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Michael Boo

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  1. I understand, but I hope there are some who will benefit from the article. It's my hope that if they don't fully understand the process, at least they'll grasp that there is a process.http://dilbert.com/strip/1992-10-15
  2. With respect, they've done the best they can to find judges with exposure in both, but for decades, judges (including GE judges), specialized in one or another. We have some very fine judges (I'll use Nola Jones as an example) who grew up in both the musical and visual world. The judges who have long judged one or the other are receiving training to react to both music and visual...such as how well the visual expresses the music and vice-versa. I expect that as time goes on, the upcoming crop of GE judges will come from both worlds because it will become increasingly difficult to judge the future GE captions with a single emphasis in one's background and training. In essence, the GE judge is being asked to respond to the effectiveness and emotional presentation much like we as audience members do. Despite having a percussion background, I respond more to brass books and drill, though I appreciate percussion. Unless someone is really focused on a particularly element, they tend to look at the entire show to achieve the most satisfaction. But I think most would agree that many GE judges, for now, haven't grown up in both the musical and visual world, and so, for now, it's important to have one GE judge with a visual emphasis and background and one judge with a musical emphasis and background. And that way, things can balance themselves out. Judging is an art and a science, but it's always changing, just as the activity is changing. The best judges always run a little bit scared, continually seeking out additional training and understanding of the various elements of the activity so that they don't fall behind. Only a judge convinced they already know everything would be ineffective in the rapidly changing world of drum corps. For the record, I haven't met any judges I felt believed they already knew it all. I know music judges that are now attending modern dance events and visual judges attending symphonic orchestra concerts because they know they need to step up their understanding of the complete show to remain viable as a judge. The show designers putting together today's shows don't care that a judge might not understand something in the show; they only care that they're giving the members of their corps the best product and experience they can. They're well aware that when they think they've got things figured out, someone with another corps has changed the rules by coming up with something new and innovative. The only thing about drum corps that isn't changing is our love for it.
  3. That's why that sentence mentions its done from the periphery of the field. It's the term the person I interviewed used.
  4. Sorry it didn't work for you. The article came from an extensive interview with the person charged with speaking about the topic. These aren't my words, but I believe it will be useful for many.
  5. I had titled the article, "Explaining the roles of each judge." My editor put in the "Adjudication 101" title. I worked with what I was given.
  6. Someone sent me an image of the DeKalb recaps with their solution: Write the abbreviated name of each corps on every recap they're given. The name would be in large letters written with a blue highlighter. That would show up in any image shared online. Simple and brilliant.
  7. He may have meant that Blue Devils came into Kansas City undefeated.
  8. The Weather Channel site as of 9:00 a.m. local time claims there is just over a 60% chance of rain from 7:00 p.m. through 10:00.
  9. They prefer I wander the streets with nothing to do. I get in less trouble that way.
  10. These are the latest DCI World Class scores. (This is just for fun, as corps can't be directly compared across different shows and different dates.) NOTE: The score for Madison Scouts is from two days earlier. 01 80.80 Blue Devils (1) 02 79.00 Bluecoats (2) 03 77.80 Carolina Crown (3) 04 77.25 Santa Clara Vanguard (1) 05 76.65 The Cadets (2) 06 76.00 The Cavaliers (1) 07 73.05 Phantom Regiment (3) 08 71.55 Blue Knights (1) 09 71.00 Blue Stars (3) 10 70.10 Crossmen (2) 11 68.75 Boston Crusaders (2) 12 68.50 Madison Scouts (4) 13 68.05 The Academy (3) 14 67.45 Troopers (1) 15 63.90 Colts (3) 16 63.45 Oregon Crusaders (1) 17 63.20 Spirit of Atlanta (2) 18 62.00 Mandarins (5) 19 61.20 Pacific Crest (3) 20 60.10 Seattle Cascades (1) 21 57.55 Jersey Surf (2) 22 54.90 Pioneer (3) (1) Denver, CO 7-09 (2) Lakeland, FL 7-09 (3) Rockford, IL 7-09 (4) Chickasaw, OK 7-07 (5) Elk Grove, CA 7-09
  11. lol. I'd love to go back on and would do so if asked. (Feel free to suggest that.) I love writing about drum corps because I love drum corps and because people like you make it worthwhile.
  12. I've got an Ogden pun for you...Ogden Bash. (Please, oh please don't anyone tell me they've never heard of Ogden Nash.) I see someone has beaten me to the idea, but they didn't come up with a pun.
  13. Hey, that's how I look when I'm really getting into a show during blogging.
  14. We didn't on the podcast. I don't know if it's in part one or part two.
  15. You are correct. Those overalls were often washed more often than the tops, as corps would do warm-up stretches and other physical warm-ups in them, prior to putting on the tops.
  16. I don't think it hurt. I talked with Marty Hurley about that during the season, and he said that the judges, though questioning of it earlier, had admitted to getting into it as the season progresses.
  17. I haven't listened to the podcast yet. Did I actually say, "Well, icon works for me"? If so...YIKES...and I'm sorry, even as a joke.
  18. The first half of a podcast I did with Drum Corps World publisher Steve Vickers is now up on http://www.marchingroundtable.com, and also on iTunes (search for "Marching Roundtable"). The topic was "DCI Shows that could have won." The second half will be released next Monday.
  19. He designed for theatrical productions before he got involved with band and corps uniforms. What really propelled him forward with the pageantry world was developing the line of uniforms for FJM that could be thrown in a washer.
  20. I don't know if I'll have access to them. And if I did, I wouldn't want to see them. Why? Because I'm still, more than anything, a fan of drum corps...and I like to experience as much of the drum corps experience as the fans experience it. I know that may sound silly, but trying to view drum corps as a fan (albeit with a different perspective than some due to my job duties and experiences) is one of the things I dearly hold on to because it makes the whole experience more enjoyable. Being a fan is more precious to me than being DCI's Staff Writer. I try to combine both into an experience that is meaningful to me, and hopefully to those who read what I write.
  21. Some year in the future, the corps might go back to the "old" look, and many will miss the "classic" look of the uniforms unveiled in 2016.
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