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What about now? Have many of you received videos yet? I ordered single corps performance from Finals. How many of those have been received?

Woohoo! Sounds like they are on the way. Anybody else received their's? Stupid Columbus Day. No mail today.

Has anybody received their videos yet? Any idea when they might be sent out?

I'll tell you exactly what newcomers think of the show. I had the privilege of taking 30 of my students to their first drum corps show this year. We went to Pasadena for quarterfinals. The kids were charged up and ready to get marching after seeing the pinnacle of the activity all day. With no exceptions, the show that left the worst taste in their mouths was Cadets. I gave them no indication of my feelings about the show prior to them entering the field, although it was pretty hard to do while trying to explain why the audience was booing George for the re-painting incident. After the show, I just let them do the talking. They loved the playing, but couldn't stand the talking. Keep in mind, this is the first year of marching band at this school, so virtually none of these kids had ever been exposed to anything like this before, until I brought a DVD in this summer and said "this is what we're going to see in August." Short answer: You want to introduce drum corps to somebody, steer far from 2007 Cadets. It will probably not be received very warmly. In fact, there will probably be some laughter involved. Let's face it, much of the dialogue was laughable.

Nope. It doesn't hurt me at all. Thanks for answering my question.

By the way, the Renegades had the best screamer on the field this year, by far. She is a mellophone player named Kat and you can hear her awesome scream at the very end of the zombie company front, just before the loud dissonant chord. She was always spot on, even when she was losing her voice. GO KAT!

So Einstein-on-the-Beach, I'm not really questioning what you have said, there are valid points on all sides of this argument and I appreciate your arguments. What I AM questioning is why somebody who is "done with drum corps" has posted almost 3000 posts on a drum corps forum. I'm not trying to run away fans or anything, but how can you honestly sit there and say you are done with drum corps and continue to frequent drum corps forums. I must agree with Chris (Randomnoise) on this one: You sound a little bitter, or maybe just confused. I just call it like I see it. It doesn't make sense to me. Am I missing something?

Our pit won I&E at DCA this year. You know there's always great stuff happening in California. Not to mention the fact that once you're out here, you could probably line up some teaching/staff gigs with local bands and whatnot. In spite of the fact that there are several big dog drum corps in California, some parts of the state are severely lacking in quality percussion instructors. The Central Coast area (where I live and teach) being one of them. Move to California and not only could you march, but you could probably make a living. Feel free to PM me anytime.

Thanks!

Where do I go to order DCA videos and minicorps recordings? DCA's website isn't very helpful.

I'll sell it to you for $15.

Thanks for the compliment on the solo. You'd think that I would have written something that wouldn't have kicked my own ### as hard as that thing did, but in the end it was worth it. I was soooooooo happy to set the tone for the finals performance, the best of our year. As far as the show announcment, I am joking. I have no idea what next year's show is, nor am I in any position to decide, let alone ANNOUNCE, next year's show. If your post was sarcastic, I couldn't pick up on it.

Hmmm... let me think who that could be. What did she play? We have 3 in the sop line, 2 of which are 19 years old, 1 in the mello line, and 2 in the bari line, one of which was a charter member of the Blue Devils Drum & Bugle Corps.

Renegades 2008 show is "You're Mortal: From Dawn to Dusk. Your life sucks."

We had 49 on the field, 3 pit sopranos, and one DM who played contra on Jazz Police.

Great review. In fact it's one of the best reviews I've read about the events of the weekend. I guess in the absence of show reviews, BBQ reviews will work just as well. And now I'm hungry. Since I had plenty of BBQ this weekend, I think I'll go to the polar opposite tonight and get some great sushi! Woohoo for raw fish!

I know this is kind of OT, but has anybody else noticed a severe lack of soloists in the DCI corps as of late? Not to mention the fact that the arrangements tend to shy away from crazy high notes in the trumpet parts? Just an observation.

THANKS! We hope to represent our state very well, and if some of our California culture happens to rub off on our Eastern friends, so be it.

At least spell it right.

Of course I just realized that somebody else already started a weather thread. Oh well, it wouldn't be DCP without 3 or 4 threads talking about the same thing, now would it?

I hope I'm not jinxing us by doing this, but check out the weather.com forecast for Rochester. Date Conditions Hi/Low Precip Fri Aug 31 Sunny 73°/52° 10% Sat Sep 1 Sunny 71°/50° 10% Sun Sep 2 Sunny 75°/57° 10% Keep your fingers crossed.

Hey careful! No need to air our dirty kittens in public.

If it's the same way it was in 2004, you just show up at your appointed time.

George Hopkins has put together a jaw harp and bassoon quartet. Last I heard he is requiring that the stage be divided into four quadrants, each one higher than the one next to it, thus giving the whole thing an MC Escher-esque perpetual-staircase type of feel. If this is not done to his liking he cannot guarantee that his reaction will be as classy as at DCI quarterfinals. It is my understanding that he has authorized the bassoonists to go on a Bb strike wherein they continue to play low Bb's until the sympathetic vibrations cause the collapse of the stage, and ultimately the collapse of humanity. All civility and reason will be wiped from the northeastern part of the country, and flocks of wild ostrich will invade Manhatten and take over Wall Street and declare John Travolta as the first King of America. Small children will be forced into camps where they will learn to vote straight-down-the-ticket Republican while shouting phrases like "My kneecaps are made of copper" and "West Virginia is such a brown-noser." King Travolta will insist that all songs played on the airwaves and the internet be accompanied by whiny, amatuer teenage voices touting their beliefs. Dogs will become the new currency with beagles being equal to what used to be the dime. Elizabethan wigs and spats will be required attire to enter any mall containing 23 or more shops and a food court. All governors must be pureblood witches/wizards. Mudblood governors will be sentenced to visit every household in their homestate and make Toll House cookies for the inhabitants. If nobody is at home when the former governor arrives, the governor must stand at the front door until such time as the inhabitants arrive. Should the house be vacant, the governor must bring a homeless person into the house, feed them cookies, and then kiss the vagabond on the lips and say "mmm....chocolatey." I go back to work tomorrow and I'm really up too late. I'm going to bed now.

Is that Loud Mouthpieces Joe Murphy? If so, congratulations on that catch!