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    #DCI2023 rules proposal voting results

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    6 hours ago, PeterGibbons said:

    This post gives me PTSD.

    Not DCI, but MBA (what BOA was called before they had some financial problems). 1980 Nationals they gave us a 1.6 point 'timing penalty' as we played pass and review (or some song like that) as we came off the field. That dropped us to second place, losing the title by .45. Strange that they didn't give us this penalty during prelims or at Regionals earlier in the year for doing the same thing.

    POLITICS!!!😁

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    #DCI2023 rules proposal voting results

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    15 hours ago, OldSnareDrummer said:

    I remember shows being 11.5 minutes min to 13 minutes max with execution judging stopping at 11.5 (followed by the requisite double starting gun blast). Not sure when that changed. 

    I still get chills when I listen to the early drum corps leaving the field to that double firing...As a performer it signaled the last opportunity to impress the crowd...And isn't that what we were there to do?..peace

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    The Cadets 2023

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    23 hours ago, waliman4444 said:

    Didn't Manny march with the Skyliners also?  

    Hence the infamous quote from Pepe N. on the bus after a show:" Hey Manny, what's that you're smoking?" Followed by a short but purposeful slap to the back of the head..lol.. Ah, the good old days..lol

    #DCI2023 rules proposal voting results

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    8 Minutes?...Isn't that like BOA ?..So the audience participant(me) will pay more for less(possibly)? So I guess the adjudicators will not penalize a corps for an 8 minute show vs. an 11 minute show of equal quality?Maybe it's me, but I always thought drum corps contests (shows) could evolve into even longer presentations...But I guess logistics and travel considerations prevent that...With an activity that can't guarantee that you will see a show (outdoors), giving fans more not less seems reasonable..Also, going to a show with only 4 or 5 corps is going to be rough if you have to travel more than 2 hours both ways..So FLO will become even more important(yikes)!!!..All the above is just the rambling of a senior citizen who loves drum corps..I defer to my learned DCPers who know the activity better.

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    The Cadets 2023

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    9 hours ago, MikeD said:

    Going back to pre-DCI, when St Lucy's folded after the 69 season some of them went to the BS Golden Knights, including their amazing soloist Manny Salort (listen to his opening solo in the 69 opener El Conquistador). That helped BS have a great 1970 season, their last top season. I'm not sure if Manny made it to the season (due to personal issues, if I recall), but he was just one of the St Lucy's members who moved over. 

    Happened all the time. The Little Falls Cadets folded after the 68 season, and their girl guard moved en masse to Garfield for the 69 season to become the first females in the Cadets. 

    I marched 3 corps myself from 64-72, and most of the Cadets in my era had come from somewhere else outside of Garfield. It was pretty common back then. One reason the Garfield Plebes broke away from the Cadets and formed the Epochs was because relatively few of them made it to the big corps, as most members came from small corps all over NJ and NY.

     

    Didn't Manny march with the Skyliners also?  

    Bluecoats 2022

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    I know it's late but I want to congratulate the BLOOO for the best show in 2022...Scores aside, the changes made by finals cemented for me the most fun experience in drum corps last season...When all is said and done, the fan experience should mean something.. So the Devils may have won the sheets, but on finals night BLOOO brought the HEART of a champion to LOS ...The early season BLOOO morphed into the challenging, creative and exciting group that I love to see and hear..Thanks for the ride!!

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    Drum Corps Conspiracy Theories/Obscure Facts?

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    Posted this a few years ago...When I marched with the N.Y. Skyliners, one of my first shows was an exhibition we had at Lewisberg Federal Penitentiary in Pennsylvania.WE marched on a field surrounded by inmates who, while being guarded closely, appreciated our brief presentation...But the highlight of our brief presentation was an acknowledgement by one lone cellmate overlooking the field who yelled out:"Hey Pee Wee, Hey Pepe" as we left the field...Aparently the old Brooklyn neighborhood guy had made it to Lewisberg for a few years of R and R and when he recognized Pee Wee and Pepe, we(the corps) laughed our ##### off at our apparent popularity with the underworld set...Some of us picked horns and drums in our respective neighborhoods to express ourselves BITD....Others chose knives and guns...Needless to say, I was glad to be back on the bus and outside prison the prison walls

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    Off Season Rambling

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    Maybe I missed something because I thought the OP was merely giving an intelligent observation that actually supports both the talent and quality of DCI across eras..The instruments used, though different, were just the tools with which the mm;s had at their disposal at that time..So, if I missed something I yield to my fellow contributors..peace

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    Off Season Rambling

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    Don Ellis was one of my favorite composers..He also had great chops!..So when BD performed his music, I became a fan for life ( even though Garfield was my aesthetic at that point in time)..Thank you for great memories..The more things change the more they stay the same(said my late mother)..Talent levels are still thru the roof and marching demands are still challenging..Just a wider palette to choose from..peace

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    Staff Merry-go-round

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    10 hours ago, PopcornEater1963 said:

    Uhhhh … I got corrected a few times about Mr. Dickey and Bluecoats…

    This came out  a few minutes ago. 

    what gives? 
     

    https://bluecoats.com/news/2022/10/12/new-educators-join-brass-team-alongside-many-returning-team-members
     

    I I see why 5k is the standard fee for world class instruction in drum corps...I had a HORN INSTRUCTOR in a corps that fielded 40 HORNS and we were considered top tier...This brass staff is gargantuan!...peace

     

     

    Be safe!

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    18 hours ago, Weaklefthand4ever said:

    Ahhhh fall in my fair home state of Tennessee. The gentle color of the falling leaves, the wildlife in their preparation for the 9 days of winter we will get. The wretched stench of the mighty Tennessee river. Oak pollen...white wood mites...hippies in their seasonal migration pattern....

    Yes....Tennessee

    Oh, look at the BEATNIKS !

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    Time to make all electronics part of the performance?

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    I'm not a professional musician, but to my ear, the electronic bass sound that is so pervasive, almost eliminates the Contra/Tuba dynamic...Also, I've noticed more help being given to other brass sections, particularly at points of crescendo...The keytar player from Bloo ( as good as he was) often overshadowed some of   the brass statements .If that was what was intended, mission accomplished but I miss the pure brassiness unadulterated..However, when electronics are used discreetly, it definitely adds to my listening experience, like the celloist from F Troop..all the above is just my opinion..peace

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