rchammar
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Monday was a wonderful show, and a lot of groups did very well considering the elements. In many ways, the crowd is becoming a microcosm of our entire society, which in my opinion is not moving in a good direction. I was not in Cali for 2007, but I have to interject my dismay at the "Maroon block" at Madison in 2006. Lets face it, the 2006 production was not what a lot of people enjoyed from that corps, but the VILENESS that came from that group of "fans" during the scoring announcements that year, when BLUECOATS passed them up, was nothing I had ever seen or heard in Drum Corps. It created in me a difficulty in ever respecting their "fans" ever again. Fortunately, the kids and corps were more class than the block in the stands, and allow me to still respect the product. I realize this also is way off the topic of this thread, but the discussion really brought up this memory in a very hard way
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I believe I have a couple of stills from the show - the Christmas show was interesting with the elves and all.
I believe I can put my hands on an audio recording but I know of no video from that show.
It was a rough year for the guys in yellow, but because they had made semis the year before had to perform for the fees to try to keep going. Between the huge presents and the construction cones on the field it was fun if not very good.
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Something happen so they have to open the roof or move to U of I again - I HATE DOME FINALS.
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1988 and 1989 were both very strong top 5s
1988 just because the winner was such a surprise the way that semis and finals were done with not revealing the top 5 scores from prelims
1989 is still hard to believe that Bergen's Les Mis was a 5th place show. (and Star was no slouch that year either)
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as far as national shows one of the lower scores ever achieved was Silver Spectrum in the 1979 DCI Prelims they also hold the distinction of being the only corps to compete twice in the same years' prelims, so they ended up performing for the crowd more than the 18-25 place corps that year, yet placed last at prelims (both times they performed) (They were also known as the "Eye Openers")
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Does anyone know how FN is handling the dual regionals Saturday - is it possible to stream both Lacrosse and Denver on two different devices?
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It is part of the Mid America Competing Band Directors Association - in the mid to late 70s early 80s a very strong influence in that area of the country with High school Bands - what is now Bands of Amerca Grand Nationals started as Marching Bands of America and was held every summer in the 70s and early 80s. In 1979 there were 47 bands vying for the final 12 in Whitewater for MBA finals - what is left of the circuit is about 6-8 summer competitive bands from as put Southern Wisco, northern ILl and Canada -
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Different venue this year from the past few years, and a much smaller slate
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mmmm BLUE ROCK.....
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Sunday, July 18, 1971 (Combine year)
McHenry, IL - they had one every year - this was first one I watched.
1 Nisei Ambassadors (73.6)
2 Imperials of St Patricks (70.8)
3 Skokie Imperials (64.45)
4 PHANTOM REGIMENT (63.05)
5 Chevaliers (56.8)
6 Southern Rebels (51.6)
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Sorry to hear about the show there but your last comment made me chuckle when I considered that no they might call the Meadowlands show DCI North Allentown if they could.
For years this was such a premium show. The first show in Texas with a usual stellar lineup and a responsive crowd. For the past couple of years it has gotten a rotten placement- the Tuesday after San Antonio and an okay lineup but no one in the top three. On the other hand the Denton show had a top tier lineup on what used to be the Lake Highlands day. Last two years such a miserable turnout compared to the history of this show. Can someone who is smarter to me explain why this show has been gutted over the last couple of years. Also DCI calls Denton DCI North Dallas. What a joke. Would you call the Meadowlands show DCI North Philadelphia?
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Since the athletic stadium stands where a cornfield was not too many years ago - it should be the place for a Colts' show this year -
Weather looks nice and a nice group of corps should give us an enjoyable entertaining night in Olathe this evening.
Listed in reverse order of performance.Colts - Dubuque, IABoston Crusaders - Boston, MAMadison Scouts - Madison, WIBlue Knights - Denver, COCrossmen - San Antonio, TXCascades - Seattle, WAColt Cadets - Dubuque, IA
Virtual Cook truck shows Colt Cadets at 7:40 and Colts at 9:42
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you will probably not have too many issues early in the program today - when the bandwidth tightens as more people are on the live stream you may have issues -
They recommend to not stream wireless. Wireless is the only option I have, so, does it freeze up? I have an Apple Airport router and it is about 20 ft away in the next room.
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sat across from one of the singers' proud parents at Warrensburg it is definitely live. Cant say I love the narration, but it didn't detract like other narrations have. as far as loudness of amplification the only one that was overtly over loud and made their show less desirable at the warrensburg event were the bluecoats in my opinion. It will be interesting to see how BLOO, Cavies and scouts jockey around in the next week (you can throw boston in there too)
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lets hope they aren't still in OHIO
Bluecoats about an hour ago near North Canton, OH
After three straight days of changes and enhancements to the show, we are excited to show the world what we've been working on tonight in Warrensburg, MO. BLOOOO!
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Are these times CST?
Yes, but the DCI website for the Fan network is listing the schedule like this:
This event's lineup includes:
7:40 p.m. Bluecoats
7:57 p.m. Blue Devils
8:14 p.m. The Cavaliers
4:16 p.m. – Intermission 9:01 p.m. Phantom Regiment
9:18 p.m. Carolina Crown
9:35 p.m. The Cadets
9:52 p.m. Santa Clara Vanguard
Times approximate and subject to change
Read more: http://www.dci.org/news/view.cfm?news_id=471c14e6-49b0-4785-a523-8dd10f810406#ixzz2Yl8RwqO1
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DATR had to move to Boulder (with no lights) during one of the Mile HIgh Constructions - was an interesting AFTERNOON show.
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St Croix Rivermen
original incarnation of the Florida Vanguard
If either of these could have kept staffs/members they had everything to move up the ladder
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Although it didn't involve a judge, one of the most famous collisions was in Whitewater in '84. I was marching in SCV and we had just concluded our Finals performance. I was talking with someone with Spirit of Atlanta while watching Garfield Cadets. They started their Z pull and when the end person was on around the 20 yard line he tripped. This caused a chain reaction and there ended up being around 8 horns on the ground. Ironically, Garfield scored a perfect score in Field Visual and another perfect score in GE Visual two weeks before Nats.
AS far out to the right as they were, most people didn't realize what had happened until this kind of buzz went through the crowd it was pretty unbelievable and just glad there were no bad injuries at that one - we have had a lot of injuries over the years and some not even due to collisions.
Sorry - was not aware that there was an injury to one of the players on the z pull since they all got up, sorry to hear he missed the rest of the season.
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hope for no tornadoes!!
Omaha, NE
Monday, July 8, 2013 - 7:00 PM CDT
Drums Across Nebraska
Event Details
Venue Address
Buell Stadium @ Millard South H.S.
14905 Q Street
Omaha, NE 68137
Performing Corps
Listed in reverse order of performance.
Blue Devils - Concord, CA
Carolina Crown - Ft. Mill, SC
Santa Clara Vanguard - Santa Clara, CA
Blue Knights - Denver, CO
The Academy - Tempe, AZ
Troopers - Casper, WY
Cascades - Seattle, WA
Current conditions at
Millard Airport (KMLE)
Lat: 41.2 Lon: -96.11 Elev: 1050ft.
Fair
90°F (32°C)
Humidity 49%
Wind Speed S 5 mph
Barometer 29.95 in
Dewpoint 69°F (21°C)
Visibility 10.00 mi
Heat Index 94°F (34°C)
Last Update on 8 Jul 2:55 pm CDT
Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 75. South wind around 9 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
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Cadets undefeated season will end. I could see them in 2nd, but won't be surprised if they're in 3rd. Think things will be pretty tight score-wise in the Top 3 though.
Can't remember... are they still using different sheets for TOC shows???
Cumulative Scoring
NEW FOR 2013: While each Tour of Champions event will be based on the DCI judging system, a sequential scoring system will be used across all seven shows similar to those used in NASCAR and other sporting events. The cumulative scoring will result in a season-long champion named at the final Tour of Champions event in Buffalo.
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guessing that they wanted the general area - not too bad a drive to Minneapolis
CMU has a very high box even though not as many seats
des moines and Omaha do not have as high a box at a football stadium
Faurot (univ of Missouri) is under construction
arrowhead and cornhusker stadiums would have been too large.
(again this is pure speculation)
Not too many surprises, I don't think.
Top 3 (Crown, BD, Cadets) all within 1.5 of each other, most likely Crown winning it. SCV in 4th, 2 points off the 3rd place number. PR/Bluecoats within a point of each other, and 1 to 2 points down from 4th, Cavaliers 7th about 1.5 points behind 6th.
Why an event this big is happening in Warrensburg, Missouri, on the other hand, remains a mystery.
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Don't forget the others vying for top 25 -
Squires
Rochester Cadets
Avant Garde
Florida Wave
Valley Fever
Rounding out the top 25:
17) Purple Lancers
18) DeLasalle
19) Royal Crusaders
20) Seneca Optimists
21) Alliance
22) St. Ignatius Girls
23) Offensive Lions
24) Geneseo Knights
25) The Thing
Thanks for playing!
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Warrensburg - (first g7) or whatever they want to call it
Olathe - good group of non G7
Bentonville
Mich City (hope)
Indy
others on FN
Blue Devils to do Hamilton
in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
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Bridgemen did a nice job on the overture to Merrily we Roll Along, but that was before the whole show basis and towards the end for them. It would definitely have potential