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BD's drums are basically United's from this past WGI, and Troopers' drums are George Mason's drums with chrome rather than black chrome. Love BDB's and Phantom's.

SOOOO glad to see Surf back in those uniforms! They are so sharp.

I loved Boston's book last year. They have been very underrated over the years, but always have a hard time getting past their 8th-10th place stigma.

This is why I don't tilt my high school group's snares. It is WAY easier to learn on a flat drum and adjust to a tilt than learn on a tilt and adjust to flat. So from an educational perspective, I feel that I am setting my students up for future opportunities better by having them play flat. Are the left hand mechanics easier on a tilt? Yes. Does one tend to develop bad habits in the right hand when playing on a tilt? Definitely. Which is more important?

The dirtiest drumline to be part of a DCI Championship corps was the Blue Devils in 2003. WAY dirtier than Crown 2013. You couldn't hear much of Crown's dirt from the audio recording; it was primarily field level. The Blue Devils in 2003 had some ROUGH parts that cut right through to the audio recording.

Unfortunately, I've heard the story from too many independent sources for it to have not happened.

Anyone remember this? I can't remember...

I was surprised that I didn't hear more rumblings about Ayala tackling such a dark topic, especially in light of all the school shootings in the last 15 years. I know schools on the EastCoast that were denied the right to do a marching band show with the music of Jesus Christ Superstar, let alone show images of someone loading a rifle and the Zapruder film. That being said, I thought it was a phenomenal production and by far the best usage of a video screen I have seen yet in WGI Percussion.

Aimachi was fantastic. I was the most skeptical of everyone going into it, but man did they have a great sound! It was burning hot in the arena that night for some reason, and they managed to stay in tune and balanced. Got me wondering why they don't field a DCI corps. Northglenn High School, however was another story. I clapped for the students after their performance because I know they worked hard. But man, if that's where the WGI Winds division is headed, count me out. The soloist/vocalist/narrator did a fantastic job, but I felt like I was watching corny high school music theater.

Wasn't there some WGI show in the early 2000s that said like "90% of females are closet whores" or something along those lines?

I'd say so: sport spôrt/ noun 1. an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.

And I agree with keeping an age limit. But it's a rule that will still be challenged every so often, and will now be harder to defend.

Yup. Get ready for that discussion all over again in WGI Percussion...

Generic Star of Indiana reference.

What ages are allowed in WGI Winds? • There is no age limit in the independent classes. http://wgi.org/contents/FAQ---Winds.html

^ ooooooo burn!!! Good one, dude!

We ain't on a tic system anymore! 20/20 isn't perfect, just poor numbers management!

Yes, and a number of percussion judges have transitioned over to also judging Music Ensemble.

"but they worked extremely hard at it" Are you insinuating that the Jersey Surf doesn't work as hard as other groups?

I love these uniforms! So glad to hear they will be coming back. They can still maintain their identity of providing a fun experience to the members and an entertaining show for the audience while looking sharp!

The Perc 2 judge will also be in a MUCH better position to judge the Content aspect of the caption as it relates to compositional appropriateness and its part in the context of the music as a whole, which most brass guys judging Ensemble Music or GE Music aren't doing.

DCI needs Sousaphones! What a historic instrument in the heritage of marching music, created by the man himself!

I find it pretty interesting that people are knocking the design of the percussion section, saying it is to blame for their relatively low numbers. We all know who is in charge of percussion design, right? Even if his beats aren't the hippest thing on the block, he certainly knows what he's doing. Also, to the talent vs staff argument: I don't think it's either. To say a top 3 drum corps doesn't get top quality talent is ridiculous, on both the performer and instructor sides. What they do have a problem with, however, is talent retention in the percussion membership. Their strongest section in the battery this year was probably the quads. They had a few vets. The weakest section, the snares, zero vets. THAT to me is the big difference. For example: in 2012 the Cadets had very few vets (if any) in the snareline. The snares were the weakest part of that battery. In 2013, a lot of those guys came back and they had a bunch of vets, and we all know what happened next.

The very fact that you even asked this question makes it hilarious that you are arguing whether or not the front ensemble deserves its own judge.

Yes but the difference is that their position as a football coach isn't also a full time faculty teaching position.