RiverCityAndTroopersFan
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32 minutes ago, Jeff Ream said:
WGI is even scarier
Inferno……
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3 hours ago, craiga said:
Somebody from MBBB posted on fb earlier in the week that they had purchased Cadets' unis in hopes of increasing their fundraising and recruiting. It turns out that this is untrue, as the statement from the Cadets BOD the other day verifies.
A post on Reddit shows an alleged text from Mr. Hall. The text never mentions buying the cadets uniforms, instead just buying their traditional maroon and gold uniforms that they could have bought from anywhere.
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6 minutes ago, Lead said:
The particular Facebooker you linked to consistently puts her own "spin" on things, blows things way out of proportion, boots people who disagree with her from Drum Corps groups, and quite often has little to no reason behind the rumor mill. Toxic would be a good description.
But to each his own.
Ok. Well I wasn’t aware of that. Someone asked where it was and I provided a link to the source.
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1 hour ago, craiga said:
Is this the very same Keith Hall who incessantly posts on DCP predicting the immediate death of drum corps?
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7 hours ago, MikeN said:
I have no idea what this is referring to and can't figure it out from everyone's comments - is there a link, or is this on Facebook or something?
Mike
This is a just a rumor and I have no verification of trustworthiness but: https://www.facebook.com/Berffa
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14 minutes ago, TOC said:
Don't believe the spinny thingies were in 22.
They had a giant prop that rotated
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Goddess was a good show, but the dci movie announcers ruined it for me “aPhRoDiTe Is mY fAvOrItE gOdDeSs”
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On 2/9/2024 at 11:39 PM, ironlips said:
Maybe we should try this out in Color Guard first. That's where the real scary shows are.
Drumline, Drum Corps, Marching Band, and Indoor winds: ooooh spooky 👻
Color Guard: EVIL MINDS THAT PLOT DEEEEEESTRUCTIOOOON (epic guitar riff)
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11 hours ago, ironlips said:
The very first DCA Championship contest was held in 1965 in Milford, CT. "Full Retreats" were a given then at almost every show, featuring the appropriate bugle call at the beginning, played by one of the soprano players from a competing corps, all color guards, drum majors and their entire corps.
Normally, the host corps would play all the others on, each unit marching through the gate, across the field, ending downstage arranged left to right near the front sideline.
Caption and placement awards would be announced and each unit would parade across the front playing their signature song as all others came to attention and their respective guards dipped silks in salute. Sometimes this was more entertaining than some of the performances.
The DCA officials wished to up the ante for Finals and hatched a plan for all corps to set up at the back sideline, moving forward together playing the last 16 bars of "Stars and Stripes".
Reading, Hurcs, Skyliners, Yankee Rebels, Interstatesmen and Pittsburgh Rockets were an impressive mass of color. There was a roll-off. They all stepped off. We in the audience held our collective breath...
The first few notes were massive and (mostly) together. What followed can only be described as a bad LSD trip. Only the Bucs and Rebels seemed to have a nodding acquaintance with the actual arrangement. Everyone else appeared to be searching for things like tempo and key.
As the monster lurched closer, even the participants came to realize what an abomination was being created. Some, like the Skyliners, doubled down, adding random bugle calls, screams and rim shots...then, mercifully it ended, not exactly in unison.
We were stunned. The guy next to me, looking off into space, said, "Man. That s#*t was psychedelic!" ...It was a monumental understatement.
This reads like a Hunter S Thomson novel! 😂
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16 minutes ago, MGCpimpOtimp said:
Once retreat stopped being every night, people got a LOT less reps on America O Canada (and then DCI switched to Fanfare of Champions and other things). By 2008, many of the horn lines barely knew it, and then at finals MANY of the performers were uh...not thirsty. And the performance was an absolute embarrassment. Once DCI moved indoors to LOS the canned it.
Retreat should be every night imo
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On 2/24/2016 at 10:34 AM, cowtown said:
there are youtubes of it from 2013
don't recall if they played it last year, youtubes of that retreat but its really long
2008 was sort of a disaster for the piece
What happened in ‘08?
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3 hours ago, IllianaLancerContra said:
Ya know, if it weren’t for that pesky 10-point guard caption, I’d stir the pot by suggesting Troops are marching 160 brass & percussion. 😎
Dance breaks are your friend
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On 8/14/2023 at 11:46 AM, KVG_DC said:
Yeah we had this conversation earlier this season. Lots of contemporary opera to explore
1234123412345678 it could be Franky, it could be very Fresh and Clean, it could be A SAILBOAT
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A. We have an Academy situation on our hands.
B. Prior time commitment
C. They weren’t that good as thought,
Hoping it’s B or C
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2 hours ago, Tim K said:
What you say could prove to be true and it would be wonderful for it to be true, but there are a few things to keep in mind. Yes SCV is scheduled to field a corps this year and with some of the folks involved, it could be promising, but until we see the corps on the field, we can’t say “alive and kicken’.” I say this as someone who was surprised Spirit came back as strong as they did, so I realize you never know. However, Cadets’ situation sounds closer to Glassmen who also had to liquidate their assets after they decided not to field a corps. Glassmen never had the drama prior to the former director leaving or the drama and at times chaos that followed his departure, not to mention pending lawsuits. Cadets could compete again, but it would mean starting from scratch.
A lot of people on this forum (myself included) thought that SCV wouldn’t even be at this point.
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I’m pretty sick of the random person saying cadets are gonna shut down. We went through this with SCV and they are alive and kickin’
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On 1/21/2024 at 6:59 PM, craiga said:
"SAILBOAT!"
For it could be for it is.
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7 hours ago, Keith Hall said:
Goodbye (Garfield) Cadets! Sorry you had to leave and you will be missed.
Something new happen?
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3 hours ago, IllianaLancerContra said:
They could do WSS w/ a SCV twist. Two groups of alumni- one that defends SCV to the death, no matter what the problems. The other alumni know SCV can do better and want this.
If she weren’t ~20 years overage I know just the person to play Maria from the SCV can do better side.
Even More Western Side Story
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44 minutes ago, TOC said:
Children of Sanchez, Star Wars, etc.
Or literally anything Gershwin. I love his music but it’s rather overused
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1 hour ago, IllianaLancerContra said:
Do you dream the impossible dream?
More on-topic. A Don Quixote show has potential.
Fun nerd fact: Bernstein’s first ever concert with the NYPhil was the Don Quixote Suite. If SCV does a show like that, they should have the lead drum major wear a grey suit, like the one that Bernstein wore for that concert.
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I hope they do a “Classic Vangaurd” show whether it be “Appalachian Spring” “Phantom Of The Opera” something Rimsky-Korsakov related or literally anything like that
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I’ve seen some people on this thread say that SCV 2024 will likely be their planned 2023 show. What do you think that show was supposed to be?
Cadets and bankruptcy
in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
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So Cadets of Memphis... isn't happening