midwest: Star of Indiana, Royal-Aires
Canada: Oakland Crusaders, Academie Musicale
International: Yamato
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turn tables
Only if there are two of them... and a microphone.
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other then the home team (Spirit):
Blue Knights
Madison Scouts
Carolina Crown
Blue Devils, Phantom Regiment, The Cadets, and Spirit of Atlanta would round out my CD if I were going to make one.
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Hey Kevin, if you can get a pic of Spirit making the Maltese Cross it would be much appreciated.
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slowly, oh so slowly loading on my computer.
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ok stupid question...i logged into the fan network and see no link to view retreat. will it just appear?
someone probably beat me to it, but DCI.org says it will be available around 10:25 on the homepage.
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They passed on. They expired. They ceased to be. Bereft of life, they rest in peace. If we hadn't nailed them to the turf, they'd be pushing up daisies!
They're just pining for the fjords.
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Star of Indiana
1991: Roman Images
1992: Rome Censored, a tribute to Caligula
Spirit of Atlanta
2009: Live! In Concert
2010: This is a recording
2011: Corps on hiatus due to lawsuits by the RIAA involving illegal downloads and unauthorized file sharing.
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The combination of SCV and Cavaliers shows are enough to start the rapture as the Green Machine finishes up. Being Devils, BD's corps is still intact and blows the house down with their performance. On the other hand, the Cadets, losing half the corps in some sort of bizarre miscalculation by the almighty, can only perform with the demons. The execution is great but with just the demons performing the show doesn't make much sense and they drop a full point to finish 3rd.
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In all fairness, Boston was one of those shows that was just sort of OK in the theater, but I really think may well have wowed me live.
Having seen it now both in the theater and live I agree with this. That said, the ending was underwhelming to me regardless of setting and that has nothing to do with performance, everything to do with writing. But the rest of the show? fantastic.
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Definitely food for thought. Though I will say, with corps like the Cadets, Cavaliers, SCV, BD, etc. the Shako/Ausie/whathaveyou is a big part of their identity as a corps to me. I'm open to the idea of the entire corps being in something a good bit more breathable then a corps uniform, lids and all. Think Blast! type outfits for the corps proper in that case. But still it's for the most part marching around the field more then anything else. It's a concept that I could get behind though, I'd love to see it tried with a show at some point, if only for a few shows.
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I just got around to looking at all the scores from last night, and based on those, Spirit of Atlanta is now TIED FOR 10TH with Blue Stars and Blue Knights, with the next highest corps 1.7 behind them.
Way to go, Baby Blue. Believe!
* And please don't waste my time and yours pointing out how you "can't compare scores from different shows." Heard that argument before, and yes, I can compare whatever I darn well please. This is a thread about Spirit of Atlanta, and while last night's placements and spreads might not hold up in head-to-head competition, they very well might. You just never know.
Even if they don't, we have every reason to be excited right now. The corps is red hot right now and climbing fast. Just keep on cleaning, keep improving the show, and get back where they belong in finals.
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On that note, any Hockey fans here? Does anyone think the Avalanche can make
their way back into contention anytime soon?
Canes STH ever since I moved back to NC.
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Michael Del Corso averages corps last 5 shows, but being that we have not yet to have five shows yet...
Ranking the corps is important, because this give us a clue where these corps might end up in this years larger shows, where only the top 12 will go on to finals.
Problem with that line of thought is that it weighs scores with different panels. That's not to say that you can't do it, but it's far more accurate to look at the margins between different corps at various shows when there is no head to head picture available, as is the case right now. As such say corps X and corps Y haven't gone head to head with eachother, but both have competed recently with the Boston Crusaders. Corps X might score a 70 and be .9 behind the Crusaders, while corps Y a day later might have scored a 71 but been 1.4 behind the Crusaders. While they're half a point higher in highest score they're also a half point behind in differential in the matchup vs Boston.
I haven't bothered looking at head to head and relative scores yet anyway as frankly it's way too early and we've seen things change drastically the past few years once judging moves to the full panel.
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Southwind 2000
Pacific Crest 2000
Spirit 2001
Spirit 2002
Blue Knights 2002
Boston Crusaders 2002
Santa Clara Vanguard 2002
Madison Scouts 2003
Cadets 2004
Madison Scouts 2005
Carolina Crown 2006
Glassmen 2006
Blue Knights 2007
Spirit 2007
Phantom Regiment 2007
Santa Clara Vanguard 2008
Blue Stars 2008
Cavaliers 2009
Santa Clara Vanguard 2009
Boston Crusaders 2009
Santa Clara Vanguard 2010
Blue Knights 2010
Spirit 2010
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Any home show with a young corps is recipe for a meltdown. I'll leave it at that.
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Didn't Spirit and Glassmen have a rivalry for a while? Is it still going on? I would imagine not since there's a bunch of Glassmen alum (staff and members) on Spirit's staff now.
Spirit and Crown had a pretty vicious rivalry back around 2001 and 02, but that's no longer much of one.
I can imagine a rivalry with Glassmen and BK around 04 and 05.
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Happens a lot actually, though it happened more often when there were more corps. In my ageout year both Spirit and Glassmen played October.
edit: thinking about it, pretty sure Crossmen and BD both played Blue Rondo a la Turk that year as well
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1: Be as sound in your fundamentals as possible. The staff will notice and it's a lot easier for them to work with a player that has as solid a foundation as possible.
2: Be friendly and relaxed. A decent part of how you do is you interact with others between blocks. Someone who seems like a deer in the headlights when interacting with anyone is going to stand out and isn't going to last much longer then the first audition.
3: Be willing to learn. The notebook recommendation above is one of the better ones I've seen around here. If you can fix specific issues that the staff gives you to work on between camps then it's going to go a long way in helping you land the spot.
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Topics merged.
And awesome news for West Coasters.
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I do not want to see lots of corps doing a back to the 1980's show.
Please don't.
Nothing wrong with an occasional throwback show, and next year would be a good year for it, but on the whole I agree.
The impact of Madison topping Cavaliers...
in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
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I don't think it will have any impact. These aren't exactly two noob corps we're talking about there, they've been around the activity longer then almost every other corps out there. Sometimes designs are just flat out misses, happens to every corps at one time or another. The question is what changes are made to improve the product the next season, especially when it comes to a corps that's been at the top of the activity as long as the Cavaliers have.