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Your Drum Corps Experience
1989 Cadets of Bergen County
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Carolina Crown, Bluecoats, Blue Devils
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Phantom Regiment 1996
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This....^^^^^... I don't care where this places, it's makin this old-timer so very happy.
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Thursday August 12 - DCI Celebration Indy
mellojay84 replied to jwillis35's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
I wasn't sure.. still.. ####! that's a nice sound 🙂 -
Thursday August 12 - DCI Celebration Indy
mellojay84 replied to jwillis35's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
I'm not sure if my count is exactly right.. but I was able to pause and count 98 horns.. I have to say, it sounds amazing to me! -
Menomonie, WI - Sunday, July 7, 2019
mellojay84 replied to tedrick's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
Loved seeing a nice high-step in the closer. Been a while since I've seen a corps do that. -
Menomonie, WI - Sunday, July 7, 2019
mellojay84 replied to tedrick's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
Go Madison! was a good solid show. Doesn't have to "be" anything but music and movement. Fun to watch either way... -
"Big, Loud And Live" Roll Call
mellojay84 replied to Fran Haring's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
AMC Theater... Independence, Missouri -
Has Audience Culture Changed?
mellojay84 replied to smr17's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
maybe someone addressed this earlier (I haven't read through the entire thread), but in previous decades a MUCH larger portion of the audiences were seeing shows for the first time. Reactions were raw, and spontaneous.. How many of us now can say we haven't watched/heard/gotten a taste of several corps' shows before we even go to a stadium to see them live? I know a few who make it a mission to NOT watch anything till they can see it live, or on finals night... I surmise that those folks are a minority. Most of us know whats about to happen before we get in our seats. I think it's a change in how we "curate" our Drum Corps experience, not that audiences have changed.. -
I would also like to know, as several others before me, where did you get THAT bit of info? for someone speaking out about people "not being as open-minded as they think they are", I think you need to clarify your little declaration for us. Are you saying that since they are an all-male corps, and LGBT women cannot participate, that they shouldn't be making a supportive statement for the LGBT community as a whole? That doesn't make them "narrow" it makes them...... supportive! to the community, AND to their present members who might belong to that community, It IS possible to make a statement in support of something, AND also support other things that you didn't make a public statement about..
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St Louis, MO - July 15, 2018
mellojay84 replied to xandandl's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
..The shrieking followed each and every rifle catch.. every successful flag toss.. up in section 315 (next to the judges) we witnessed a judge stand up, turn around, and tell some especially shriek-y and talkative teens, to shut it.. very satisfying :) -
I was sitting next to an older lady in the theater last night.. We did not know eachother, but during the evening we spoke a bit. She had 2 children who had marched with different corps, and she herself had marched with the Troopers. She was very excited to see what the 'Coats had come up with this year, her expectations were high! After the show, I asked her what she thought (I loved it, although I could do with less vocals). She then made an observation that took me by surprise.... she said: "I HATED IT, I never expected them to sell out. it's as if they decided if they couldn't beat the Dev's with their own style, then they'd put a Dev's style show on the field" She was genuinely upset. I put a lot of thought into this, and I wonder if the stacks of white chairs, the jazzy character of the show, and/or some of the guard design was giving her that impression? I mean, there are similarities.. I don't agree with her that it's an attempt to adopt the Dev's style and "sell out". I just thought it was a good display of what the 'Coats current aesthetic is. I didn't see the similarity she saw.. I'm curious if anyone else got that impression?
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Big, Loud, and Live: where you watching?
mellojay84 replied to kwetstein's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
Sound horrible in our theater. Its like there's some kind of volume levelling on. -
Drums Across Kansas - El Dorado, KS - July 17
mellojay84 replied to DrumScorps's topic in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
THIS!! absolutely THIS!!