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Calistar

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  • Your Drum Corps Experience
    Broke Dad of a Drum Corps Kid...
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    Concord Blue Devils
  • Your Favorite All Time Corps Performance (Any)
    Spartacus, Winged Victory, The Zone, The Machine, Phenomenon of Cool, Phantom of the Opera.

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  1. I continue to be amazed by the BDB organization. Professional and Efficient. In my opinion, Rick Odello and Staff are THE best of the best. Cali.
  2. You know what...I was seriously considering what you were saying until you started telling people to "go to hell". That was completely juvenile and you lost a lot of validity in the process. Although I am not a Revo parent, I AM a parent of a 20-year-old Open Class Musician. And just because he is 20, he does NOT stop being my son. When he leaves on the bus with the rest of the corps, I entrust his care to the staff and especially the director. The director of Revo came on this forum and admited that he instructed staff to leave the entire battery behind in Indianapolis. For me, this is where it starts and ends. I don't care WHAT they did (in this case, they refused to perform in a parade) and I don't care if the director is paid a million dollars or zero dollars...YOU MAKE SURE THEY GET HOME SAFELY. I understand your loyalty to Revo and don't want to see them go down the tubes (noboday wants that) but in this case I think your anger is misdirected. Cali.
  3. I'll tell you what...I've read this entire thread and I am shocked by what occured this past weekend. All I can say is that I appreciate the Corps that my son is a part of -- now more than ever. I couldn't even imagine this happening in our organization. If I was a parent in Revo, I would be livid. Cali.
  4. I have to agree with the OP. What a great weekend...and a great season overall. Absolutely the strongest top 12 (on avg) that I can remember. What I take away from this past week: Open Class & World Class together again. In my opinion, this was a huge success. I loved seeing all the corps together, being judged on the same sheets. BDB, OC, and SCVC were all amazing this year and represented Open Class very well (and BDB's drumline actually placed 17th...higher than 5 World Class drumlines). Spirit of Atlanta - I had seen this show a couple of times during the season, but it wasn't until finals week that I absolultely fell in love with it. They won't fly under the radar next season. A powerhouse in the making. Carolina Crown - At the beginning of the season, I HATED the Rock/Rach concept. Thought it was (cheesy) and all that, but they blew me away this week. Congrats to Crown for sticking with the concept and making it work. Live Coverage - As a FN subscriber, I got to watch the World Class Semi's live. Plus I get the Open Class Finals VOD. For the Prelims, we got the warm-up live (bonus!) until moving to the local movie theater for the top 15! And the cherry on top was the live coverage of the awards. For those of us that couldn't be in Indy this week, all the live coverage was appreciated! Now, if we can just get the Finals LIVE on PPV... and finally...watching the awards and seeing all those "kids" out there on the field, performing the Battle Hymn of the Republic...it struck me what a productive, inspiring, and character building activity this is. I hadn't thought about it in those terms in a while. Those musicians and performers on the field dedicated themselves to achiving excellence. And they achived it through hard work and dedication... and therefore should be celebrated. Congrats to all the Performers, Staff, Mgmt, and Fans on one of the best Drum Corps seasons of all time. Cali.
  5. Oh,Oh..I'm hearing that the Cadets are killing it too...what a great night for DCI and all the fans... Cali.
  6. Go, Kev, Go...I'm hanging on every word... Cali.
  7. My kid is texting from the stands...said that BD killed it...best performance of the season. Cali.
  8. Got a reply from the FN...VOD's are not up yet, they are workng on it. FYI. Cali.
  9. Does anyone know if the Open Class Finals VOD's are up on the FN? I don't see them. I have the "live" subscription, so I should have access. Cali.
  10. Wow...really? I stated that I got it from the Oregon Crusaders Facebook page. Nice comraderie.

  11. Way to Go BDB!!! I just got a call from the field and its Chaos!!! YEAH!!!!!! Cali
  12. Hmmm...190 users on this topic...what is everyone waiting for? Cali.
  13. I am an annual FN subscriber and since I cannot be in Indianapolis this weekend, I would pay $100 for the right to watch the Finals live this Saturday. Not on VOD and not on Blue Ray months later.....LIVE.... Cali.
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