johnpendell
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Jesus cadets Drum line.... so awesome. Besides that, this show makes me so sad. This can’t possibly be my favorite corps. Wake me up from this nightmare.
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This rapping in Boston’s show is.... so weird. I cringe.
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4 hours ago, Brian Tuma said:
You Remember Everything! 😆
Haha! Clever....
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4 hours ago, xandandl said:
Several corps this year have DM in more traditional garb than what corps proper and guard are wearing. Cavies are another for example.
I like that they do that. I just remember seeing a Washington video and it looked like the drum major was wearing the 2018 uniform. It would be cool if they wore multiple eras of uniforms, like the 1999 one that’s my absolute favorite BK uniform.
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23 minutes ago, TRacer said:
I think the uni description fits very well, and I marched there when it’s mission wasn’t to out-cool any competitors, yo. 🕺
I agree, especially in the guard. While I seriously hate neon as a clothing color most of the time (maybe that’s the countercultural point) I think it at least makes sense. I eye roll at the head bands they’re very ultra music festival, but, I get it. They look good in them though, and that really is the whole point. They need eyeliner that won’t bleed though hahah it looks like they’re all crying by the end of the show 🤣
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11 minutes ago, FlamMan said:
Garfield's snare line and drum line are outstanding. Year after year, the Cadets drum line plays the most difficult book cleanly. My favorite snare line almost every year.
They seriously are so bad ###.
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6 minutes ago, Hook'emCavies said:
Cavies will someday conquer those scores and take first... see you tomorrow Cavies!
I’m with you on that one
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3 minutes ago, Cappybara said:
Especially now that they're unfortunately confined to the sideline and can't fully catch all the small details in every corps' book in the battery
Exactly, they might as well go judge the lots LOL
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Awesome score Cavies! Hoping they’ll catch Boston. Great job Cadets coming back ahead of BK, let’s see if we can stay that way. On the other hand, I wouldn’t be mad at BK ranking 7th this year. The whole top 12 drumlines are unreal... I would like to see Crowns percussion scores rise a bit...I don’t envy those percussion judges.
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are my eyes deceiving me, or is that drum major wearing a 2010esque uniform?
Edit: turns out my eyes weren’t deceiving me, drum majors really were wearing an old school bk uniform. Wonder why? Either way, that’s pretty cool. Reminds me of when my brother marched.
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I like the tweaks in the mello trumpet exchange right after the Gorgon opener... makes a lot more sense, and it seems they’re having a way easier time playing it.
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2 minutes ago, karuna said:
We're completely speculating on the guard/color thing. No idea if they're really hearing that from the GE judges (somehow I doubt it now -- both the GE judges and the guard judges would hitting them hard for this by now).
I think it's just a matter of this show reading really well in big venues and not so well in smaller venues.
Crown appears to be positioned very well to make a run at the medals. Not sure anyone is catching Bloo. Gonna be a fun ride 'til the end.
No idea either. Maybe the guard is doing just fine to be honest, I'm really not a guard guy. I do watch though intensely after a couple of re-runs of watching the hornline though. The whole color thing is just what I've gathered. Could be both my near AND far sightedness LOL. In your opinion, in the context of guard uniforms just to beat the horse dead, what difference would a small or large venue have any difference in readability? Press box view to be specific. Oh man, Bluecoats are the one to beat this year... but I love roller coasters especially with loops so bring it on 🙂
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6 hours ago, trumpetcam said:
To me it says, Crown is now in the top 4 game and will hang with BD, SCV and Bloo. SCV has just said that they aren’t going away and with the changes that didn’t go into tonight du to weather, it could make a bigger difference this coming week.
were weather issues THE reason SCV didn't show their new changes or was it that they wanted to be fully ready enough to show it with confidence? because if it was due to weather, I see a lot of possible issues in the future, at least in a non-dome venue. nature is metal
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6 hours ago, queenanne_1536 said:
In 2017, they were much closer to SCV for a lot of the season and never caught them. It’s very hard for the top corps to move ahead of anyone that’s already in front of them. Crown has my favorite show of the season, but I’m not sure what the judges really want. Can definitely see SCV beating them in all the captions they did tonight. It’s a bigger whole for Crown to climb out of than it seems.
you are definitely correct, in terms of the captions aspect. I may disagree a bit with the visual, but like I said earlier I think it's the pop of color which is hindering visual. Even in the cream days there was a major difference in the brass/drumline and guard. I agree with you the most though in our uncertainty with what judges want. I suppose it's their thirst for MORE.
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Gotta say, this mello soloist is by FAR the best soloist on the field this season. She makes a mello sound like... not a mellophone. So much control, musicality, strength, and that diaphragm... she'll make a mighty horn player if she continues on... as a horn player, mellophone (there's a reason autotcorrect corrects it to cellophane) is a trash instrument to play on, trust me she's a goddess. Congrats on your well deserved win SCV 🙂 I get butterflies in anxiety waiting to hear your downbeat every time.
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I have stayed somewhat quiet on here for at least a few days because of, for lack of a better word, clique-ism, on many a side's view. Really not on here to step on toes, but it's a discussion forum so here I am giving MY opinion. It is a little annoying to be called a honk or something just because you really enjoy a corps with the name of Crown. Either way. C'est la vie. Crown wow's me every time, so much improvement in drill, drumline, and especially guard. I find myself watching the guard more these days. Big flag moments have me enticed, but rifle moments find me watching the drill. The drill is nothing to look past though, I see major Frameworks vibes like the crazy movements coming to a line with a percussive or brass accent at the come-together point. Guard wise, I seriously think it's the uniforms, don't know where to look. Bluecoats DO know their color it's something all corps can learn from. All about the pop of color. Brass needs to up it in terms of loudness, wam spots like in Dies Irae in 2015, very that... all throughout places. Pretty sure I'm echoing another poster from some page on here....great job Crown in closing. You'll wax on, wax off like everyone else (oh #### now I'm insecure LOL). Keep doing what you're doing, we Crown Honks 🚓 love it.
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I actually really like this Scouts show, it’s great to see and hear lots of improvements from a YT video.
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Just now, George Dixon said:
ouch that false ending even fooled the announcer 😞
I cringed hard....hahahah
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I know several guys that did the last couple of years, not exactly encouraged but also not restricted
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Such a beautiful show bk 😭
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6 hours ago, adman said:
Obviously I meant Nola Jones. At times typos do occur - even without snark...
Oh I wasnt being snarky! Just playing around
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On 7/1/2019 at 12:33 AM, adman said:
It didn't look like Allen Kristensen. Guess I will have to look at the judges list. Nora Jones was definitely there.
NoraH Jones "Don't know why I didn't come two yards further in." 😞
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1 hour ago, Incognito365 said:
Go watch The Cadets 2016.
EDIT: No, there are no rules toward it nor against. At least in what you hear and see. If it's there, it's fair game.
To incognito: Correct. Although (regardless of what anyone says) watch ANY run of that season. The violin sounds scarily consistent, almost lip synced especially the opener, it almost sounds like a MIDI... Unless its said otherwise I'm almost positive she lipped it the whole season. At LEAST in a good portion of the show. For good reason too, it makes sense. How can you be in tune with an 60+ ensemble that's 100% different than a typical string environment? Distance, your own tuning, temperature, humidity, it's the muthaf'in Cadets, etc. All kinds of factors that will make an outdoor musical/visual art complicated for experimentation. From what I've heard in terms of the usage of string instruments, drum corps could easily go without. No one wants to hear a micd violin through 4 speakers over a hornline/drumline. Just saying. Ahem.
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1 hour ago, Ghost said:
Si Senor!
Simón guey
Carolina Crown 2019
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Been watching all day with my grandfather, his first time seeing anything like this. Crown was by far his favorite. Great job Crown. I really do love this show.