DawsonBurnes

When corps do some sort of cringy or awkward dance during the drum break (Im looking at you BD!). BD's drum break was... interesting to say the least. I prefer corps marching during the breaks. Since the corps isn't playing, this is the most opportune time to have some really technical and interesting drill. Cavies really pulled this off well in the Gaines era. Also, when the battery tilts their drums upward after a big section of music. Not as popular now, but I see it occasionally. It just seems so old-fashioned. I do like when drum lines do other things like put their sticks up in the air before a big release and stuff like that. Not sure how to really explain that one.

Love it

I forgot about the uniform change in 2014. 2015's a better example.

Will BD be going back to regular white plumes or will they keep the white plumes with the feather in them? I'm guessing the latter

More so with the amount of changes the show undertook, but that's getting a bit off topic. I really don't care when corps announce their shows (audition season at the earliest). It shouldn't have much of an effect on the show scores. Now audience reception, that's a different story

Man, GE is complicated. But I'm glad it's there. If GE weren't a thing, BD would have about 10 more championships under their belt.

The guard wore what looked like night gowns. The show's on YouTube if you want to see it. My cousin marched in it.

That's a good example. But what if the show was more broad and general? Cadets 1990, one of my favorite shows, was "Undiscovered Bernstein." They just played Bernstein. How would that analogy apply to that?

If Phantom Regiment (for example) had to use their uniform from 2012 (the one with the coin on the chest for the Turandot theme) for their 2014 (Swan Lake) show, I'm sure they'd get some weird looks. It'd also not get them many more points in GE. I'm not sure how much of the GE category themed uniforms take up, but they definitely wouldn't get those points. They'd have to rely more on other things to strengthen that category. Which brings me to another question I have: how did corps get good GE in "the old days?" The only way I can see is the guard costumes and show music/design.

Yes, sir!

Hopefully Phantom can get out of the metaphorical "pit" they've gotten themselves into post-2012. Like many other corps, Phantom has had eras of success followed by relatively low scores, then followed up by more success. Here's a very scientific graph I made in MS Paint illustrating Phantom's success: http://imgur.com/a/XOwrP Blue Devils' success on the other hand...: http://imgur.com/a/IRdGw

Euphonium. After I got cut as drum major, I sent in a video audition for a euphonium spot (they had only Bari/euph and tuba spots available at the time. My primary instrument is trumpet) and got a contract.

Marching with my second family at Southwind :)

Very true. But back to what I said in the original post, some corps might not have the funds for it. I like themed uniforms. As long as they are more reminiscent of a uniform and not a costume (I'm looking at you, Bloo), and you can tell what corps it is, I'm fine. I like non themed uniforms as well (Scouts, Cadets (Maroon and gold), Phantom 2006, etc.), but of course they won't be received as well GE-wise.

Honest answer: nope. Here's an example of where no themed uniforms didn't prevent a corps from doing well. The Cadet's 2015 show "The Power of Ten" is one of my all time favorites. The closest thing they had to a themed uniform was their neon guard uniforms (neon is the 10th element on the periodic table). Obviously themed uniforms aren't the deciding factor as to whether a show wins or not, but it's still a prevelant factor (one thing that helped them in that category though was the drill. The drill with the 10 person pyramids, X formations, etc.). But I don't think it's too much of a stretch to say that (for example) if there are two corps that perform equally well in music, visual, etc. and one has a themed uniform and the other doesn't, the one with the themed uniform will get higher GE scores. Of course I'm not a DCI judge, so I'm not going to act like what I say is fact or not. But this is what I've seen in recent years.

While on the topic of that, I'd like to point out how most finalist corps have themed uniforms, and many (if not most) non-finalist corps don't. I'm not sure if this is a coincidence, but it seems to me it's almost essential to have a themed uniform or else you won't do as well. That's pretty odd, considering some corps don't have the kind of money to do that. Of course, music and marching are important (the Cadets are a good example), but it seems that GE is becoming more prevelant nowadays. Heck, the Bluecoats won the DCI championships last year and they only had one best caption award: GE. Crown had Brass, Guard, and Visual. I might be looking a bit too much into this, but DCI seems to have become a bit more discriminatory. The separation of World and Open class, themed uniforms, etc.

I'll give you a little bit of detail. As long as I'm not straight up showing it, I won't get in trouble haha. The uniform is fitted and relatively stretchy. It'll give us more opportunities to "perform." I will admit, it does look strange (hence the show name) and it takes a while to get used to but it's super cool. It does look a bit like a costume but you will be able to tell that we're a drum corps and not a WGI group right off the bat. Open class is in for a surprise this year. That's all I'll say for now (the picture of the uniform sketch can be found on the first post of the thread. Can't show the real uniform just yet).

One of Spirit of Atlanta's recent posts hinted at a new uniform. Wonder if they'll take the same route the Bluecoats have been taking.

Bluecoats- Nickelback

I saw the Southwind uniform in person at a camp they're having right now. It looks amazing. Unfortunately, I can't post any pictures. Just sayin'

Southwind has front ensemble, tenors, low brass, and cymbal positions available!

Most likely. I couldn't find it earlier

Apparently the spongebob flower designs on the uniform actually came from a painting (which I can't find). I can only assume the same will come with Star Crossed

Which is pretty odd and downright stupid in my opinion. If you're going to make a show about the marching arts, how come they didn't get enough input to know that snare players don't wear gloves? I would understand if it were more of an "outside view," but they had input from corps directors, members, etc.

With the announcement of Blue Stars' show, "Star Crossed," what would their uniform look like? The sleeve, the panel on the chest, and the fabric hanging from the hip would all change to fit the show. What sort of material would be used to substitute the Spongebob flowers?