MikeRapp

Should we be even remotely surprised how closely this mirrors the final placements of these corps? i also find it fascinating how many kids choose to age out at a corps they never marched in previously. Most notably, Blue Devils. Is it any wonder why they finish in the medals every year?

Most everyone knows that cell phones have no effect whatsoever on air control communications.

I might suggest that before people start spreading rumors about people moving from one corps to another, they first find out if those staff members have already signed contracts for the next season.

And, the home field of your World Class Music City corps. http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2017/08/14/nashville-major-league-soccer-group-unveils-first-look-stadium-proposed-fairgrounds/564469001/

It's kind of a crappy reality in an activity this narrow, but there really aren't very many large, stable, successful organizations in dci. Even some that look successful are one bad season from being in deep financial trouble. Then, you have organizations that already have leadership with strong opinions, who won't welcome a new voice. Personalities always weigh heavier in job satisfaction than most think. Especially in creatively driven activities. It's very similar in the music and film business. Personalities cast a long shadow. If you like your job and get along with those you work for, you stay put.

Academy will make finals. I don't know that they would now be considered a darling. But they are not going to fall backward anymore. Cascades looks ready.

It could well be that other corps were all using the same wireless frequency and line, and therefore there was interference. Cell traffic would not interfere with a wireless mic.

You can't have a show that focuses on a singer for the last two thirds of the performance lip syncing on finals night. That would be a death blow to GE and rightfully so. If you had a hand held mic hidden in the prop, it could have easily been grabbed and used. One of those things that everyone has now learned the hard way.

It's Monday and I already hate the offseason.

They would adjust and keep winning. It's all about depth of talent and experienced creative processes.

I have no idea whether anyone said anything about any other show.

He did cancel. That was his point.

In m opinion, the way to go here is to get as many Nashville-area dci world class alums on the board as possible. There are many. We have some big, powerful high schools here, especially in Williamson County. The band directors here work their kids almost as hard as a world class corps. Having a true world class corps here would be a huge benefit for area schools, which are always struggling to keep music relevant in education. I had asked this earlier and no one answered: If Music City does move to world class, do they own the Nashville show as other world class corps do? It would be pretty difficult for them to make it financially without a true home town event.

Not one person, including me, said there should be a morality clause in dci.

DCI really needs to step in and step up. This reflects directly on their credibility. This is bush league.

Electronics aren't going away, though. No matter how great it might be for BD to design without any amplification or effects, it's here to stay. Ironically, it's probably here to stay because it's the ONLY option in Winter Guard. And Winter Guard is now driving much of the drum corps design and judging community. I just don't want music to be secondary in this activity. But crazy enough, I may be in the minority. I just think there are a whole lot of kids who are far more interested in electronics than music. Cavaliers is the least musical show they have ever done as a corps. Ever. And yet it beat the most musical show, and arguably most performance oriented corps, in the acvitity. I will be happy for the kids regardless, but I will be cheering for the corps that emphasize music performance at its highest level. With or without electronics.

I hope they don't have such demanding props. As much as I loved this show, the massive stage seemed as much a design hindrance as it was a benefit. I thought SCV out-propped everyone by a country mile. Though perhaps all those kids who had to ride inside them felt differently!

The segmented show concept is, sadly, the way things are likely to go. Bluecoats are already there in many ways, and were roundly criticized for it beginning with NoisE. Shows will be more of a long series of difficulty showcases, in which if you are showcasing marching you're not playing, and if you're showcasing playing you're not marching. Connected by "jazz running," so as to not expose dirty lines and feet. If that's the way dci corps want it, then that's fine by me, I love playing over marching any day. But I think it puts to end any idea that somehow it should be more important to do both at the same time. If judges are comparing apples to oranges, then everyone better have apples and oranges completely separated.

Fortunately for the owner of this site, productivity is not the standard for these discussion forums.

Proud to do so.

This is a message board, and I am a member. I can chastise whomever I wish, for whatever I wish. I am hardly the only person who has said this about this Phantom show. And yes I love Bluecoats but some of their stuff was also too close to the line IMHO. And its not just me saying it. You are free to agree or disagree with me. But discussion is what a discussion board is about.

Blue Devils two trumpet soloists, wow.

To me it's all about show design and message intent coming first. Like it or not, the DCI sheets require audition passages for the judges, it is what Blue Devils does every year. There are several key passages in Inferno that are written and staged to wow judges, but they fit the show design and what was trying to be communicated at the time. This year, those passages just stuck out to me as show off pieces, because it didn't seem to make any connection to the story itself. Will it score well? Yes. Because that's how DCI judging works. But it's not the best way to go in my opinion.

I'd rather finish fifth with this show that fourth with Cavaliers show. Like a hundred times over.

Wow, that's a ton. But I guess that's what happens when you have 80% retention from the previous year. SCV had even more age outs but I think their percussion is intact as most moved up from Vanguard Cadets...which is crazy.