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I just laughed out loud at work, at a semi-inopportune time. thanks for that. *redface* HENnyway, I didn't use the stuff much either, until 3 rehearsal days of 100 degree kansas sweat (06 heatwave..? any takers..?). The J bars on my tenors were causin some fierce chache. Can't say the gold bond solved the problem, but it felt good for a minute or two at a time...

I think this is a pretty normal college thing in fact. -- My drumline at Iowa did a pre or post show each of my 3 years, in front of michigan, illinois, and indiana. I wont lie, we got smoked everytime, but as stated above, it was more about fun and hearin some other beats, realizing we're all at the game to jam and play some notes - not a pissing contest.

Yeah... it is very different that pro sports... - they practice all season in their home city, they have 9 or whatever home games, and most players move to the city when they're recruited. Not even close.

You're right, you're probably much older - but I don't speak without doing my homework, and I'm generally choosy with words. I'm all for adapt and change. I agree, most things in life even would not survive otherwise. I feel a little blasphemous even dancing on this topic, b/c I don't think it's becoming of me - but I think it's even a little silly to hear "On the field, from ____, performing..." - you know the rest - when everyone knows maybe a handful of people in the corps are even from there. Again, does the corps mailing address define "home" ? I'm not sure mr. crocker gets paid enough to say "On the field, having recruited in california, texas, the midwest, chicago area, the greater plains, appelacian states, gulf coast, and upper new england... performing their 2009 program.. "

This discussion actually elicits a little bit of emptiness for me. In retrospect, my winter camps were not in my corps's "home" town, our everydays were not in the "home" town, but we did play one electric "home" show and the crowd ate it up. I find that I identify much better with where camps and everydays were held, rather than the home-show city. If a corps hall determines a corps's "home" then so be it I guess, but if a corps moves is it fair to say their legacy is left by what they did on the field? On here people still reference garfield, but it'd be hard to imagine the devs without concord, or troop without casper, or SCV without the SC.. what would they be then..? _ _ V? What in particular defines a corps "home" ??? -- this got a lil off topic. don't mean to hijack the talk, but this is what came to mind.

The Colorguard has spoken.

Do we get to know what the other days are??? I'm tempted to jump on the 12 drummers drumming, but if they have deals I dont wanna spend all my $$ if there are better things to come! What a clever ploy wgi... clever indeed...

I would have been able to look past those heights, but mp really jumps out at me. mp = 6''?? that's [depending on what the hornline is playing] audible from backfield?! I've learned a few: 1-3-6-9-12-15-some arm-lots of arm/float << seems to be the most common also 1-4-7-10-vertical-arm << not as common but makes plenty of sense In terms of indoor/outdoor I can't speak for the "community," but if its a percussion ensemble I wouldn't change dynamics. If there are horns I may consider backing off or some different implements.

In a freak occurance, Phantom Regiment boycotted World Finals due to DCI's refusal to recognize Spartacus as it's own division. Div Spartacus.

Sooo your parents were teens in the 70s, did i get that? Buddy, lotta people on here aged out before you were even an idea. I don't claim to know everything about classic drum corps, which is why I stay out of those threads. You are WAYYY out of your experience league here. Hi, I'm Jimmy Hoffa. Nice to meet you.

I'd like to hear some System Of A Down on the marching field. I mean cmon, all the time signature changes would be a visual judges DREAM. They cover multiple genres in one song: metal, hard rock, death metal, headbanger... the early stuff did anyway. All you liberals just dont know good music. I guess the fact that DCI might attract a motley type crowd to some events, scaring off the real fans might be a barrier. Its time for corps to start playing real music. [/sarcasm]

I knew someone would pull that #### on me. Clearly they're not going to have 4 consultants on tour. Even so - so many different teaching styles and philosophies detracts from a uniform technique and execution framework. If 12 cooks all throw something into the soup, chances are it wont taste as good as just a couple. Speaking from a percussion state of mind, i dont know much bout guard.

Show design based on and narrated by William Faulkner.

Holy Guard staff. no pun intended. is 12 really necessary..?

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For the drummer, no explanation is necessary. For anyone else, no explanation could suffice. [/drum corps]

self explanatory. What was/is on your playlist on the way to the show? Our drumline hype song: FTBS by 311 My own preshow songs: Take On Me - A Ha Take Me Home Tonight - eddie money

Going on my facebook.

whaaat? am i the only one that didnt know commentary/drum cam/etc was removed..? thats a downer. :(

cheers to that! enjoy your weekend :)

So eloquent.. yet so powerful. These sentences sum it up for me. Good film or bad film, DCI has always been about excellence in achievement. Even using drum corps as a backdrop for a bubblegum after school special is insulting to some people. It's like having the London philharmonic orchestra play Bach, then giving it to a junior high band to butcher. - but its ok, they tried their best. The junior high band does absolutely nothing to showcase Bach's greatness to those who havent heard him. I would rather keep DCI in it's niche, having 99.9% never heard of us, then to give people the wrong impression. I'm still a little in disbelief SCV would agree to this. I think this film [until I see the real movie in its entirety] is a giant middle finger to everyone who put their blood sweat and tears on the field and to have America see THIS as the product of something that absolutely consumed my life for awhile.

Naive question here... maybe. - but shouldn't SCV have to sign off on trademarks/copyrights/intellectual property/idontknowwhatbutPLEASEdontdestroyscvsimage to use their likeness for commercial production..? I don't want to see this go public, even if it does spread the "DCI word."

I choose 2006. design flaws aside, both hornlines and drumlines sounded great, as per cadets season. My rationale is based pretty much on the fact that, even if that crazy rabbit, red dress, whoever was on doin crazy stuff on the field... at least they were doing something. At least I could anticipate some sort of action from them. 2008 with the stage sitting on the 50.. as if NPR doesnt kill enough braincells... just was boring for me when you have such a lively colorful musical ensemble to cater to! I was distracted from the music (which was PHENOMenal), I kept waiting for something to happen.. and then just.. nothing. Disappointing. The characters in 06 at the very least were moving and interacting.