Brian Tuma

That would be curling.

1995 Sunday in the Park. Ninth place! 1993 The Four Seasons. First year to make finals. 2007 Equinox. Loved the Sunset Boulevard music. Honorable Mention 1997 The Music of Blood, Sweat and Tears. They were LOUD!

Are these numbers all contracted members? Go Pio!

The dvd edition I have has some great additional content. Natalie Wood’s screen test singing I Feel Pretty is cringetastic!

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Now get out there and spread your enthusiasm to more potential members! Full hornline for ‘18! ❤️

Two that come to mind for me might not be my favorites but they rank up there as most inspiring. Les Eclipse 1985? 14th place - They started out the season scoring in the 30’s and ended up in 14th. Les Etoile 1996 div ll champ, 15th place in div l - they slayed the div ll giant Pioneer who was set to finish out a three year undefeated streak. Les Etoile poured in on in div ll finals with an absolutely electric performance. One of the all-time great performances that I’ve witnessed.

Very positive interview. Andy will be a great instructor and mentor. Sounds like Pioneer is putting together a good brass staff. I hope word gets out.

I imagine they already have brass players contracted from previous camps.

Top three - 2013 My Heart, My Battle, My Soul 2012 Dreaming in Color 2014 Nevermore Least favorite - 2015 The Secret Garden

I learned something new. Thanks for the link. Perhaps a more appropriate show title would be Celtic Dragons.

Dragons! https://pioneer-corps.org/news-from-the-top/799-news-from-the-top-6-december-1st,-2017.html

Let’s look at the other side of the coin. Does anybody think World Class should have a minimum number of marchers? If I remember correctly, Open Class has a minimum.

Dragons. It’s got to be dragons. Notice the flame emojis.

Did you even read the article? None of your statements were evident in what I read about the gentleman concerned, Payton McGarry.

It's in the article. There's an explanation on how the Blue Stars addressed it.

I think Shadow has an age limit that is lower than DCI's. It probably stems from them still being strongly tied to the local school district. Yep, 14-18.

If the brass ensembles are getting the same instruction at the satellite camps, molding the two ensembles shouldn't be a problem (in theory).

2012 Blue Stars.

Noooooo! Good pickup for Regiment but I was hoping for more great things developing at BK. I guess we have to see who BK brings on.

There's some SoA chatter on the staff thread but I didn't want to hijack it. While so many people were busy singing the praises of BAC and Mandarins, I feel SoA flew under the radar. They were my surprise of the season. I think they took some big risks in modernizing and to me it paid off. Even though it was a new look and sound, I still got a Spirit vibe. Could have done withou the props, but ya can't have everything. Hope they continue in the same vein in 2018.

Oops! I misread the standings chart in the open class forum. They were in 7th place in the standings as of 7/15. My apologies.

Considering their 2017 season ended on July 15, I would guess World Class isn't even on their radar right now. Interestingly enough, the score the received that day would have landed them around 7th place in Open Class finals. Not too shabby.

From what I recall, they lost a major sponsor, freaked out but then worked things out within a couple months. I'm assuming they've found new revenue streams. Can anyone confirm? Edit I don't think it had anything to do with overwhelming debt but I could be wrong.

I like to see corps nurturing and promoting talent from within.

Pioneer's brass caption head is TBA.