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  1. They're toast. Talk about slamming the door on one chapter in their history, and stumbling through another to their next. All remnants of their '00's dynasty have now vanished. Sad... ~ M
  2. and yes...there was another version of this move done in 1999... ~ M
  3. 1995 4:42 (beginning of the drum feature) didn't make high cam, but you can see the hornline doing something very fast behind the percussion. ~ M
  4. I would venture to say that Star '93 was ALL gimmick. The concept, being something SO far outside of what any other drum corps had done, was intentionally selected to create a stir among our community. I think that makes it a gimmick. Now, I'm not saying it is a bad thing AT ALL...the word gimmick has a lot of negative connotations associated with it in our activity that make it an unappealing way to describe a show. But along those lines, you could argue that just about any show that tries something new is a gimmick...so...now my head hurts... M
  5. Except that it really wasn't very much of an original composition...listen to Stravinsky's Symphony in C (or is it Symphony in Three Movement?). Clearly parts of it are lifted directly from his works... M
  6. It WAS at 208bpm, AND, I bet the ladders were rarely in the same place twice. I can understand how it would be a little scary for the marching members, wondering if they were next to crash into a pile-up that they don't know about. BUT...from an audience perspective, it didn't look all that precarious if you didn't realize what you were looking at... M
  7. The rules proposal that nearly passed this year would not have allowed for the situation you described above. It was emphatically stated in the meeting (but was a little unclear in the actual proposal) that one stroke = one note. A member would not be able to hold down a key and get an extended or sustained sound or sample, from my understanding. Correct me if I'm wrong anyone else who was there if I misunderstood Hopkins. M
  8. Careful not to get "fans" confused with "you". M
  9. Beautful. Love it. Camp Reports Mad Libs... M
  10. I completely agree and Todd Ryan is a incredible visual mind. But adding a plie to a jazz run technique (which Blue Devils don't seem to do, and Cavaliers do) does not mean the body alignment, separation, or posture should suffer (and I'm not implying that is what you were saying, in case you weren't). A plie done well allows the spine and rib cage to remain separated, lifted and tall. What I don't like to see, personally, in a jazz run is the up-down-up-down-up-down of the whole body when one jazz runs and does not plie. But I suppose that is personal taste. M
  11. Cavaliers, 2005. Closer drum solo, near the beginning. done. M :P
  12. Well, I never really specifically said I was in favor of woodwinds. I am, now (I wasn't always) in favor of adding electronics and the capabillities they offer. Woodwinds would need to be considered seperately, and if they do happen in drum corps, I feel they are still a ways off, so I'm not going to worry about that right now. I think everybody has their "limit" on how much change they can handle or embrace and how quickly. I realize that I am usually fairly quick to embrace new ideas, but believe it or not, I do have an eye for tradition, and I do have a fondness for brass and percussion. Will I be anxious to see that go? I'm not right now. I think there is a lot we can do and say with brass + percussion + amplification + electronic instruments. I'm not, at this point, in favor of an "anything goes" approach. Now, to address your original question. Why would adding woodwinds mean larger corps? You are thinking that if woodwinds are passed, the corps size limit is increased to 180 or 200 to accomodate sections of woodwinds? But, believe it or not, logistics do play into these decisions. The corps are NOT interested in having to tour with 4 buses for members, compared to the 3 of today. The additional members in the new 150 limit will fit nicely onto the 3 55-seat buses most corps are using these days. So, if woodwinds were to be ratified down the road, I would suspect that corps would have to fit their woodwinds into the current 150 limit. Maybe the limit goes to 160 or 165. Still a very manageable size on the field, IMO. As far as this current increase in size to 150 goes, I think it finally gives corps the opportunity to balance visually their hornlines and colorguards. I know a lot of people who feel that to get a decent amount of sound out of a multi-key hornline, you need at least 64 or more members. But that limits the size the guard can be...and I know that 30 or 32 guard just doesn't balance a 64 or 72 person hornline well enough. But I suppose that is personal taste and somewhat subjective. I also know that there are a lot of visual ideas that get cut because drum corps hornlines (most are around 64) are just too small to pull off some ideas. Increases to 72 or 80 do open up some opportunities while keeping the size managable enough to keep em running around. I know I certainly DO NOT want to write for a drum corps hornline of 100 or more...add a 50 person colorguard and a full battery and then I think we start to loose the ability to produce *clean* shows...or maybe not? Who really knows unless we try? M
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