MikeD
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1 hour ago, HockeyDad said:
Why is this a thing?
Reaction videos? If that is what you're asking, they are huge on Youtube. Some reactors have a hundred thousand followers or more.
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55 minutes ago, TOC said:
The school janitors and security officers must have great unions as well.
In NJ if there are people in a school there has to be a black seal (furnace) certified custodian on site.
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7 hours ago, Jeff Ream said:
i always thought how cool it was where in a DCA corps in the 90's we had a female tenor player and female bass player out there with us. you didn't see that looking around the circuit.
One of the best bass drum lines I ever taught were four female clarinet players. They were good friends, and they were the bass drummers for a band I taught in the early 80's. Started them as freshmen, and by their senior years they could plat anything I threw at them. Amazing young women!
My daughter is a percussionist as well, and she was part of another great all-girl bass line in the last band I worked with, from 94-2018. They called themselves the Snails, as they would carry their basses backwards, on their backs, when moving around the field area. They figured out a way to "wear" their bass mallets on their heads, sticking up like antennae. That was 20+ years ago, and they are still great friends to this day.
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Awful news about a band bus crashing in NY State.
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56 minutes ago, IllianaLancerContra said:
As cool as that show was, I think that this design team can come up with something more than a rehash of a 1997 show.
Oh of course. I nevet want a rehash. This design team is amazing.
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My favorite Cadet show, 97, featured “Year of the Dragon”. The MB I taught did it in 98. Love to see it used again. Mandarins would do a great job.
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On 9/11/2023 at 11:43 AM, IllianaLancerContra said:
Thanks
I remember a post on RAMD where they listed all former Corps members lost; l specifically remember Bayonne on the list. There were others too (Cadets? Et al) but I recall the plurality being Bridgemen.
I believe that the OLPH Ridgemen lost some members. In my era they wore blue Cadet-style jackets with white trousers.
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Mod hat again.
I have removed a few personal attack posts, one made even after my warning about making such posts. These must stop immediately.
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Mod hat here:
Please dial back the personal attacks and sarcastic posts aimed at DCP posters. I think just about everyone posting knows it goes against guidelines.
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1 hour ago, BlueStainGlass said:
Ill say they got the right person to right the ship.
…at the right time in the right way and do it right.
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My annual request for PR to do Janacek’s “Sinfonietta”.
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20 hours ago, kevingamin said:
As far as I can tell, there was no announcer's script at all, something that I greatly appreciated having when I announced US Bands and Norwin shows.
That is what I was thinking. Before blaming the announcer those things are important to know.
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44 minutes ago, kevingamin said:
If I remember correctly, this was the opener for the Muchachos in 1972 and 1973. Fun fact, I and my fellow Glassmen used to listen to the 72 show when we were on our way to shows on the bus. That was our hype.
We placed 13th that season. Maybe we should have picked a better hype?
Espiritu del Toro is a great opener. My first full-time music teaching job was at a HS in Wayne NJ, and we played it in 1976 as our opener. We marched 40+ trumpets, so it sounded pretty good.
There was a behind the scenes name for Spirit of the Bull that had one of those words in it. 😀
George's drum solos were amazing. He was also the Cadets percussion person at the same time, from 69 through 71. I marched tri-toms in 71 in Garfield. Hawthorne and Garfield are basically right next to each other. After George was let go from Garfield after 71, a good percentage of Garfield's drumline moved to the Cabs to stay with George.
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9 hours ago, cixelsyd said:
Not to mention the totally unprofessional treatment the alumni show is getting. I could not believe that announcer yesterday basically saying on his way out "oh, I forgot, there is an alumni show tomorrow, and I am only telling you that much because numerous people complained". He could not even tell us who would be performing - probably neither knows nor cares.
I wonder what he was given to say. A one-liner that got lost in the days events ongoing? Was he given a reasonably constructed announcement of the alumni show and who was in it?
Sounds like he did a lousy job recovering his miss, even if just a one-liner, but I would not put the whole blame on him without knowing more.
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57 minutes ago, corps8294 said:
A Jimmy Buffett tribute show would be perfect for Jersey Surf. Their shows have that fun vibe that captures the spirit of Jimmy Buffett.
Their Down the Shore with the Jersey Surf was along those lines. It was a great program, my favorite show of theirs. They’d be a great corps to do a Buffet show. Excellent idea!
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21 minutes ago, Richard Lesher said:OK, DSpruce is one of 4 people. Two of them are highly unlikely. Of the remaining two I think I got it wrong, and now I correct my assertation.I of course should probably just not out that person yet. When I do, I will be certain and have proof.
Mod hat here...
Please do not post personal information on DCP about posters. That goes against DCP Guidelines.
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On 8/24/2023 at 8:29 PM, greg_orangecounty said:
It will be for me, and I think it's inevitable. I just hope I've checked out before it happens! For the "Dinos/Traditionalists" Drum Corps would lose, it may pick up more fans/interest from the woodwind-bando crowd and be a net gain.
Dino here. Saw my first show in 63...marched 64-72, judged corps 76-82'ish plus DCA one year around 90.
I have thought there should be WW in DCI for a long time, since RAMD days. What is the feeder for DCI corps now? Bands, not smaller local corps as in the distant past. Band brass, guard and percussionists all have a place to continue their marching experience at the highest level. WW do not, and IMO it is long overdue that they should.
Caveat to me is that it is up to the corps to decide if WW are a good idea. I happen to think it is.
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13 hours ago, Jeff Ream said:
oh be quiet you Dallas fan living in Jersey
Ok, you Dallas fan living in Pennsy.
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Mod hat here....
As is known, personal attacks aimed at posters is against DCP guidelines. Please dial back the commentary about posters.
Thanks
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6 hours ago, cixelsyd said:
Okay... but certain details need to be made public. For instance, how to join the corps and when/where to audition.
Really???? I think those should be kept secret. 🤪
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12 hours ago, JimF-LowBari said:
Marched 3 different Senior circuits and yep all 3 had different criteria for what was “ticable”. DCA had highest standards, ICA was more GE oriented and RCA was more forgiving on “less than perfect” execution.
Did both DCA and RCA a few years in 1970s. Still remember Larry Hershman yelling at practice “it’s DCA this weekend, execute #### it, execute “.
I judged in the Garden State Circuit in the mid/late 70’s to early 80’s. One year in the 70’s the directors voted to have the judges use a National Linear concept in judging. That meant we had to judge every corps, even the very beginners, to the same standard as, say, the Blue Devils.
That approach lasted about 2 or 3 weeks into the season, lots of corps were getting zeroed out on sheets, or close to it. The GSC held an emergency meeting and changed it to GSC linear immediately…oops! 😀
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On 8/19/2023 at 10:06 AM, Mello Dude said:
Sorry, have to disagree. YES the tic system was subjective but nearly as so now. EVERYTHING is based on what is going through their little heads now. At least on the tape you could HEAR the tic.
Tics were totally subjective. Was event X a tic or not? If so, did it warrant a group tic? How many tenths in that situation? Judges were taught to only mark tics for the section they were standing in front of. I was a percussion judge starting in the mid/late 70's. If I was in front of the snares, and I thought I heard a tenor tic, I could not mark it, since I was focused on the snares at that point. The judge field placement only worked when drills were not as complex as they became. Adding in the pit, tics were just no longer a valid way to judge the totality of the percussion performance.
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1 hour ago, keystone3ply said:
The biggest challenge for someone handling INT is to add more urinals & open more concessions stands. Too many people trying to void & grab a slice of pizza at the same time. 😂
PS: Maybe add a hot dog launcher during INT or between corps @Lucas Oil?
Maybe they can place urinals AT the concession stands, or have somebody selling hot dogs in the….never mind!
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New Zealand Girl and Drum Corps Alumni React to the MANDARINS 2023!!!
in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
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Well, I am old, and I watch them all the time in the evening. I tend to focus mostly on people reacting to old music, 60’s and 70’s. I have some favorite folks. Not sure the attraction, but they are fun.