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bdlykdad

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  1. Why did the guy in Troopers kick that orange cone up into the stands? 🙂
  2. Why the ads?!?! Why would some get the ads and others not? posted from the DrumScorps app
  3. I need some help if you can ... I’m having trouble with Flo Marching. I’m getting a dialogue box that says setup timeout error. Anybody experienced this before? I can log in on my phone no problem. I logged in last week in my laptop ... no problem. posted from the DrumScorps app
  4. BD still has MUCH work to do with that new set of horns ... intonation ouch! posted from the DrumScorps app
  5. Is that pepperoni pizza up in front????? posted from the DrumScorps app
  6. Great brass!! WOW!! posted from the DrumScorps app
  7. Are there now more groups without head gear than with? I suppose it depends on the theme and uniform/costume they’re wearing? posted from the DrumScorps app
  8. They had a female performer in 1972 and 2005 as well. I remember the Carmen show ... didn’t realize they had a female in ‘72. My question remains ... have they decided on going coed? posted from the DrumScorps app
  9. So Madison is now coed, or just using a female soloist? And if they have even one female, does that make them considered coed? posted from the DrumScorps app
  10. How was Shadow? I hadn’t tuned in yet. What part of WI are they from? posted from the DrumScorps app
  11. Ummmmm ... what happened to Minnesota Brass? posted from the DrumScorps app
  12. "Oh, and I really like the Rite of Spring, but Stravinsly is spinning in his grave right now after they butchered his masterpiece" You do realize they are not playing the Rite of Spring .... they are playing Brenzel's/Sebesky's jazz arrangements of the Rite of Spring.
  13. It sounds like Crown's show reaches you more than BD, which is fine. But honestly, when I watched Crown's show .... I didn't think what you thought. It was NOT crystal clear to me. But it sounds like you believe Crown's show is so much "easier to get". Different corps reach different people. BOTH are amazing. As a BD alum, I will admit that I stand and clap faster for Crown than I do for BD. But I don't try to read too much into that. In the end, although my heart bleeds blue, I'll be fine with any of the top four winning this year.
  14. But what moves you, might NOT move me emotionally .... and vice versa. And performers in many of the groups are investing their heart and soul into their performances. Some people really love opera or country music, and others prefer jazz or metal. It's not a cut and dry activity to adjudicate, and that's why I try to take things for what they're worth..... and that's people performing. My father played Dixieland every Sunday in Atlanta, and I used to LOVE going to hear him play. Then again, he played in the ATL symphony too, and while I enjoyed going, I would have rather been playing! My point being, people have different tastes and don't think it's as simple as saying some groups play technically proficient but with no emotion. I've heard GREAT groups play flat shows ..... and I've probably been in groups that did the same. For me, I connect with SCV, BD, Crown, and Troopers ..... probably in that order. Spirit on a good night would be thrown in the mix too .....
  15. Maybe it was the actual bugles I played, but we played just fine on them. In the right hands, the instrument performed great. I think Star played on bugles up until 90 or 91? Can someone confirm? There were some amazing sounds on those instruments .... they weren't all pieces of crap. And just curious .... did you ever get to hear some of the great groups of the 80's and 90's that played on G bugles? Not being condescending, just asking ...
  16. BD flugel soloist for me ..... so effortless and natural sounding.
  17. I didn't merge that together .... It must be your interpretation. All I'm saying is I didn't need to hear an audience react to what I was doing. I joined just to play in a great group.
  18. This just isn't true. When I first got in a drum corps, it had NOTHING to do with an audience except me. I liked what I heard, and I wanted to be a part of it. Some might say that Jersey Surf, who doesn't score as well as others who are on the road much more, are VERY entertaining. Yet, in the judges eyes, their scores indicate they don't perform in a manner that indicates they are excelling. Don't get me wrong, I am HIGHLY entertained by Surf! Entertainment is different from person to person. What entertains you when you go to the movies might NOT entertain me. Some people are entertained by a baseball game .... some hockey fans think baseball is too slow. In my take, most of these performers are excelling. If you don't like it, that's fine. But other people DO like what they do. And it STILL has nothing to do with hearing a brass section up close and saying THAT is what I want to do. I'm sure that most people need to have their ego stroked enough to hear that the masses enjoy what they're performing. But it's just not why I wanted to play in drum corps. Keep in mind that I aged out 30 years ago ..... This dinosaur just appreciates what ALL of these kids do .... PERIOD!
  19. Sure I liked it ... but the reason I got in was just to play in that brass line! No medals, no audience ... that was it. The rest to me was icing on the cake.
  20. That's all good .... except wasn't your original quote about how inspiring it must be to get all those golf claps? It might be inspiring to people (in your words) to grow as a person in something that is greater than yourself. Just because someone chooses to march in a corps that gets golf claps, or is boring, or doesn't score very well .... it doesn't make it LESS inspiring to THEM. The reason I marched was because I went to a Spirit of Atlanta rehearsal, heard them up close and I thought ..... I gotta be in that! It had nothing to do with an audience clapping. It was pure joy playing amongst those other brass players that wanted to excel ..... that was IT.
  21. I don't know about you, but I didn't do drum corps to hear people clap for me. I did it because it was awesome to play amongst great players that wanted to excel.
  22. Keep in mind that the percussion score is SUPPOSED to reflect in the overall Music Ensemble score, as well as the Music Effect score. It is better for a corps to score well in all captions. This is how the "perfect" world would work. Lots of great things happening in all the performances this year ..... I just try to focus on that aspect.
  23. Does anybody have information on where the corps are staying this year? I don't know if I missed it in another thread. Thanks!
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