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    bridgemen, Yankee rebels
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    SCV1985
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    1985

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  1. Not just there for the show, but sponsoring the show
  2. I guess they are evolving to keep up with the activities, but I do miss the funness that used to be in the academy I wonder my shows
  3. I really liked her kill the rabbit show. I think they got robbed on that and they've never come back since then
  4. That brass seemed much stronger than it did last week. Good show blue star brass
  5. These are the same people who predicted that phantom regiment would be in 10th place this year.. these people also say that everyone from SUV went to troopers or mandarins. They do not take into account the staff at phantom argument. These guys have done a lot and they have superior resumes. They are not going to start a show early that has no upside potential. People think just because you are relatively clean early in the year that that is all you are doing. You can be clean and still at onto your show. Basically a lot of people on here have no clue what they are talking about or they are just putting out clickbait to get replies.
  6. I was just watching one of the chores practice and no one around. There said anything about it being canceled. And it seems the course would know if something was up first P0
  7. Yeah strong is the show is the closer are seemed a little anti-climatic. It will be interesting to see how the phantom vanguard scores.
  8. I think Babylon is a great name for a show. Though I am not exactly sure how the show name was chosen.
  9. Quick Show review. The show was held at Cape Fear High School and the performance side of he stadium was filled. I heard 500 or 700 was the attendance depending on who you asked but the stands looked full. A light rain fell from 7 to 8pm but stopped just as the performances began. The temperature was 78 degrees at 7:30 Alliance was first to perform they had a good brass sound but you tell it was their first performance. Some of the color guard moves were well executed, other times there seemed to be a little confusion. Unfortunately what I remember most about the show was that it seemed to come to an abrupt end we were waiting for a climax and then it just stopped and the drum major told them to exit the field. I wish I remembered more good things about the show, it wasn't bad just nothing really jumped out and caught my attention. The Sun Devils had a really strong and clean percussion section. I spent most of their show watching the drum line and they were very good at visualizing the drum rudiments. I could look at the snares and see if they were doing paradiddles or whatever and they accented the horn line. The horns sounded strong, and their guard seemed to hit all their points. They had a few interesting items they were hitting in the pit also. I believe they won the high percussion award. I was not aware that they were class A. Their horn #'s Were not that much smaller than the other corps. Their drum line did more drill than the other corps and shifted into a triangle shape several times and marched in interaction with the guard and horns. I appeared that they were short one snare drum and the other snares did a good job making adjustments to that missing space. I liked their show, I wish I had taken notes so that I could give more constructive feedback. After the show the Sun Devils did an Encore for the crowd then sang and played their corps song which was based on the Navy Hymn. It appeared that they had a good time and the crowd really appreciated their efforts. It gave a sort of family feeling to the whole event. Carolina Gold was next and since this was their home show the audience was fired up. Their color guard was big and had attitude, The women all had long straight pony tails and looked like they meant business. The Guard pretty much covered the field and you had to notice them. The horn line was not as large as the other two corps but probably had the loudest sound. The Audience was wild everytime the guard caught all their flags They really owned the field as they performed. I probably should taken notes. Something about the girls in the guard mesmerized me so I spent most of the show concentrating on them something about girls in the graveyard at night. The guys in the guard also did a good job. I think they had more guard members than horn players. The drum line was OK but did not telescope what they were doing the way the Sun Devils had. They also did an encore after the show and a large part of the crowd stayed through that. Coastal Surge went on in Exhibition after that. It was the smallest corps of the evening. They only had 5 guard members. They seemed to be solid musically but they need to work on their drill. Their drums sounded clean but in the drill I had a hard time looking at them to see how they were playing since they were moving around quite a bit and I did not always have a clear line of sight. Being a DCI Corps they used amplification to make sea and storm sounds. I am not a fan of amps, but in their case it did not seem to be overused. I have not seen a DCI lower tier corps show for a while so I really have no idea what their competitors are doing and how they will stack up. The crowd seemed to like the show. I was very happy with the show I would no be afraid to take my friends to another show with the same level of performance. I think that Carolina Gold will be able to get most of the crowd back next year and I hope it does become an annual event.
  10. Babylon is Babylon Iraq. I was in charge of the ruins of Babylon for several months back in 2009. I had had an account on seatle sound machine drum corp thread which became DCP. However On a previous Iraq deployment someone on DCP said something that rubbed me the wrong way and I told him where to go in somewhat colorful language and that account was banned for life. That turned me off from Drum Corps for many years, But I think when I restarted the account I was still living in Babylon. I figured no one else would have that name.
  11. I am getting ready to go to the first DCA show ever in the town where I live, Fayetteville/Fort Bragg NC . It has 3 smaller corps, but it is a great opportunity for one to get a victory, and a great chance for us soldiers from the Northeast to support to corps now in the south. One good thing is that there is some suspense prior to the show about who will win, which wouldn't be there if one of the larger corps were here. Anyway should be a good night and hopefully good exposure for Carolina Gold.
  12. This was said earlier but I am not great at saving the quotes. Back in the late 70's and Corps still had a base of local players. They were not music majors and didn't have plans on being a band director after college. A lot of us had relatives scrape together a couple hundred bucks so they could send us away for a few weeks over the summer. I know that parole officers had to called before some Corps left on tour. Comparing those corps members and their motivations to corps members today is apples and Oranges. It is like the Ted Williams comment we had fun were better for the experience but it was a completely different world. It is somewhat like comparing Blast which was professional to a corps with only a month or so to get its act together. I do think that in those days a corps could hit it right and move from 10th place to top 3 just by having a great performance. I think that today the way judging happens that by the first week of the season the top 5 are pretty much determined and the excitement of an upset or a corps just hitting its mark and having a good day and beating a usually better corps Is much less of a possibility.
  13. I think you have to notice that the host Corp (Yankee Rebels)did not compete at their home show. I am sure they probably did an Exhibition. I wonder when the hosts also became competitors ?
  14. Using the NFL connections the ravens and redskins have marching bands they get free admission to home games when they perform but that is it. They have to raise funds on their own to go to playoffs (not a problem for the redskins since they have not made DC proud lately). I am surprised that to hear that some teams pay a drumline. For a corp to be professional and self supporting they would have to do something different than before the same 15 minute show every night. maybe each town could select a song and give the corps one or two days to write, learn and perform the show. That way you would get a different show everytime. I am sure some corps will have better arrangements some days than on other days and there would be different winners every night. It would have to be pro where people do it for the love of the activity kinda like minor league baseball or 2nd and 3rd tier soccer. If the circuit had 5 or 6 corps with very different personalities people might come see it their town it would be fun and the winner would not be predetermined (ie blue stars might beat cadets on some nights) It would truely be compettitive. It might require smaller corps so that they could perform inside during the winter. A Lamar Hunt or Bill Cook type or maybe a facebook billionaire who was devoted to the cause could put up seed money to get publicity out and originally capitalize the tour. It would probably have to be like the old roller derby teams where they had names like NY LA and Chicago but they really had no home areas none of corps would ever have a home advantage.
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