StradmanBW

Yep. I think I'm going to get back to my self-congratulatory dissertation proposal now too.

Following this line of thought, it's also incorrect to talk about a 'renaissance' (rebirth) period since there's clearly nothing new about it now. Specialized bodies of knowledge have their own terms. I don't expect the terms that theoretical physicists use to be immediately accessible to me or the rest of the uninitiated general public, but for whatever reason most any given layperson seems to have the expectation that they can pick up a text on 20th century French literary theory and immediately understand it (and if they don't, then it's the author's fault, the entire field is ridiculous and meaningless, or there's some other similarly hubristic conclusion). As for the 'well-established meaning' bit, it's more than questionable to say that the general public is an authority on technical language. Neither I nor most of the people you'll run into on the street probably know much about the terminology air traffic controllers or chemical engineers regularly use on the job with their peers, but that has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not there's an established meaning within the contexts in which their terms see use.

Sounds like a good model to follow, then.

Travis Peterson was the horn sergeant in 2004.

I literally laughed out loud.

It's definitely worth a look. For me, this was a difficult choice between '01 Crossmen and '02 Bluecoats.

If I remember correctly, one aged out, one marched another corps, another aged himself out (didn't march again), and the other went into the guard.

So says you. That would've made the CTA a nightmare, and traffic even more of a nightmare than it already is.

I don't see any way that a section tech (read, importantly: tech) could be on staff for two different corps. There's too much day-to-day, in the trenches involvement for people serving in those roles.

Good amount of continuity in the brass staff, really.

Yeah, I believe dues were $1800 in 2004 and $2000 in 2007. This is a logical increase in fees that's by no means incommensurate with the dues of other corps. Madison's probably still on the cheaper end for a division one corps.

Just looked at the staff list again, and I noticed that Jeff Lee remains as a "music designer" and Ancona is the "front ensemble arranger." Jim Prime is listed as brass arranger, not music designer, and there's the equivalent case with Thom Hannum. Is Lee going to be doing original compositions the others will be responsible for orchestrating, or is this a rhetorical maneuver to avoid listing Lee as "electronics arranger" or something along those lines? Just curious. In other news, this staff is pretty boss.

Well, following the model for the other sections, we only know the front ensemble supervisor and not the caption head (who I assume will be the person working with them on a day-to-day basis).

Jim Mason and DVD are also both businessmen, if I'm not mistaken. I don't think they would have come on board if they didn't believe that the organization would be able to hold up as they need to. To me, the fact that these guys have selected Madison to come on board with says a LOT about the quality of Madison's current administrative team.

Things that alleviate my Saturday morning hangover: 1. Biscuits and gravy 2. Coffee 3. This announcement Also, I'm pretty sure that original music by Jim Prime could turn out to be VERY cool.