wishbonecav

That's good information, Gary. Has it always been this way, or was there a little more wiggle on this in the 90's and before all the recording and so forth? And what's the cutoff? Can a brass ensemble play a chart at I&E without sweating the royalty/public performance thing? The "Mini Corps as a property/DCA as a producer" thing is important to the conversation.

When the trophy was bragging rights, or a beer stein with a strip of masking tape on it with "World Champion" scribbled in sharpie, it seemed to bring out the best in everyone....like one of those backyard Cups you play for on Thanksgiving before everyone sits down together. (and make bank on this: Donna wouldnt mind if it was a beer stein with masking tape; that would have been the whole point)

When Erie scored 105, everyone cracked up, congratulated their fellow corps members and "competitors" for turning the place on, raised their glasses and partied til about 3. There was a time - not too long ago - when the winners were announced to a near empty hall as 2,500 people had gotten up and left after the last performance. They were out of their chairs to begin with (standing o), so they took the next logical step...to the party. Even the performers left the building. You'd hear them an hour later with a beer in their hand asking, "how'd we do, anyway?" Who we doing this for anyway? Was it more fun when it didnt matter so much? Its a gift that DCA figured this Mini Corps thing out in the first place. There is NO OTHER PLACE IN ALL OF DRUM CORPS that 18 horn outfits can get top billing, a "must see" mystique, draw a huge audience and have them throwing babies at the end. NOWHERE. Comparing where we were to where we are.....looking at this thread...did the pendulum swing a little far? where's the fun? and where's the focus? look how seriously we are taking ourselves....show design deficiencies compared to the other corps? Really? It's I&E. All the groups and individuals....snare, ensemble, flag, chorus get one thing when they leave...a sheet...with about three comments on it and a score. Mini corps are a shade bigger than the brass ensembles (who get one of those sheets, 3 comments and a score). And everyone's having a ball. Maybe less is more. It might be time to have the winner of Mini Corps by applause meter and chuck the sheets (and tapes) altogether. Come to think of it, that might work. (and it would STILL be a contest ) Stay tuned.

Before it turns into a Frankenstein, mini-corps needs this review to make sure Donna's mission isnt getting lost in translation.

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I LITERALLY BOWED AT YOUR FEET AND IT STILL WASNT ENOUGH!!!!! we minions are mere drones marching off the Apple 1984 cliff to the beat of the Westshore echo.

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Bow to Jeff. not enough to make the point and have a few supporters to cement it; gotta shred the other guy's dignity in the process. Actually Re-posts to get a bow. Talk about silliness.... OK. Here ya go. "proved to be bunk"... 20 members and a few staff people is not a wholesale absorbing. Makes no difference to add twenty people? That doesnt bring a few old vets back into the fold with some fresh enthusiasm? And new people in 97-98 had one local choice...Bucs...so there they went, too. Let's say the Bucs didnt get hurt by the whole thing. Fran agreed with you. Big W did too. That wasnt enough apparently. Did you really repost looking for this affirmation? I almost fell over reading it. Here: Hope that was enough. As far as compensation, just because it was raining where you were didnt mean it was raining everywhere.

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I overscored KS and Renegades and came within a few tenths on several. If you got it THAT right, I think you win the pool. How much was in it? Just my 10 bucks??? i can mail you the check....or we can go double or nothing on 2013 :)

The post reads "outside their radius in a complementary situation" which, cleary, Mass is NOT (a complementary situation). Everyone goes there, like they do Scranton. There is no give and take, or reciprocation which is the point (often missed here on DCP as threads get pulled apart for every piece of syntax rather than for their merit or as a means to generate dialogue). Thank you for pointing it out a second time, though the post addressed that ahead of time.

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