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$4,100. Yeah. It hurts. I'm still not paid in full.

Chunk of Wine Dark as heard from behind the trumpets:https://www.instagram.com/p/BE7Tn65we2e/

Shots FIRED

Cadets move into ONU in ADA on June 5th or 6th for the second half of spring training.

WHOA. I'm glad I'm not doing that audition.

It is an interesting illusion. It almost looks like the dates of these vids are reversed. White:https://youtu.be/8cTvoiuDNxg Black:https://youtu.be/GlP7ZcJ9Lvg Now I'm really hoping for a white stripe. I have good technique and I want to show it off ######! In their defence, everyone but the cadets had falls that night.

I don't really think anyone knows even internally. Hop told us there was a meeting with Demoulin last week, but he didn't really go into details, which was probably no accident. My prediction is they'll brighten up the black uniform kind of like how Bluecoats did after '13 to better highlight their movement. Maybe a white plume, white visor and accents on the shako, white gloves and a brighter cummerbund+dropsash. I remember thinking to myself the cummerbunds might as well have not been there from a distance last year because they blended in so much. A white stripe down the pantlegs could also bring back some of the lost motion from a distance. I can't imagine anyone would mess with the traditional formula, though. Now THAT'D be disappointing. Otherwise meh ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. The black jackets are still unmistakeable and quite good looking.

I think Hop mentioned it being a work in progress in the last update video but I can't imagine it having any drastic changes.

I have a pretty cool crowdfunding site set up, it's just lost momentum over time. You guys are certainly welcome to check it out and share it in your circles though : http://www.youcaring.com/SponsoraCadet I will keep pushing, though! I just sent out 50 letters earlier in the week and I've got a good feeling about some of the recipients.

Hornline member here. How would a member go about finding a sponsor? Because this tuition is reeeeally expensive, even as drum corps tuitions go. I'm trying mass letter-sending at the moment, but from the looks of it, it isn't really working.

I personally wouldn't mind a wearing black jacket if it came with a silver dropsash and cummerbund, and maybe white accents on the shako instead of all black, but whatever happens happens

Why do you ask?

Owen? He's a cool dude!

Adding onto this, I was in your position last year! I got a 1 in music but they couldn't take me because of a low visual score. I went and marched with another corps, and taking what I learned, got a spot at the first camp this year. Do this for yourself, or you'll always wonder what could've been. There are plenty of spots to be filled in other corps.

You guys are reading way too much into things. None of that was show music.

Looks like the TV show is happening after all! If he's saying it publicly now, it must be pretty set in stone. https://youtu.be/6pvQxZlS7lU

So why did anyone go with Jupiter in the first place? Seems like everyone is ditching them now.

Cool: http://www.bluestars.org/story.php?story_id=797

I didn't say anything about his job being more important than his wife. I'm just interested to see who will be filling in for him and any other 2016 news they talked about in the webinar. Shame on me for being busy during that 1 hour window of time though, right?

I'm dying for some info here. Who could fill Jeff Sacktig's shoes? Hasn't he written drill for them for the past 28 years? What's going on with that Cadets/BD TV show? Statues? Show theme? Other musical selections?

Live:The ribbon set at the end of Crown's 2013 opener at a TOC show in Illinois. They literally shook the stadium. This was the first show I had ever seen live, and the difference between what I was hearing and YouTube audio was unbelievable. I had full-body chills and I was fighting back tears...super weird for me at the time. That was the moment I decided I HAD to march. In video:The brass hit at the end of Flower Duet in Phantom '07. The way the battery cuts out leaving only the brass holding that chord was and is still one of my favorite effects a corps can create.

Crown 12-13? Edit: or '08-'09?

WHAT!?

#racinghelmetband?

That would be pretty cool actually.