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I have only seen videos of Cabs guard, however, Reading is much cleaner and more effective to the whole program. Thanks... My 2 cents...

We use interior semi gloss and and it lasts just fine....

skepic, your assumption is correct from what i've seen...

we used paint from both home depot and lowes. make sure you spread it on thin and work it into the fibers. we never had problems, although this season our floor is a little more sticky than usual..

Many of the drum line people follow their instructor. Most of them march in the same places. They also have music on paper to learn during the week. The guards do not have many rehearsals over the winter because most guard people are coming from different indoor guards, different techniques and do not have a way to learn the work correctly from a piece of paper or a video. The hornline and the drumline usually have how many rehearsals and start learning drill in the spring. The colorguard steps in in May and must learn the entire show that the corps already knows. So, unless we go back to the old school ways of presents, slams, carves, and whatever else, you are going to have a work in progress during the season. I personally do not even go to a show until the end of the season because i KNOW the shows won't be done. So, if your complaint is that you are a paying customer, then don't go to the show because u know it isn't going to be finished. I would rather see something clean than 10 minutes of pure mess and chaos on the field just to get it done for the first show.

who misses rehearsal for weddings and graduations?

i never said that the program or the members would be world class. If your arguement for them not being in world class is because of a low score, why bother to have any age limits on any of the classes? All the arguements you are making also go for A class groups also. Let's just get rid of all the rules...

how would a guard get "bumped" because of having members over the age of 22? the guard would have chosen to take those members over the age of 22. which means they would have had to go to world if they wanted to take those members. i see nothing wrong with that. i personally do not see a reason to raise the age limit in open class. if a guard made the choice to take someone older than 22, and they don't belong in world class, then they should get the score to reflect that.

DCI is not a taxable organization, but the state of ID is... I'm sure the state and local governments love the extra benefits from an extra million dollars or more in tax monies flowing in their accounts. ie: hotels, food venues, bars, gas, tolls....

The radio is doing that already....

great beginner sabers!!! so much better than the elite sabers!

i think u need to figure out what is most important to you and then go from there on deciding your corps. allentown is an hour north of reading. so reading would be closer. reading is probably going to be cheaper. less dues, less gas. but, if you are looking at possibly marching cadets and getting ur foot in the door and can afford that extra hour drive (which after a weekend is a big difference) go for cadets2...

Here's the funny thing.. how many people come on here and complain about bucs always winning... well.. it's just one more contender to add in there to build dca and possibly change that and all everyone can do is b!*ch about it... as for all the comments about everything else.. if u feel so strongly about it, why are u on here complaining about it. go to someone who can do something... not an endless rant on a public forum. just my 2 pennies...

that's gonna be tough. i noticed that pmw is selling sabres that look exactly like the old ultimates. they aren't expensive either. I don't know if they are the same quality as the old ultimates either. Those were the best sabres for beginners.. http://www.marchingworld.com/pg244b.htm

There are several DCI Open class corps that compete in DCA... Jersey Surf and Raiders.. just to name two.... It's nothing new to have them at shows. They've been doing it for years... so.. i don't see this as a valid arguement....

I do agree that it is a little plain.. and repetative.. but... it is very musical... the music is simple... and from what i can see.. those girls are selliing the s*&t out of it! sometimes simple, clean, and effective is the best way to go.... besides.. they are on a football feild, in full lenth skirts... what are u really gonna see from 20 - 50 yds away if they did try to do more??

I totally understand what you are saying.. it kind of reminds me of PR back in the day of 1996. maybe it looks very 80's because it's not 20 lbs of crap in a 10 lb bag that doesn't make sense???

i'm agreeing with you here. but what i'm noticing is that all the guards look the same.. they all spin the same way.. same technique.. same style.. not much setting one guard apart from another. no distinct style... nothing really new, different, or exciting... BORING.... did notice cavies guard on stilts... and phanton has a distinct style... crown w/ some crazy tricks... other than that... BORING These are supposed to be the best color guards in the world, and no one is pushing much of anything.. Kind of sad.. I'm watching corps almost contantly in straight lines and boxes, guard mostly staged as an after-thought. minimal integration....

I don't think that has much to do with it. There's people that live closer to reading that are marching in other corps and people closer to other corps marching reading...

I'm sorry.. it was "preliator" by Globus on the Epicon CD

you can find it on a on itunes... ars arcana trailer music. i forget what it was called.. i thought about using it a couple years ago.

most of the allentown school district bands do not have a competative marching band, and now most of the schools that do or did within the area are being cut. for most people, if you do not do competative marching band, u have no idea what drum corps even is! i do not believe that cadet2 will be pulling much local talent. most of the people that the bucs have been getting are not all that local to the reading area.

Congrats on the promotion!! Best of luck in 2012!

can you share this source?

that's a pretty hefty price when can you can do the same thing for $15.00 with an aluminum flag pole, bolts, and end caps like most people... doesn't seem worth it to me...