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Corps Al Denton (TX) July 20, 2023
CrownBariDad replied to spacewill's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
First viewing of the show. I LIKE IT! -
Corps Al Denton (TX) July 20, 2023
CrownBariDad replied to spacewill's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
I had no idea of the change until I think I heard it announced somewhere. It's actually west of Diamond Bar I believe. -
Corps Al Denton (TX) July 20, 2023
CrownBariDad replied to spacewill's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
Flo still has them from Diamond Bar. -
I wish I could post pics but I inherited an antique cylinder player from my grand dad and an assortment of cylinders. There's a Caruso in there somewhere, but my favorite is the one of Sousa's band playing Stars and Stripes Forever conducted by the man himself. I used to conduct this, too, when I was 5 or 6. My band was my stuffed animals. The recording was too small to contain the march on one side, so I had to stop and flip it over to hear the "dog fight" and the ending. The bears made for a great trombone section.
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The Wife loved this parade when she volunteered.
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Nice! Gotta love it when musicians also write software. On the old CompuServe Borland forum (yes, I'm that old), they ran a poll about which developers were also musicians (or at least had lessons, self taught, etc.). As I recall, the result was about 80%. Probably had a lot to do with the creative + math aspects.
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For the past several days, I've been getting notifications from my Ticketmaster app (on iPhone) about "changes" to my Indy tickets. When I use the notification to open the app and view the tickets, it will show a yellow circle around either the venue, date, or the seating. But -- they are still the same from when I first got my tickets. Is anyone else seeing this issue? Thanks!
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Carolina Crown 2023
CrownBariDad replied to MadisonBandMan1's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
I think many on DCP have done more than just allude to the need for Crown percussion to do more. Frankly, I think what's eluded you is how hard these members and staff work. -
Thanks! Looks like she was able to copy a certain feed, so I don't expect it will stay up long. As you say, the coverage was decent, but I'm glad to see even more were participating the old fashioned way -- clapping, cheering, waving, getting on their feet, etc. Thanks again!
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Yep -- I've seen that one from earlier in the season. I was hoping for one taken on Finals night where hopefully more folks would know about and use the app.
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Or disappearing.
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Has anyone been able to find any backfield videos of Crown's show at FINALS showing the app lights and colors?
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An HOUR to get into Lucas Oil Stadium????
CrownBariDad replied to dannyboy's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
One gate open -- East Gate Multiple lines to enter at that gate. When we entered (around 5:15) there were about 4 Express (no bags) lines open. Those lines basically made a long "U" down toward the street and back. Probably 100 or so folks in each line. I believe there were 3 non-Express lines. Two wrapped around the North side of LOS (towards downtown) and then towards the West Gate. As I've mentioned in other threads, the "normal" line beside the last Express line was surprisingly empty -- maybe 60 folks or less. We jumped in it and frankly forgot about anything else but our good fortune. As in previous years, the East Gate entrance funnels folks thru the Marketplace before you get to your seats. It's also the closest gate to the ticket office. We had those expensive "VIP" tickets (Super 3), but no special entrance for us. Finally, we've ALWAYS been able to use the North gate to exit LOS. This is the one where the Corps equipment trucks are and where they get their group photos. I don't know when it would have been closed. -
We had several seat surfers in our section (139). They all vacated peaceably when the seat holders arrived. A few MM seemed amazed these seats were all reserved. At Semis, there was a 30ish couple seated beside me that wasn't there at Prelims. We decided to leave after Crown as we'd see the remaining Corps at Finals plus too many interruptions between performances. I asked them if they had tickets to those seats. They truthfully said no, so I told them to take ours for the rest of the evening.
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Visual Individual Responsibility
CrownBariDad replied to AzEuph's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
Of course. I would be in Vet 70 (sigh!) if I still fenced. I just HATE blade repairs -- I'm no armorer. All the best this season!!! -
2023 Season Predictions
CrownBariDad replied to BlueStainGlass's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
A number of us were hoping you would be right. But there's next year and hope springs eternal. -
Visual Individual Responsibility
CrownBariDad replied to AzEuph's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
I love this!!! Fenced in college -- foil but I was an emergency stand-in for sabre when a teammate was sick. Learned a few sabre parries but mostly relied on a point attack which flummoxed more than a few opponents. Being a lefty probably helped, too. OK -- don't want to derail the topic. Carry on.