MikeN

My 10-year old watched DCI for the first time with me last night. Was like visiting old friends. Noticed a ton of things about old shows I hadn't before.

So, I'm guessing no more preseason recordings, as the season is now a week old? So only BD released one this year... sad. They provide an intimacy no competition recording ever can match.

End of an era - unsubscribed from the Yahoo scores e-mail list. I just don't care anymore about who's beating who.

Phantom's uniforms - niiice.

So, what'd I miss?

DCP turns 10 on 2/14/12. Where have the years gone?

... "conceptual aural vision"... ?

Really missing drum corps right now. For the first time in several years, I'm not concerned about what next year may bring.

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I wish Crossmen and Academy the best in the Chase contest, but I'm unfollowing all corps from Twitter and Facebook until it's over.

Is Ludwig still redesigning their marching line?

If you're a drummer, the Crown standstill percussion only recording is pretty neat. Surprisingly light on synthesizers, too - I didn't expect that.

I am Spartacus.

The Crown standstill recording is finally for sale! Woohoo!

This past season really made me feel positive about the activity and the direction it's going.

I don't mean to be one of those "can we stop with the negativity" people, but can we stop with the negativity? At least for a couple of days or something?

Honestly, I wouldn't mind unplugged DCI... but I just can't read any more arguing about it...

I'm just sorry the season is over. It feels too soon!

Well worth a revisit - this is the survey marching members themselves did for DCI in 2010. http://www.dci.org/news/pdf/2010/2010_persona_factoids.pdf

So first it was Crown's world for us to live in, then Cavaliers, then Cadets, now BD. What a crazy season.

It's blasphemy I know, but in some ways En Fuego (1996) was better than La Danza Pasillo (1995).

I can't say why, but I dig the Bluecoats show this year in a way I never got into their show last summer.

Why electronics but not woodwinds? Read this electronics 2007 proposal and tell me you can't make the exact same arguments for WW's. http://www.dci.org/rules/pdf/2007/04_electronic_instruments06.pdf

I think my problem with BD's show is the same as I had with the Dance Derby one - it sounds like 11 1-minute shows stitched together.

San Antonio APD's are very good quality - if you're on the fence, they're worth buying.