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i say let people know whats going on. dci needs transparency and it seems like there isnt any. no finals attendance numbers for the past 2 seasons. i have gotten around 5 - 10 e-mails advertising for the big monday ticket sale. every year they post the proposals for every one to read. they havent yet. and people want to know if they want to continue to support DCI by knowing whats being passed or voted out. havent had anymore releases from people regarding the sound situation at LOS. just seems like people in the offices at DCI are keeping things tight lipped for what reason.... it will hurt DCI in the end to not have transparency...

still nothing on DCI.org... waiting patiently

Hello All, Wondering what happened at the Winter Meetings that were held this past weekend. Any News on proposals or corps moving into world class? fill us in with the info!!

i doubt Bluecoats will be doing Dream Theater's Metropolis.

Since LOS and DCI Supposedly have a deal on the stadium, and LOS and DCI are supposedly working together to make Finals Week the best possible experiment. I dont think that costs would be invloved to know that they are working together to see what can be done to improve the quality of sound. I dont trust what the judges say about the sound issues at LOS. I was there for BOA and i know it isnt the same as DCI but.. I know what i heard. Im Just going to e-mail my suggestion to Bob Jacobs and The Directors of Blue Stars and Madison Scouts. The only thing that can happen is it doesn't happen. but i look at it this way. If a fan is making a legit request and concerned and presents an option to not only bring in money to DCI, but to also possibly help make the sounds at LOS better. They should be opted to listen and at least Ponder the thoughts. DCI Meetings are Jan 10. Maybe it will get brought up and Other Directors say it is a good idea!

easy fix. Madison and Blue Stars both rehearse in Indianapolis for their winter camps correct. Get DCI Officials, LOS Officials and the 2 corps to due a Saturday sound test. set up stuff to record sound and video. analyze the data. Madison Scouts and Blue Stars can then do a run through in the dome with the roof opened. and then the roof closed. it is winter so im sure the place is brisk anyways. dont use the air conditioning and put up the curtains like they were set up for the 2009 BOA Grand Nationals. Get the guy that records all blue devils CD's - Frank D. to do the audio testing and see which is better. Get a Video set up and do a live feed for fan network subscribers. brining money in.... Use the reaction from fan network subscribers. get the Friends of DCI Involved in it. i am sure they would love to be the test audience. It is possible for them to try this. and who so ever didnt put a drainage system in on a building with that kind of price tag. they need to think what damage is being caused by not having proper drainage. there are foundations and alot of stuff underground that the regular vistor doesnt see..

I agree with Jeff. Shows are way different at Finals than in June. The way i look at it is. It wouldn't Hurt to do it. very reasonable. yes. it depends alot on if they are designing their show for LOS too.. I was at LOS for BOA Grand Nationals. It did look like there was more fabric than at the 2009 DCI Finals. Sound wasn't what i thought it would be. i was sitting on the 50 yd line in iirc either the 300 or 400 level. DCI doesn't have venue information listed for ANY finals event so you can look at seating charts yet. Maybe this is a sign that they are trying to make the experience that much better. we will see come August 14th 2010.

easy fix. Madison and Blue Stars both rehearse in Indianapolis for their winter camps correct. Get DCI Officials, LOS Officials and the 2 corps to due a Saturday sound test. set up stuff to record sound and video. analyze the data. Madison Scouts and Blue Stars can then do a run through in the dome with the roof opened. and then the roof closed. it is winter so im sure the place is brisk anyways. dont use the air conditioning and put up the curtains like they were set up for the 2009 BOA Grand Nationals. Get the guy that records all blue devils CD's - Frank D. to do the audio testing and see which is better. Get a Video set up and do a live feed for fan network subscribers. brining money in.... Use the reaction from fan network subscribers. get the Friends of DCI Involved in it. i am sure they would love to be the test audience. It is possible for them to try this. and who so ever didnt put a drainage system in on a building with that kind of price tag. they need to think what damage is being caused by not having proper drainage. there are foundations and alot of stuff underground that the regular vistor doesnt see..

My moments from the 00's!! 2000 - Cavaliers and Cadets tying for the World Championship! 2001 - First Show I EVER Saw Live. DCI Said no more ties. Paul Snow Stadium @ JSU - Cavaliers and Cadets Tied AGAIN!! 2002 - Frameworks - Spirit back in Finals! 2003 - Phantom Regiment in white and Playing the mess out of Cannon in D! Spirit making finals with a very emotional and tear jerker of a program!! 2004 - Shaken not Stirred!! 007 - thats about it. 2005 - Blue Devils - Yowsa Yowsa Yowsa...... Cavaliers and Ladders! Spirit Doing WICKED!! Cadets taking Gold with a very awesome show! loved the unis 2006 - Phantom should have won. Cavaliers were awesome. Cadets didnt work out to well with a part 2..... Spirit hitting some awesome sweetness with old new borrowed and blue!!! 2007 - Ok honestly every show from 2007 was awesome. Loved BD, Crown, Cavies, Cadets, PR, Bluecoats, and Spirit!! 2008 - I am Spartacus! Spirit doing some great music - visuals didnt work out though. Blue Devils being ABSURD. Crown with an amazing Hornline. That show was EPIC 2009 - My First DCI Tour. Seeing Crown and Cadets All Summer., Meeting Really Cool People. making a drum corps family that i truly miss. and seeing what the true meaning of Drum Corps is. Looking Forward to 2010 and on..... 2010 - Teal Sound being world class and at least making Semis. Phantom moving up in the ranks after a not so visually good program in 2009. Santa Clara doing the same thing they did last year just with different music. OMG! Spirit getting new unis. Seeing what the Madison Scouts Blast! of Indiana can come up with!! and NO MORE CHAIRS. DCI IS FOR MARHCING NOT SITTING!!

2003 - Spirit of JSU that show was awesome.

Teal Sound Doing Dream Theater, Jordan Rudess, and Coheed and Cambria! i wonder if they will have the rock band touring again with them this year?

Cascades - Silver Lining

Executive Director - George Hopkins (The Cadets) Program Coordinator - James Mason (Madison Scouts) Brass Arranger - Jim Prime (Madison Scouts) Percussion Arranger - Mike McIntosh (The Cavaliers) Front Ensemble Arranger - Jared Johnson (Teal Sound) Drill Designer - Michael Gaines (The Cavaliers) Brass Caption Head - Ray Vazquez (Colts) Percussion Caption Head - Shawn Gwaltney (Spirit) Front Ensemble Manager - Eric Willie (Spirit) Visual Caption Head - Tom Slaughter (Teal Sound) Guard Caption Head - Adam Sage (Carolina Crown)

My Turn to take a stab.... 1. Carolina Crown 2. Cadets 3. Blue Devils 4. Santa Clara Vanguard 5. Bluecoats 6. Cavaliers 7. Phantom Regiment 8. Boston Crusaders 9. Blue Stars 10. Madison Scouts 11. Troopers 12. Spirit 13. Blue Knights 14. Crossmen 15. Glassmen 16. Jersey Surf 17. Teal Sound 18. The Academy 19. Colts 20. Pacific Crest 21. Pioneer 22. Mandarins 23. Cascades

Redline Tango - John Mackey Asphalt Cocktail - John Mackey - Pacific Crest and possibly Bluecoats for 2010 Music From RENT - Would Love to see Cadets do this Disturbed TOOL Radiohead Fall Out Boy Shinedown Micheal Buble' - I'm feelin good - opener, Home - ballad, Fever - production, save the last dance for me - closer Josh Groban music and any corps that could pull off a rehash of Phantom of the Opera!

Building a corps isn't easy work at all. it is a very long hard and tedious process. Ask me i should know. i tried and i failed. miserably. but situations get misconstrued and people go flying off and posting irrational thoughts and it hurts. whether your involved or not. I don't know anyone on Educational Staff at Mystikal or in Administration positions. I feel sorry for the airing of laundry that has happened. it is sad to see that 2 corps aren't coming back in 2010. Based on research that has been done and with seeing people say that new corps are coming for open class. i dont think open class should falter. the way i look at it is there is going to be 1 or 2 new corps to hit open class this year. 2 corps that wont be in open class for 2010. one corps possibly moving up so that leaves 21 open class corps. if you add the possibilities of the 2 new corps that will hit open this year plus the 2 or 3 that might come next year open class is thriving. i dont see open class faltering any time soon. people are starting to see open class as a good thing for DCI and open class is getting more chances to become better marketed and hopefully it will pay off and by 2015 we will see a stronger force of open class. i say there will be close to 30 corps in open and about 27 in world class.

FJM Requires all Drum Corps to pay in full before the uniform is to be made. That is what a FJM Customer Service Rep has said. I can't wait to see the new design. Cesario has some brilliant ideas for designs. He designed the 2007 - 2009 uniform also. Love to see what they will be sporting in 2010.

Awww.... I Liked the uniforms. I Thought they were very nice looking, Mature and very neat. On The Price Thing.... It Depends on what all they have to buy. If it is new uniforms period - jacket, gauntlets, pants, shakos, plumes -. they will likely be spending around $50,000.00 if they have to buy just jackets, gauntlets, plumes - i would say anywhere around $15,000.00 - $30,000.00

Hmmm... i think the percussion guy will be Jefferson Lee..... he is associated with MEG....

This is in response to whoever said Jay was arranging at Spirit - It is Scott Boerma. Great Arrangements

Teal Sound..... GREAT DIRECTOR AND ADMINISTRATION STAFF.... Ron Ellis, Jared Johnson and Lee Hansen - Awesome Arranging this year. I LOVED Coldplay. wouldn't mind hearing more. Phyllis and volunteals - fed us awesomely this summer. actually enjoyed eating with teal more than i did when i was at home with mom. Why give the teal time such a hard time honestly. Randy works his butt off to make sure Teal Sound has a very nice tour each summer. got them new horns and percussion equipment since 07. got them new uniforms and pit and battery instruments for 2009. got a velvet rope to stretch across the field to help carry the design into the way it needed it to be. they took 4th. honestly yes they deserved higher than that cause teal knows how to march and to knock you back when they need to make a impact. goosebumps for the first minute and a half of the show. was awesome. Teal will most likely be leaving the ranks of the Open Class after this season. They will go play with the World Class Groups in 2010. heck thats what the difficulty of their 2009 show was written in. I wish Randy and Co. good luck in 2010. they know how to tour safely with no accidents this year. nothing bad happened. they did over 9,000 miles. how many other open class corps can say they toured for over 9,000 miles. Teal prolly came home with money in the bank. Thats a requirement when you are being evaluated for World Class. Thats Even a Requirement when you apply for an evaluation to even be an open class group. after your first year they check your financials and they watch you like a hawk. Looks like randy and co know how to get a drum corps on the field and down the road safely, while being well fed and looking sharp and coming home with money in the bank. So while the obvious person that started this post had to air his opinions. thats fine. but if you want to know why teal sound or randy and co did something the way they did. call them and ask them. dont come take up space and make people waste their time reading you air out your grievances on a board that every one reads. believe me everyone reads this thing. Teal Sound has loyal volunteals and people that contribute to the organization just fine. so what if they loose your support. i am sure people get pissy about alot of things. but guess what Cadets did 3 shows that no one really liked but guess what. they still had the same people giving them money year in and out. if one person stops because a rock band was in, thats their preference. I know of 4 - 5 groups that are wanting to start drum corps over the next 3 years. All will be Open Class. I know some that are thrilled at the fact they get to use all the toys, so that way when they do grow and get big enough to push for world it wont be that much more expensive to design a show. cause they will have the equipment neccessary...... ponder those thoughts......

Spirit's Show was very innovative and it took a big risk to put it on the field. The Brass, Battery Percussion, and Front Ensemble can all Perform musically and guard can spin and dance very well. best i have heard since 2006. 2007 was good and it looked like a step in the right direction. Spirit 08 was just bad choices from design team. charts were great and sounded great. VISUALLY is were spirit is hurting. Keep the instructional staff intact that was there this year. Replace visual. dont go after gaines again cause i really wasnt a fan of the drill except in 03...... go for someone that has a proven visual program and put it in place. we are in Alabama and can be outside as early as February. we should have the visual advantage from being in Alabama. never gets too cold. Alabama doesnt have the visual in the high school department at all. Alabama is the state that sucks in marching visual performance and design. Spirit will come out again next year with a great musical book and it will be of the right difficulty for the members playing it. lets just hope visual is up to par. Members put all they have into their show when they march Spirit. Spirit is a very good corps. haven't ever heard anything bad about spirit except from a management to staff thing. but thats for another post in another time. Just find a instructional staff that can teach visual. thats all spirit will need. 2009's show design was very well planned and executed. but you call can see where spirit is lacking in the scores and recaps. it is visual.

Shows Themes and Music for the upcoming Season Blue Devils - Mingus...... minus the chairs Carolina Crown - Steven Reineke - Symphony No. 1 - New Day Rising The Cadets - RENT The Cavaliers - Micheal Daughtery's Metropolis Symphony SCV - New World Symphony Bluecoats - Mahler.... Blue Stars - Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Boston Crusaders - Take on a mix version of Bravo and Red - more of 2009's guard Phantom Regiment - 300 - lots more death Blue Knights - Music from the Motion Picture Soundtracks of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight Glassmen - Beethoven Troopers - grow on this years success and surprise us. hope you make finals in 2010 also!! The Academy - hmmmm..... cant think of anything really Colts - hmmmmm - pan american sketches Madison Scouts - Broadway or Latin-Jazz Crossmen - Something like this year. just get better drill Spirit - Hmmmmmm.... Southern Rock - Freebird, and numerous others Jersey Surf - RockBand Volume 1 - Music from the game RockBand Teal Sound - Anger Management Tour - 30 seconds to mars, Reliant K, My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy There is my wish list for 2010 DCI World Class

I'm hoping someone does the music from the new batman movies at some point. It think it would work great for BK as the title could be "The Dark Knight". I know people are tired of that word play but this time it would be really cool! Spirit did Batman Begins Music in 08 - didnt seem to well received. everyone was really confused with the 08 Spirit Show!!