AlexL

yeah.. seems to be a bit of that this year.... hoping this isnt totally final.. that its an early schedule, subject to change, as they normally are when they start handing out schedules this time of year.. it seems a bit weird for minnesota brass to not be scheduled at the mankato, mn show..

####... mankato and la crosse on same day... i like both of those shows..

you can't blame this on california.. longstanding issues are related to most of these, much greater than a single year's finals location.

Ill be splitting the 06 dvds with a few people whenever those release.. Bought the top 12 cd and blue stars apd (quarters, then semis when those came out)

Fav opener: Bluecoats, with cavaliers close 2nd Fav closer Cadets (ive listened to their show from the end of the singing in the ballad to the end a million times) Crown

iirc, most of the corps are holding first audition camps out of state, but the rest in their home cities. so yes, they will overbook and tell more people theyre good enough to come to another camp, but contracts probably wouldnt happen until the 2nd or 3rd camp most likely. It gives them a chance to get through the first cut without spending a ton on plane flights.

yes, but since its been going on for years, the administration at crossmen surely had to know that other corps already recruit down there. If they didnt account for this id be quite surprised. I might have more sympathy if Crossmen were founded in texas long ago, and corps were starting to 'invade their turf', but this is just not the case.

blue stars were around 2k this last summer.

Love to see some Mel Brooks stuff.. Producers obviously stands out... (i could see a REALLY good show done off of this with the right design) but i also like the main theme to blazing saddles.

that would be sweet. get every corps into a recording studio sometime finals week, make the cd of all their corps songs.. id buy it.

yeah.. especially with only 3 hornline ageouts in 06 (#### i wish i wasnt one of them... id kill for one more year) ..... can't wait to see what they put together.

definitely an apt description... rehearsing with him was quite the experience.

its about the same... depends where in which city youre talking about, as mapquest puts the distance between LaX-Minneapolis and LaX-Madison within 10 miles of each other... minneapols however is a lot easier to get in and out of with flights and driving..

yeah.. the only time i enjoyed hearing it was at finals.. it was pretty sweet then, but at the same time, row row row your boat with 1000 horn players is pretty sweet too... AoC again wouldve been much better. in the rest of the shows with just 2 corps playing it it was god awful. such a long piece and you might play it once every 3 weeks... which means its well gone from memory each time you pick it up again.

the semis recordings are there... and the blue stars recording sounds tons better than the quarters apd..

yeah, exactly... after drinking pop id make sure i had even more water later to make up for whatever effect the caffeine mightve had. and... i didnt drink it in the hottest days.. like Oklahoma and kansas.. but otherwise, had it after shows all the time. it all boils down to being smart about it. a can of pop isnt bad here or there... chugging a 2 liter is going to make your next day suck.

camps along I-35 makes it very nice and easy to drive to for anyone along the I-35 corridor through iowa, missouri, kansas, oklahoma, antd texas. Minneapolis just makes much more sense for monthly camps, with how many are flying in and out. Many flying into LaX probably would be flying into MSP and getting a ride over to wherever the camp was anyways, given cheaper and greater availability of flights into MSP. Camps have been held in the minneapolis area for a few years now, but everydays have still been in the LaX area.... the corps is far from abandoning its roots.

Id leave it at home for a few reasons: 1. high risk of it getting damaged... stuff gets damaged a lot on tour.. if you cant afford to lose your laptop, dont bring it. 2. where to put it? space is always a premium on the bus, and a laptop is going to take quite a bit of your space away that could probably be better used on bus food\drinks, other supplies.. etc. 3. theres really not that much time to use your computer, and most of that time you wont have access to a wireless connection to use that internet. and even if you do find wireless, theres a good chance it will cost you if its at a truck stop. 4. could be bad for your computer... if you have to leave your laptop on the bus a lot, sitting in the heat all day could be very bad for it, especially for the lifetime of your laptop's battery.

so THATS who i almost hit in the construction zone down there... someone needs to be more careful :P

yeah.. CF sucks, bring back AoC

it sounded cool at finals, with everyone out there for retreat... but i have to say id go with AoC any day over CF... i definitely wasnt a fan of champions fanfare at all

i cant speak for everyone obviously, but i felt i got plenty of that chance.. and wow was it amazing. another thought.. in your opinion is it fair then for corps members when their show starts with the whole corps facing backfield (which a lot do), as they dont get to look at the crowd either?

I love these types of starts, they set the mood for the audience and kill dead time. how can you be unhappy with getting more show for your buck?

obviously too early to tell, but ill be pulling for em.

we couldnt post on DCP. offtopic forums were ok, as long as we removed anything affiliating us with our corps, but we couldnt reply to anything drum corps related.