NCWVUFAN
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Lol.....virtual competitions.....thats just too funny....furniture incorporated into the drill....wow. Mark my words here ladies and gentlemen....no DCI in 2021, there won't be DCI in 2022! Education boards and policies have been killing music in public schools for decades, might be too big a mountain to climb after taking 2 years off.
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Personally I think DCI should plan on a regular season with fans in attendance. Several vaccines are ready and should be available well before the season starts, even with a late start on rehearsal schedules this shouldn't affect the final product put on the field in late June. Young people have had little issues with this virus, let's protect the vulnerable and get on with life.
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I like her reaction vids, watched several military and football vids before she started on drum corps, she makes it clear when she genuinely enjoys a vid.
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Time is running out on the '21 season, too much to plan for with no set of guidelines to plan with...unfortunately. With that in mind, expect roughly half of the corps able to field a competitive drum corps in '22, and at a significant downgrade in quality for most, if not all the programs. People have to make a living, even if it's not what they love or enjoy. I'm thinking the question is...will drum corps be able to rebuild over the coming decades?
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Somehow, BD winning percussion tonight just seems odd, 10.0 in content very strange.....just saying.
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Do it Bloo, all of us old alums are with you!
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4 hours ago, wvu80 said:
And I'm sorry to admit that I remember laughing, but it was a huge upset when Garfield Cadets beat the Vanguard in 1982. The Bridgemen turned away from passing in front of Garfield and instead passed in front of the Vanguard, playing a chunk from one of their show tunes; "Shaft."
I marched with Bluecoats that year, we did an exhibition show there, we were in the area and had a few West Virginia players. Remember Bridgemen doing that.
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Just now, wvu80 said:
Sadly, this is true. In years past Drums Across the Tri-state used to feature 3 of the top six, 3 of the six middle corps, and three others. If they could bring even one headliner I think more people would attend.
Yep, first live drum corps show I ever seen, back around 79 or 80 I think, old Marshall stadium in Huntington, sell out every year.
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I know they do, been there a few times, just too much money to swing it for that, add Bloo and I would be in 🙂
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It's a more mature show than Boston's, better design than Crown's. Crown's brass performance scores are keeping them ahead of Cavies for now, that might change as well.
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Born and raised in Charleston, not going to make that 4 hour trip to see the show, just not enough top corps there to warrant the travel expenses. Wish DCI and show sponsors would put together a better line up for this show, used to be a very good show years ago.
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Just now, GREENBLUE said:
Cavies caught and beat Boston by over a point last night. Maybe you meant to say overtake them for the rest of the season.
Yes, frankly, I thought Cavies where the 3rd best show there. Just wondering if they can hold on to 5th long term.
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Yeah, crowd response was incredible, I sat 7 rows up on the 50 so I could gauge the response really well....and Bloo owned the night by a huge margin.
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Was at the show last night, Bluecoats did indeed have the biggest crowd response...by far, even over Crown. Cavies show is very good, not sure if they can catch Boston, but I wouldn't be surprised. I find it hard to believe that BD's horn book has more content than Bloo's. There just isn't anything there that would put it in contention with bloo's brass book. I'm sure that this late in the season the judges would have a grasp of book content from all the corps. But the most striking thing from last night was just how good every corps was, even Spirit and Phantom had well designed and entertaining shows and were performed really well, haven't been able to say that the last few years.
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Naaa naa naa nan a na naaa….Hey Blooooo
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I'm hearing, clean, big, and game over....I like it already 🙂
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…..and I get to see it live sunday 🙂
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The flip side to that is that they have time to clean and perfect the ending before Indy.
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1 hour ago, Musicman1084 said:
Boston - MY SHOT MY SHOT MY SHOT *mumblemumblemumble* MY SHOT MY SHOT. Enough, guys. Regardless of what you add to your show (which is otherwise pretty tremendous as-is), certain changes need to be made with voice-overs that are currently coming across as a bit juvenile in an otherwise fairly mature show. They were smart enough to make some changes in 2018 (live vocal of Amazing Grace to pre-recorded helped significantly), but in both 2017 and 2019 have missed the mark with voice-overs in some regards. 2017 was the cringey "nooooooooooooo" yell, and 2019 is the extreme over-use of My Shot, especially hearing the extended incoherent rambling of Lin Manuel Miranda's voice during the tenor feature. If you can't even make out what's being said, is it relevant? Also, the David vs. Goliath battle could use some clarity - sound effects don't make sense.
I agree 100% with this, really takes away from the otherwise good show.
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I'm sure Bloo has a few secrets up their sleeve 🙂
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1 hour ago, Jurassic Lancer said:
27th Lancers didn’t win ... but we should have!
Wow, I had forgotten about them, that was back when corps traded wins all season. Think 27th was leading a few years back in your time only to lose in the finals.
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Just a bit of info for you Boston fans....Every corps that placed 5th in the past has won the championship...except for Spirit of Atlanta.
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7 hours ago, bluecoats88 said:
don't know if you remember me, played cymbals in 82, my brother ron was on Lead Bari though.
I don't remember many people, it was 37 years ago. I remember a few instructors, a few close friends, and a few girlfriends!
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2 hours ago, bluecoats88 said:
me too - who is this? I remember we were lined up just outside the gates and as the raiders came off the field I recall looking up at them and noting that the tops of our members plumes (we wore shakos in 82) were just barely tall enough to brush the raiders chins. those guys were huge
One of the West Virginia boys, lead sop player, Paul Summers. Those shako plumes were short anyways! but yeah, I always wished the game had better teams.
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Saturday, August 13th 5:30 PM ET “DCI World Championship Finals” Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis, Indiana
in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
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Well done Bloo, what a dash to the silver medal and winning drums! Really thought just a week ago that 4th was going to be it