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    Cincinnati Summer Music Games 6/25

    in DCI World Class Corps Discussions

    Posted · Edited by MrNailbat

    8 minutes ago, FlamMan said:

    Ah, poor babies need rest 3 days after the season started and your corps is getting destroyed.  There is only one way to improved and that his practice.

    Just watched the show for the first time a few minutes ago. The problems are in the design more so the performance. An extra half day of practice isn't going to fix that. They may as well rest.

    Anyway, it sounds like you hate the current members of your own corps. So you should probably leave the activity.

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    Cincinnati Summer Music Games 6/25

    in DCI World Class Corps Discussions

    Posted

    8 hours ago, FlamMan said:

    Well, you just made a lot of incorrect assumptions. I marched in 4 drum corps 1973 to 1981, the last of which was the Madison Scouts, and I was never ever treated like crap, overworked, underfed, sick or injured. You can attempt to defend the 2019 Madison Scouts leadership team giving members a "rest and relaxation" day 3 days after the start of the season, but while Madison gets rested, their competitors are practicing and the Scouts are losing ground.  The Cadets have the right approach, Madison does not.

    Says he was never overworked, underfed, sick, or injured.

    Demands that Scouts overwork current members.

    You should leave the activity.

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    Cincinnati Summer Music Games 6/25

    in DCI World Class Corps Discussions

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    1 hour ago, FlamMan said:

    Rest and recovery??? From what??? The darn season just started a few days ago! Scouts are getting their butts kicked and getting beat by everyone, and they practice for only 3 hrs 15 min??? Good lord...I realize that this generation is full of soft insecure safe spacers, but for the love of God, I never would have thought that the Madison freaking Scouts would take this route. There is a right answer and its PRACTICE. Fire this regime.

    Nothing says "I am a tough secure adult" like whining anonymously on the internet.

    Please go away from the activity. You don't deserve it.

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    Help Spirit of Atlanta win $50,000!

    in DCI World Class Corps Discussions

    Posted

    copied from http://www.spiritdrumcorps.org/

    Hey Spirit of Atlanta Fans,

    We are very excited to announce that Spirit of Atlanta has a chance to win $50,000 from Pepsi through their Refresh Everything Project. After winning $20,000 from Chase Community Giving this past summer, we are confident we can pull this off if EVERYONE votes and tells their friends to vote as well. The great thing about this fundraiser is that you don’t have give money... all it takes is just a few clicks of the mouse!

    We are in the December round of voting. The competition runs for the entire month, and you can vote every single day. Here's how it works:

    1) Go to http://www.refresheverything.com/spiritdrumcorps

    2) Click 'Vote for This Idea' on the right hand side

    3) Log In through the window that opens (you may connect via Facebook, or register your email address through the Refresh Everything Website)

    4) After you vote, help spread the word about Spirit by clicking one of the icons under 'Promote This Idea'

    5) Vote every day in December!

    With your help and support, I know we can win $50,000 in support of Spirit of Atlanta. Get online, start voting, and spread the word!

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    Chase Community Giving (again)!

    in DCI World Class Corps Discussions

    Posted · Edited by MrNailbat

    Hey folks, Chase Bank is doing the community giving again! This is the same charity drive that gave $25,000 to Colts, Crown, Cavaliers and Phantom earlier this year!

    There are plenty of drum corps signed up! You should vote for them all, but MY favorite is Spirit! We're off to an early lead -- 19th place in day 1!

    http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/

    Short and sweet:

    1) Go to the Chase Community Giving Page: http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/

    2) Search Friends of Spirit Inc

    3) Vote for Spirit

    4) Vote for 5 charities and earn a 'gift vote'

    5) Give a gift vote to someone who will vote for Spirit -- Spirit can receive one regular vote and one gift vote from each person.

    6) If you REALLY want to help, vote for 20 charities, get a 2nd gift vote, and give that to someone else to give to Spirit

    Vote for Spirit! Vote for LOTS of Drum Corps! Bus fuel is expensive!

    For the record, yes I'm definitely a Spirit alum/supporter, but I've already voted for Troopers, BK, and several others. 200 organizations are going to win $20,000 or more! VOTE FOR THE CORPS!!! :rolleyes:

    *edit - Some info from the posts that follow.

    1) I said Blue Stars won earlier this year in my original post. That was wrong. Phantom won. Sorry about the mixup Blue Stars!

    2) Cavaliers, Crown, Phantom, and Colts are not eligible this time since they already won earlier. It's awesome to see people say "I would vote for Crown cause I want them to win." But they already won money. So spread your love to some other corps. :)

    3) Some corps are listed under different names (much like Spirit is listed as Friends of Spirit). Here's a quick list of some that have posted:

    -Blue Stars = LBS Cadets

    -Oregon Crusaders = Southern Oregon Crusaders

    -Music City Drum Corps = Music City Youth in the Arts

    4) There's no list of which corps "need" it more than others. Just trust me on this one: diesel is super expensive and we all need it.

    Spirit of JSU, 5 years later

    in DCI World Class Corps Discussions

    Posted

    Well,

    Each year there is a wave of Freshman who marched in Spirit from years prior who decided to attend JSU -- especially to become music majors. So tuition IS a benefit.

    There is a non-trivial number of students who transfer to JSU (myself included) that otherwise would not have done so without its connection to Spirit.

    The Tuba-Euphonium studio is practically overflowing. I would estimate that 50% of those students have either been a part of or come by way of Spirit to JSU.

    There are two trumpet studios, and again I would speculate 50% have either been a part of or come by way of Spirit to JSU.

    The JSU Drumline has sponsorships from IP and Yamaha. Part of that is due to the exposure gained by way of Spirit.

    One less obvious but highly significant benefit to the university is the exposure to parents. Parents have a significant impact on the decision of students to attend or not attend. Especially when dealing with members of Spirit whom are not yet college age, this is an investment to the university that pays dividends.

    I'm not sure what else you would be looking for as a benefit to the university. Recruiting is really not an insignificant benefit, however Spirit has not won a World Championship, nor have they built new facilities for the university (which --just to be clear -- no other drum corps has done either, so that is not a deficiency).

    Given more time, as was stated previously, the benefits to both organizations will continue to grow. If you've got more specific things in mind, I'd be happy to try to discuss those things too. It's really a good question, and I feel that the answer is: Yes, the university has benefitted.

    Winter Brass Lines

    in Brass Forum

    Posted

    Why is this concept limited to brass??? Why not any instrument?

    Mike

    For sake of argument, because in this idea I am not yet trying to re-invent everything. Essentially it is the foot in the door method. Take what I have seen work, make slight adjustments, and then after that gets off the ground I would consider something even more Avante-Garde. That's the only reason I don't list other instruments.

    But I bring up my first question. What's the problem? Yes there was definitely a need filled by WGI allowing the percussion and colorguard to perform in ways they otherwise would not. But there has also been created now an opportunity. An opportunity to explore another venue of performance. With an ensemble of 20-30 horns inside you could offer those who've got the time and ability to march year round a great opportunity to perform in a small setting. You could increase the visual demands, much the way Blast! did, taking those who've got the ability to that next level. You could perform at TRUE soft dynamics. You could have a brass quintet grow to a full choir. No, there is definitely something here. This would not just be indoor face blasting.

    As for other instruments. I am one who is very strongly opposed to woodwinds in Drum Corps. It is an argument that is a dead horse and I'm not starting it here. But generally the principle opposing concept is woodwinds cannot project well enough outdoors to be a part of the ensemble. But my position is now reversed. In an indoor setting you definitely could use woodwinds. Heck you could use strings. You're inside. Acoustics are different. The environmental conditions are controlled (if we're considering wear&tear). So I hope some band director with a big brass pair tries it. I really do. I hope I get to see it too. :)

    Winter Brass Lines

    in Brass Forum

    Posted

    Ok, let's try a scenario.

    You take a group of talented performers. They march in the fall and perform concert music in the fall as well. In the spring they perform in concert and may or may not be preparing for drum corps in the summer.

    They have other ensembles to perform in. This is understood. You're a band director. You've got horns (we'll think this is exclusively horns right now). So

    You assemble the organizational structure (design, logisitics, instruction). You set a schedule in advance. This schedule will consist of a small set of performances in the Spring. None in the winter/fall period. The final performance will be the regional championships or WGI finals. So you have a 1 week critical period of the only performances you will absolutely require.

    You rehearse during the winter break daily, and hold a WinterGuard's rehersal schedule following that. Obviously things are flexible in the same way Drum Corps allow students to miss their rehersals for obligations with school/family/etc.

    You have 20-30 performers.

    Someone mentioned that there are rules for WGI Brass. I've never heard of that, so I'm ignoring it. You perform in exhibition. You do exactly what you want for as long as it takes to do it well.

    People applaud. The crowd enjoys it. The performers enjoyed it.

    What's the problem?

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