GmenBari78

DVDs are back in the store! Go to the DCI store to see.

DVDs are back! Go to the DCI store to see it.

I wonder if the reason why DCI is not communicating well about this is because they are under some kind of gag order from their lawyers. And they don't have enough experience with a situation like this to help them communicate appropriately. I am worried this is going to diminish DCI quite a bit if this stays as is.

yes, I remember hearing the voice over "is that wrong?" live at Massillon and on FN. Its a processed voiceover, with some distortion, not straight voice recording, so its hard to distinguish.

I found it very interesting, the contrast between the beauty of the music (lyrical, romantic, hymn-like, pulls you in), versus the lyric content (big data analysis of your online presence, loss of anonymity, consumerism trying to pull you in to their product - "now we possess you", etc.).

caveats: (1) huge Bluecoats fan (2) if repeated elsewhere, sorry, admins please merge, etc. I was curious about the meaning of lyrics to the Hymn of Acxiom, and found the following links that explain it. That caused a huge "tilt" for me - stunning gorgeous music, backed by a meaning that gives creepy chills (to me anyway). Just another way that Blooo brought a "tilt" to the music. I still love the piece, hauntingly beautiful! http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/93517/internship-inspires-the-hymn-of-acxiom http://viennateng.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4031

I would like to hear about this too if you find out if its going to be publicly available.

4 pm report - rain areas seems to be quickly shrinking on the radar, I think the last wave between here and Toledo may dry up before it gets here. looks like its going to be a dry night, at this point!

at 3:15 pm, looks like a line of rain moving toward Massillon from the Toledo area, that should be through the area by showtime based on rate of movement, from my best guess. After that nothing showing on the radar. Cloud layer stretches all the way back to Chicago but looks thinner west of Toledo. All this courtesy of The Weather Channel radar/satellite maps.

Planning to be there, but the weather is not looking good right now (2 pm). Hopefully clears out by showtime. It did for the Akron show, thinking the same good thoughts for this one too!

And a note on the stadium -- awesome place! I was in the premium seats, well worth it! They fed us a buffet of food, high quality, air conditioned clubhouse area, seats were backed with armrests, and the view and sound were awesome. This is a championship or regional quality stadium. DCI needs to take note of it and move one of those here!

I was at the show, and I can tell you Bluecoats were on fire tonight -- I saw them at Dublin and they were better tonight. I think it was a deserved bump up. The crowd was on fire for them too, and it think it kicked them into gear. The key for them is to sustain that when they are not in the home town!

Ooo that's good to hear, I was worried about that... never know with these new stadiums if they would put in proper drainage or not to keep the roof open -- oops, wrong stadium....

yeah, its really gonna depend on show sponsors, corps, etc -- the front looks like it could make it through by show time -- a time delay on the show could possibly work if everyone involved in deciding this agrees. Lets all think happy thoughts and hope this happens!

Most corps directors usually call the show off if the field has any chance of causing injury due to the high velocity drills. This is artificial turf so if its wet I doubt the shows will be marched, likely a standstill tonight is my guess.

With the way the radar is looking right now, glad I went down to Dublin on Weds!

I heard from a friend who's daughter goes to Norton High School that Boston will be there.

You can fly into Akron Canton Airport, a 20 min drive from this stadium. Delta, Airtran, etc all have regional jets into that airport.

Akron homer here-- yes, this would be a good local show site but not that great for a regional. Parking will be a pain as there are no nearby lots. I think the parking situation will be interesting to watch at the university and downtown this fall as games start up, probably going to be a pain. No easy nearby warm-up lots. This is a run-down downtown area, so a few wrong turns and you are in bad neighborhoods. The number of nearby local schools is going to be comparable to the Centerville show, or Bluecoats home show in Massillon just a half hour south of here - probably enough for 8 to 10 corps, but stretching that to a regional with 20+ corps is going to be very difficult to find places for everyone to stay.

I'm AGAINST WOODWINDS in DCI, so don't take this as I'm for it, but some of your arguments against just don't stand up.... On your first point, there is plenty of evidence from my background and others who marched summer bands in the 70s and 80s that says woodwind instruments can take the heat, sweat, sun and rain just as well as brass instruments. I played clarinet through 4 years of 2 months of tour to the west coast and east coast each summer and never had a problem with it. On your third point, I don't think woodwind instruments are more expensive than brass in general. Even if they are, expense has never kept DCI from adding new instrumentation and visual stuff over the years (expansion of the pit, electronics, multiple equipment changes, props on the field, etc). My guess is, if you see woodwinds added, it will take on the form of solo or ensemble work amplified up front, as an enhancement to sound, but not primarily as marching members. DCI BoD have gone to the lengths of adding new sounds to drum corps over the years (G to Bb instruments, pit instrumentation, amplification, electronics). Its now a short step for them to add woodwinds. This would suck. Unfortunately its their next logical step.

Summer Bands International Garry in Vegas Also, Mid-America Competing Band Directors Association, currently still active. See my sig -- my HS band competed in this circuit in the mid 70s thru the 90s. We also competed with some west coast bands, including Van Nuys Royal Cavaliers, Whittier Cavaliers, etc. during summer tours to California.

Not sure, but my guess is that DCI would still have to pay for this, because they would have to pay the video streaming company that they use for Fan Network for the extra bandwidth that would be taken up by the webcast. I expect they had to do that throughout the season for the other live broadcasts they did. So its not a freebie for them, but if they would sell enough extra "tickets" to the event, they may make some money on it.

I think I heard somewhere on DCP that DCI had to PAY ESPN $250,000 for the broadcast. That is in addition to the payment to Tom Blair etc to produce it.

Probably is, I betcha even the ancient Greeks had INT in competition during the Olympics!

Agreed. But even if we say, go back to the old style of retreat, where each corps plays its own signature tune while leaving the field, through the years (even back to my era of the 70s), even that has had mixed results. Some corps will do it right, others will not. In the end, I think it comes down to the traditions of discipline in each corps, and how well that is instilled into the members. Some corps are less disciplined than others when it comes to items other than the competitive performance. Other corps carry that discipline all the way through in every single aspect of appearance.