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  1. I'm not sure about the Crossmen staying at Blossom Athletic Center. I think they're sharing housing with Crown at Madison HS to sleep and using NEISD newer Heroes Stadium to rehearse. http://www.texasbob.com/stadium/stadium.php?id=1276
  2. So I&E is this weekend in San Antonio for those who didn't know. I understand the move and everything, but why isn't there any promotion for the event at all? I can't seem find any info on DCI.org about it. Is it still open to the public? All the info I have is that its at the Judson High School Performing Arts Center in Converse, TX. Saturday, July 24, 2010 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM Sunday, July 25, 2010 from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM If a corps marches on Saturday then their I&E is on Sunday and visa versa. How big is Judson's performing art center? How will making the competition a 2 day event affect judging? I just wouldn't want to be the very first entry on Saturday, and then have the competition end 24 hrs later. Are there going to be less entries this year because of the change? Thoughts, comments, and anybody have anymore info? Edit: I also heard the winners will be announced at the ATL regional.
  3. you want to know what's going on with the Crossmen? their director blogs daily Crossmen Weekly Circular News coverage: http://www.wlwt.com/news/24228478/detail.html http://www.owatonna.com/news.php?viewStory=118817 http://www.owatonna.com/news.php?viewStory=118868
  4. I didn't say anything about placements. Yea I'm keeping tally of who's getting what and rooting for corps to be at certain spots. I'm talking about entertaining. Thats why I go to shows, to be entertained. Jazz just comes off as cheezy, its just a personal taste. When some corps did it, it worked. I'm just tired of people referencing new years to old ones, just let it go already thats why they sell dvds. It just wouldn't have the same effect now. Well said. If I could rephrase what I said, and change boring to cheezy, I'm not saying it all is, just my personal taste. I mean I loved BD 03. I think I'm just caught up with everything thats going on, everybody always trying to push the envelope, I'm just waiting for the next new thing...not in terms of gimmicks, but musically. ...and it could be a combination of when in high school and college everything that was chosen to play was some sort of latin jazz, I'm just over it.
  5. Because jazz in drum corps is boring....especially latin jazz (i.e. Madison) If anything makes drum corps sound like a HS group, its jazz......not even the HS that goes out to BOA competitions, or any rather. Remember when phantom did really good when they played jazz....oh wait. If I was a perspective member and a corps tried to market jazz to me as their forte, I would definitely bail. ...and those complaining about it sound too "soleily" , it seemed to work for phantom in 08 when they used a song straight from a cirque production and put it in their show. old dinosaur is old.
  6. The Crossmen will be at Mt. Hope HS, the show site on 6/2/10, I believe they're departing after the show instead of staying an extra day. If you check out their website and hover your mouse over tour 2010 then click on calender, you can see where all the housing sites are.
  7. Crossmen Pemberton Township High School 148 Arneys Mount Road, Pemberton, NJ 08068-1313
  8. I've seen high school bands do the SCV uniform switch with the tunnel. I hope this is more like what they did in 09 with the main character....or BD 07 where it was right in your face....or something new and unique.
  9. I thought it was fine, and the very crowded theater I was in seemed to really like it a lot....most of them were high school kids who clapped after the classic performances even more than some of the 09 ones. I honestly don't want to see an entire countdown of older shows (00 or 01 and earlier) they just come off as tacky after awhile, but the clips they showed was just good enough for me and very tasteful. I dislike the voting system because its not a voting process of which shows the public thinks is best its more of "which corps has the most alumni with internet access", then they go see their own shows. If they changed it back to a fan vote I can guarantee we can predict right now what the line up will be....unless they rule out any shows that has already been on the countdown previously. That would be a nice twist to it. Not everybody has the dvd! Just a lot of people on dcp. A lot of people aren't willing to shell out $100 for a dvd. I've only bought 1 and its because it was my age out year, and I really enjoyed all the shows that year. I haven't bought the 09 dvd year because I would just be paying 100 to watch crown and bluecoats over and over. So I'd have to wait till the price comes down or until I won it from the street team competition. So I haven't seen drum corps with an audience and great quality since finals, so its been months and I was ready to see it. The nearly full theater I was at was probably half filled with people who never seen any 09 show or much less kept up with the 09 season, or drum corps at all for that matter. These events are a great tool to introduce people to drum corps to push it into more of mainstream entertainment and it worked at my location. Yes DCI has made a few choices I'm not happy with when it comes to certain things but I still support it and spread the word as much as I can about it.....nice to see you support and spread the word about it too.
  10. Honestly I'm thinking the countdown was a lot cheaper then you might think. Im assuming they spent the most on making a deal with fathom because what they recorded at the shows is going on the dvd anyway, so the footage is working "double duty". The studio they used was at a local university, which I'm sure they worked something out. The set wasn't too elaborate, just a couple of pictures, Christmas lights, and a screen....not even a green screen was used, so it was faster and cheaper to make. I'm pretty sure they cranked shooting out in just a couple of hours, and editing in a couple of more.
  11. The volume was fine at my theatre, even thought a little bit more would've been nice, but it was nothing to complain about. As far as Iron Man, they spent a very long time compiling that together just for the theatre....while the countdown is a live recording, so many variables. I'm not an audio expert by any means or know a lot about sound recording, but I think the dome ruined the sound a little for the show. The parts where the any brass was just letting it out were fine they could've been a louder (the audio not the actual members) but if the volume was turned up it would've been too loud for some of the high pitched sounds coming from the from ensemble. (certain cymbal crashes or any metal type equipment ) Same as the classic clips, it was nice a loud due to them being outdoors, but certain metal pitches from the front ensemble was a little loud. Who knows maybe it was just my ears....i'm 23 btw.
  12. I see where you're coming from. But is it DCI or Fathom Events that is really responsible for this? I'm pretty sure both need a good cut in on it, hence the high price....along with it being a special event. I was thinking about the price when I was watching it, It was equivalent to paying to see each corps for 2.50, which doesn't sound that bad.
  13. Just came back from the show in Mcallen, TX. Great turn out. I'm really bad at estimating numbers, but I know for a fact a local high school which also consisted of some Genesis drum corps members came in a school bus with about 30 maybe even more people. I took 2 people, knew about 10 other people that were there, and there a lot more that attended. When people walked in a couple of minutes late they just sat in the rows up front because there wasn't a good chance you'd be able to find two seats together. I got there early, it was great hearing all the corps music before the show....even got there early enough to where they were selecting the countdown off the dish network feed. Much like everybody else I'm pretty exitcing for Bluecoats show. I'm really glad that Metropolis the movie was an inspiration for the show, I like the uniform change a lot, and really like the music. Crown. Which was the main reason I went to the countdown to see it on the big screen and experience it with an audience. Hopefully I'll be getting my 09 dvd soon...since I was one of the top street team promoters for the event. Overall this was a pretty great experience.
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