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  1. While not "winning drums and not making finals" situations by far, last season had several lines punching above where their corps were placing. Cavies most notably. But Troopers too. Colts line early in the season was scoring real well too. The carryover from indoor and 'follow the instructor' effect seems to be part of this as well.
  2. Saw this at Ft. Wayne when they had a "flat run" for the opener (from La Strada on, it was great though). But it was clean as heck. There were staff from other corps that were sitting up there and when the last note sounded, one just said, "16." the other said "clean by July 8." This was the show where Tilt caught fire. Bloo didn't have the real ending on yet and there were still multiple jump runners (and the main jumper that was kept for the end actually overshot the catch group a bit and they barely blunted the head hitting the field...it was a bit scary). They had the Ft. Wayne crowd eating out of their hand though. It was clear though who was winning that show. Bloo was one point back and that was all the closer anyone got all season. This was also the show where BAC changed the opening drill for Animal Farm and I heard one of the judges behind me on his tape raving about the way they did the column shift now. "That's so much more effective!" Music City was open class and this was their season debut. They had us sitting upright and paying attention. The BD volunteer next to me was "whoa...that's open class?"
  3. Some of us tenor saxes would get so bored laying the chords in we'd double the bass parts with the low brass using the old 'foot in the bell' strategy to make the low B-flat be a low A
  4. Ahhhhhh intro music to every boys basketball game for four years of pep band. no thanks. I graduated in 1988 and you’ve just reignited that earworm.
  5. Season 2 Real band moms of Indianapolis and have a confrontation between Avon moms and Carmel moms
  6. I hope you got a "Granddad...you're doing it all wrong" look with that.
  7. Our best band mom story from high school: My senior year, after we got back from ISSMA state finals at dark-thirty, the band director awoke the next morning to find his house TP'd. He. was. ######. There was group of guys he suspected, called into his office, read them the riot act, etc. even though he didn't have proof. And it was largely thought that, "Yeah if anyone was gonna do it..." among the band and parents in general. I mean they were a collection of low brass and drummers....so.... Long story short, it was heated between them and him for a number of weeks, with like threats of going to the principal, the principal saying 'lay off them there's no proof' etc. Rumors FLYING around the band which were all idle speculation and the guys earnestly pleading innocence even though they (and the rest of us) were rather mirthful about the fact someone got the band directors house and on the night after Finals at that. We get all the way to the Band Banquet in late November (about a month after ISSMA finals). There's a recognition ceremony for just about everything. It's a nice event. The Band moms come up to do their awards for students and such and call these boys to the front. The band director is glowering still about them while the rest of us begin to pick up on "ummm...something is happening." They're up there and the band moms lay into the director DEMANDING he apologize to them in front of the whole band because he doesn't have proof. He's caught off guard by the public confrontation of it, it was sort of out of character for them to be that public about it. Some of us students start cluing in seeing some of the band moms start to crack grins....we're "NOooooooo waaaaaay." Then the band moms pull out toilet paper rolls and toss them at the band director.....yup. THEY did the TP job. Pandemonium in the banquet hall for a solid 10 minutes. Finally they get everyone settled down. The band director is torn between angry at the moms and apologetic to the boys and laughing at being had. His wife is still falling out of her chair laughing at it. Next morning he apologized to them again to the Concert band (seniors and juniors mostly) and while he took it in stride it was clear he expected his house to be off limits for such shenanigans still.
  8. Oh wow. Crown: "We got Mackey writing original stuff specifically for our show themes" Bloo: "Hold my beer" I'm loving this trend of partnerships and creative collaboration. [holds breath for what BD might announce]
  9. I super enjoyed Cowboy Bebop. But yeah JoJo's I just couldn't latch onto. I've latched onto a lot of bonkers anime but that one just... didn't.
  10. That was the best of all possible responses.
  11. Bloo introduced me to Vienna Teng, Andy Akhido, Tyondai Braxton, The Books, Bang on a Can All Stars (Michael Gordon's Gene Takes a Drink from 2015), and Anna Meredith. I knew of Bon Iver but Bloo showed me how incredible his music could be. I would throw money at a "Bloo plays the Bon Iver songbook" collection.
  12. Oh the Blue Devils doing Tommy in 1990 was good too. Blue Devils were all about the jazz idiom then so it was a real departure and surprise for many, but i dug it.
  13. Speaking of Jose/beFore John 5....if you've not seen the full original source of that do. There is SO MUCH MORE that can be done with that peice too. 4:05 is the apex of percussionists finding something and the first question is "what would it sound like if I drummed on this?"
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