greg_orangecounty

Firebird Suite and the Japanese skater Sato got my vote.

I have no clue what these things cost, but if it's yet another expensive gadget corps must purchase to keep up score wise then I'm against it. If they're not expensive, then, fine.

I watched the Turning Point USA halftime show, but I wish Kid Rock would have sung "You Never Met a M***** ****** Quite Like Me" instead.

I'm not so sure about that. It might not replace human creativity entirely, but I bet it can come close enough. Rather have a corps pay $100 for a show design as opposed to what they pay now (100K?) and I bet no one in the audience would be able to tell the difference.

I hope some sort of low cost subscription AI chat can design shows and teach. Anything to lower costs.

I’m against wind propaganda in Drum Corps too.

If there are that many woodwinds interested they should start Drum & Woodwind Corps. I just want them to stay in their lane. 🙂

Adding woodwinds to Drum Corps is the complete opposite of “progress.” Doing so dilutes the beautiful warm sound of the all brass ensemble and turns it into a common marching band. There’s nothing innovative about that.

I'm not a Concord "insider" but we have a couple friends that are and I've not heard this. I hope it's true but at face value it sounds a bit odd. A "ton"?

It's fine as is.

ew.

Hmmmm, I didn't know it was possible to alter someone else's post in a reply. But I'm a troglodyte.

Your take is as good as anyone else's. Welcome!

Hope all you folks that live in the path of this storm stay safe this weekend. In So Cal the news is hyping it up to be the worst event in the history of mankind, but anything below 65 degrees is a catastrophe.

I'm sorry to agree. 2025 was a bit of a step back from 2024 in terms of design. But there were other issues too that I hope are in the past.