RichCranford82

Couldn't agree more, makes me wonder just how long the Cavies will keep the same "classic" look they've had for some time now, seems to work for them just fine. I'd still love to know the reason(s) for Madison leaving a true classic look behind, I'm sure someone had their reasons, just never made any sense to me other than an identity crisis.

27th Lancers: 1981 Anaheim Kingsmen: 1974 Blue Devils: 1982 Blue Knights: 1994 Blue Stars: 1979 Bluecoats: 1990 Boston Crusaders: 2000 Bridgemen: 1982 Cadets: 1984 Carolina Crown: 2008 Cavaliers: 1995 Crossmen: 1982 Glassmen: 2001 Madison Scouts: 1995 Phantom Regiment: 1989 Santa Clara Vanguard: 1987 Spirit: 1980 Star of Indiana: 1991 Suncoast Sound: 1984 Troopers: 1981

Ok, but if we eat there first we better make it quick!!

I'm kind of torn, as far as warm-ups it's a fantastic place, I actually spent the entire 1st day this year checking out all the Corps as they arrived, got to hear "space chords" live for the first time and wasn't disappointed to say the least! Other than that, not so much. I should admit that I'm a little biased on the area itself, having lived here for the last couple of years I can honestly say that I can't get out of this town and the wonderful state of Pennsyltucky altogether soon enough. Back to the stadium, how do they not have the top section fixed?! We're not talking some hi-tech structure here, pretty much just your standard bleachers and I would much rather have sat up there than on the 20 yeard line. Just kind of adds to the general "run-down" feeling in this area, that and I don't think they've paved the roads around the stadium since the before the last time I was here 22 years ago, but maybe I'm being too picky. Greasy hot dogs and a diner isn't a heck of a draw for the average fan who doesn't tailgate either, it was kind of cool that they mentioned Drum Corps in the Yuckos sign out front I guess, after eating there I wondered 2 things: where was the nearest rest room and how in the world did they become "famous"? I guess it proves that with enough obnoxious advertising and lack of options anyone can lay claim to operating in infamy.

How about some of the changes 27th made in their final years? Seeing them in those orange shirts with some sort of purple-ish sash was kind of the same feeling as seeing Phantom in khaki - it just wasn't right, talk about messin' with a great thing! I always wondered if there was a reason for the change other than someone possibly losing a bet! LancerLady if you read this maybe you can fill me in, '86 is the year that really stands out to me if memory serves.

Exactly which argument are you referring to? If I read your post correctly you would be in favor of "anything goes", am I correct? If so, I'll quit right here because it would be obvious that we look at things very differently and I'll happily leave it at that.

But here's the problem, before anyone can even have a chance to design shows with the current set of "toys" (for lack of a better term), here they go and indroduce something that has the potential to change the activity quite a bit. Would it hurt anyone to put the brakes on for at least 2 years in a row?

I know it probably wouldn't have been too PC, but would it have killed DCI to show the announcement of BD in second? I mean, as long as I can remember the 2nd place score always gets the most spontaneous crowd response, I can only imagine what the reaction was last night.

Really only had to read one, the rest have just been comic relief

Sounds about right after reading the last 7 pages

Thanks guys, sounds good to me, I'll be there!

Holds alot of memories for me, that's for sure. The one thing that always comes to mind is how hot it always was going on in the afternoon and the heat just rolling down off the concrete. The one thing I don't get is how they haven't fixed the upper deck, looking at it from the outside it's an eyesore and it doesn't look like it would take that much to fix it, of course this is Pennsylavania where it took them 10 years to repair a half-mile bridge, so who knows. It's also kind of ridiculous that half the roads around the stadium haven't been paved since before the last time I was here 23 years ago but that's PA for ya.

Well, just for the record, musically the Devils did beat Garfield, add up the Brass, Percussion and M&M/Visual captions and BD comes out with a .8 advantage. Where they lost it was in the GE caption (a .9 spread), too subjective a category for me and besides, I've always been a "music-first" kind of guy so in my world I'm right and you're wrong! Now, think how much fun this conversation would be with a couple of shots thrown in - just sayin!

Just wondering if anyone knows of any good hang-outs here in town over the next couple of days. Seeing as I live here now (for the time being anyway), this will be the first time I've been to J Birney since '85. Scoped out the area yesterday, everything pretty much still looks the same, the park area seems a little nicer, everything else not so much. Not trying to dig on Allentown, just thought it would be fun to get together with some folks with whom you don't have to explain what Drum Corps is and get right to arguing about why the Blue Devils should have beat Garfield in '84 (in my humble opinion of course) and why I like this version of "Spartacus" just as much as the first two, but I digress. Not looking to crash anyone's party, thinking more along the lines of Allentown's famed night-life (yeah, I know) and discussing these and other non life-threatening issues over an adult beverage or two, not that I approve of such things.