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  1. very cool. What's the date?

    I see a whole new industry of live drill design by Google to put Pyware out of business...

    I bet it was the day of the Oswego show, so July 1. the lineup was Cavaliers, Glassmen, Madison, Colts, Teal Sound and Pioneer for world class. Racine Scouts and Colt Cadets made up the open class portion of the show.

    ive always wondered if google maps ever captured anything like this, now i know. its pretty cool

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  2. One thing you have to consider is that not all corps have the same goals in order to determine success. While many tend to correlate winning with success others determine it by other means or measures. I know the Colts would be the first to tell you "They will never win DCI"..... But they consider themselves successful regardless and do not consider the need to win it all to be a determining factor of their success. Some people have a problem with accepting or understanding this approach.

    thought it needed to be stated again...

  3. i would prefer invesco field at mile high all the time, that field was awesome...

    field turf is great to practice on, minus turf turds. for shows its nice knowing that you wont hit a random mole hole.

    grass is good for shows if its well taken care of. see above statement. and on grass you dont have to wonder which hash you need to use, "tonight were using the inside taped hashes" or "remember this is a professional stadium were on the outside hashes", in theory they should only have the correct hash marks on the field.

  4. somehow, i feel cheated.

    i think the problem with 05 was there werent many epic top 4 shows which means the lower corps might get overlooked. madison, bluecoats, phantom all had amazing shows. 1st place cadets also had an awesome innovative show, but cavaliers did the chicago themed show and bd did the dance derby...

    or maybe i over thought this and people just liked other shows better

  5. But the reason he kicked that grounder was because the Steve Bartman reminded him and the whole team that they were in fact the Chicago Cubs and they were supposed to tank the game.

    so what you're wondering is, what if the cubs won a world series in the past century? would SCV have won in 88 and 89? would there be drum corps? would DCP exist? would DCI exist? would al gore still have invented the interwebs? would there be ME? i think these are all legit questions along with, what if boston hadnt traded babe ruth?

  6. The fact that they were a total powerhouse in the 70s, were almost non-existant at one point in the 80's, and are now in the top 8 is pretty cool I think. Everyone like to root for an underdog

    i guess if you understood their history that makes sense. i also thing some people just follow blindly. "hey these guys are getting a lot of response, i should clap too." im not bashing on them but they dont appeal to me. their show this year to me wasn't very exciting no matter how clean it was. id rather have a little dirt and have it be fun than super clean and boring.

    but if you're going to root for an underdog, why not get to the shows early stay out of the lots and keep to the stands and watch pioneer, pac, mandarins, etc?

  7. do designers plan on winning in certain years and not others? ex. did cavaliers designers plan on winning in 06 before ever starting the year and not also not expect to have a winning show in 05 or 07?

    do the people who film for the dvds and the live cinecast guess where to look at or do they just point, shoot, and hope the get a "good part/set" on tape?

    why do they keep taking away shows in the midwest specifically missouri?!? why not, since finals have 9more years in indy, have the last shows before finals week either be in allentown or at MIZZOU or KC Chiefs stadium one year then the other stadium the next year? then in years when the last show is in allentown, start the season going west making a stop at MIZZOU/KC for a regional before hitting denver and circling back up to allentown then to finals. then switch starting in allentown then making it around to MIZZOU/KC?

    why does INT always get standing ovations?

    if some people (corps) have such a problem with fans going into the lot to watch other corps, why not propose something in the off season so other "elite" corps dont put on such a show in the lot?

    kinda along the same lines of the last question, arent the lots usually free to get into? (see where this is going? $$$)

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