Eleran
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No pic of Raiders ... they ended the show so quickly (I think it’s their first of the season) that I didn’t snap quick enough. Two trumpets, four contras - not your usual balance!
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Free Players percussion and color guard open things up tonight
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Waussaaaaaaau
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This show replaces (thankfully) the Clifton, NJ show. I'm looking forward to the more comfortable seats, personally - last year at Clifton wasn't good on my back.
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5 minutes ago, Amazed&Stunned said:
It happens. Even Apple computer has a bad year.
Yes, but Apple employees don't pay Apple for the right to work there during that bad year. And, if they do their jobs well, those employees get to come back year after year for the good times. Not so with Marching Members, who have a finite DCI lifespan.
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4 minutes ago, cadet93 said:
Haha, yes and probably from an upper middle class H.S. in a Dallas suburb. Flower Mound or some such place, maybe the Woodlands....
Perhaps, but remember that it's the designers asking them to portray the anger - it wasn't the kids' idea.
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16 minutes ago, bluecoats88 said:
After watching this show Saturday, When the David character climbs the prop the giant is laying on near the end, he should reach over and rip his head off. They could have a fake head the giant wears that would have red streamers coming out of the bottom when it is ripped off so the champion can hold it up in triumph as the show closes.
Shouting, "Are you not entertained?"
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34 minutes ago, jwillis35 said:
This is a show that will take more time to work out the kinks and clean, but I honestly believe this will be a really good to potentially great show come late July. It's tough to see at the moment through all the dirt, but I actually believe they have a really good show in the making. Go Cadets!
So you're saying ...
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1 minute ago, jjeffeory said:
Too many cooks on DCP.
It's the beginning of the season.
Beginning for you, maybe ... I've been watching this develop since last Fall, hoping that well before June certain things would have been worked out
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FYI - watched the tape from last night, which already has a number of tweaks. The Queen no longer has her dress ripped from her - more like she is just being pushed around and chased, then the last percussion member wrestles her scepter from her, and she disappears down the back staircase. The trouble is ... what does her character actually do during the 12 minute show? Much like the statue from 2016, no one seemed to figure out and plan how she will occupy herself for 12 minutes that makes any sense. Once she comes back in the second half (in a very subdued short dress that does not make her much of a feature), what does she actually do from a story sense?
And one more piece of advice, that one would hope they already have planned: during the closer, the props are simply pushed backfield then ignored. Those props are screaming for a guard member or two with a big-### flag(s) atop each of them for the final moments of the show, and frankly there should be some sort of regal courtly banner unfurled over the edge to drape down to field level (or something to match whatever it is the second half of the show is meant to represent). Those props are one of the successes of this show, and as of now they are being ignored during the closer, which is a shame.
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5 hours ago, Jake W. said:
This is truly only the first year the new team has had full control over the design, and that's just flat out not nearly enough time to determine what direction they're going. Yes, this year appears to be a swing and a miss already, but I'm fine with giving the corps time to gel without GH at the helm. That was a massive (and of course much needed) change in leadership, and the pieces aren't going to come back together perfectly over night. As long as Cadets can keep retaining the talent they're clearly still drawing, they'll be fine in the long run.
I had a long response typed and ready to send. But this is still a public discussion group, and as much as it might feel good for me to say certain things, it won't necessarily do any good (and may do harm) for them to be said out loud. I don't even know why I'm still typing ...
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I wish their media staff was more involved with show design. They seem to understand pacing and emotion as well or better than anyone in the organization, and most importantly they understand that effective music connection comes from a build up over time, not from short snippets here and there with percussion filler in between.
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And BTW - where was all this outrage about on-field depictions of violence against women when Boston was tying them up and burning them at the stake two years ago? At least for Cadets, the point is about coming back from that violence later in the show, as opposed to making the violence the culmination of the show.
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I was just waiting for this moment over the last several months, as I read so many of you repeating over and over "it will be so much better this season, with a design team free to do their thing without GH interfering". It's always easy to live in a fairy tale world where removing the evil villain makes everything wonderful again. The reality, however, is that designs win or lose seasons, and it's simply tough to come up with all aspects of a winning show.
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Another teaser
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1 hour ago, Glenn426 said:
I feel like the last Roaster on a Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner..
What can I say about Crown's uniform that hasn't already been said about.....
Oh, there's so much more that could still be said. Channel your Jeff Ross ...
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4 hours ago, Dream Theater said:
Reminds me of Zorg
or Zhora from the original Blade Runner.
But, Kudos to Crown for making replica uniforms available to the public on Amazon ...
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1 minute ago, East9900 said:
... and some vague rehearsal observations made by people here.
Well here's another vague rehearsal observation for you: I believe that 2019's props may just be the best ever used by Cadets.
And this is coming from a guy who doesn't much like props.
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Oh, well, if some cartoonist drew him that way, then it MUST be true.
I guess Goliath must also be a dog, since he was drawn that way too.
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1 hour ago, Glenn426 said:
Seeing as how the creator of Marvin the Martian styled his drawing on MARS the Roman God, I'd say BAC's Designers got it spot on for a Show named Goliath.
Except that Goliath was a Philistine who purportedly fought David in an area that lies in current Israel, hundreds of years before Rome was even founded.
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9 hours ago, rcb05 said:
Looks rather Art Deco, which is attractive (albeit not necessary relative to Joan). Will wait to see overall design aesthetic. But initially, thumbs up.
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East Rutherford, NJ - Tuesday, July 2, 2019
in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
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Jersey Surf sounding very secure for a first show. And nice costume change and use of color.
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