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Does the timer stop if ANY section of the corps is not in motion? If we're saying the battery stops up front for their feature and that stops the timer because they aren't moving even though the rest of the corps is, then I can absolutely see these numbers.

I remember this show well. Please note Remo Drums.....the best reason to NOT play drums. This drum will self destruct in 30 seconds....

Honestly.....5th. Could be as high as 4th but it's going to be tough to bump 3 spots. It's going to depend on vet and staff retention really. I think PR's staff is smart enough to really dig into the sheets show by show and compare changes made vs score movement in GE, Content and Execution. I honestly don't know if that's been done much by PR. They've always just been PR doing PR style shows. Battery has to get cleaner and the FE is probably ready for a bit tougher content. You can always tell lines that have a ton of folks who have never drummed together. It can take years to get comfortable playing together. Sometimes you catch lightning in a bottle but generally not. I did notice something that I hadn't really thought about until this year. I had always in my mind, thought of props going more and more towards higher and higher vertical staging. But honestly, BD, Crown and even PR this year, had good solid staging but the props weren't super vertical. They were far more long and horizontal. I dunno...maybe I'm wrong.

Instead of screaming SUTA, can everyone yell "PEW! PEW! PEW!" at the company front? Would they have to pay rights to John Williams, Korngold AND Holst? Oh I'm sorry...that was supposed to be my inside my head jab at Williams.

I just think it would be funny. You could put easter eggs all over the props from PR's previous "kills" (VK style)

That's it...working title for 2024. "Death is Only the Beginning"

Can you imagine if someone could somehow integrate Sibelius' Violin Concerto as part of the theme in a Sibelius based show? I can't figure out how it would work....but it's a wonderful piece. It doesn't build to resolution quickly enough for an opener in my head.

I mean PR WOULD be pretty &%^ good at some of the counterpoint stuff!

Oh yes. I started doing repairs in 1993, tried to make my way in the world as a pro player in 95 through 97 and realized that much like being in a top 3 corps, there's pro level and then there's elite level. I started breaking down cues that people brought me that couldn't be repaired and 30 years later, I build cues for players and send them all over the US and a few overseas. It's good fun. Grounds me.

Anyone who ever watched Fraggle Rock as an adult can pretty much lay claim that they have stared into the darkest, trippiest trip and that they're OK with it. On another note, FANTASTIC reviews @Orwellian Wiress!!

DCA, WGI and the like. Key in some listening and study of things drum corps wise that aren't in your wheelhouse. Right now I am watching a lot of guard stuff just trying to isolate the skillset from a watchers perspective. As a drummer I never really learned to appreciate guard work. As a drummer I never delved deep into brass. Learning things always settles my anxiety. I also use this time to really start digging into some of my more difficult pool cue builds. Late summer is the best time to turn exotic woods over and start making bigger cuts.

What a unique take it was on Debussy. I don't honestly know if anyone could have taken a better approach to an electronic take on that piece. I don't think I got turned on to that album until the early 80s though.

Illiana....did you spend some time in the garden of love sampling it's mystical treats before you had this vision of hell?

Anyone have an update on the MM who fell? I didn't see any other mentions once the finals run was over.

That's why I went to DCA. Granted it was 25 years later but still....

Finals retreat always brings a tear to my eye. So many memories....

Thank you Madison. You'll Never Walk Alone is a fitting tribute to Dan. Thank you Thank you Thank you

Thank you Madison. You'll Never Walk Alone is a fitting tribute to Dan. Thank you Thank you Thank you

They're definitely sounding lower. Yeah they are on tonight. The bass line was FILTHY good. I still think Cavies take drums though. They're just too consistent.

Except Chumley who puts them in 7th just behind "Intermission"

Does it sound to you like they tuned them down a hair since last run? Maybe a dome adjustment? And yeah that was the cleanest I've heard that snare moment.

They've been doing that since at least mid-season JL. It's one of the things to me that makes that balled so chill and special.

Luuuuuuvvvvvvvvv And I'm 98.7% sure I know what they grow in that garden too. God I ❤️ this show!

Best the battery has sounded in exposed moments of any of their shows I have seen. Good control and much better cold attack moments. Bass drums really played well tonight.

Here we go PR. Leave it all on the field