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I pm-ed him with info as I am not certain where the tapes currently are. Two of the profs involved in the lectures with the artists have past away since these classes over 35 years ago.

Are you donating the 30 coins of silver?

Emil "Moe" LaTour is a DCI HoFer. Look up his bio. He's most impressive in his home-spun New Orleans style. God be good to him always.

He's the easy one. He's into dialogue. PETA is the tough bite.

Be wary of being "invited" by instructors of big name corps if these same people 'diss" the other corps or try to stir the pot of dissent while staff changes are still in progress. I have been told that one notable corps has a tendency to build its' line this way and render a "bountiy" to instructors able to "steal the talent" while members make knee-jerk reactive choices; not all said choices work so well and are often regretted. Few promises from the bounty-hunters usually flesh out. A second notable corps is tending to build that same operating reputation. Just be aware not to be used or tooled.

Whatever Bruno was paid it wasn't enough for the quality and experience of leading the corps, particularly when Hopkins was jetsetting to/fro Allentown and dueling with DCA. The Cadets are only as great as they are because of Bruno Z, Rudy*, Moe LaTour**, etc over the years. Hopkins has a history of letting go many of those who by action out shine him in leadership with his theories. While he gives the "Landmark talks,"/aka "hop talks," these others walk the walk often despite him. * he left the admin after several seasons as asst. director to work with Boston before being hired back to run YEA's USSBA which became USBANDS. **Moe wasn't brought back a few seasons, left during others, before his health concerns made touring too much of a challenge. He was a God-send for Hopkins' early decades.

You are presuming I am speaking only of the music captions. I am not. (My background in instructing and judging are both visual.) I don't disagree that variety is giving impetus. I do disagree that scoring GE over performance is askew. I cite that the non-GE sheets do give a breakdown between content and achievement; yet difficulty of attempt isn't always consistently treated across the 3 non-GE captions, and achievement and content scores often didn't balance as the season developed. All of this deserves a re-viewing and re-thinking relative to the sheets. I would expect folks like Ream and Garfield who have shared experiences of trialing and considerations for judging slots would back no changes. No brainer there. Why criticize the same folks who designed the sheets who also pick the judges? Who wants to pick someone who isn't a yes-man or kiss-up?

Several pages of thread topics back within August finals, I expressed the dilemma/crossroads Hopkins had to face relative to the guard: who goes? Bruno or Katie? His daughter stays.

I am going from my class notes of the lectures they gave in Fine Arts classes which I attended in the early '70's at the college at that time, pre-common video recording or online as we have today. Perhaps the official tapes are now in the library of the university which subsumed the smaller college in the late 80's. To be clear, there are multiple leit-motifs of personality positioning in JCSS. The Judas view is but one. The presentation of Mary Magdalen is as strong if not more so. The interweaving of these and other strata are what make the fabric of the opus more than just "nice entertainment." The 2016 field show, being by The Scouts, makes the Mary Magdalen approach not as suitable, unlike Dorothy in Wizard of Oz or Carmen even.

I beg to differ with this. Weber and Rice were resident artists at the college I attended when I was there in the early 70's because one of the faculty members saw them in a small coffee house type setting in England, got into a discussion, and eventually brought them to USA where he made contact for them with a relative who worked one of NY's big labels. W&R give a different sense than your summary.

perhaps for you zillionaires but not for most us.

I am saying that performance should be more than half. Lately your response to my posts have amounted to little more than if I say white, you say black. They seem reactionary responses rather than developed thought.

Lower GE scoring and raise performance scoring. Put the contest results back in the hands of the marching members, not the designers.

Evidently the storm clouds and lightening bolts are because things are changing in Cadetland and not all are happy. Hopkins has supposedly fired Bruno and entire C1 color guard staff replacing them with his girlfriend who ran C2 CG this summer. Though she got her scoring, not all were pleased with her methods of the same. Many disappointed at Bruno's dumping (seems repeat of Cavalier history.) While GH has shared this information by emailing 2015 corps members, "THE Official announcement" to come soon. Maybe PP Francis while in Hopkins' Philadelphia can mediate this as well. Bruno has been a super blessing to Cadet tour staff and mentor to staff members.

Yes to both.

Depends on where you stay in London and what the dollar to pound exchange is. I never seem to benefit.

per DCI today: A biennial process, 2016 will mark a Rules Congress year—a time when corps can submit rules change proposals and suggest updates to the adjudication system and related philosophy for consideration during DCI’s annual winter business meetings, scheduled for late January. What proposals have you, DCPers?

That's where your Grand Inquisitor role comes in, Senor Brasso.

Evidently, Jim, you and your Keystoners have spent too much time downing cheese steaks and squatting at Reading Market to figure out the system. W.DC. seemed a breeze. http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/254615-metro-says-traffic-light-for-popes-first-morning-in-dc Euponitone is at the ready getting the masses to Franklin Parkway from the Chester Cty burbs.

Go back a dozen or so pages of DCI World Class threads and you;ll see 2 which discuss hotels in Indy, what corps' fans prefer what, and good deals and options. Expect to pay as much as one does in London, but without the big breakfast. Most staying downtown are using business discounts, corporate accounts or loyalty club points. British Air points can get one a nice room at Hampton Inn or Hilton within walking of stadium.

per DCI email update today: The complete DCI Tour schedule is expected to be released on DCI.org the week prior to the Thanksgiving holiday on Wednesday, November 18.

Might give us a contemporary and new meaning to the guard doing "head choppers."

That's because Boston's roads are wagon wheels (rotaries) while Philadelphia's are pretzels. City of Bro Love, except for the Flyers. Go Jets and Jints.

They are using an very ancient form of drumspeak transformed over the ages into a series of languages, much more lyrical than the current use of contemporary drumspeak to which some have grown accustomed. Kapiche?

Utique? I guess you and Ghost are members of the, wait for it, rotary??