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MusicManNJ

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  1. Russ is a great choice for SCV! Has the background and experince to lead the organization back to sustainability. Looking forward to great things from SCV 2024!
  2. DCI was silent because DCI did not know that SCV management had planned on pulling the plug. They were in the dark like everyone else except the SCV leadership.
  3. And she is a highly regraded composer and arranger for percussion through Rolloff publications and is so highly respected by the broader percussion community that she was elected as President of the Percussive Arts Society for the current term. Pardon the expression by Julie is a bad ###!
  4. This is correct. DA is done by end of calendar year. Period.
  5. A successor for Dan has NOT been chosen yet. The search continues...
  6. Clean, Clean, Clean! Build up that endurance... and do what the Cadets always do at this time of year... just like Atlas... RISE!
  7. Ok... but if that is the case, why replace last year's percussion staff who were... 5th place? It was terrible last year to be 5th but this year is OK? Cant have it both ways. And is not clear they will even be 5th this year.
  8. Not this year. 7th place with an 8th in achievement is not "hanging". I wanted them to be good... but this is not the percussion product. Maybe they will get better over the next few years but this year, IMHO, is done. Cadets had a complete percussion staff turnover like Crown. They were 4th, not 7th. And are excelling with some key Crown percussion folks from last year. The Corps management made such a big deal about this "transformational" percussion staff. It has yet to materialize. Most of you here will not agree. We will know who is correct soon enough.
  9. Percussion has been under performing most of the year. One night either way does not tell the story. But the trend is clear. Percussion will be LUCKY to finish where they did last year (5th). That is certainly not the outcome I want to see but it is clear to most they are still not at the same level as the top lines.
  10. The die is cast. With a 7th place in percussion (so much for improvement from last year) it looks to be another 4th place finish. Love the corps... but clearly, they are missing something and have not been able to figure it out since 2015.
  11. That is like saying Cadets won in 1983 "inspite of" the percussion that scored below the other captions from a field percussion staind point. But the conrtibution to the overall program (musically and visually including GE) was critical to the Cadets success. Hannum won his first of several DCI Championships (with three different corps) in 1983. His last with Crown in 2013. He may win his next title before Crown does.
  12. Yea... they did. Twice. First when they "Thought" they had grabbed Tom Aungst from Cadets only to have him back out and then had to go to Hannum to beg him to come back after that debacle. And then last fall they made the percussion changes and DID NOT consult with Thom but listed him on the staff... again without consulting him. That classifies as doing him dirty. On your other points... like you said... time will tell. I do hope they get it together.
  13. Last I checked they won a championship with Hannum et al (should have been two IMHO). For 2023 the results speak for themselves. Not sure the show design helps percussion either. This was not a step forward. This is a step backward. Not all indoor percussion designers translate well to the big stadium.
  14. Not so sure. I might go with D) Replacement staff is not as good as the prior staff. That is my take. You are what your numbers say you are. Admittedly, I am a huge Hannum fan. Crown did him dirty. Travis and Team are doing great with Cadets, Hannum is doing great with Boston. But this was NOT the step forward everyone promoted it to be. Really a shame and it will cost them in the end.
  15. So what is up with percussion? After they made a big deal about all the changes to the percussion team and how this was the missing ingredient to Crown's success, they are currently placing 8th in percussion. EIGHTH! It looks like they made a mistake forcing Thom Hannum and his team out for something better(?). Many of the former Crown perc staff are at Cadets, and their percussion program is doing VERY well in comparison.
  16. Gotta throw out a wild claim without a shred of evidence. Nice.
  17. This is a VERY good thing for the organization on so many levels not the least of which is having offices, fleet parking/storage, rehearsal facilities and spring raining facilities (including 2 domed fields) all in one place. The fact that the Erie community has been so enthusiastic in support is another indication of this being the right place. Allentown never full embraced the corp nor did they deliver on many of the promises that Erie has actually put in writing.
  18. If SCV was based in Texas over the last several years this would not have kept the corps out of the financial trouble they are in. A move does not fix bad management.
  19. We need a drinking game on this thread. Every time someone spells Mr. Aungst first name as "Thom" you have to take a drink. It is "Tom" Aungst. Not to be confused with "Thom" Hannum. Although Tom A is a branch of the Thom H percussion tree, he did hot inherit the "h". Now, carry on.
  20. Not sure taking all that time without a competition serves them well. Others are also rehearsing but also competing once or twice. Sometimes the long break can actually hurt. Now not suggesting they will not improve (I know they can). Just something I was wondering about once I saw they were off the map until Quarter Finals.
  21. Can't be happy with a .7 spread in percussion between 1st and 2nd place. This is not a good sign. Not sure what they are down so much as I have not followed closely so you may be right about the book.
  22. Bob Morrison - Cadets (83, 84, 85), Ventures (85), Santa Clara Vanguard (89)
  23. Maybe the audio folks... they had a tough few days in Indy.
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