jimmymac

On your first point, i disagree. I think the type of a show that is rewarded is actually a very trendy thing in all of these competitive art forms. The real question has nothing to do with me. I think i made it very clear that i am a brigs fan. I dont have a problem with it. My question was a general discussion of what people think of the new direction. Where did i imply that i couldnt "Deal" with it? Where also did i even mention the blue devils? You mention them several times but i didnt. The brigs are the brigs, i agree with that. But if you look into thier history, (especially thier competitively succesful history), its very Jazz oriented. Im sure the blue devils also could play more than one style. I never doubted thiers or anyone corps ability to change styles, but you have to admit that it will draw some curiosity as to why. Thats all i wanted. Thank you for your attempt to make this personal and to make it sound as though i "attacked" them. jm

Wow... that is actually saddening to me. I dont think its neccessary to do that at the expense of a wonderful moment. Especially since it sounds like he waited for the most quite, touching moment. At that point in the show, the drumline hadnt been playing for about a minute and a half. Certainly no disrespect to him. He is obviously a legend in the activity, but that just seems wrong to me. but thats just me. If the members dug it then i guess there was something there. I know its hard to control emotion sometimes when your so happy. I certainly would have been pumped to see my drum corps perform that way! jm

I absolutely agree! I am a big brigs fan, just curious about what people think of the new direction they are taking. I have heard they are much younger and less experienced. I have heard from friends that the buccs are also a younger than average DCA corps. Many without any experience past high school. They are certainly worth watching! I tend to sit in the stands for the duration these days (Compared to my younger "in the lot" days). They just havent seemed to have that same swagger as the late nineties and and early 2000's. They were without a doubt my favorite senior corps back then. These days i am tending to be more of a MBI fan just because of the style of waht they do. I love classical, but i not 10 times in one corps show. I guess thats the other reason i am sad that they arent doing jazz anymore. I thought they pretty much owned the genre within DCA for so many years and now there is one more corps doing the classical style.

I think its great! Makes me almost nostalgic to hear young people yelling for thier friends on the field! Yelling "Go Joey"! or "Get it Guard" and things like that. Its one of the distinctive things about what we do! There are times where it just borders on obnoxious. My favorite example is the 1992 Crossmen. Thier show was winding down nice and soft, they had just really hit a "Grand Slam" with that performance and were really creating a phenomenally beautiful moment and then someone starts screaming just before the last note. I even remember peoples concentration just being completely broken and the focus going from the kids on the field to scanning the stands wondering who the jerk was yelling. Shame on that person. Someone told me it was a staff member once (dont know if its true) but thats even worse! I really hoped they would edit it from my tapes (yes... i just said "Tapes"). I got the whole top 25 tapes that year and i really wanted that to be gone when i popped it in but sadly, there it was. Maybe they can reissue? lol jm

Lol.. give him a break! based on my math (and his signature) he was probably born 2 or 3 years after that show! lol 92 was amazing! those guys even "made out" on the field!

Okay, First off, i am a very big fan! The "Brigs" have given us some of the best shows ever. But as i checked out corps reps the other day, it really hit me how much the group changed. Ive heard so many stories about some of the things the corps has been through (The bingo thing, theft etc). Its natural that they dropped a little bit competitively. Does anyone think that this "new style" is going to bring them back? Have their problems been more because of the shows they do? or has it been the execution of the shows? Is any of this a result of the Buccs recent success? Are more corps going to "Classical" because its competitively the "hot" thing? (DCI Phantom Regiment, WGI guards, etc). They haven't been a true competitor since 2004. Since then they have completely changed styles and now have overhauled the staff it seems. I don't know a great deal about the staff this year, but does anyone think they can get past those top corps in the near future? (Cabs, Buccs, Statesman, Minnesota). Please nobody get angry! this is just discussion! jm

I agree with you on which corps, but disagree with why. Since 2001 alone, they have done alot of rehashing (just like every other DCA Corps). Into The Raging River * On The Waterfront Vesuvius * Firebird Suite Tame The Perilous Skies Symphony #9 (from The New World) * Amber Waves * William Tell Overture Romeo & Juliet , 1812 Overture Rocky Point Holiday. thats ALOT of rehash! And did Glassmen do some sort of gypsy thing recently? Nothing wrong with that of course! DCA isnt really the venue for innovation. I see your a colorguard guy so its not hard to see why you pick bush. They have had the best guard in DCA for awhile. Phenomenal! jm