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What I said is not an absolute, 100% of the time symptom of the activity, but rather a broad observation from someone who is on the road with these members about daily habits of corps members. It is NOT a "drum corps was better when I marched." I do not hesitate when I say this conversation about members being absorbed in their technology off the field is had frequently on the road amongst different staff members. Maybe the day you were there they were more talkative about the previous block, but you'd have to be blind to not take a step back and see that a great number of members of each group have a cell in their hand with their heads down as they wait in the food truck line. Maybe when they sit down, they talk slightly more (with a phone within inches of their hand for the incoming text, or the ability to surf facebook when the convo lulls,) but this tendancy towards less CONSISTENT interaction is something that has been increasing with each group I've been with since the middle of the decade. Minus me if you'd like, but that's my observation from the trenches (with multiple groups at both ends of the performing spectrum) I'm not a Cavalier fanboy, but I definitely see the merit in what they have fostered with their members and what they continue to place an importance in. They don't want the distractions so their members can truly invest in the fraternity of the group. It works for them. I may not agree, but I see why.

Go to most rehearsal sites (of any corps) and wait at the food truck for a meal to occur. WATCH the members during their time off the field. Most of them are buried in their phones, and do not interact with their fellow members... It is sad to see (having been involved before the cell explosion and after), but then again, this is how lots of people operate in public nowadays. What The Cavaliers are doing is unique (by not allowing personal cell phone use) and I absolutely love it. Armchair drum corps fans can proclaim to know what is best for the group, but the Cavaliers experience IS different from the other groups and I do not think it is rooted competitively, but more in the FRATERNAL aspect. They want their members to bond...and yes other groups DO bond, but not with the same consistency of interaction that is desired from those that are in charge of the Cavalier experience (staff, admin, and member leadership.)

http://www.colts.org/news/news.cfm?news_id=733 Confirmed

There was a thread about potential music to be used back in the spring. Does anyone have a link to that? I can't find it. I know it got very large.

Music City was financially built off the back of "The Band Hall" and sadly it was venture that was never going to last long term.

SUPER DRILLMASTERS /thread

Not true. Some of us(marching members) knew that all of this was coming down the pipeline as early as 2008 (in very clear details) due to conversations with admins of the corps.

Ok, this whole post is silly. You cannot compare drum corps and an orchestral setting. Drum corps musicians are not professional paid musicians. Most of pushups and such are for conditioning sake in the long run. The conductor might not give you pushups in a rehearsal, but Michael Martin certainly handed them out. I think he has plenty of orchestral trumpet playing experience and he seemed to think it beneficial to us ;)

That was said to the ENTIRE corps and it was "and some of you are still effing fat" Nobody was singled out. This was in the context of a whole conversation. That was the start of a very formative week for the 2006 Regiment and had that week happened, Faust would not have been the show it was (and all of the members, while hating that week, knows how important that week of no tolerance was for our advancement) And btw, we got first in feet at quarters if i recall correctly. Just like Regiment did the year before. Recent trends for the visual caption do not apply to years ago. There are more factors for an underachieving visual performance than the caption head's teaching methods.

Very few members of the Regiment hornline care or are upset about Jay Emmert yelling. When he comes on tour, you pretty much know the intensity is going to be ramped up and the expectation level goes way up. Have there been really tough days from a visual standpoint? YES, but those are the things that give the members things to laugh about years down the road "I can't believe he actually said that, or we actually did that" There is a great respect that the majority of the members afford the Emmert brothers for their approach. Is it always 100% professional, no. But all the members understand from the beginning of the season what the expectation is for rehearsals and the summer. Just do your job and Jay or Dwight will NEVER say a word to you. It is often the people who are spacecadets that end up in conflict with the visual staff. I for one never saw a person needlessly get attention that did not deserve it, or have it coming. It is not realistic to say corps members are ALWAYS motivated on the road, and more often than not, having a foot put up your butt is necessary to "find" the motivation to continue on days where you might not want to be doing drum corps. Anyways/ This has been coming for JD for a while. He is transitioning to a full-time family man after YEARS on the road. 2 kids and a job in one place = leaving the activity (plus it helps that his philosophy of music first is not rewarded like it used to be, which has to be demoralizing) Staff conflicts aside, this can be a really good thing for a revitalized Regiment. JD will be missed, but the sky isn't falling here. SUTA

This was definitely 2006 at West Virginia. Minute long tear in the drum feature and they still had a large spread that night over the corps that was chasing them down at that point of the season. DCP blew up over this night.

I've got a bet on it with a friend :). Hoping to get some real clarification... Cause it sounds nothing like T&F to me.

So the first impact was toccata and fugue? Because it sounds like Sweeny Todd...

The first impact after Candide was from what source material? Thanks

Figured we could play this game with the bookends of shows since we have a ballad topic.