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I love that they included 2007 Glassmen on the list. I loved marching that show and I still see those beads all over my house.

I know I'm gonna sound like a huge comic book nerd for this. The Dark Knight Returns is the name of a Frank Miller graphic novel but it's not where The Dark Knight comes from. Batman has been referred to as The Dark Knight since the early comic books. Sorry, but I'm a huge huge Batman fan and little things like that bug me.

I noticed that too. I really like that Crossmen are sitting in that 12th spot, but Scouts are one of my favorite corps and I would love to see them start getting back to where they used to be back in the day.

This weekend is going to be epic.

I've been both a performer and a spectator in every major dome that DCI uses and I hate them. I enjoyed The Cadets 2007 show but the first time I saw it was in the Georgia Dome and it practically ruined it for me. The voices echoed so much it made everything almost impossible to really enjoy. The echo without voices isn't as bad but I'd still prefer an outdoor stadium. As a performer it depends on what dome you were in. The RCA Dome was horrible, probably the worst I've ever marched in. However, The Alamo Dome isn't that bad at all. I definitely prefer an outdoor stadium. The sound is better plus there is just something I find awesome about performing outside under stars and stadium lights. As for Lucas Oil, it being a dome shouldn't matter because the sides and top open up so echo shouldn't be a problem.

When it comes to saying taka, daga, tuku, etc. I can say those pretty well by themselves. When I'm pushing the air through though I can't get my tongue to do it anymore. I was talking to a friend of mine about who can double tongue and he suggested saying ta-da-doo-dee and it seems to work pretty nicely. Has anyone else heard of doing it like this?

Here is what I think. You'll notice I'm a big Phantom fan. Favorite Corp: Phantom Regiment Favorite Overall Year: 2003 Favorite Visual Corp: Favorite High Brass Corp: Blue Devils Favorite Low Brass Corp: Phantom Regiment Favorite Color Guard: Glassmen Favorite Guard Uniform: 2007 Glassmen Favorite Guard Flag: None Favorite Percussion: Phantom Regiment Favorite Front Ensemble: Phantom Regiment Favorite Musical Selection: PR's Firebird Finale from 2007 Favorite Uniform: Phantom Regiment Favorite Blue Devils Performance: The Phenomenon Of Cool Favorite Cavaliers Performance: 007 Favorite Cadets Performance: This I Believe Favorite Phantom Regiment Performance: Harmonic Journey Favorite Santa Clara Vanguard Performance: Phantom of the Opera Favorite Carolina Crown Performance: Triple Crown Favorite Bluecoats Performance: None Favorite Glassmen Performance: Gitano AND>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>................... Favorite Show Of All Time (So Far): Phantom Regiment Harmonic Journey

Hello, I made a similar topic over n the Blue Devils' forum and I figured it couldn't hurt to put it here too. I'm a mellophone player and I marched 2007 Glassmen. I took this summer off because I wanted to take horn lessons all summer and I am going to the International Horn Symposium in a week. I'm planning on auditioning for Phantom Regiment this coming fall and I have some musical concerns. I am very good at all types of lyrical and slurring exercises and my articulation is very good when I have to use a fast single tongue. My biggest problem is that I can't double tongue. I've looked at audition materials from other corps (SCV, Glassmen, and some BD stuff) and I haven't seen any double tonguing stuff for auditions there, but I've never seen any Phantom stuff. I've been working quite hard on double tonguing. I can say the syllables and all that without the instrument or mouthpiece but when I put it all together my tongue falls apart, and I'm worried that not being able to double tongue is going to stop me from making Phantom I'd love some advice on double tonguing. If anyone has marched Phantom recently and knows what the auditions are like that would be wonderful. Anything else anyone thinks I should know would be wonderful. Thank you!