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THANK YOU. Miranda by Michael Nyman

Show was GREAT last night! Lots of energy, color guard looks better than recent memory, and the horn sound was phenomenal. Not surprised they beat Blue Stars. QUESTION: I know "The Maze" movement is original material by Warkworth, but it *has* to take the main melody from another piece of music... I have a vague memory of another group playing it, but I can't remember who it was, or if it was HS or DCI. Anyone have an idea? It's the part of the show that leads to them making the tight block in the bottom left corner.

The Cavaliers' drum majors have used one for the past couple years as well.

Maybe freak out is too strong of a term - it's just so far away from all of the performers that timing would get wonky, especially in domes. Also the old stadiums along the east coast don't have that much sideline space. I'm just curious as to why they made that decision.

Question: Anyone else notice, or know why, the conductor podiums are SO FAR BACK from the field? I understand moving them to get out of the line of sight from the 50 and/or to allow the front ensemble to engage with the audience more... but it seems like for every show available online, the podium is a good 30 yards away from the sideline, and it's freaking me out!

The only judges that cycle are brass, color guard, and percussion. Visual Analysis and Music Analysis, along with GE judges, are always present.

He pronounced Quixotic wrong last year on the podcast, unfortunately. It should be "quick-zotic" but he said "key-otic". I remember him even saying it should sound like "chaotic"... Tomato, tomato I guess.

Are they starting ST way earlier than in the past? I can't remember a time where the Cadets or BD weren't the first major corps to start.... And compared to Madison, bloo will have 10 days on them! Things I think about......

You logged into your son's Facebook?!?!?!?!

Also check out the direct flights on British Airways from Austin to London/UK. May be worth it so you don't have to drive back to Houston on Monday.

It was either Sal Salas or JD Shaw that mentioned in some interview that one of the staple pieces of that circus show fell through because of licensing, and since they had already batted the idea of a Scheherazade show around, they just went with it. At the SCV birthday dinner that year (so, 2014?), I remember DCP having a mini heart attack when a new version of Send in the Clowns was performed by SCV... that was allegedly the ballad, but it never made it to the field. I can't find that video, but it was a very interesting arrangement.

Interesting thing Hopkins said... "We're gonna be here for a while, the next couple of years, which is one reason why this has taken so long." Could be really cool to have a "trilogy" or "series" similar to Blue Knights of 2014-196, but focusing on one famous American, New York-based composer. I'm excited!

Pyware is probably the most used, but there are others like EnVision and Field Artist. For a cheaper version, micromarching.com is a flash-based version of a drill writing software that is more user-friendly.

corpsreps.com is a resource I use often.

As a non-drummer, I question why percussion is the only section to get 2 judges. CG only gets 1 judge, and you can learn a lot more from being close up to the guard (hand placements, feet position, posture, etc.) than you can from observing them from the box ... and yet, they are judged on their presentation from the Box. Yes you can see those things from far enough away (the figure skating analogy applies here), and yet, in the box those judges stay. Same applies for the brass. Do we maybe over emphasize percussion judging, compared to the other sections of the corps?