NewSkool

Best of luck to you! I called ticket master and no such luck. In the past there have been seats that have an "obstructed view" (a low railing blocking some of the pit) right under the press box. You couldn't buy them online and had to request them specifically. I once bought them day of the show. This year, no such luck. EVERYTHING inside the 10 is sold out.

None that I could find, unfortunately.

So DCI San Antonio tickets this year sold out crazy fast. Which is great for drum corps, but sucks for lazy me. Does anyone have tickets near the box they won't be using that I could purchase? In need of 2. I say near the box because anything outside the 35 and you lose 80% of the sound, so I might as well just try and grab tickets elsewhere and miss a couple corps this year. Thanks ahead of time.

Genesis - Phantom of the Opera.

I can't decide if the snare feature in BDs show is supposed to be a board meeting or a strip club...

Saw a brass member march backwards into one of the high-side corners earlier in the season. Corner went right into their rib cage.

Hope that guard member is ok. That looked painful.

DCI has all these things and I love every season more than the last, and so do my students. WE watch some older shows on the FN, but they really gravitate towards the new. DCI has the right idea lately and kids are flocking to the shows and souvenir booths. I just finished my first year at a new gig where they watched FN shows, but never went because the former director deemed it "too expensive." I announced plans to go (at student cost) to the San Antonio show and we are taking two charter buses packed with students. "Perhaps it is time for a traditional and a new age class." There is a traditional class: DCA. With the constant, be it lessening, rumbles about how DCI isn't the same anymore, you think DCA would be raking in the the money from older, more traditionalist fans. And to the respect that "elite" corps need to watch out for the little guy? No. No lower-placing corps is obligated to do ANYTHING the top corps are doing. To suggest they have to in order to advance is silly as many corps have shown.

There is one uniform and one costume in the photo. I'll let you deduce which goes with which.

Anyone who gets seats in the first few rows at any show is not going to able to see a thing with that stage. I know that section isn't most peoples' top choice, but think of all the small stadiums used that have general admission based on blocks of seating. You pay top dollar, get stuck in traffic so you arrive a tad late only to find available seats in the bottom few rows. No biggie until the Cadets step off and all you can see is a plume puppet show.

Man that sash looks like something out of a 90's high school band catalogue listed under the "budget friendly" section. Ditch the shoulder dangles. I understand adding texture/dimension to the uniform....but were black feathers not considered?

Predictable, tired, ordinary, shopworn, trite, etc, etc, etc

I'm betting the Purcell that The Cavaliers are using is "Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary." And by betting I mean hoping. And by Purcell I hope they mean the version arranged by Steven Stucky.

...would go in the open class forum.

Already looks good. Thanks for taking this over.

There is also the issue of housing to consider. Corps don't like paying for hotels.

That's everywhere. It's a football crowd. Some crowds are more supportive than others, but there will always be noise. Always. My band knows to treat halftime like what it is: A dress run. You want silent stands, go to a contest.

Right? For those who don't know, the unwritten rule in Texas is: If your team is on defense, you play. If your team is on offense, you don't. If any player is down and injured, the stands go silent.

I boo'd the score announcement in San Antonio along with many many others. And here's why: "Those are kids on the field." Not really. The average age of a top tier corps is closer to 20 than 17. This is no longer a "youth" activity and hasn't been for a long time. "They march the show they're given." Maybe in most corps, but this is wrong for two reasons. Anyone who has joined BD this year knows what they're signing up for. It's not like these types of shows are new to the corps and a surprise to the members. The corps members help design the show. BD basically writes out big set moments and corps members suggest ways to get from point A to point B. BD members have a ton more input into the show than any other corps. "Write a letter." And you'll get a form response. Fans didn't enjoy a show one year....maybe two? It happens. Fans see the winning corps put on "golf-clap" shows year after year and that's a problem. We pay good money to see these shows; money that DCI needs. If anything more people should be willing to voice their disapproval of the system instead of just sitting back and letting it happen. "It' a subjective sport and the judges see it otherwise." True, but if the judges opinion is the only one that matters, then close the events off to the public. In this age of instant communication, we have to find a way to get an accurate representation of the crowd at regionals and finals. This is why people are frustrated. They see corps with a lot of support and an amazing show losing to a corps that gets a golf-clap. This is bad for the activity. It tells corps that, if they want to win, they have to design like BD. Crown's show this year is already much more like BD than last year's show. I like Crowns show and I love some moments of it, but I loved all of Crown's show last year. I really don't want 1/2 the corps to do BD style shows. I don't want 1/2 the corps to do Madison style shows. I want each corps to do what they do. If BD wants to keep on this style? Cool. But the fans need a say. "People hate because it's easy to hate the winner." False. This "BD is just the Yankees of DCI" idea is unsupported. Maybe 10 years ago this was true. I've never been a BD fan, but I've never been a "hater" either. I disagree with the system. I don't, for a second, doubt BD's abilities on the field. You'd have to be a fool to doubt that. I'm sure I'll think of more, but right now I have to go to work. Yay day 1 band camp. lol

2003 Cavaliers in San Antonio. Watched a tuba take a bad spill in the middle of some very tight and fast drill. He rolled around on the turf to avoid tripping anyone else, then rolled up right into his dot for a full ensemble hold. It was beautiful.

Why add brass? It's not like they play them anyways. HEYOOOOOOO

BAHAHAHA yay!

Seriously camera man? Zoomed in for the VAN-Guard set?

Shhhhh. Vanguard's on.

Oh cool your jets, Shannon.