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    2003 PR
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    1982

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  1. Does anyone know Regiment's housing site for Allentown this weekend? I didn't see anything for them listed with all of the corps and schools in another post, and thought I'd try here. Thanks!
  2. We've been doing it for years, and so have quite a few others with much bigger and more organized parties; if you walk up the street that leads right into bus alley on the back side of the stadium, you'll see plenty of tailgating tents, tables, food, and grills on both afternoons leading up to show time. The park has little grill stands setup all around down towards the pool end of the park so it's certainly allowed (unless there is some unenforced ordinance that says only those things can be used for open fires), but we have either brought small charcoal table top kettle grills and/or portable thermos propane grills and have never been approached for using them (nor for consuming open container adult beverages either). Feel free to cook up your burgers without need to be looking over your shoulder for the man... and enjoy the warmups while you kick back ;)
  3. I knew what their show was titled at the begining of the season, as I knew what other show titles were for this year, ie. e=mc2... Triumphant Journey, Les Miserables, Side by Side, etc. Everybody has a story/narrative to go along with their title... and that's nice. But, I drove up to GW University a half-dozen times after spring move-ins to hear that horn line, regardless of their show title or story theme [even though I am a drummer and treat brass as 'accompaniment' to the persussion :tongue:/>] I simply expected to hear an energetic opener, a massive sound from the middle of the show, and a speedy(x2?) closer - they could have played any selections they wanted. I loved what they were doing from day one without knowing the details of EoB or any poems or relativity theorems. The show evolved, narration was added (snuck most of that in on me on the trip to Cali), and it was tweaked more as the end of the season neared. The show "theme" dictated the types of changes that were made, but those changes were still made within the medium that entertains me - world-class drums and bugles (and spinning) and the incredible marching/movement while they are doing it! Why do we have to "get" a story/theme to say a drum corps show was worthy of winning, or worthy of our appreciation? I "got" what they did - and it was awesome. Well-played Crown. :worthy:/>
  4. After a quite few years of McD's and Burger King for lunches and dinners for the parade-only corps my brother and I belonged to in the late 70's, we moved-up to the local big touring corps who had also been feeding their kids that way, and supplemented with the traditional PB&J's and cereal out of one of the parent's Winnebago's. The expense to the corps and the kids was crazy (even back then, a run for 300-400 burgers, fries, and drinks cost a bunch), so my dad bought the corps a school bus, ripped out all the seats, installed a huge propane griddle, stove top, an oven, a couple of coolers, storage racks, and a big ole double-sink with running hot/cold water (all with his own money). He took time off to join us on tour (well, back then it was first tour and second tour) for the next 4 summers - he drove the bus, slept on gym floors, woke up early to have breakfast ready for us, made our lunches, dinners, and nighttime snacks, washed all the pots and pans after each meal, made the runs to the grocery store every other day or so, and then would hit the floor again after everything was cleaned-up, well after lights-out. He was a trained chef with an army cook background - so the meals were always great, and he knew how to make a lot of it at one time. Of course, not everyone likes everything that's served (me included, as I had been eating "his food" my entire life), so there was always a PB&J table setup off to the side. I still run into old corps friends all these years later who ask about him, and share their memories of how well they ate and how great his food was, and how he seemed to do it ALL; he was an iron-man. I know that he loved it, but I didn't realize just how much it meant to him until a good friend of his from later in life was reading his eulogy - he told the stories of those drum corps years that my dad had shared with him (apparently quite a few times), and wanted to let us all know how fondly he looked back at those times, and that my dad loved the chance to do what he could for all of us drum corps kids; they were some of the happiest years of his life... and mine. So, yes - PB&J, drum corps, and my dad.
  5. WHOA WHOA WHOA! First, I want to say that it's great that DCI is making ammends in some way for the Finals stream "deficiencies," and appreciate their promise to make it better, as I will surely sign up for both the Fan Network and Finals again next year. However, I clicked on that link in the reposted letter above and in the e-mail I received that was sent to the address I used to order the Finals webcast, but there is NO WAY that I am typing my name, address, CC#, expiration, and Security Code into a free-form text open/unsecured/unencrypted 'form' to get my refund... I don't see anything anywhere indicating that my information is being passed to them securely. I'll take a credit or discount or anything worth 20bucks, but I'm not doing that ... unless of course, someone can definitively tell me that this method of sharing financial information is safe (because I've never used a form like that for anything I've ever ordered online - it looks like a phishing page, although I'm sure that was not intended).
  6. I will answer that question: 3 places maybe (depending solely on other flat performances), but by that margin? - NOPE. The extremely watered down book didn't suddenly get more difficult. I realize the "cleanliness" of a performance (if that in fact occurred in this one performance over the previous 30+ this year) can aide a judge in making his interpretation of content more clearer, but c'mon - this jump upward is more of a slap in the face to the several other lines that moved down to allow for this overnight change... as well as those stellar lines above them to which this one cannot compare.
  7. I consider that flam-fest (that gets me to the edge of my seat in anticipation) as 'conflict' against the long sustained brass note and keeping perfectly within the overall "Side X Side" show theme - so to me, it does supplement the music, AND I find it highly entertaining... especially with how clean they play it. :thumbup:/>
  8. I spent 70 for the Fan Network (and watched all but 2 Live broadcasts), 230 for 5 tix to Crown's TOC Show, 400 for 5 tix to DCI East both Fri and Sat, another 200 for 3 tix to the Cadets TOC show, and I don't even know how much for gas and food driving from SC up to and all over PA watching rehearsals and shows for a few days. All of the shows are fantastic, the kids are incredible and extremely talented performers - drum corps is AWESOME!!! The seasons pass/end too quickly [quicker as I get older], so I have no problem dropping another 50 to scrape out a little more time being "a part of" the Final performances of 2013, and "teleporting" to Indy this year.
  9. This is the exact order of the first 3 shows on the CD of APD's in my car (with the MadMen holding down the 6th spot) ... that I have been listening to non-stop on my daily 2hr commute.
  10. This season for everyone was fantastic. For the first time in quite a few years, I can't fit the shows I want to listen to over and over and over on to one CD. But, my favorite "moments" of 2011... Madison - the closer; APD's and VOD's were great, watching it live was... truly "electric" (Thank you) Phantom Regiment - the battling brass [families] leading in to the drum break hammered out with angry power and emotion (and gritted-teeth) Cadets - the frantic closing drill leading into the final company front and the Angels "winning" over the Dev... er, I mean Demons Crown - the encore (with honorable mention going to the first encore added for San Antonio - those mello runs were incredible) Bluecoats - the opener; the mello's melody slowly backfilled with the rest of the brass washing in to an incredible lush full sound SCV - the closer when the drumline wegde books it from front to back up the 50 Surf - 4th generation of a great friend's family marching drum corps
  11. Absolutely! I have watched some of the work Shane has done in the past, and I for one had little concern - he has written some "cool" stuff that you can stack-up against anyone. Did I think they'd repeat with the Sanford? - no, not likely... competition is pretty fierce, and a whole lot of things have to line-up for any line to win in any year. But, I suspected that the talent pool from which he had to draw for this year's line (and being part of a consistent design team that draws members specifically to be a part of Regiment) was going to give him a good chance to showcase his [and his traveling techs] talents - and they did. They were competitive, entertaining, and fun to watch/listen to - without a doubt! For me, they added as much to the power and emotion of this show as the horn line and the Juliets. This was Shane's first year in Rockford, and I can't wait to see what he brings for the next one.
  12. From the Cadets Diary on the YEA.org site (posted July 30, 2011): "Back in Salt Lake City, a baritone was unfortunately run over by a local soccer mom who was picking up her son from the school where The Cadets were rehearsing. It was a frustrating accident at the time, but there was nothing anyone could do, so the flattened baritone has lived in a closet on the admin/design bus… until now. At the show last night, the demons drug the useless horn onto the field with them and threw it around a bit for extra shock factor. The audience was caught off-guard and some of the crowd seemed either concerned or even a little offended as the demons hurled the once musical piece of metal across the field. While The Cadets would never intentionally destroy a perfectly good Yamaha instrument, at least this one can still go to good use. After all, a demon should have a bit of an offensive, startling effect."
  13. I'll take an echo versus watching the corps buses and trucks drive away from a show they couldn't perform... as I hold my soggy ticket.
  14. 1. Cadets 2. PR 3. Crown 4. SCV 5. BD ... and because CD's hold one more: 6. Madison
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