HornTeacher
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On 4/23/2018 at 6:55 PM, Ghost said:
Darn tootin'. I'm thinking of adding "Dances With Wolves" for the Troopers.
With the current care and attention being given (rightfully) to propriety, I wouldn't be surprised if "Ain't Misbehavin'" is being considered by a lot of groups...
And no, I'm not in search of cheap laughs...
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6 minutes ago, BigW said:
You have a lot of homework to catch up on. Take a deep breath.
I spent a good part of the late afternoon and evening doing exactly that. All I can say is (again): Wow. Just...wow.
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16 months away from the Planet, and this is the first thread to which I see upon return.
Wow. Just...wow.
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On 9/7/2016 at 11:23 AM, xandandl said:
I thought we weren't allowed to mention that anymore on DCP. It would cause a tea party if we did.
Looks like somebody invited the Mad Hatter to the Tea Party.
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"Those ramps are pretty."
This actually made me sit back in my chair and LMFAO.
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Corps: Any World Class Corps
Prop: Their entire brass line with 2-valve bugles, all pitched in the key of G. Oh...and Marching Tympani.
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Bungee might not be possible, since I doubt LOS would lend the use of their girders. However...
The World's Largest Rubber Band?? (And before somebody jumps to a new Corps called "The Royal Trojans," that's not what I'm talking about...)
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excuse me. The Ascension is not flash of light and a disappearing act. she's gotta float right up into the celestial heights at a stately pace.
No. She was merely the ex post facto witness.
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2017 Madison Scouts
Finale of the Superstar Trilogy...."Mary"
Flash of intense light and an empty Shroud.
Outrageousness Quotient: Self-Explanatory
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And here I thought the earth was flat...and that it lay at the exact center of the universe, with all other heavenly bodies revolving around it.
Silly me.....
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Hopefully the night this joke finally dies.
So bye, bye Miss American pie.....
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Claymation is one obvious example.
Sorry. Clay Aiken has long passed the age-out limit. Nice try, though. What do we have as parting gifts for our contestant, Johnny?
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The epitome of the offseason
In other words...Much Ado About Nothing.
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I'm actually taking this seriously.
I'm not convinced the first sentence is true or who the "they" is who says it and believes it.
I can think of any art form that has "no place to go". Maybe you can offer an example of an art form wherein this is true.
One thing I thought of is a case where it ISN'T true. Some people might have said the Broadway-style musical had no place to go, but it's constantly finding new places to go, as Hamilton proved this year to thunderous success. It even expanded the Broadway audience by incorporating a different musical genres not usually associated with the standard Broadway audience.
I have friends who work in the visual arts and there are always new places to go there. So, what art form has entered the realm of the absurd that prompted this?
Thank you, barigirl. You beat me to the punch on this. I was about to ask the OP the same question, only in a slightly different form.
Bsader, by bringing up the question, one might be led to believe that you feel the statement "every art form eventually ends up in a realm of absurdity" is not only a truism, but may very well have already happened with certain art forms. Is this true? And can you name for us one art form which, in your estimation, has entered this "realm of the absurd?" And if you can, I would be most interested in hearing your justification and supportive evidence.
As someone who has made his career in the Arts, I cannot but hold the philosophy that to enter such a realm, in any artistic medium of expression, would simply be admitting that we, as human beings, have reached a zenith of expression in that form, and that any further attempts to progress and advance would become superfluous. I, personally, do not wish to place the human species under that constraint. In fact, I believe that the closer we get to reaching what we consider (oh, how incredibly vain of us!!) to be a possible "zenith," the more we will actually learn in both our technical and expressive capabilities, and therefore find available for even greater expression. If there are to be limits, it is only because we choose to place such on ourselves. Just as an explorer can only go one land, one mountain, one country, and ultimately, one planet at a time, the same holds true for the artist. And with each level of learning, more becomes apparent and open to us as a result. Scientists have determined that the very Universe is still continually expanding, with the realization that we cannot, and most likely will not, ever determine the final boundary. Why should Arts not be the same??
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I died last night...yet there was no obituary in this morning's paper.
Oh, the humanity....
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Somebody will do a Drum Corps remake of "Nicholas and Alexandra." Unfortunately, a certain co-star to the story won't be a part of it, for another Corps will do, as their show, "Rasputin On Ice." (Age-out is a real b****.)
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Well I was right last year. Off the top of my head:
Santa Clara Vanguard comes out with a show for their 50th Anniversary that is the classiest, most beautiful, and most stunning show we have seen from them in a long time. There were some indicators this year I felt with Bluecoats last year that have me thinking they could be looking at, at least their first medal in very long time.
Like last year, that's about as far as I'm gonna go. This year showed that you have absolutely no idea what the hell is gonna happen until you see the shows in June.
Which is so ironic considering I created this thread.
As our buddy Harry said..."A man's gotta know his limitations."
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What I don't understand is this.
Parents have 100% access to their children's grades. In real time. The instant I type in a grade for any assignment, they can see it.
So why do they love to get in touch with me 2 days before the end of the school year to see if they can get the 39% little Johnny has up to a 95%?
Oh fellow traveller...
2 days?? Count yourself as most fortunate.
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I definitely think the LOS guy was at fault (and I've thought this from the beginning) for initiating all the contact, but I too am the type that does not believe violence should be met by violence. It's just my own moral philosophy, it's fine if others have different ones. Should Tim have disarmed the LOS staff member? Yes. But that's as far as it should've gone. Like HockeyDad, my opinion won't be changed on this, but I can definitely see the other side of it. I hope the Troopers do end up pursuing legal action though.
You don't want violence. The attendant ended up with a bloody nose...yet you are calling for a total DISARMING????
Geeeezzzz....tough crowd.
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Waiting for the bodies to at least fully chill...and the rigor mortis to subside.
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OMG!!! THAT'S SOOOO FUUNNNNYYY!!!!!!
Wins the thread with laughter.
I'm glad that I'm not alone in that being my first reaction to the post. I just didn't know if it would be a welcomed addition...or a lack of tact. Whichever...I laughed like h***.
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I'm pretty sure you and I are simpatico, Hornteacher. We can even work out a club handshake if you like.
Nahhh...not into that sort of thing. Just knowing that you know is plenty satisfying to me, Sir.
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Had to watch the film again, since I had a further thought. It appears that the attendant has a walkie-talkie attached to his left hip. If he was experiencing that much difficulty, it would have been not only easy, but prudent, for him to call for backup. But he didn't. He took matters into his OWN hands. And therein lies the proof of eventual intent...
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Granny, you and I are saying the same thing. Like you, I felt some folks were indeed overthinking and reaching conclusions based on supposition, not evidence. So far, I've seen nothing to indicate the Troopers are in the wrong. Could there still be more to all of this we do not yet know? Of course. Do we even know whether there IS still more to all of this? No, we don't. Until we do, definitive statements seem unwise. And until then, I'm unpersuaded the Troopers have anything to answer for.
I thought I had, by now, established myself to be a member of your club. You disappoint me, 2much.
The future of the Cadets
in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
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If any of us is willing to reach back into our memories, and recall incidences under which we suffered while active in most any activity, we would be able to fill an entire thread with those alone (a fact of which I am far from advocating). As for myself in my "lucid" days of the 1970's...
If you got your "bell rung" in the middle of football practice, you were simply expected to suck it up, stagger back to the huddle, and "be a man." The same applied to virtually any injury suffered. If you were able to walk and breath (and it was not always guaranteed that such had to take place concurrently), you weren't hurt. Case closed. Water breaks (such that when they even happened in the first place) were determined not through either science or need, but either at the pure discretion of the coach, or how much "hustle" we (in his eyes and opinion) we displayed. And in most cases, it was more a matter of the latter than the former (which precluded him from any possible responsibility). And as for water breaks during any segment of any marching band activity? What water breaks....????????
Thank God that these practices have, by and large, been rectified through science. Not to mention civilized thought.