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Certainly knew people there that though "oh yeah this will help me later" but none that were there for the sole purpose of building a resume. I don't think many are even in music fields anymore, hah!

What about a show themed around the music of Dr. Who. I think it'd be great for the Bluecoats, what with the police history and whatnot.

...or... I was confused for a while...

I'm going to drive all the way out to California and audition for Blue Devils during my Thanksgiving break with my dad and friend (who will end up passing gas for most of the trip), I said to myself 14 someodd years ago...

Holy moly I was trying to do the math on this, and he's right! Wow that's insane! (assuming if they had kids at age 20, those kids would be 17...and here I thought I was young.

Velvet Knights. I really miss having a powerful and awesome Southern California corps. I hope that changes soon.

I would love to see more John WIlliams music used, and not just the "movie stuff" (which is also awesome). He wrote a beautiful and moving Bassoon concerto calls the Five Sacred Trees. Adapted for corps would be really amazing and unique.

Completely agree. Both for their music and shows, and because I'm a cop in real life and I like their history!

Now, make that pattern, while cutting through a standard block, moving up-field from the back hash marks between the 30 and the 30. You'll blow our minds!

There were shirts. Didn't you get one? It was the same logo, and someone slapped a "40 Years" on it, I found that it was incredibly special and meaningful to own! (great job, marketing gurus!) As for the OP, honestly you can't do it. There are alumni corps and their purpose is to recreate the past and show what awesome things the corps achieved over the years. Some alumni corps are permanent, performing every year at multiple events (and I think we'll see more of that with SoundSport), some alumni corps are once every 10 years or so and they are special in that they have a unique opportunity to take in what has happened and mush it all together into one fantastic performance. But, these current kids don't have the responsibility of having to live up to what their corps did in the past, they want the opportunity to create new memories. Can you imagine being told that this year, you are basically going to compete against your corps from 20 years ago, because everyone in the audience is going to compare and contrast your show to what was put on back there. You'll be nitpicked if you don't do high-leg lifts in the exact same spot, if your DM doesn't come out to direct you on the field, if you use different types of equipment as they did BITD. And lets face it, those shows back then were awesome for what they were, but I think to try and recreate them would be a disservice to the members who marched back then, and to the members who march today. I will give you only two examples off the top of my head: There is a video on Youtube of SCV from 2009 (or 2008 maybe) playing Send in the Clowns, as well as Phantom of the Opera. They are beautiful pieces, and as it is SCV it doesn't disappoint me. But there are many many negative posts about how it doesn't "sound the same" or "feel the same." Same with my alma mater, BD members every year learn a battery of songs that were debuted in the 1970s, including Legend of the One Eyed Sailor, Chase the Clouds, etc, and people don't appreciate it because it isn't the 1976 BD playing it. Heck, even space chords and the ditty are different from when I was there, and I miss the nostalgia, but I don't expect them to play it the exact same way. All in all, I think it is a great idea, I just don't think the reality would be as great as we might think. We might all want to go back and relive our glory days of late-teenager-hood, but honestly we aren't anymore so lets see what new shows can cause us to get out of our chairs!

100% with you on both of these. I was 5-6 years old for these years, don't really remember but I know I watched them on PBS with my dad. I've since seen them many times. I don't have access really to watch many of the others. I would add 1976 Blue Devils on there, or possibly 1978, which are just amazing shows, before my time, but really encompass what I love about corps.

Ah! So, a positive! There aren't supposed to be voices in drum corps...if you can't hear them, then you're one step in the right direction!

Both were amazing, but that pre-show to 08 was epic!

I really wish that didn't happen sometimes... But it was a fun year still! Europe was cool.

Rottingham, or Nottingham? "King illegal forest to pig wild kill in it a is!"