Jyri

Hot pants DATED? BLASPHEMY! I'm trying to find a pic of the Blue Stars 07 guard on family day... Hot pants and all.

ON topic BAC mos def. Bridgemen a close second.

Wow, a 2 week US tour + round trip flight for ~ $1,130

Bugler's want Taps as national song 150th anniversary coming up.

:thumbup:I like it.

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Buglers Want 'Taps' as National Song This article is about how there is a move by military Buglers to have Taps official recognized as a national song, as the 150th anniversary of the piece nears in 2012. It got me thinking about Bugling as a musical form. Is DCI still preserving that? I cant say I've heard a piece like Taps or Extinguish the lights played by a corps in my memory.

IDK about starting from scratch, but at the pt. where Drum & BUGLE Corps becomes marching band, well then its Elite Marching Band. They already have a system for SHOW BANDS set up in Europe, S. America and parts of Asia. No need to reinvent the wheel. I've already come to terms with the fact that though D&BC is unique kids can take the same lessons away from another activity.

How much does vet retention play into this numbers game? Looking at the pic set up on FB there are 4/5 purple shorts [contra vets?] and one yellow short [bari/euph vet?] 15 rooks, or members switch to contra from another section... Can a 20 contra line be made up entirely of tuba players? Experts talks to me.

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Kidsgrove is coming to the USA to compete in 2010, but who is coming to throw down this season? Which corps are making the epic journey to compete in DCI?

AMEN!

Good start indeed! how are they sounding??

what is the DCE distinction between Corps and Show bands? simply instrumentation or are their more strings attached?

....through the grapevine something about ruby red shakos and green face paint...