Rileydog
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Troopers are next. Uniforms bring back the Trooper feel with a blended red, black accentuated with a Calvary hat.
no slow roll by the drum major. Bummer! Lol
Prerecorded music starts the color guard action. Huge horn hit!! Holy smokes melt my ears!!
second set involves drum line solo. Industrial dark feel to the show.
trumpet solo accents the the 3rd set.
3rd set ends with a powerful played ballad.
show ends on a strong, loud, dissonant horn hit. Then with positive loud flourish where troopers end up 10 to 10.-
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10 minutes ago, Dpsouthern81 said:
Really loving this Blue Knights show with each viewing.
I really liked it!! Wish I could be better at describing!!
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Blue Knights are taking the field. Black pants with silver and blue glistening coats.
corp starts in a 2 layered circle with drum line in the center to the right of the 50.
“Always” begins with prerecorded dark It’s a Wonderful World.
slow build up to a fast paced controlled opener. First big brass hit sets us back in our seats!!
second set starts with a staccato played fight between pit and drumline.
Powerful ballad culminates with brass line from 15 to the 15. Colorguard is amazing with brilliant cloud blue flags filling the front of the ensemble.
Final sets begins with a beautiful euphonium solo of its a wonderful life then culminates in a very positive, loud, and colorful song.
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Mandarins take the field with black uniforms with red sparkled trim.
Technical issues delay the start.
“Beyond the Canvas” begins very dark with color guard starting the action. Prerecorded singing transitions into frontline playing. Huge hornline hit begins the playing portion.
Don’t know how to describe the vibe. Music is incredible. Almost an apocalyptic Les mis?
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“Speak Easy” begins with a mischievous rendition of “Rolling Down the River” and then erupts into a full on party!!!
beautiful second set with Corp singing to end.
Show has a jazz nightclub with 20’s Charleston type vibes.-
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5 red round tables serve as props with a grey door(?) at the 50.
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Gold taking the field. Sharp,glistening white uniforms with blue trim
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National anthem played by select group of Troopers.
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Welcome Mandarins, Blue Knights, and Troopers to the beautiful Texas Panhandle. Beautiful night for DCI with temps in the 80s and a gentle Northeast breeze. Not typical August weather, but we will take it!!
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Genesis is closing in on having their highest score ever as an organization. Congratulations!!
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41 minutes ago, BlueStainGlass said:
And it can't continue as a popularity contest. I can have a corps excelling with a show that you don't like be beat by a dirty show that you like? That's dumb.
Good point. But why does it appear the target is always moving? If there was consistency in judging, wouldn’t scores move closer together over the years rather than being slotted in the same placement area year in and year out?
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3 hours ago, BlueStainGlass said:
Good. That means they are doing their job.
I would somewhat disagree. The activity cannot continue without butts in seats.
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After 5 years of watching Drum Corp, I am no expert. But I have become firmly convinced that what the fans like and what the judges prefer are polar opposites!
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1 hour ago, Gantang said:
No, they aren't. I have to ask corps8294...did you consider not adding "yet"? 😉 My comparison was hyperbolic on purpose, but it is clear that the City of Madison can't support a World Class drum corps any more than Milwaukee. I'd be interested in knowing how many current Scouts are from Wisconsin let alone Madison.
I've posted before that I doubt that Madison will have 5 Star recruits audition for spots in 2020. The individual talent level seems to be dropping each year and there is only so much a design team can do with unskilled performers. I know the current corps is working hard and performing at the top of their ability, but you can't polish a turd.
Adding females will probably bring a lot of girls who want to be in the first co-ed Madison, but will they be the most talented of the girls in drum corps? Probably not. Therefore the same talent levels of girls and boys will be filling the ranks.
Fundraising will also be tough when you sit at the bottom of the WC corps. Fewer funds, a lack of top talent, limited show design options, and a lack of identity could make the future for Madison bleak at best. BUT, the current MM are working hard and should be commended. If there were still 1st and 2nd tours Madison could have lost a few members during the break.You just called the students of a bunch of parents turds. And you are helping how?!!!
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I haven’t seen the show but I keep hearing about a “wall of sound “. Finally saw a picture of them stacked on their props! Holy smokes, I bet that is cool!!
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Babes Chicken House is a must in the DFW area
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18 minutes ago, Stu said:
This type of situation has played out in other sanctioning bodies. NASCAR for example has a policy that any team owner, crew member, driver can approach the governing body directly and discuss any grievence; NASCAR will listen intently and respectfully to that grievence. However, NASCAR also has a media policy; if the team owner, crew member, driver mouths off to the media as airs out a grievence that could harm the brand they are whacked hard with a fine or suspension. The difference here is that NASCAR punishes the individual person who did the media thing not the entire team like DCI just did.
NASCAR also punishes other infractions within days of discovery. They also spell out tiers of punishments in relation to severity and repeated offenses.
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1 hour ago, Terri Schehr said:
The director resigned. Why deny the entire corps? There’s is something fishy in Denmark.
If the finances were being bankrolled by the director (which I think I read on Reddit that he was), then the money leaves with the director. That’s part of the inherent problem with the start of some the newer corps...they are started by an individual who puts their finances on the line to create these corps. My limited understanding of the history of many of the older corps is that they were started by a civic club with shared financial responsibilities.
We know that students tuitions only cover part of the budget.
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3 hours ago, dcifanforlife said:
Where is Genesis getting the money to pay for all the new staff? This is the corps that almost didn;t get approved for world class due to their financials not being in order.
Not sure where you got the info they almost didn’t get approved.
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12 minutes ago, kkrepps said:
It is hard to keep predators out because you don't know what is in people's hearts (and a background check will not tell you this either). I would think the needed steps would be to have accountability in place to prevent them from acting. I don't know what they are doing in that regard.
Finally, practical application for the future in for educational settings: (I bolded the reference in the quote)
1) Always 2 adults present and involved.
2) Code of conduct that addresses educators interactions with student(s) on social media and messaging (observable messaging apps with multiple access points for supervisors to spot check interactions?)
More?
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12 hours ago, IllianaLancerContra said:
It is better right now to over-report than under-report.
Is there a fine line though? Please hear me, protecting kids from sexual predators is paramount. There are not enough means for institutions, whether they be schools or corps, to find out the information. But let me give a recent incident at Texas Tech.....
A high profile football player was arrested last week on an outstanding warrant for theft from 9 months ago. It made the front page of the newspaper, 6 o'clock news, and social media sites. Mere hours later it was reported that the arrest should have never happened. The campus police had actually found the correct thief and the player was innocent. But the police had failed to correct their police report before it was turned over to a grand jury. There is video evidence the player was innocent. Now, even though the news has tried to get the correct information out, the player is still being ostracized by the public as a "star player beating the system" or "getting off due to back door deals." Despite the evidence, he is still guilty to many people for a crime he didn't commit.
My point....where does public knowledge start, institutional privy begin, and where does legal rights begin? I don't know the answer. I realize this isn't apples to apples. But is there information that should only be available to employers (who have proved at times to not use the info correctly) or is the information so important to the public that people be ostracized with no hope of possible correction with facts? Gosh, I don't know. I hear the arguments. I hear the torture of the victims. Its so frustrating that people in trust positions have failed, both as employers and as people committing criminal acts. I mourn that we have lost our ability and first intuition of trusting people. I guess just take this as a vent.
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I don’t guess I understand why at this juncture a new board and director couldn’t be found in time for Pioneer to tour in 2019.
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5 minutes ago, Cainan said:
What I am about to say may come across as harsh. It is absolutely NOT meant in ANY way to demean the members at Pioneer or their efforts. They work just as hard.. and probably harder... than virtually every single corps out there. THIS is aimed squarely at the admin team at Pioneer and specifically at Roman.
Then what's the point of having judges? Why bother having a Top 12.. Heck.. why bother ranking corps at ALL? Let's just give everyone a participation prize and make the finals open to anybody who shows up?
Like it or not.. this is a competitive activity. We have two divisions.. Open and World class. What pioneer has provided it's members is NOT a World Class experience and that has reflected in their placement which is anything BUT World Class. It is blatantly obvious that they absolutely do NOT look after the health and wellbeing of the members. Add to that show design that would be an insult to give to many high school bands... these kids, no matter how good they are can only do so much turd polishing. This year, Pioneer just BARELY would have made Open Class Finals, let alone being anywhere near competitive in World. It cannot be a fun and rewarding experience to know you are gonna come in last virtually every single night.
I have said for years that being in World Class should not be solely based on your bank balance, rather a whole host of things... World class should include in my opinion...
- World Class administration of the said organisation... to include a stable BoD and finances
- World Class educators
- World Class show design
- World Class logistics... to include nutrition and transportation
- World Class physical care for members including FULL TIME, QUALIFIED sports trainers
THESES are the MINIMUMS I expect from an organisation purporting to be WORLD Class. To these I would also add competitive placement.. one similar to European football (soccer) whereby there is a promotion and relegation system. Say the bottom 3 from World is relegated and the Top 3 from Open is promoted. The promoted corps should have already proven themselves to be financially and administratively stable by DCI prior to setting out on the road anyways.
Soccer relegation is strictly limited to the wins and losses of the team. There are no human judges with likes/dislikes which influence the win/loss record.
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4 minutes ago, garfield said:
If I'm the director of a corps that's fully participating and on the cutting edge of BPs and "doing extremely well" and have all of my bases covered regarding this particular topic, and the activity fails in a completely separate case and situation, the "stink" of the failing corps doesn't touch my corps. But, if DCI in charge of oversight and fails in a case something like Pio's situation, then my corps gets colored with the stink anyway.
The point is that one of the reasons the corps want to maintain their independence is to contain the "stink" where it originates instead polluting the reputations of all of the DCI members.
Ding ding ding....This is the difficulty of autonomy as a polity.
West Texas Drums, Canyon, Texas August 3
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Absolutely!! Wish I could see their show this year. They were scheduled for last night but logistics didn’t work for them to be there.
I hope y’all are well!!!