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They aren’t actually playing that much recognizable Beatles material to begin with. If they were playing longer sections of each song it would likely be a different story.

Some things just translate to the field better than others. All kidding aside though, math is not a theme I’m likely to enjoy in any kind of medium.

You’re clearly not reading the responses either. You’re saying the show is about “this!” Yes, fine. We get that. They are saying that message was not communicated well in the interview they saw with the show coordinator.

The corps wasn’t the problem, the show was just a stinker that couldn’t be shined. I’d wager the corps itself had an obscene amount of talent that wasn’t used

Ehh, I’d say they’re playing “variations” on the Beatles than just flat-out playing it. If I can only recognize a few seconds of some of my favorite Beatles pieces, you’re barely playing it. Not to say they don’t sound great, I just wish we got more of the melodic content the Beatles actually wrote.

That’s the beef I have with this show right now, though. They’re “kind of” playing accessible music. Only playing a couple measures of each Beatles song leaves me wanting a lot. But then I feel even less when listening to Vanguard, so 🤷🏻‍♂️

They moved from King to Jupiter in 2009

I'll just, uh, leave this here...

I love how all these threads escalate from "Yay, drum corps! I'm so excited!" to a "Who can be the biggest #### to everyone" contest. Yikes. Walk away from the hole you're digging instead of going deeper. It's better for all of us. #everybodychillthe####out

Wow. How bout we all dial it back a notch? This is getting more unnecessarily heated than a presidential debate. As my college roommate would say, "Simmer. The ####. Down."

From high school swans to sex dungeon swans. Quite the transformation

Jamey Thompson does a great job of writing great drill that complements the music and is fun to watch, so I'm looking forward to seeing what he does with this show

I'd put a lot of that to the absence of JD. He always made sure the mellos were a dominant part of the sound, both in the way he wrote the show and the way he taught the hornline

EXACTLY. People were counting them out practically all season, and they narrowly missed 4th place. Scorng a 95 ain't bad for 5th

One more night and I believe they would have passed them. They were really going for it finals week

JD even said in a podcast (after the 2012 season, I think) that the 04 show was one of his favorite/most challenging books he'd written, but it wasn't well received for awhile because it was so out of character for Regiment. So they basically never tried again.

I mean this same conversation happens every year now: Regiment has a less-than-stellar early season performance and everyone takes to the streets predicting their tragic fall from the activity's top tier (and someone always HAS to be fired.) It's so overdramatic, it would almost be funny if it wasn't equally annoying.

That was a unique situation for them in 2007. They essentially learned a completely different show mid-season. I can't imagine PR would follow that tactic. They learned their lesson in 2009

I get the feeling some people in this forum would still hate this show even if it was designed, arranged, and performed perfectly. Phantom Regiment: the corps everyone loves to hate, year after year. And I agree that the weather and venue did not provide for a great recording environment. Cool your pits, people. Think of how much time there is between now and finals. PR is practically the king of mid-season changes; if it's not working, they'll have no problem changing it. I see potential in this show. Is it what I was expecting? Not exactly, but I'm more than willing to let them do their thing and see where it ends up in a couple months.

They posted links to almost all the source material on FB a couple weeks ago. They've been easing into it without making a big announcement

They're doing the Leaf River parade this afternoon. I think we'll be seeing pictures within the next hour or so

It's sad how true that actually is.

I don't know that I could pick one specific person. I miss a lot of the people I marched with. Having gone through so much with all of them, I could still spend every day with them and never tire of it.

Your mistake is thinking logic has anything to do with it. Haters gon' hate, regardless of any and all attempts to convince them otherwise.

If these (not entirely subtle) references are to be taken as possible repertoire announcements, this could be a really interesting show, musically. Has anyone used the Feeney piece before?