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    2023 DCI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS

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    11 minutes ago, DrumManTx said:

    Mandarins muted trumpet/trombone moment with the corps weaving through the spinning props into that last hit before Smile is one of the best constructed musical/visual moments I’ve seen in a hot minute.  SO GOOD.

    I was not impressed with the intonation of the small ensemble feature, upper part over-compensated the mute and was under pitch.

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    Front and Centerville, OH - Soaring with the Corps - 8/2/2023 - on FLO

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    8 minutes ago, spacewill said:

    I was admittedly not the biggest fan of their show during the first few shows this year.  Not sure but I just thought, yeah, it's okay. 

    But with how they have played and marched it now I find myself a huge fan of it!  I love what they are doing and while I may never "love" the uniform color, I love everything else about their show and performance this year!  Excited to see that jump from last year fighting for finals to this year fighting to be in the talk of top 9!!!!!

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    2023 Daily Run Down

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    11 hours ago, DrumCorpsRadio said:

    July 31 Rundown

    Huntington WV

    The Open Class reset was real for Gold and Spartans with both corps seeing their scores decrease by 1.600 points in their first meeting with a full slate of World Class corps. Columbians decreased by 0.600 points.

    Spirit of Atlanta made a strong statement by catapulting to the 12th spot with a 2.800 point increase. The next time Spirit lines up with more than one of the other corps fighting for this spot will be Saturday night in Allentown.

    Phantom Regiment joined the 90+ point club, becoming the fifth corps to do so this year.

    August 1 Preview

    Annapolis MD

    Will The Cadets build on its win over Mandarins two nights ago, or even join the 90+ point club?

    Salem, VA

    Might Troopers (and by association Colts) make a run at Blue Stars for the #9 spot?

    Sevierville, TN

    The battle for 12th continues with Crossmen and Pacific Crest matching up.

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    Thanks much for all your hard work!

    Also interesting to me will be the gap between Colts & The Cavaliers, as I've followed the Muncie [4.25], Lisle [2.8], Dekalb [2.7] Whitewater [2.55], Houston [2.65], and Trussville [1.85] margins throughout summer.

    Go Red Team!

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    The Cadets 2023

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    23 hours ago, saxfreq1128 said:

    If you’re gonna do this to measure demand — and I’m not sure you should — you should probably come up with a more robust definition of demand than “marching while playing.” Especially if we’re gonna pretend that we’re seeing this as the judges might.   

    For example: You mention that the show opens with a 1:12minute battery feature, but you don’t mention what the hornline is doing during that feature, which includes sprinting and dancing. So when we get to sections like “Brass stands and plays another 24 second during Triple Tonging Feature,” we should probably keep in mind the cardio stress of the preceding 2 minutes and the difficulty of performing a clean triple tonguing feature, as an ensemble, under those conditions. You can’t just summarize this stuff as “movement” when the movement includes sprinting. 

    Further — I’ve said before and I’ll say again — it’s a big mistake to think that continual marching + playing is a higher demand activity than the start/stop approach. The start/stop approach is way closer to interval training — brief spurts of intense cardio alternating with brief spurts of rest — and there’s a reason why people looking for intense cardio favor interval training to, say, taking a long jog. Interval training places higher demands on the body than more durative periods of straight exercise. When you add playing an instrument to the mix, game over.  

    I get that people love and prefer old school drum corps and that’s their choice. I love that stuff too. But there’s a difference between what we prefer and what’s actually harder. I’m begging us to understand the difference.

     

    As a 20 year ultra marathoner [30 mi+] marching brass musician & 30 yr+ music educator, I ask: how do you suggest DCI judges both internalize & evaluate this. I don't necessarily think this is on the sheets, per se.  Do judges have heart monitor feedback? C'mon... Unless those judges have actually DONE that demand, how in the eff can they credit and value levels of performance in that physical realm. I'm not disagreeing with your premise of physical demand differences, but it will be a mute point under current judging system.

    Rotary Music Festival Cedarburg, WI - July 3, 2023

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    12 minutes ago, PopcornEater1963 said:

    Couldn’t see the show… but in a Drum and Bugle Corps show, glad to see my Cavaliers 1st in “drums” and 2nd in “bugles”😎

    True for this show, yet MA was only .1 out of cellar for the show. So we'll see how the dance of trimming demand, as well as recurring ensemble rehearsal time goes for elevating that obvious /current caption trailing number. It's a tough show, no doubt.

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