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  1. OKAY DRUM CORPS PEOPLE... Let's play!
    First stadium you performed in: __Canton OH, 1985, no clue as to what stadium, don't think it was nfl hall of fame place, but a HS_______
    Last stadium you performed in: ___Madison, WI 1987 Badger Stadium____
    Best stadium you performed in: ___Busch Stadium 1986 STL, Hometown show 😉_____hot as hades that day, also really loved Whitewater WI
    Worst stadium you performed in: this wins by a landslide:  the IL state fair standstill on the race track and the inspection, had to remove my earring, tuck in my mullet, and removed my gold mouthpiece (HA).....it was like being transported into the 1950's

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  2. Given what has been happening the last few years, I'll gladly take 11th place..........i think i just threw up a little saying that as I never saw the day where  PR expectations would be so low. BUT.......they are better than last few years......so we have that going for us. 

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  3. Can only hope they go back to Lebanon or STL. This venue was bad news. Terrible parking, and you had to pay for parking on top, one way into the venue,  tons of bugs, and rude staff in stands who wouldn't let my son back into our seats with no wristband.....this was horrible. I won't be back unless they change venues. I've been going to local show for 20 plus years, but i'll have to vote with dollars here. 

  4. Ok, my quick take after seeing them live in STL

     

    They are better, much better than last two years.......i liked this show vs last couple which to me were very very lame and flat. . It had some nice impact moments. I didn't care for the Battle Cry singing, it was cringy.

    But this show is better, i was a proud alum.....

     

    That Bluecoats show is top level stuff.  I will say that is one of the better shows i've seen in a long time. 

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  5. Never a fan of singing in drum corps, just not my thing.........if that is part of playing the game i get it, but don't care for it....its hokey. Now if you're talking a 3 second segment with the corps singing/humming together or something thats fine -in very very small doses. But still not my taste. 

    Adding electronics or sound bites is cool if it enhances a show. 

  6. As an alum, I am just saddened by their recent drop..........seeing them last year was baaaaaad........no impact moments to me. 

    And really the last few years as well. Its hard for me to watch them freefall, and go on so early in shows now. I credit the competition level and kudos to those corps who are doing well, but man.....no excuse for phantom to freefall. I hate to say it, but I fully expect them to miss finals. Just being realistic given what the board is saying and what i've seen over the last few years. 

     

    Just disheartening.......

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  7. Finish strong PR!

     

    Agreed, kids are doing the best they can.......hopefully board and staff realize a fresh approach is needed to breathe some life into PR as they continue to slide into boring territory.

    From a corps that used to present vital and awe inspiring music, they have fallen flat in recent years.

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