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20 hours ago, Brian Tuma said:
I actually would like every corps to use a tarp to cover the Colts logo at Lucas. Lol
Also, if people think tarps are a crutch to dress forms etc., how do they feel about yard lines and hash marks?
More than one BOA group has put a green and white small tarp to essentially erase the logo. The logo does distract. Would be nice if LOS would erase the logo for DCI.
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Great crowd in Lisle. Having seen everyone live in Dekalb and Lisle..
Colt Cadets - The brass and strong percussion make up for the lack of color guard. A very nice overall effort!
Scouts - Love the visual and musical references to past shows! The rotating company front is looking good.
Colts - A really enjoyable music book. The last third of the show has some great, energetic music.
Cavaliers - Classic Cavies. Some big brass moments, technically and volume-wise.
Blue Stars - enjoyable music, big sound, and some big field coverage.
Regiment - My personal favorite. I'm a big fan of the original and I'm a big fan of this version. To me, this show has the most variety, musically, and it draws the most emotions. They are also performing at a very high level, especially given the visual and music demands.
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25 minutes ago, cixelsyd said:
You already gave out the answer before you asked the question.
Field/floor coverings are big business in the pageantry industry. And DCI is the product showroom for the pageantry industry.
What's wrong with corps and bands just saying No?
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5 minutes ago, Poppycock said:
Traps don’t work in football stadiums
^this. On the periphery it's even ok, but lighting in football stadiums focused especially on the middle of the field. No way to avoid glare until someone invent a tarp/ink/paint product that has matte finish that the glare is significantly reduce.
Even then, I've seen enough people trip and fall or almost fall on tarps that I view them as just plain unsafe. A Blue Stars brass player matching backwards onto the tarp tripped last night on Dekalb. Didn't fall thankfully.
In summary: tarps cost $, are a logistical challenge, are very hard to read under lights, and are unsafe. Why are they still being used?
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51 minutes ago, Terri Schehr said:
I used to live in NE Aurora Dupage county. Been to both stadiums many times. Is it hot up there today?
Pretty warm nnd very humid. Similar to Dekalb last night so all the corps should be prepared for it. Fortunately at Dekalb, wind wasn't an issue. Hopefully that'll be the case tonight.
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3 hours ago, jwillis35 said:
That's good to hear. Must have been Flo.
I think the challenge is that the Flo mics are just a litttle too close to the pit AND the speakers.
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1 hour ago, Terri Schehr said:
It’s either going to rain or the sun will bore out your eye sockets until it goes down behind those trees.
Thanks for the reminder. Unfortunate that both Benediction and North Central have the home stands face direct west.
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Live, in person, it was a great show overall. So great to see these corps. A decent sized, responsive crowd. Great performances. I'm a happy camper. Hoping the rain stays away for Lisle on Saturday.
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1 hour ago, jwillis35 said:
What a fantastic show! Definitely one of my favorite shows of the summer. Brass might be younger but wow are they playing a tough book. I mean there are some very demanding licks in that show. Percussion too.
Sadly the concert cymbal crashes ruined a lot of the end, at least for us watching on FLO. Perhaps this was not an issue at the stadium. So I don't know if the issue was FLO or the way Phantom had their own mics in the pit. Cymbals should sound like they are coming from behind the music ensemble, not in front...and what we heard was WAY in front, almost like they were a soloist.
Still, one of the best shows of the summer and they will destroy the crowds at Indy for sure. Bravo!!!
Pit balance was not an issue in person
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2 hours ago, theonlyfizzle said:
I wish Blue Stars would do the show without that tarp.. i love this show.
In Dekalb, 12 rows up, the tarp was nothing but glare from the stadium lights. After SCVs tarp glare fiasco in 2019, can't corps and bands just stand down from giant tarps?
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Wow, this is exactly what many people needed. It's achieving many goals, one of which was NOT to "win dci" this year, nor is that the goal of any corps this year.
Shame on anyone for criticizing anything this year. Congrats to the staff and performers for putting a great, fan-friendly show together in short order.
I hope to see live. I get the sense this hornline has some power!
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On 8/18/2009 at 12:42 PM, Appleknocker said:
You are exactly right. I started noticing this a year or two back,....and this year even more. The crowd is turning into a WGI crowd, when every time a "soloist" tosses a 4 or 5 and catches it, all you here is a bunch of little pre-orgasmic screams. At first I would wonder what the scream and applause was for,...then I started to watch for it, and lo and behold, that is what it was. Just like being at a WGI show,...enough to make you wonder.
That screaming-for-every-catch thing gives me a headache, is extremely distracting, and really takes my ability to enjoy a performance. It almost makes me dislike the group/performance simply because their staff/parents/fans are obnoxious.
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1 hour ago, Brian Tuma said:
Because Star had so many championships under their belt? All of one.
3rd, 1st, 3rd and 2nd (should have been 1st) their final 4 yrs of existance. That's why.
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38 minutes ago, kkrepps said:
Nope!
It was all a surprise to everyone when the two previous top corps didn't show up last Tuesday at the retreat, wasn't time to think or talk about the ramifications.
Ok here's the best example I can think of, and sorry if my years are wrong... In 1994 did anyone question Devil's championship because Star folded and wasn't there?
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1 hour ago, Cappybara said:
Nope, I LOVE it. I'm tired of cheese. Literal shows make me feel like the corps thinks I'm stupid
Some recent esoteric shows absolutely do make me feel stupid. Maybe that's my own problem, though.
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44 minutes ago, dbc03 said:
Maybe if part of his job is doing these interviews he shouldn't be speaking off the cuff while doing them?
So, I don't mean to beat a dead horse on this discussion, and I understand he's apologized and apology has been accepted, etc
But, that question didn't come out of nowhere. It was in his mind. Either he personally felt that this was a topic worth asking about, or he heard there was a buzz about this, or maybe he himself thought that they should have an asterisk.
I don't follow Open Class discussions, but was this even mentioned anywhere? Or did he invent this 'controversy'?
Not trying to overanalyze, just curious if there was truly a buzz about this.
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19 minutes ago, N.E. Brigand said:
Eh, college athletes get tough questions sometimes. But we agree that Potter's function here is P.R. man, not reporter. And usually he's fine.
Those college athletes all think they're going to be rich pro athletes soon. And they're all groomed to give the same boring answers as the pros.
Can we all agree that the sideline interviews can be done away with? If they do anything to fill the gaps between corps and during INT, maybe prerexorddd, true human interest stories about participants that have truly overcome obstacles to get to where they are?
Too Olympics-y?
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11 hours ago, cixelsyd said:
We may need an earlier thread of this nature for items discarded mid-season, like the SCV center tarp or the earlier Cadets queen wardrobe. (Or any prop for a corps scheduled to appear at the Chester, PA, show.)
How about the Star of Indiana hamster wheels? Only heard about them, never saw them. Was that in their space show?
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2 hours ago, N.E. Brigand said:
Sports reporters ask athletes pointed questions like this fairly often, but (1) the interview subjects know to expect this and are prepared, and (2) Potter's job in these interviews is to be DCI's public relations representative, not an independent journalist. If he were acting as a genuine reporter, like Tricia Nadolny, there are far tougher inquiries he should be directing at other people rather than tossing awkward questions like this at corps members.
That said, he apologized publicly within an hour or two, and I don't think he meant harm, so there's no need to dwell on it.
Big difference between sports reporters asking sometimes controversial questions of professional athletes being paid millions and a dci sideline reporter asking questions of young adults who pay to participate. And as you mentioned, the whole point, I assume, it to provide some human interest filler stories as a marketing angle.
If so, every question asked should be of the goal: promote drum corps. Asking that question was about as off base and inappropriate as possible. He doesn't have to apologize to me though.
As mentioned by others, the interviews add no value to me. The same questions and the same answers, interestingly enough, just like sports interviews.
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8 hours ago, DAYGO said:
I'd like to see the panel score the shows fairly, as if it was the first time they see them this season.
Does this even happen the first time they see them each season?
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Let's go Regiment. Finish the season strong!
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Sorry, gotta double dip. Suncoast Sound 88 Symphonic Dances for the Contemporary Child. I listened to that music over and over. Never saw it live and never saw a video until fairly recently. That show was ahead of its time and the music was awesome.
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I'm going to stretch the definition of 'show' and say I wish I would have been at 1980 Finals. The specific corps that came to mind was Spirit 80. But I watched my bad vidoe of the 80 PBS Broadcast so many times I wore it out. Would have loved to see Bridgemen, 27, North Star, Scouts, Regiment and SCV, and really all top 12 in 80.
Wanted to see SCV 2018 live but couldn't. Saw them this year, so that almost made up for it.
Wish I could have Regiment live this year. The first time I saw a video, the show really connected with me.
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