Jeff Ream

BOA?

but the extra travel day comes in real handy for those who arent from the North East. One less day off from school, work, etc

i remember the weather was good Saturday. I remember in 88 it started out crappy but by Sunday night, it got better and everything had to be held Monday

prices for any event have gone up. I attended a DCI show in June where the best seats went for $40 for 5 corps. so $20 for 6 DCA corps in August? slam dunk. DCA has it's little quirks, like scheduling Scranton against DCI East, but it's growing slowly and surely, and the quality on the field gets better every year. Most top 6 corps would have won by points just 8 years ago. edit: $20 for a pro baseball game? sure if you like sitting way up in no mans land where even the video board looks small

wow, you missed some big shows live in the past then. it isnt just on DCP

i dont mind some of this. but it's overdone and all looks like they watched the same WGI video when they design it

they make my ### vibrate in most stadiums

he'll smash the violin

he drums while sitting

When will Banished Beyond put up his latest video and who will it poke fun at?

especially since it worked as opposed to 92

for sale...one synth that created an echo sound effect., not needed if finals stay at Lucas Echo Dome

ok. here we go...win win one show at a date Spandy likes in a stadium he likes. if you can make it fine...thats the one show of the summer. so be there. screw school, any other commitments. one date period if fans show up bonus, even if they look like fleas in a huge stadium oh and since the hurricane season is always an issue here, we can pick 9 rain dates as long as the photographers can be there so everyone can get a corps picture

actually the original tux was a medium dark shade of blue and the shuffled the Curly way

except they still beat the snot out of them

amps were also a way to open up the membership size...with 80 brass, then they could say you couldnt hear them. no, you actually cant get away from the pit sound when amped. whats sad is we keep hearing these guys have all this experience in the band world.....where 9 times out of 10, their balance is light years better

DCA does not yet have the fan base to fill a pro stadium...and good luck getting into one past August 1st anyways...preseason etc. and just by getting a huge stadium doesnt mean fans will come. we're not at DCI fan attendance levels yet, tho if they stay at Lucas Echo Dome, they may match DCA soon And we're not there yet because the regions don't have the fan support up yet to entice travel or relocation. please....what out of the NE region show draws 2000 customers? 3000? 4000? I keep asking this, and no one answers. gee, wonder why

i would put the 2nd judge up top for perc to handle ensemble, because obviously based on shows i was at live and looked at the recaps from, ensemble balance issues...HUGE ones....werent touched by the ensemble music judge. same thing in the band world...they are afraid to touch it as often ensemble music isnt a drum guy. yet last year at Allentown, Bluecoats pit ran very hot, and while the upstairs music number was good and high, the upstairs drum guy put em down where they should have been based on the balance issue. the role of the field judge is to sample all sections, not camp out with them, especially since so few batteries play during the ballad.

and while mallet choices may be more varying, heights arent

Yanni cut his hair

true. i dont think $40 for a 6 corps show helped...hasnt helped YEA. and hurricanes (not the corps, the storms) have affected DCA what...3 times in 45 years (87, 99, 06) that excuse needs to go back into the shadows

the big O had issues, but i dont think it was as bad as what I have read about Lucas Echo Dome

95 Cru was no slouch either

it rains every year on Labor Day weekend? I can think of 5 times DCA was affected by rain, and 3 where it rained but didnt cause massive issues 1975 1987 1988 1990...show delayed a bit 1993 1999 2002...a little rain at prelims and a little at finals 2006 that's 18% of DCA's history. as for bids....do you have a big name stadium willing to bid for it earlier? also....will a DCA sized crowd look good in a major football stadium? I know what Winston Salem looked like. that wasnt pretty. a bigger stadium will not draw a bigger crowd. look at Winston Salem