Nicholas Villane
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Meaningless. Thunder has a solid organization, and with the fact that they skew hard towards the under 21 crowd, and the interest is definitely there, a switch makes tons of sense. As I said before, it's also going to strengthen the Sun Devils, as there is a nearby outlet for folks interested in DCA.
In fact over the past few days Tampa Bay Thunde has announced taking in ATTACK indoor percussion into it's organization, as well as Tropical Brass Theater Sound Sport team, which is still all age.
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Haha Mandarins in top 3, Pioneer in top 7 AHEAD of Blue Devils :tongue:/>
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This is in no way serious I just looked at scores from tonight and realized something wasn't quite right here.
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Everyone has there specific 2013 threads and there wasn't one for the Mandarins.
I actually REALLY enjoy this years show. When I first heard it was solely original compositions I was skeptical at first, but their composer did absolutely a fantastic job. (Hats off to you Key Poulan) This years show is the 50th for the Mandarins and they brought their heritage with them to share with the audience.
The Mandarins wrote a show everyone can enjoy, on so many levels. Musically, the melodies are fun and easily recognizable, Visually, some really neat stuff is going on, and Emotionally, The Story is one a lot of people can relate too. Plus, the story shows pride in heritage but also tips it's hat to patriotism, as Americans we all can relate to that. Also, The narration doesn't get in the way of the show it or cover up music.
Mandarins aren't always the best scoring corps never making it to finals as highest placement being 16th but this is a show that is enjoyable and for 2013 is one of my favorites and I'm excited to see how they progress throughout the year.
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Yea that Bluecoat show was cool. (the cop show right)? This one is pretty cool though. At first I was huh narration but it is a good story and I really embrace the Mandarins past. They have been around for quite a while. I have a photo of them from 71. I sent it to their director about 9-10 years ago back when they were the A 60 champs for many years.
My neighbors loved Mandarins!
if you are referring to Criminal that was 2007
2008 was the Knockout show which also used some narration to good effect during the drum solo training section.
Yea I was referring to 2008 as in the Knockout.
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It's is honestly one of the best uses of narration since 2008 Bluecoats. Maybe not better but still very nice. Enjoyed the Mandarins show very much this year.
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This Show is maybe my favorite so far for 2013
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Another Sweep For my corps in Albany, NY Looking good so far :D
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Don't let there be a thought of a hurricane though!
Amen
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Florida is rocking it :D
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Yeah, everything's going to be up in the air for the next few days...
why is that?
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Woo My corps swept at Lisle, IL last night xD
seeing as they were the only ones at the competition :tongue:/>
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So...after reading through this thread, a lot of hate. A whole lot. But hey...he did it. Apparently the corps turned into a Soundsport thing for this season, and might continue to recruit more for next season as an Open Class DCI corps.
They had their very first performance alongside the Crossmen last week for their "Friends and family" type event. A few Youtube clips are up too:
Thanks for finding this video, interesting video like the uniforms. Looks like according to the website they are going to apply for open class in 2013 season. Good luck to them!
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I say good luck in these day and age when corps are diminishing, It's a good thing to have people starting them up. There are two new open class corps this year, and that's fantastic and I'm excited to see the drum corps activity growing and wish success to them, even if the odds are against them.
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had no idea what I was doing at time of setting up and my open class corps won its debut in Clearwater, :thumbup:/> THis is cool:)
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So today is this first day of the new season correct? How exactly do they do the scores? And what times usually will they show up?
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this just makes me want competitions to start this much more
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Listened to all these last night, will be very interesting to see what they do with these pieces, really excited
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My first year with Thunder, so I three am hoping for a non-exisitant hurricane season because I sure am pumped for this season :D
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Ah - missed that.
Thanks!
We are actually filling the full 65 spots we are allowed, Look for an exciting year from thunder. It's my first year with the Corps and I'm pretty proud of how its coming together so far.
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We are Thunder!
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I've been wondering what do they chant at :35-1:04 at the beginning of their 2012 show. does anyone know what is sung? or even if it is a real language at all? Because it sounds interesting and I want to know if their is actually any significance behind it.
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I know that Tampa Bay Thunder's show is called "Seasonal Celebrations" and some of the movements but all I will tell you is that is the name of our show so there that is "Seasonal Celebrations"
Tampa Bay Thunder moving back to DCI
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