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Phantom's social media team wins the internet for the offseason doing that one.

Annapolis line up looks beefy again with the return of SCV to that lineup. But also pulling in the Troopers to that show now. I'm excited.

Cadets, Boston, Troopers....well as the tune is incorporated into Lincoln Portrait that is. 😉 My HS band did Lincoln Portrait for our opener my senior year. The band director had long used 'Doo dah' in place of expletives he wasn't supposed to be saying in front of us. My senior year he quipped toward the end of the season, "All these years I've been saying doo dah and now we're playing it."

and after that, petrified

Band being the 'it thing' was a thing at my school in the 80s. We were a 2500 student school that regularly marched about 260. We were, by far, better than the football team in bringing home wins and trophies. In my sister's time, it became policy the band had to stay the whole game because letting the band go after halftime on Friday night (due to an early Saturday call for travel to our shows) meant half the crowd disappeared with us. In my time, there was a year the football team decided they were gonna harass the band/guard girls in the band hall before school. We tried shooing them off but got the "Band F__" treatment out of them. The band director complained to the Football Coach, who by reports, just shrugged and smirked. The AD didn't back the band director either. So ... next game we had a double show schedule on Saturday. Early slot at one location then a late slot at another. Lots of travel. Band director said, "screw the policy, we're done after we come off at halftime. The AD might talk to me then." Our crappy football team jumped out to a surprise lead v. a state ranked opponent and we had the atmosphere pumped up. And then lost by like 28 points after the 2nd half was flat with no spirit from the crowd. The AD blew his stack, the principal of the school got involved and resolved it with a "no football players in the band hall" and "the band stays for the whole game" agreement again. We marched in for the next game with all the trophies we'd won that season thus far, we were sweeping captions at shows too, each had their own trophy. So like the Drum Majors and half the guard carrying trophies as we enter the stadium in full parade formation rather than just filtering in. Crowd going nuts with pride for us. Student body included. Football team got stomped...again. Point. Made. Don't f' with the band.

I've come to enjoy these too. Getting the sound the performers are hearing is such a cool reveal. Also with this one, the clarity of not only this horn but those around him explains so much of Crown's brass excellence.

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Yeah...my Occam's Razor comment didn't age well at all. I guess sometimes it really IS a big coverup of other issues. sigh.

A fair few corps have used their social media youtube accounts for "official releases" of their shows too. In cases where they were proactive about getting all the rights in order themselves. I want that to be a growing trend actually. It drives people to the CORPS social media a thus puts eyeballs on them and ensuring their show will be releasable in this manner becomes a priority for their design teams because it reflects on their brand. That said, it'd be nice if DCI then makes a 'master playlist'

So musicians aren't expected to be subjected to survivalist conditions but the chances of getting gassed are high enough you need to know how to use the mask. Sounds like a rough audience to play for!

Mixed feelings are natural. You gave the family a gift to let them have goodbyes and some dignity to his passing. My mom and dad had been trained in CPR at a church event and had to use it with a neighbor across the street from them at one point. He too passed in the hospital a few days later but had the opportunity to do so after some goodbyes and somewhere other than in the midst of a crisis situation on their driveway. The favor was somewhat returned years later with the residents of that house across the street after them performed CPR on my mom. She too passed a week later and although she hadn't regained consciousness, it gave us a chance to gather and say our goodbyes. I think about that often when I refresh my CPR training.

Cavaliers’ Immortal from 2014.

I'm a visual thinker. That one had me entirely reimagining my mind's eye of Terri. Well of all human anatomy for that matter

Wait. Just what is your neck size?

It's working for the NFL

This could be. I mean I can easily imagine this dialogue: “Would you like a NIL agreement?” [drumline] “dood! Can we drum on that?” ”….” [walks away toward the Mellos]

I'd always figure it'd be the drumlines getting NIL recognition first. You tend to see the drumlines used apart from the bands at things. What's up with Mellos being first to the gate on this?

Tornadoes are a finger of God coming down to draw on the earth. Hurricanes are the whole #### arm rolling through like a drunken uncle at your 4th of July cookout.

Exactly.

Woo. Tap that crazy Califorina indoor percussion talent pool and tempt them with a summer playing a Mike Jackson book!