Flipwest64
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Sure they more the merrier!!
Bump- bumpbump pa- dump
Phil, Maybe I can try out for the bass drum line?
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Cannot wait for the season to start!! Going to be quite an exciting year!!
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Has anyone seen or heard of what the lineup is for the Plymouth, Mass show on November 20th is?
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Looking forward to all the performances today. Should be a great time. Defenders have been practicing to knock your socks off with their show.
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Can't wait to see everyone at the Open House. Going to be a blast playing MacArthur Park!!
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Sure Bill,
3 more days of school, then I'll get working on the new songs.
I'll PDF them to everyone before the New Year!
Merry Christmas,
Steve
So what's the other new song Steve? Hmmmmmmmmm?
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That can't be true?!!?
Safe trip everyone! Wave as you go thru Westport tomorrow.
Latest forecast on the local television newscast this morning....I don't believe it either, but I'll take it.
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Weather is now expected to break low 60's!!!
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We march in 3-4 parades a year. The biggest of course in Plymouth, Mass in November. All nine corps appearing in the reunion show that night march in the parade. The other parades usually have the same contingent of Defenders, Crusader Seniors and St. Kevin's. Throw in the Crusaders and Citations during July parades.
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Parade should be good as well let's pray for warm weather. Lat year was brutal.
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Here's a couple of pictures of the rolling racks we use for parades. Click below for some pictures of them.
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I am all for you guys being there!!. Who would not want to see Cahill on drums? Contact the committee.
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The alumni corps I march with uses stands for practices and performances. We just introduced a rolling bass drum rack and snare rack for parades. Personally I am a traditionalist. I prefer to carry at all times.
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The line up for the Reunion concert this year looks really good. These corps are listed @ http://usathanksgiving.com website.
Listed as appearing at the November 21st event are:
Crusader Senior Drum & Bugle Corps – Boston, MA
Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights – Newark, NJ
St. Kevin’s Emerald Knights – Dorchester, MA
Park City Pride – Bridgeport, Ct.
Holy Family Defenders – Rockland, MA
Hawthorne Caballeros – Hawthorne, NJ.
Lancers Sr. Alumni Drum & Bugle Corps- Hanover, Pa
Reilly Raiders-Willow Grove, Pa
It should be noted that the website indicates that this lineup is a work in progress.
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Defenders full Corps Rehearsal
August 16, 2009
12-4pm
Memorial Stadium
McKinley Way
Rockland, Ma
We will continue rehearsing our show and finish learning Legend of the One Eyed Sailor. Come on down and have a look. Bring a friend. We are always looking for new members.
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1)Crown
2)Blue Devils
3)Cadets
4)Cavies
5)Boston
6)Phantom
7)SCV
8)Blue Coats
9)Colts
10)Blue Knights
11)Academy
12)Scouts
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"in this great future you can`t forget your past."-Bob Marley
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This is like the new visitor to Disney who sees Mission Space as a revolutionary new ride
or the hardcore Disney fan who sees an old classic that appeals to everyone replaced by a cheap spinning simulator
The new visitor doesn't know what the past is or the significance of it. Meanwhile the hardcore complain about it. In the end, more visitors is a good thing. Thus, any exposure is good exposure. People who don't know drum corps want straight up entertainment value. They don't care who revolutionized what. They wanna look at something and say "oh cool." On that note, I think Time did well. Sure, I would have chosen some other cool shows that highlight visual awesomeness(I can think of a few cavies shows) but I think we should be happy DCI is getting national attention.
That's like saying a baseball fan does not know about the teams of the past or cares about it. You need to expose people to the earlier years so they see and understand how far the activity has come. This would lead to a better appreciation of the art. Sure Time did well and I think the exposure is great.
"don´t forget yor history nor your destiny." =Bob Marley
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Oh good God, give it a break. This is the best exposure DCI has had since ESPN. Stop the complaining and ridiculing about a noob reporter. You can't expect him to research 30 years of drum corps and come up with 10 that everyone in the activity agrees with. The average person doesn't know '89 from '08 PR and really doesn't care.
I like the fact that he ended on PR '08. If that show doesn't get the average noob's attention, nothing will. It still brings me to tears.
How about writing the reporter a glowing note so he'll do another, instead of complaining about him, virtually guaranteeing he'll never set foot in the activity again?
Again, as I staed several posts before. I give credit to the writing of the article. However, there should have been a stronger consideration given to the corps who paved the way for the modern drum corps. Obviously, if you put Spirit of Atlanta as a top 10 corps performance. Then where do you put the Blue Devils in 79/80 whose music changed the way books were written or Garfield 1983/84 and the dawn of today's modern drill design. I know that some of you are too young to even fathom how they changed the face of drum corps or don't even remember DCI Finals when BD beat 27th Lancers by a tenth of a point.
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Time's readership isn't the drum corps public....it's the general public. A noob doesn't know 88 Madison from 92 Glassmen....they put some good, generally representative clips up....even a couple of complete shows!
Give 'em a break.
It does not matter if it the general public or DCI Fans. Accuracy, Fair and balanced reporting are key to proper reporting.
Health of the Activity!
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