MikeM

Thought so. Thanks Jeff! For a Navy guy, you're not half bad! (Former Army guy)

Please tell us, all knowing guru, where you got that nugget of information. Till you spill, I call shenanigans.

I was gonna say....Chester PA isn't exactly the nicest of cities...Almost as bad as Wilmington.... *ducks and runs*

Jeff: We need to know if the announcer for the evening made box 6 and if his shirt started any wars?

Arbans is a great book. I have the trumpet one and it was a challenge.

This.

Very happy to see this!

I'd love to see the GE sheets for THAAT!

I've always thought this could translate well into a Drum Corps arrangement, and now I'm looking forward to hearing what Reading will do with it.

Not 100% sure I'm all that happy about the A&E aspect of this. All I can remember is 2004's DCI Finals of SCV's performance and hearing the pit pound through and covering the hornline at points - certainly not balanced by any perspective. That said, if the judges give non-amped corps a fair shake vs. those who are amped, then there shouldn't be any complaints. I also think that this is where it should end for DCA. No synths or amplified voice in DCA, please. I still cringe when I hear 2007 Cadets. Rochester? Meh.

Since when has the moderation here been good?

The thread has been won, there is no need to continue.

So it is your opinion that once you turn 23, you should be forever banned from participating in Drum Corps? REALLY? How incredibly narrow minded of you. That attitude will get you far in the real world.

All the world's indeed a stage, And we are merely players, Performers and portrayers, <$1 to Messrs. Lifeson, Lee, and Peart, look it up if you don't know> I hope this works, and I'll watch and vote. To the naysayers, why don't you give it a shot before you blast it? Or are you all of the "If it isn't DCI, it doesn't exist" mentality? And people wonder why Drum Corps is constantly infighting.

Congrats to MBI on their giant slaying. I know exactly how your members are feeling this morning. From a member of a corps that slayed the last giant.

Isn't the seeding based on the August average, or am I showing I'm a dinosaur?

Please tell me that there are plans to add more - this one is kinda blah, IMO of course.

RIP Rich. You Stomped them, and we were all better off because of it.

Thank you.

I'm sitting here just shaking my head. Last time I checked, most of you were adults. Why don't you try acting like one? The City of Rochester has asked that DCA comply with its noise ordinance regarding parking lot concerts. How hard is that to understand? If people complain, then the city is forced to take action. If you feel THAT strongly about it, hold your concert anyway. When you're issued a summons by the City of Rochester for violating the noise ordinance, and fined by DCA for violating a directive from them, (And I hope it would be the whole amount of $$$ you'd receive for performing at finals), don't come crying to me. Cause I'll just say "told ya so."

I might be in the minority here, but I hated the Bach 3C mouthpiece. I switched from Mellophone to Soprano because that's where the corps needed me. I was told to go buy a 3C. I hated that mouthpiece. I had absolutely zero endurance with it. Now, I wasn't playing lead (2nd), but compared to when I was playing mellophone, I felt I couldn't get through a rehearsal without my lips wanting to leave 2 hours before me. I tried a Yamaha mouthpiece when I complained to one of the leads that my chops were crap. He's like "why are you playing on that?" He gave me a 14a4, which I liked a lot. Couple of discussions with other players and I wound up on a Shiltke 14a4a. It was a great piece, yeah maybe not a traditional soprano piece for a guy playing 2nd, but with my range topping out at 2nd line C, it was a godsend, and my endurance improved significantly. Would it have improved on the 3C? I doubt it, because I stuck with that piece for about 3 months, practicing religiously. The next year when we switched to the Bb horns, I had it drilled out to open it up more, but I still love that piece. For *MY* playing ability, its what I needed, and I'd resist changing if I were still playing now.

Trust me, Ace knows what he's doing.

How about a review?

I'm sitting here reading this, bemused. Lee and I haven't seen eye-to-eye on a number of issues during a number of occasions here...but, get ready. I agree with Lee. *GASP* *allows time for recovery* I wasn't involved, the corps I was in wouldn't permit it, but if I were able to be I would have been. It was exactly what Lee said - Drum Corps people getting together having a good time. Disrespectful? Only if having a good time is disrespectful. Heck, the DCA I&E committee allowed them to compete knowing exactly (Well, almost) what they were going to do. IF they had tried to take the stage w/o permission/following the rules in place at the time, then the disrespect card could be played. But it wasn't. The crowd seemed to enjoy it, the Judges played along, DCA permitted it...Fun times had by most. If you didn't like it, that's your right. But disrespectful at the time? Hell no.

Only if you include Dense Frog....Crunchy Frog's slow, east coast cousin. Come on....work with me here!