sburstall
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Is this guy's just trying his luck as a comedian?? Or, is he just trying to be provocative to see if he'll get any nibbles from the likes of me?.......Nope!.......Hey, how about them Scouts!!!!!!!!!!
Mad75
Nope, I'm not baiting or being provocative. I'm wondering what has happened to them?
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You have over eleven thousand posts and you have no idea what has happened to the Scouts over the last - what - ten years?
I mean I know what has been happening. I've seen the posts, read the reviews, etc. I mean what has seriously happened to what was once a great program. What has disappeared from their program besides a complete change in management and staff. Something internally (either the members or the program inner workings) has changed to cause this to happen. I'm talking the intangibles here.
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What has happened to Scouts? After Scott was let go they haven't been the same.
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I'm pretty sure they already have something like that in place, however...
"Technological limitations at some venues may cause a minimal delay in releasing this information. "
last night the scores were on dci.org BEFORE the announcer even announced all the scores.
Last time I was in Port Huron (last week) they do have electricity and internet access. The schools were just updated last year. DCI has no excuse.
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You dont like the jagged edge? Thats becoming popular now with uniforms, like citation cord used to be.
It gives a little bit of assymetry and uniqueness to the madison look. I wouldn't have liked the uni done normally. That wouldve looked boring and too old skool.
That being said, when I saw the sketch, I hated it. I cant tell whether or not I like uniforms by sketch. Weird.
Actually that jagged edge does not make the uniform anymore different than the cookie cutter uniforms that exist on today's corps. Many of the styles of the 80s and early 90s were more unique. At least the return of the tie that was part of the early 80s came back to give a bit of style and uniqueness to Madison. A throwback to tradition. To bad the rest is the sameol, sameol.
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My thoughts with pictures for examples.
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Madison's drumline and hornline look sharp.
I thought this was Pioneer. This is the look Madison should stay with this look. The one thing I didn't like with the uniform was that little bit of hangover on the front right. The top also needs to be longer, ala early 80s Eisenhower jacket. Madison is almost getting it right
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An ###hole sports analyst who thinks he knows everything about everything
A nope, still has no meaning to me. Guess it's a kid thing.
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And everyone thought the Lakers would beat the Celtics, until they finally got into the same venue and played against each other directly.
I'm not saying any more, because Steve, I know you know better than this, and are just trying to be a contrarian where all things DCI are concerned. Keep it up, and I'll start calling you Skip Bayless.
Skip Bayless? I don't get it. Who or what is that?
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Not really because they have different judges at different shows and in my experience, I have found that in certain places, your score could be higher or lower.
That's odd, professional sporting teams play in different venues and different set of referees and they are compared to each other.
George, I know. I guess this past 8 years of drum corps and all the #### they claim under the name of education has soured me on what was once a great organization and family event. I purposely didn't go to Toledo, nor will go to Port Huron, because of it.
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Madison's pit looks ridiculous in those unis
Pioneer has that look that Madison should be going for and used to have with the Eisenhower jacket and the 90s uniform. IMO, Madison lost thier onfield identity when they made that drastic change to focus their uniform on the fluer de lis.
Great pics nonetheless.
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unfortunately they were at another venue with another judging panel so it's impossible to compare
Why? Where each show using different rules, sheets and critia? As long as the focus of the judges are on said corps one could use this information to get an idea across different shows.
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scores
pioneer 52.30
troopers 57.90
crossmen 62.40
glassmen 63.00
boston 67.10
bluecoats 68.80
cadets 71.20
Thanks for letting me entertain you all tonight
Ken
Those are ssssoooo wrong....how much did Cadets pay the judges for that score?
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His last text was just like this .....
"AWFUL ENDING !! NOT FAST OR ANYTHING. THE SHOW ENDS WITH TALKING. The music is nuts and the drill insane but the narration needs to go. Adds NOTHING to the show."
He goes on to say that this stage is a circular platform smack dab in the center. On it is a man interviewing the girl with the cancer. Those two never leave the stage during the entire performance.
Ken
After reading everything, it sounds like that drill has a lot of great moves that when clean and up to tempo could be insane. But then this is the first night and lot of nerves.
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Okay, now I'm just waiting for some smart aleck to post:
149 DMs
1 Tuba
The thing is, I was serious about my numbers....can't say the same for everyone else.
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Here's the question. Of those who have already competed, how many had a full marching show or did they park and bark in an arc for the last minutes?
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MGD and a shot of Jaeger please
How could you ruin Jaegar with such bad beer?
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Why are you including the locality in some names but not others? If Santa Clara Vanguard goes with "S" instead of "V", then why don't La Crosse Blue Stars go with "L" instead of "B"? Or are you just trying to keep Rockford and Rosemont separate?
I would assume that SCV doesn't call themselves The Vanguard. Just like Blue Stars go by Blue Star, not thier location. Except for you I don't know of many people who call them La Crosse Blue Stars. Blue Devils dropped their Concord location as another example.
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that guard judge is going to be dead tired after your show!
The brass and percussion judges will be relaxed since they won't have to move. They brass and percussion are parted between the 45s and 16 counts off the front sideline. It's called minimizing the marching while maximizing the music. Learned that from watching the orchestra.
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You mean a pizza pie?
Using just all the corps that performed at DCI finals and changing them to percentages, well...as you can see, the percent distribution hasn't changed form decade to decade.
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Oakland Slylarks
1 DM
4 sopranos
3 mellophones
3 french horns
4 baritones
2 euphoniums
3 contras
2 snares
1 tenor
2 basses
5 pit
120 guard
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Update- click here to see exclusive video footage of Kosmos' runthrough from 2 nights ago. Be warned- this is a SCARY show and is not for the faint of heart!
Now that is scary. I don't think I even want OSky to watch that.
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San Diego Padres beating the Detroit Tigers.
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I'm debating on the first Toledo show. The real attraction would be because of Empire Statesmen and Troopers. The rest of the juniors really don't give me a reason to go.
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We're in a few shows this season....
The Official 2008 Madison Scouts Discussion Thread
in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
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