Paralda
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Definitely going to be an interesting season.
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I think you're confusing "dissonant" with "dark".
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Call it what you want. They are trying to save money.
I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing.
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well..its apparent that you've got some personal interest in Orlando. Good for you...
Not good for drum corps as a whole.... The impression I understood from the get go on this
topic was for a championship being held there.... For that reason, I STILL stand on my ground..
Now, if you want a regional... fine.. have one.. Im sure that there'll be a few Div 2 and 3 corps
that would like to play in a big stadium like the Citrus Bowl.. BUT for a DCI FINAL......
NO WAY ..... NO HOW !!!!!
have a good day
Never once was I referring to there being a championship held in Orlando. I just want there to be a show in Florida... at all.
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you just gave my reason that much more of a REASON not to....
2 out of all DIV1 et all....??
The odds DONT look good !
I do believe that two is more than most other states... more than Georgia, why don't we cancel the Atlanta regional? More than Texas, let's cancel San Antonio, hell, more than Pennsylvania, let's cancel Allentown!
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One of the biggest reasons corps are having housing problems is because school districts are "going green" to save money during the summer and they save more money shutting the place down and turning off all of the utilities than they make off of housing a corps.
It's not because they're "going green," it's because education funding is horrible.
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From a geographical point of view... WHY have all the remaining drum corps out there go and
trek down to one "out of the place" area of the US, making it harder for ALL of us to view...... I say
keep it in the middle of the country... Madison/KansasCity/Denver...
Because two large DCI corps have their camps in Florida and their families/friends would like to see them perform?
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That's right, I forgot. It is no longer called DCI, it is now called WGI - summer edition!!!
I suppose if you can't march and can't play, everything will be just fine as long as the guard is good.
And Madison...... OMG!! Can't wait!
I think people on DCP really ignore how important guard is... if a Corps has a great percussion section and brassline, but a horrible guard, they'll score badly. That's just logic. I know most DCP posters are drummers or horn players... but you can't just forget about a third of the corps.
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John Mackey is a terrible composer.
I disagree.
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I liked Cavies 2009, and found it kind of funny that instead of comparing the Cavaliers to other corps from the current year, people only compared them to their older shows.
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Ive always found bass drum to be more of an upper back thing. Which is WAY worse than lower back eg. tenors.
Honestly, my biggest issue making the transition was leg and ab muscles. Marching with good technique quickly with a large bass drum on really works your core and your legs. Getting toe height is a hugeeeee hurdle to overcome at first.
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Its mostly due to problems finding good people who can actually carry them. Plus, well...the dome.
Bass 5 is heavy...
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His book report grid = amazing.
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Janacek Sinfonietta.
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The Matrix to the end of Cavaliers 2008.
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Multi. It's more likely to show off the GE stuff that non-DC people will find more entertaining.
This.
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I like how people just left when he played something hard, yet enjoyed the really simple beat that he later came up with.
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Sponsored by Kanstul? Can anyone say G bugles?
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I have that shirt...
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The horn in question is Bobby Shew's "Shew" horn. He puts a harmon mute in the bottom bell, and then plays "duets" with himself on solos. If you've never heard Bobby play live, you need to. He is one of the greatests jazz trumpet players on the planet. Even if you've never heard him live, you've heard him. Remember a couple of old TV cartoon show themes - The Jetsons and The Flitstones? Thats Bobby in his early 20's!
The DCI rules state bell-front, valved instruments, in any key. There is an specific exclusion of Sousaphones, and Tronbones. Concert "French" Horns would also be excluded as they are not bell-front. Eb Cornets, Trumpets in other keys than Bb, Picc. Trumpets, etc. would all be legal. According the rules as they were presented to the judging community at the time, valve trombones be 50/50, and would require a ruling for someone. Are they valved, or are they Trombones?
The Trombonium was a horrible idea that DEG had back in the late 70's. It combined the valve section of a baritone bugle with a trombone bell, and the worst characteristics of both. We had 4 in Guardsmen, used them for about a week, and then they never saw the light of day again. I believe that Madison tried them too. They would make nice table lamps.
The corps that tried to march Sousaphones for part of the year, Eklipse, was from Western Kentucky. A great idea in a what should have been a great location, all poorly exicuted with no business sense. Same general area, idea, and outcome as the Imperial Guard from Evansville IN. Drum corps can't be run as a hobby or for fun, it must be run as a business, by someone who knows how to run a business first, and a corps second.
Thanks for the clarification!
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Great idea, bad camera.
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Are you asking about a "slip-slide rotary" ?
( before the rotary was made available on the old G/D horns, there were single valve G bugles that used a slide to drop 1/2 steps ( NOT like a bone, a short slide of just a few inches that you pulled towards yourself)
Because I didn't suck the most, I didn't have to play one, yet started on a G/D V/R soprano
Yes, one of those.
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I think there USED to be wording (prior to 2000) that specified legal brass was in G, bell-front in the matter of a trumpet, and 0-4 valves. I didn't see that wording when I skimmed the 07 rules, but t-bones are not valved and sousas are not really bell-front like a trumpet.
However, a VALVE T-bone might be legal so long as the slide doesn't move (although you'd have to check with DCI/DCA to be sure)....it would play havoc with intervals, tho.
What about bugles with a slide valve?
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from what I understand contras are more powerful and have always been used, plus they're manly as ####, the trombones do have a different sound from baritones, but you can't have tight drill with them as you can imagine, I mean they could be good and all you know, but it's alot to take into account when writing drill, I guess its just to much hassle and horns having different blends etc.
I understand all of those reasons, I just mean, are there any specific rules that prohibit those particular instruments?
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Did you guys watch Final Destination again? That was what jinxed us last year.