olddawg

The education exemption is very, very narrow. The brief summary from Stu's attorney contacts is on the right path. From the perspective of the education exemption, band contests are absolutely outside the scope, and I cannot imagine that Stu is referencing band contests in any manner other than how they relate to that exemption. Regardless of how band contests fit into music educators' pedagogical efforts, band contests (and the media produced at, with, or associated with such contests) are not part of the narrow education exemption detailed in the legislative history of the Copyright Act. Yes, I posted for the first time in over 2 years for this.

Actually, the first thing I thought of Music City Mystique 2006. http://musiccitymystique.org/2006-2/

I've been lurking for a while but had to chime in on this one. I had a much less pleasant experience than the OP regarding a product ordered from Xyomx. This was about 2 years ago. Jen and Kevin both called me on my cell and called me all kinds of foul names for pointing out the product I ordered was not what I actually received. I have been a percussionist for over 25 years, have more pads than I care to admit and have experience making pads and dealing with rubber suppliers, so when I'm told I don't know what I'm XXXXing talking about (followed by more foul language), I simply won't deal with it. It took several months to get a refund. I will never recommend anyone sending their money to this company. I know many love the products, but their version of customer service is beyond unacceptable and make the product useless to me. BBB complaints are essentially useless. File complaints with the California Department of Consumer Affairs.

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Matt leaving shouldn't be a surprise. Depending on who the replacement is, a "rookies to Regiment" line wouldn't necessarily be bad (if bringing prior corps experience). Personally, I think another year would have been a good idea, but (as usual) my ideas don't matter. Besides, the kids may return. Good luck to Shane and Matt.

Pardon, just saw that Mike D'Angelo had Phantom 5th in percussion on finals night in 89. They were 2nd in quarters and semis (quarters, 2nd to SCV, Goodheart judging [the real deal, IMO] and tied with SCV in 2nd at semis, while Star placed 1st). The 3rd place finish was an average.

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Both those lines were on Kevlar.

Big drums? All I remember about 92 BD drums is the mountain of dirt covering me by the end of the show. Maybe I couldn't see any big drums because of that. 96 Phantom big drums? Again, not sure what you mean. Neat book, though.

Didn't see a link, but in case anyone wants a nice survey of the Thurston lick, here you go:

Great story. A good friend of mine worked for Cook (friend is biomedical engineer), and the Bill Cook at work was very highly regarded from my friend's experiences--the day Mr. Cook died, my friend reacted as if Mr. Cook were a family member.

The progression from 90 to 93 in Star's percussion is awesome. From an overall musical perspective, that four year stretch ranks at the top for me. Interesting that this thread popped up, as I have revisited these shows (and especially 93) in the last weeks. I appreciate more and more 93 with each passing year. Great products. It's all too ironic that 93 ended with Medea snapping her kids' necks and Cook pulling the plug on Star as a DCI entity. They will be remembered as much for what could have been as much as they will be for what they achieved.

You know, I respectfully disagree here. Although the link is for semis, the perc program, to my ears, was of higher quality than scored. Really good stuff. I loved this program then, and I love it now. I really appreciated them hanging with the mylar (Premier Marathons, FTW!). It's barely audible, but right around 5:02 you hear a "flawless, snares." Sums up my thoughts for the most part for that line that year.

Really? If these designers of which you speak are true artists, then they should be able to take any public commentary/criticism with a grain of salt. As to respect they allegedly "need"? Really? They (the designers) need respect from DCP, a forum of anonymous (relatively) commentary/criticism made up of people with widely varying views on what drum corps is and/or should be? If that is the case, they (the designers) need to, respectfully, grow some. I think the volume of discussion for or against particular shows is praise in itself for the designers. Whether perceived good or bad, the (artistic) product had an impact on someone to a degree to make that person share his or her opinion on a public forum. I'd say that was successful art, whether it won the prize or not. Whether it was good drum corps, is a different question

Am I the only person who heard Cesario state in an interview some time earlier this year or last that the sheets were changing to match what the corps were doing as the corps themselves had outstripped the criteria on the old sheets? I swear I heard that. If that is the case (and if I'm not totally losing it), there should have been no change in the outcomes at all. Indeed, the sheets appear more WGI-like, and more of the staff/designers/judges crossover, so why not harmonize the criteria?