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Starting this early is going to get it up to 27 pages before Friday!

Sometimes he watches corps from up in the audience? He needed to escort his corps on to the field in the time frame of other corps? (warm up, pep talk,e tc) Restroom? Hot dog? Blog post? Lots of reasons.

99? I heard some rather questionable rumors about that year. Overall, not a pleasant experience from what I gather.

I feel the same for BD 99. My first favorite drum corps show, along with SCV 99.

Well when they deserve 4th, they get 4th. see 2005

I may have missed something, but... Where are the scores on dci.org for the TOC show? I'd like to see the recap.

All the twitter nay-sayers are envious now... lol but I had a funny feeling that Cadets would move up tonight, after playing 6th from the end last night. We'll see if this lasts. Hope it does!

Yes yes. Let it be known, I didn't start the thread, but I am as wishful of a thinker as any other Cadets fan/alumn!

He's a legend and dare I say a master teacher. He is the caption supervisor and arranger for Scouts, but not the caption head. The caption head is Nick Angelis, a former student of Thom from UMass. It's a shame the Scouts got 12th in drums last night. One staple of Thom's writing style is that there is a lot of space in the battery music he writes, much more than other arrangers. Thom's other claims to fame include his tenure with the Cadets, including the 1987 perfect drum score, along with other drum trophies, including Star of Indiana 1993. He was also a significant contributor to the first incarnation of Blast! He teaches at UMass and became the director of the marching band upon the passing of George Parks in September. He is back to being the assistant band director there after a nationwide search for a band director.

I think they are more in the hunt than you think. I think performing 6th from the end last night did not work in their advantage... and they did not have a good show. We'll see what happens tonight. Spots 2-4 are certainly up for grabs right now... the #1 spot will have to be fought for.

Say what you will, but I was there in 2007, in front of the brass line (in the pit) and man, they were loud (and good)! :smile:

Bravo... thank you.

be careful, the grammar and spelling police are out tonight

Well that didn't take long...

I guess I'll be the first to reply and say that there is no such thing as a perfect show, but we all have tastes. Similarly, there is no such thing as a perfect composition, or a perfect choreograhy. However, I like fast stuff, marching fast, and I also like warm luscious brass/pit moments as well. One of my favorite ballad moments is Cadets 2005 that had the rhythmic groove throughout. Truly a unique moment. So there ya go.

Allow me to explain what is happening... each year the Cadets pit has a relay. It's not a widely known event throughout the corps, and they usually have to keep it a secret from the rest of the corps as it is happening, but that's what that was. You wouldn't find horns/drums/guard members with that much energy during breaks... lol

If you were to create *THE PERFECT* drum corps show, what would that mean for you? What would be in it? How much would the brass play and march? etc. etc. I see people throwing around their opinions about how Blue Devils do this, and Cavaliers do that, and Boston should do this, and Spirit is finally doing that. Have some fun, don't slit each other's throats.

What makes a DCI champion? Make a wish list, make a list of reasons, factors, etc. that you think make a DCI champion. Please note: the question is NOT "describe your perfect show". I'll create that one later (for laughs )

I imagine this is not official?

Love for the Cadets, people. That's all I'm trying to spread. Fact: this theme has been done before. Fact: they are awesome. Fact: it's okay to disagree with Hopkins and each other.... but let's be happy, huh?

Maybe you're right, but SCV seems to be charging forward. look out!

NO! there's no way they could snub Madison like that, it'd be WAYYY too obvious. That said, I always thought regionals didn't see many score spikes, if anything, we'll be surprised at how low the numbers are, compared to how they may have been inflated in the past week. Doesn't it always seem to work that way? So, 87 is too high, I think it will be x<86 where x=top score. Anyone up for some maths?

Oh ok. I'll just play the "New to DCP" card on that one... lol Well, all that being said, let's keep it on a positive note guys. Electronics? What electronics? [You have been warned! :devil: ]

It's a shame, I was hoping to spread the Cadets love... ugh...