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I loved BDs show. Maybe it's not DC as we know it. Who cares. The more I think about the more it seems that maybe they aren't trying to play the same game as everyone else.

The hardware store idea makes sense! I'll give that a shot.

Here's the photographers website - http://www.ianlauder.com I'm sure he would be happy to let you use the pic.

I've mainly been playing around the house - driving the wife and kids nuts. I did take my horn to burningman this year I really wanted to march one more year before we moved from CA to the east coast. ACK. I sent an email to Curry about the ccaps but he didn't know the size for my mellophone. I wonder what his return policy is on these?

Those will look great with some 1978 crossmen face paint.

I just got my 6 mph yesterday. Huge diff in sound from the curry 3tf I was using.

It has the Amado waterkeys. I'm willing to risk dressing up a pig.

Has anyone tried using Curry CCAPS (http://www.currympc.com/ccaps.html) on a 3 valve dynasty G mellophone? Which size fits? I contacted Curry but he wasn't familiar with the horn. If you got this to work what did you think? I've read an article about using these on a Yamaha 204 on http://www.middlehornleader.com/Curry%20CCaps.htm and would like to try them on my old mello.

Just one - I’m sick of most of the sounds coming out of the pit – marimbas, xylophones, vibraphones, glockenspiels, etc. Give it a rest once in a while. Maybe these instruments can be featured a few times but I don’t need to hear 12 minutes of plink, plink, plink!!!!

Agreed. Boy it really sucks to be reminded of the real world once in a while eh? Here's a compromise for those that were so put out. Go here http://www.fieldband.org.za/index.asp sponsor a kid and then come back and ##### some more.

Oh man. I am ashamed to say that I started that back in 1979. How did you hear of it? Don't tell me that Ed made that part of history night.

yeah that does work. I added the white collar to my uniform for DCA retreat in 2003. I'll see if I can dig up a pic somewhere.

Nice cover art on that DVD!!! :) :) :)

That pretty much what I said. I was hoping to find a problem with the logic but I can't. Actors reciting lines is new to drum corps so some people are having a problem with it. Those people need to get over it. I just wish the presentation wasn't so Country Bear Jamboree because the poor presentation may actually end up being a roadblock to further innovation in this area.

I've been trying to find a counter to the "they're just actors reciting their lines" argument. It does seem ironic that they are reciting scripted lines that have a theme of choice but hey they are actors. There are times when actors reciting lines doesn't work. Like if Robert Downey jr. was playing the role of a straight laced cop with a serious anti-drug message you would probably go "huh?" but for various reasons that doesn't apply here. Actors giving speeches is new to dc and some people are having a hard time with the concept. My only problem with it is that it seems so Disney stage show cheesy as opposed to maybe a cool Laurie Anderson performance art type thing that it could be if done right. I'm sure someone will get it right if they have the courage to keep trying.