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Phantom's closing drill was my visual highlight of the night. So satisfying. I think that's what I miss most in modern visual design... sustained full ensemble drill moments. Hard to do with more kids, I get it. 🙂

This, right here, kind of washes everything else away for me in this discussion. To have the possibility of a Phantom 08, to allow for a magical connection between audience and corps for that one final run... mmmmm.

Bjork's "Dancer in the Dark" is my favorite movie of all time, right over "Wizard of Oz." Thank you Cadets! Also, I hate musicals, but I can tolerate a couple of them. My favorite is "Fiddler on the Roof"... thank you SCV! Also, thank you Madison for introducing "Remembrance" to me. Wow! I don't think I would've gotten into the more artistic side of jazz if I hadn't have experienced recordings of 90s Madison via bootlegged CDs throughout my youth.

Speaking of the last part... AT 11:57, TO THE LEFT OF THE 50, ON THE CRASH CYMBAL... THAT'S MY KID!!! (well former student... but...) AAAAA!!! I'm so proud of him!!! 🙂

Oh yeah! I forgot there was a review section! 😄 Thank you! It's hard to get back on the horse after so many years of DCP withdrawal.

Can't tell you all how much I've enjoyed coming back to DCP, and this thread in particular, after years of neglect. Missed you all. 🙂

The ending, tho...

How was it?!??!?

JMU BRASS BAND!!! GET IT GIRL!!!

Another girl with a briefcase in a Cadets show!! WOOO!! 😄

Any updates on this? Have any corps put out mentions of this and their plans?

Not only the diesel... we're facing a huge economic collapse a la 2008... but probably more like 1929. What do our corps do if this hits while they're on the road? Just hoping the poop misses the fan until after tour finishes. (I know right?... quite cheerful today... lol)

I will say, I'm thankful that Boston did the Animal Farm show. When "G7" came up, I got to explain to my students what happened that year politically. It's amazing how art preserves history... just like our hunter-gatherer ancestors. 🙂

lol oh... I was thinking... "That's MISTER Jeff Sacktig, thank you very much." 😂

Hoping Cadets weather this current storm in DCI land. One of my students was going to march Spirit this year, and a former student is marching Cadets, so my heart is churning right now. I'm hoping that Cadets have as hardcore of an attitude about abuse, from the top on down, as they do with their work ethic.