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Going down the World Class Prelims Placement, with the 2015 horn usage, followed by the horn changes I've noticed/read/etc-not sure on percussion... So out of WC, 11 hornlines on Yamaha, 6 on Jupiter Quantum, 1 on Kanstul, 4 on some King derivative.

I traveled from my University to camps a considerable distance away-rather than flying all the way, I took a Greyhound from Gainesville to Atlanta, then flew Southwest to Denver... roundtrip was close to $175 when booked at least a month a head of time, significantly cheaper than flying the entire distance... I think my first camp I payed nearly $500 to fly from Gainesville to Denver...

A handful of previous Teal Sound horn line members attended the Troopers satellite audition in Daytona Beach today.

Actually, someone hacked into the Facebook page, deleted all the people who had access to the page, and started posting...interesting... posts, as well as messaging other people on Facebook. The actual administration of Teal Sound had to work with Facebook to "reset" the Facebook page and delete the posts. A summary of the event was sent out to the members and families of Teal Sound. And from what it seems there are no plans to field a corps in the near future.

Knowing the original poster, the question is not "fishing for responses that support the p.o.v. that things were better in the good old day..." Not every question is designed to trap one into agreeing with them... assuming so could be naive. To me- based on prior dialogue with the poster- the poster feels that there was more audience response during the shows. As a marching member, it does seem that audiences in the past were more willing to show there excitement during the show, rather than combusting in the final seconds of the show. Personally I feel that the "rules" of the crowd are different now, as it seems like many find it rude to show some emotion during the show-not just after a selection or at the conclusion, but whenever. During the summer I occasionally see on Facebook posts by The Cadets, Crown, and other groups asking "Who's going to be at the show tonight? If you hear or see something you like, make some noise!" I feel that the lack of audience reaction during the show isnot because horn lines aren't as loud (they are loud) or there is no musical content (there is definitely something called "music" there) compared to the "old glory days" of drum corps, but because the unspoken rule of the crowd is keep quite until the end. Yes there are instances of the crowd going nuts-Look on the first page for examples.

A 3C is considered to be a good standard mouthpiece. Some have recommended a 1 1/2C.

Went to show a friend Academy 2011 and the finals video was taken down from Fan Network. I'm sure there are others... Add Crossmen 2011

I know a few of the additions to the Brass staff-Brad Parks and Bo Sodders- both are phenomenal instructors that have worked well together... I'm excited! I've heard rumors about some of the percussion staff, I hope what I've heard is true.

Troopers have announced their brass staff. http://troopersdrumcorps.org/page/aboutus/educational-team/brass-staff

Whatever floats your boat haha... I'm thinking its a single man act.

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Teal Drum Corps and Teal Sound are two different groups. From what I believe the Teal Drum Corps came out thinking Teal Sound was gone for good-then a rumor went around a lot of the Teal Sound members saying TS wasn't gone for good, and this new initiative disappeared. If you go on Facebook, this new group isn't there.

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Any King K-50 mellos left?