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Moved to Percussion forum - for consistency's sake. :) (Better to keep like-subjects in the same area...) Thanks! Mike

Twelve? Thirteen? Something like that. We had to create a separate forum to discuss all of them... Mike

Oh, and DCI did tell DCP that these are the only rules proposals out there this year... Mike

The two threads on this topic have been merged. Mike

Oh, and I add that after reading the proposals (link on the dci.org page), the Judges' Task Force is not in favor of moving the one judge off of the field, but *is* in support of adding the ensemble judge...

http://www.dci.org/news/news.cfm?news_id=e...b7-b2cd231ba97b Here's the gist: #1 - Adding a Percussion Ensemble judge and giving equal weight to battery and pit, to make sure that the pit gets feedback from every judged performance. #2 - Moving the Percussion Performance judge into the stands, so he can watch the pit as well, not just the battery... Mike

Thanks for the review - I can now "hear" a restatement of Adios Nonino in my head a la Canon... :) And if I lived closer, I'd try Beef-a-Roo, too! Mike

Because the crowd felt they should have been higher than they were - they were booing the placement; not the corps. I can see arguments for and against where they ended up. From a fan who's not breaking it down caption-by-caption, they were friggin' on fire musically. Visually, they weren't as crisp as many of the corps above them, though. I still love to listen to that show... Mike

Moved to Historical Discussions forum. :) Mike

From what I've seen, that's a pretty standard setup for just about every corps. Mike

Wow - that was friggin' cool. Mike

I read somewhere that their double beat exercise this year was based on a techno song. Does anyone know what it was? (And FWIW - I see this exercise becoming the most-copied drum piece in the next few years. At the Houston Bowl, 2 different HS drumlines were already using it...) Mike

Just a reminder - Please make sure that any clips or sites linked to here have their clips with permission of the authors. We can't allow links to sites that violate copyrights... :( Mike

Moved to DCP Marketplace... Mike

Aha - found the problem. It'll be fixed in a few minutes... Mike

Not just you - it's been down... Mike

Unless you know him and I'm missing the joke - that was completely uncalled for. Mike

Snareline (note that it wraps around the corner of the form!) Snare Pic 1 Snareline 2 (the rest of them!) Snare Pic 2 Wow - lot of drums... Mike

As a good place to start, might I recommend Columbus Percussion? http://www.columbuspercussion.com/ They have a "school and educational" catalog with the big (Yamaha, Pearl, Premier, Dynasty) drum corps drum makers in there, and they've got pretty representative pricing. Hope that helps! Mike

In my top 3 of all-time favorite shows, by far. That drumline in Caravan - wow. And Now or Never is right up there in my book with the greatest closers ever! Mike

That year, they did. Off the top of my head (and someone please correct me if I'm wrong): 1974 - 1993 - Live PBS broadcast. (Except for '80 or '81, which was a taped broadcast of the Whitewater show?) 1994 - 1998 - Delayed "highlights" package. 1999 - 2001 - Live PBS broadcast. 2002 - 2003 - Delayed sort-of-highlights package. Mike

DCI's Legacy Collection DVD's Or Even Better - "A Taste of Madison" DVD with both shows on it. Hope this helps! Mike

Hard for me to say - I knew before I saw it how it turned out, so it didn't bother me that much. Mike

Moved to DCP Marketplace forum... Mike

Remo now makes the Tendura line - I'm sure they're pretty similar. (Though I've not played them - we've still got our Premiers...) Mike