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  1. Ran across this video in YouTube tonight. Like ice running down my back. Spooky............
  2. My long-departed grandfather once told me, "there's book-smart, and there's walkin'-around smart. Don't ever think that one makes you the other." Here, those who keep insisting that DCI doesn't have the legal authority to do A, B or C - don't assume for a minute that at the end of the day, they can't somehow make YEA! agree to just about any darned thing they want to - IF they want it done badly enough. Just because they don't have the "right" to do it doesn't mean they can't get it done.
  3. Dr. Mickey, I'm with you as to my first exposure to drum corps, and also to my level of involvement, and also to my attitude toward the recent trends in show design. However, I'm HOPING Cadets field a corps this year, and if they do, I will be in line to buy tickets to finals, just to cheer them on !
  4. Yeah, I need two now, since the wife decided to go with me after all. thx
  5. PM'ing you re: Friday tickets.
  6. Only now I need TWO for semis (Mama changed her mind !!!!!!!!!!!!!!). Let me know. Thanks !
  7. Well, that's sort of in line with the time frame that was rolling around in my head.... Don't suppose you have any insights into the whereabouts of a recording of that show ?? and better yet - who arranged the SSB for the corps ????
  8. Checked it out - nothing looks right. I'll keep looking. Looks like I'm gonna be relying on somebody else's foggy memory !!! Thanks for the suggestion !
  9. Julian, I do believe many people will read your letter as a "bash Blue Devils" letter. However, my sense is that your feelings mirror mine - except I've been watching drum corps for 36 years now. BD are just the most visible and well-known symbol of the morphing of drum corps from the "brass, percussion and drill" activity you referenced, to some sort of "multi-faceted, multi-dimensional, ethereal artistic collage".....and, oh yes, we still keep those brass and percussion instruments that our grandparents used back in the olden days....but only because we have to. Before seeing the tour show at Murfreesboro this year, I had been cautiously optimistic the last few years -- optimistic that a few more corps were actually taking their audience appeal into account. Sadly, not only does that NOT seem to be the case (with the blatant exception of Madison and Surf !), things appear to be regressing. You put it very well when you said that if you want to see all these genres together in one place (which is not often), you can see it elsewhere for a whole lot less money. I agree wholeheartedly. I fear that the elitists in this activity are driving away the fans who made it great. I am sorry, truly sorry, and I am going to miss drum corps. But I am finished. After 36 years, I am finished for good.
  10. Travel - recommend you look on Craigslist for at least a ride out to Indy. You could always bus back. (Get your parents to help screen the possibilities. Lots of wackos out there.) Room/board: a friend's daughter just got done "couch-surfing" across the entire nation; never paid for a room one night. I don't know the forums, etc., but it's out there, and there's a large community of younger folks in Indy and surrounding. I'm sure you can find one that will put you up. Good luck !
  11. I have four tickets to Saturday night's Serenade In Brass in Harrisburg. I am unfortunately unable to travel from Ohio this weekend to see the final SIB ever. The tickets are in Section 101, Row H, Seats 1-4. Face value was $20 each. Selling for face OBO. If I can get these mailed out tomorrow one-day delivery, they will be to your location in plenty of time. PayPal preferred. Thanks !
  12. It's quite sad for me to see all the turmoil in Marion. It was the Marion Cadets that first introduced me to the world of drum corps. I had graduated from Ohio University in 1975 with a Bachelors in Music Ed, but really had next to no exposure to d&bc at all. It wasn't widely known in the Central Ohio area yet, despite Marion being just north of there. Corps were much more of a "niche" thing back then, as opposed to today. Anyway, I was at the 1975 4th of July parade in Marysville, Ohio, just northwest of Columbus. My girlfriend (now my wife of 32 years in June !) had just moved there to be the choir director at Fairbanks Local, just south of Marysville. We were watching the parade when I heard a really kickin' percussion section coming from around the corner. I knew it was dommmm strong, but I had clue who or what it was. Then about a block away the Marion Cadets kicked off "Conquest", a jazzy 2/2 arrangement. The sound they produced just blew me away. I instantly became a much greater fan of the activity than I was already, and got to go to a few U.S. Open shows in Marion (first time I saw Scouts live - Marion - "Slaughter on 10th Avenue" !!!!), but the big thrill was to go to DCI Finals in Denver in '78. Talk about all the biggies in one place !!!! After spending a few years in a band job, I got out of teaching, but I stayed a drum corps fan for (most of) the next 30 years, except for the period in the '90's where I got so disgusted with the lack of "entertainment component" (call me a throwback - I really couldn't care). I guess that's why my favorite corps were historically the Bridgemen, VK, and (older) Madison. They always seemed to place the audience first, not their own artistic sensibilities, or those of the staff. I also got the chance to live a drum corps fan's dream when I went to Bayonne in 2006 to try to fill a 4th bari spot for the Bridgemen Alumni Corps. Altho I had tons of band experience, I'd never put a foot on a field with a corps, but it really turned out great. The staff and members were (and are) great, and the thrill of coming down the hill in the yellow coat, in the first Bridgemen appearance in 19 years .....well, I still get short of breath just thinking about it ! After years of watching it, things finally came full circle. Anyway, point is, Marion has a proud and storied history, and I really, really hate to see things reach the point they have. Hopefully, things can get turned around and they can start providing the kids something again.
  13. "84chief" tried to message me, but no message was there. EM me at docachna33DIESPAMMERSCUM(replace the CAPS with the "at" sign)sbcglobal.net
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