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No problem! I know. I can completely see why you put that. Thank you so much!

No but you're definitely in a well-deserved minority. You apparently didn't read blue9195's eloquent post. I'm not sure why the scorners are giving unwanted and unnecessary advice. Do you honestly think she's going to read this and go, "Oh! Ok! Now that THEY'VE said it was a bad idea, maybe I SHOULD live in a bubble for the rest of tour!" I refer to bloomom's post about what happened in 06. Ash is an unstoppable force and I am d### proud of her for it! By the way, thank you so much to everyone who posted compliments about what Ash did. It means a great deal to both of us.

Wait, wait, haha. That's not what I meant. Lol. I was referring to how attractive it is when someone as feminine as she does something so gutsy. C'mon guys, her mom reads this!

Bravo! Emphatically agreed, and much appreciated!

Dude you have NO idea...

Hahaha! Knowing her, she'd try it.

Yes, I am. Thank you so much! Lol, wow. That's crazy!

During the her lunch break on 25 July 2009, the day of the Southeastern Championships in Atlanta, Bluecoats soprano Ashley Burgess, having suffered from multiple bouts of pink-eye this summer, suddenly found herself with no vision in her now painful left eye. After being rushed to the local emergency room in Stockbridge, GA, the E.R. doctor dilated and dyed her eye and found she had a corneal abrasion with a remote possibility of an ulcer. They gave her eye drops, patched her eye, gave her two percocets for the pain, prescribed more, booked an appointment with an optometrist for the following Monday, and sent her back to the rehearsal site 45 minutes before the Coats left for the Georgia Dome. After being strongly advised not to march, she showered, made adjustments to her patch, put on her uniform and marched anyway, unable to guide left without turning her head. Her disadvantage caused her to tick only one set the entire show which she quickly corrected in the middle of the move (no she was not part of the collision and spill, that happened in the back of the diamond form, her dot is in the front of that). The rest of her show was perfectly marched! The next day, the brass staff requested the patch she wore that night to be signed and dated, "Atlanta '09" by her and kept in the corps to be passed down along with other artifacts from the corps' past for years to come, and she received applause from the entire Bluecoats hornline as she took her spot in horn arc during sectionals. Ashley embodies the gutsy passion for marching music that dwells within all drum corps members past and present. She represents us well, and I am the luckiest man on the face of the planet to be able to declare that Ash is my fiancee. I was in the Georgia Dome to watch her march that show last night. Words cannot describe how immensely proud I am of her. Sorry to honk, but her story needed to be told.

You are absolutely right. And I am guilty of classless posts on here. We need to be reminded of what all of this is really about. Mad props to Cavies for the Cadet cake. The epitome of a class act!

Hahaha! Nice. I was involved in that feed when he made the comment! Excellent response Madam!

Was the exhibition show a standstill, or a full run?

You do realize that you just made a "biased and ignorant" statement of blind hate about all mothers of corps and band members while accusing them of blind hate right?

Or maybe waddling back and forth like penguins, Or maybe screaming "Yowza!" repeatedly into a microphone, Better yet, maybe they could randomly throw jazz into a winged victory show and call it GE!

No, but we would most definitely be hearing about it from you. And to be honest, I personally would not defend Crown or Coats (two of my favs) if someone started a thread bashing them for chairs because I wouldn't have an argument.

Lol. Yeah, someone hasn't. Alright. Not sure how, but ok.

And obviously I'm having trouble figuring out how to quote segments properly on here. Any help on how to be more efficient at that would be appreciated.

"You're welcome. You stated in your original post that they spend a significant amount of time seated. You failed to present any evidence backing this up, so I did your research for you. Unfortunately it didn't exactly pan out like you claimed. I'm sorry the facts don't prove your point, but that's why you do research before you make claims like that." You do research when you make specific claims and argue against someone. I did neither. For me, sitting down for nearly a minute of the show is alot especially when other top 6 corps are not. I did not make a specific claim because my point was to get somebody to help me understand the mentality of the scoring better, not warrant an attorney's cross-examination. I left my assertion generic. I did not want to take the time to research it because I can't seem to find a way to go back, push pause, play, writie down numbers, etc. You make this sound like I'm defending a dissertation. "Thanks for the compliments. Since you are so impressed with my aptitude, may I ask for a letter of recommendation for my graduate school application?" You're self-elation ignores the points I'm making. You assumed I paid no attention to other parts of the show simply because I pointed out one aspect. As a candidate for grad school like I am, how can you not admit that it's not a fair or intelligent assumptio "Yes, I marched 3 years. No, I don't think that 50 seconds of sitting on chairs is a "crutch" at all, especially when it's spent pushing an immense amount of air through your horn. I'm going to assume your a percussionist from your name, in which case I would not expect you to understand how physically demanding it can be to simply play a brass instrument standing still." Yes I am a percussionist, violinist, and vocalist. I grew up with a brass player for a father, and my fiancee is music ed and a Bluecoat trumpet. I don't have to play a brass instrument to appreciated the diaphragm support and lung capacity it must take to play a horn period. But much moreso on the move and not seated since the heart is pumping more and requireing more oxygen. You make quite a bit of incorrect assumptions about me to be an intellectual. "How exactly was I twisting what you said? You said they spend a whole lot of time seated. I posted facts that prove they do not. I'm sorry those facts are not in your favor, but that's the way it goes sometimes. No need to get angry over it and start attacking me personally." I just explained how you twisted what I said. I simply stated how I did not understand something, and in my opinion they spent alot of time seated. You responded as if I had said 95.2% of their show was seated. That is twisting. You also responded as if I attacked you when I did not, which is another twist. I apologize for the personal attacks. I should not have done that. I did so because I took it personally when you academically attacked me when I had no malicious intent in my post. So there was likewise no need for that.

First of all, my original post was meant to be diplomatic and inquisitive, but thank you so much for displaying your overwhelming maturity for turning into a sticking-out-my-tonge-and-saying-na-na-na-boo-boo contest. Staring off into space? Right, I so clearly stated that them sitting on their ### was the only parts of the show I watched. Man! You are so freaking bright. Because I was asking about one particular aspect of their show and didn't mention the others, you automatically ASSumed that I paid no attention to their show concept. Your aptitude astounds me. Furthermore, you exquisitly show your drum corps experience by stating that 50 seconds of sitting on your tail in the middle of a show is absolutely nothing at all. Did you march at all? If not, you have no freaking clue what you're talking about and are doubly ignorant on top of making an argument out of a simple question. If so, your memory is pathetic because you should realize that even 15 seconds of sitting during that 11-13 minutes of performing at that extreme would be a significant crutch in conserving energy. Either way, what are you thinking? It's really sad when citing facts and twisting what someone says out of proportion makes you think you've won an argument when simple common sense destroys yours.

Even if you don't agree with Bluecoats ending, how is ending with a full-dynamic power chord not any better than trying to sing it when they're out of breath?

HAHAHAHA!!! Emphatically agreed!!!

Devils: Could not agree more with every comment. I cannot even elaborate because you reflected my thoughts of them so precisely. SCV: I have the opposite opinion. I do not love the show. Yes it is clean. But it lulls so much more from piece to piece than does Bluecoats, by a long shot. The energy and tempo, when it begins to increase, just slows down again to create a somber, peaceful mood I suppose. It is great arrangement for a symphony orchestra but I do not think that show belongs anywhere in drum corps. Do not get me wrong, it is a beautiful sound, and they use dynamics brilliantly, but I feel zero energy until the last push where it seems they say, "Oh yeah, and we're a drum corps too, so we'll do a company front and hit full dynamics, ONLY MARCHING HALF TIME THOUGH! Let's not get carried away." And the drill should not be considered World Class drill. It's immaculately clean because there are so few drill sets. Like I said, would love to hear them play Copeland in a concert hall, just keep it off the field. Bluecoats: (Disclaimer: My fiancee is marching her ageout with this corps, yes I am biased, but I feel I would have this opinion regardless.) The musical product doesn't move you as much as the others because they are utterly exhausted and gave it everything they had tonight. I do not agree with the way the visual administration runs rehearsal in texas. You are right, execution should be immaculate by finals. What lull do you speak of? The ballad is in the middle of the show so of course there will be a lull in effect. I keep trying to find a clip online of BD's version of Children's Hour of Dream so that I can respond to those who accuse Coats of stark similarity to them. Could you help me out there?

This is my first post on World Class Discussions. While I do get agitated when scores don't go the way I think they should, I do not think it wise to get on here and flame a corps where member parents or alumni of the corps can read it. However, while I do not have experience reading and interpreting various parts of judge sheets, after seeing BD several times, it does not seem right to me to score BD so highly when much of their show is performed seated, allowing them to conserve energy, while corps like Holy Name and Bluecoats have drill (and I want to say music as well) that is much more demanding with no breaks for breathers. I am not accusing BD's show of easiness because that is a generic term. I just do not understand how the other two corps I mentioned do not seem to be getting credit for that while it seems BD is getting too much.

Hey! My fiancee is a Bluecoat trumpet! When she gets off tour I'll have her get on here and talk to you to see if she can help you out!

Hey guys! I'm Will, marched Memphis Sound quad line in 2005 when I met my now fiancee, Ashley, who is currently an ageout trumpet for the Bluecoats, I aged out with Sound as the center quad in 07. Been reading on here a bit and wanted to leave my own comments. If anyone wants to help me out or just chat it up on here, be my guest!