Crownguard03
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I currently live in Paris and luckily, I get to stay up late to watch this because it's a holiday tomorrow.
Anyways, it's quite meta to be watching Phantom right now. I just wish these voice overs weren't so... cliché.
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We can even argue over a laundry detergent commercial if it in some way involves drum corps! lol.
I think its great. Anytime our activity gets some exposure is a good thing.
And in any case, this wasnt "The Blue Devils" nor was the commercial intended for a drum corps audience. I think most of us in the music world have to settle for something kind of "Silly" to pay the bills. How many great rock drummers ended up in really sh*tty bands just for the payday? Anyone ever hear of Rod Morgenstein? Professor of Music at Berkeley College of Music in Boston Massachusetts, AND the drummer for "Winger". lol. LOTS of talent there going toward a very simple cause. Millions knew him for winger while maybe a few hundred knew him for being a prof.
Same in our activity. RCC Marching band being in Austin powers pretending to play got more exposure than all of the actual shows they ever marched.
I just think its neat that there is any demand for what we do because people think it looks and sounds cool.
And the exposure is already showing with over 260,000 views in 3 days - all for just laundry detergent. And if you look through the comments and top comments, there's discussion about where the drumline's from. Even if it's not "drum corps level" at least it's getting noticed and talked about by people outside the drum corps world. We all know drum corps could use some extra fan love these days!
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I work as a creative/copywriter in the san francisco ad industry and came across this spot in my usual email updates.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P6Qwppw-3U
Anyway, can anyone confirm that these drummers and guard members are BD members? Just wondering based on one of the comments on the video. If so... way freakin' cool! I love the quirky story – incorporates some nice drum corps in a pretty hip video (even though it's just cleaning supplies).
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I personally think it could be fun to try to create an interactive app that helps you narrow the score at competitions. Rather than fans just conjecturing, they can put in their opinion and out pops a score. It may give you a nice pat on the back when your conjectured score, the app's score, and the actual score coincide. And if they don't, then it'll give us a lot more to talk about here.
Can you Imagine- "My iPhone and I are better than these judges....." Ahh the controversy begins.
Not a bad idea to create a fun app that lets fans in on the judging - of course it wouldn't count toward the real scores. Just an interactive way to get the fans involved a bit more. I love reading people's predictions on scores, especially when they're at the show. Once again to be very explicit, I'm saying this would be a fun game for fans to participate in without it actually affecting the scores. Just a nice way to let a fan's opinion be validated(or debated) by the judge's opinion.
I work as a creative at a pretty well known digital shop and we're always creating experiences that get the consumer involved more than just a traditional campaign. We created this fun app for the UEFA Champions league for Heineken:
Now imagine if fans could download a DCI Fantasy Judging app and get awarded titles and badges based on how similar their scores are with real ones - even get a shout out at the end of each competition along with some cool prizes. DCI is like any professional sport where tons of passionate fans exist, and I just don't think they've come up with innovative ways to let us fans show off/vent our passion for the activity.
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Compared to "videos" I've seen from their week off - tonight's run wasn't as good. Lots of little ticks here and there with timing. I think a week off of competition affects the guard the most to be honest.
However, those "videos" prove that Crown can achieve what's given to them enough to put them ahead of the pack. The beauty of the work there is that when it's executed correctly it's top notch (2007 finals) and of course, can be the complete opposite on a bad day - that's the double edged sword of having a very trick-y yet musically-minded book.
This wasn't a bad day, but not their best comparatively speaking. They definitely have one of the strongest guards I've ever seen (I know, I know. I marched there in the early years of the new staff, but this really isn't a biased opinion).
Do I agree with their placement? No. But silver lining, it's going to push them harder to prove why 6th place was wrong. Ain't nothing wrong with some humble pie.
p.s. as far as Herbert "carrying" the show, sure, he has some major rock star moments, but there are just as many rocking ensemble moments (ie flag block feature in paint it black, opening flag statement, the entire weapon line!) and don't forget that blonde girl who tosses the rifle while doing some crazy baton-like acrobats underneath it.
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I'm not sure we've seen all of the new ending yet. That vid over on the other site is from Saturday night's rehearsal at EKU. Over on the Crown thread, Eric Sabach said there were a lot of changes added after that . . .
Maybe you're looking at the wrong video.
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I think if you went a little more abstract and did a silk screen look on a nice american apparel tshirt it could actually be pretty cool and cost efficient. Reminds me of a Paul Frank silk screen tuxedo shirt I saw once.
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With Crown's amazing reputation and staff now set in stone and Adam Sage's huge following...
I can only imagine what auditions are going to be like for Crown's guard this year! Already can't wait to see them next season!
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OMG! I'm SO incredibly proud of my Crown family! I aged out last summer, and last nite was my first really super jealous moment as an alum. Gosh I wish I could've been there to see that. I was apart of many Crown history making moments but that is for sure a special one! I'm not surprised at all from what I saw a few weeks ago at a few northern shows. Take it all the way crown! can't wait to see you in murfreesboro and then at finals! you all are making me SO proud!! I almost peed myself when I got the word that you won the show.
thanks everyone for being so positive!
I hear ya whitney! (i think this is you.. haha) Looking in retrospect it's hard to believe us starting in 2003 with everyone taking a chance with a revamped crown and fighting to get our name back into finals... to this! Our excitement around this time was making the night show in San Antonio!
Thanks everyone for celebrating another historic moment!
Carolina Crown 2015
in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
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I really hope the guard can grab that trophy on Saturday. I started in '03 when the new staff came to rebuild Crown. To see Michael Townsend's choreo become fully realized and cleaned to near perfection is such an amazing thing to witness this season.