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Spoke to soon - I think it means that the judge believes that the plaintiffs may need more time for discovery, i.e. the plaintiff might not have had sufficient facts yet to make their best argument to oppose the motion for summary judgment, but that later, when everyone has had the time for more compkete discovery, DCI could refile its motion for summary judgment.

It means that there is the potential for more discovery and that DCI could seek summary judgment in its favor again based on the new facts it learns during discovery.

I agree with everything except the last clause. I have too much respect for the Bluecoats and the Boston Crusaders and what they accomplished in 2024 for that. The Blue Devils will bring it big time and be in the mix but not as a consensus preseason favorite. They will have to earn it. But thanks for saying it!

I think I get where you are coming from and agree. I was not thinking of approaching first only the music, but rather have the musical ideas lead with the visual being developed alongside. Visual is too important not to be considered from pretty much the beginning. BD has had a lot of success seemingly starting with a concept or visual idea, but I heard that one of the inspirations for 2014 was doing more Nino Rota music (after 2006), and look where that went…. I am sure they will figure it out even without paying close attention to my ideas….

Proposed NYT follow-up article: “Subculture Within a Subculture: Drum Corps Planet”

I went to see flamenco in Seville having only a cursory knowledge of the art form. It was so beautiful and moving that I was in tears by the end. For me, that is GE. Still one of the greatest live performances I have seen in my life.

Glad to have this to be able to enjoy this show again. It was quite a journey - the corps never let up in its performances even when Blue Devils were in unfamiliar territory, and continued to challenge themselves and fight to the very end. Congratulation on a stellar score and yet another medal, and thank you for the amazing shows! it is looking like it is time to go into hibernation. Send me a message if you want to get my attention, and I will check into DCP periodically. Thanks for the exchanges and camraderie, and I look forward to seeing you back here for the 2025 season!

Congratulations to the Mandarins on a wondrous show and a great year. You were a crowd favorite and one of my favorites - your music from this show keeps floating through my brain, and you had some of the coolest visuals of the season. I knew as you finished on Saturday that I am really going to miss this show. Thank you for the experience.

“We are already hard at work on next season and all the magic it will bring. We cannot wait to show the world what we have planned for The Blue Devils in 2025!” https://bluedevils.org/news/article.php?ID=1157 Blue Smoke!

They were definitely in the group I thought they would be in and made a really strong showing. The show struck me as a little bit cold at the beginning of the season, but I really got into it by the end . Happy for the MMs and the entire organization and alums.

The exchanges and takes are mostly great (until it all blows up) but this is becoming another design critique thread, when it was started as a staff changes thread. Just an observation.

Channel One Suite, 1976, 1977 and 1986, maybe others. Not the composer but he and his band were the best known performers of the piece.

I would love them to lead with music and challenge the visual designers to build from the musical ideas. For me, that would be a fresh direction for the corps while staying true to their roots.

Throwing my hat in the ring

And likewise, for some people, the experience of only being able to access the seats they paid for by making a request to a group of strangers sitting in them, whose reaction is unpredictable, is very stressful.