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7 hours ago, denverjohn said:
Boston Crusaders: '68, '69, '70 era. Not sure which year, Jerry Shellmer drum instructor.
Corps was marching a set of bells against American Legion/VFW rules.
Drums solo built around Pop Goes the Weasel melody.
Drum solo was performed WITHOUT the marching bells at Nationals but you could still
pick out the melody from the battery score rhythmically.
It was 69. I saw fonals in Philly. It was a shame the VFW powers that be made them drop the bells.
Their other drumsolo, the 7/8 Unsquare Dance, did not fare as well without bells. It was great WITH them most of the summer.
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3 hours ago, MarkHornGA said:
Niagara Falls...
Slowly I turned...step by step...
For those Abbott and Costello fans as old as me! 😀
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Mod hat here…
Please dial back the personal attacks against other posters. It is completely against DCP rules.
Thanks.
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3 hours ago, 2muchcoffeeman said:
Garfield Cadets
1971 - “America, the Brave”…complete with printed libretto passed out in the stands.
1972 - “No More War”…with placemat sized 3-photo handout.
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Admin hat here...
Please dial back the personal comments about other posters. Per the guidelines personal attacks are not permitted.
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3 hours ago, Onionhead2 said:
Has any Corps done a show about Drum Corps Adjudicators ?
Didn't the Cadets dress a member as a judge in the 2005 show?
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9 hours ago, IllianaLancerContra said:
And an AI judge disagrees with another AI judge. And the AI disagreement escalates. And, eventually the AI that controls the nuclear missiles gets involved….
I guess you saw the new Mission Impossible film.
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22 hours ago, Ashontheinternet said:
code would look something like this:
> IF: BLUE DEVILS PERFORM
>> GIVE: FIRST PLACE SCORE
> ELSE
>> GIVE BLUE DEVILS FIRST PLACE SCORE ANYWAY.
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Judging GE easily defined....the judge is evaluating the Effect of the show, but in a very General way.
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7 hours ago, scheherazadesghost said:
Ty for the correction. Marched in 120+ heat index in Dallas so I know it's possible, but am in a neighboring state now.
Reminded me of VFW Nats in Dallas in 1971. We (Cadets) were coming onto the field in the Cotton Bowl for prelims, and I overheard one employee tell another it was 135 on the field. That was the original old astroturf on concrete. We were in our wool unis.
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2 hours ago, LabMaster said:
The criticism is not of SCV, but of the leadership ability of the PERSON who is supposed to lead both orgs. The thread title is not the point of the commentary.
The title of a thread is indeed important, IMO. That is what my comment was about, esp when the OP made no comments at all in starting the thread.
I made no value judgement about the qualifications of the person in question, whether or not she should have been promoted to corps director of SCV last September, or her tenure at Infinity and their parent organization.
With the Infinity situation of course it was ridiculous. I don't know the logistics of modern WGI shows and retreats at local shows or champs. What happens behind the scenes and who-goes-where. Obviously the Infinity members were out of control in the gym. Hopefully the Infinity team did a post-mortem of the retreat before the official WGI action. We on DCP do not know, or at least nobody here has posted, anything of what went on within Infinity. The WGI notification was released on 6/5, so I am not surprised that there has been little released in an official capacity by Infinity to-date, or by Ms Bastante. I would guess there needs to be a lot of behind-the-scenes work done by Infinity before anything official comes out, or actions taken.
What we know is that the event happened. I'd be interested to see what happens down the line by the Infinity parent organization in their analysis and actions. Bottom line is the buck stops at the top, so whatever happened on the gym floor is, at the end of the day, the responsibility of the management team/staff, with the director at the top of the list.
I'm sure SCV management will be very interested in understanding what happened with the person they chose to promote to director, both leading up to the event and what has happened since. After all, she has been with SCV since 2018 and has worked her way up the ladder to her current position.
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5 hours ago, HockeyDad said:
You’d have to apply a special kind of logic to actually think the OP is blaming SCV for what Infinity did, versus blaming SCV for continuing to employ as a staff member a person in leadership position at Infinity who seemingly failed to prevent the actions or stop them once in progress. But nitpicking words to twist meaning is done all the time.
We will disagree on this. Titling a thread “When does it end with SCV” and posting an article about a WGI group with no written comments, just two photos of the person attached to both leaves it open IMO. If there had been a title aimed at the WGI group with some comments about the connection, including the photos if desired, I’d be more in line with your thoughts. In no way is what happened SCV’s issue. Just MHO.
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7 hours ago, kdaddy said:
To be fair, I think the OP is saying something akin to "why does SCV continue to hire people like this?" not "I am blaming a DCI corps for something an unrelated organization did."
Possibly. As there was no text at all in the OP’s post, the meaning is open to interpretation.
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3 hours ago, Tim K said:
We can agree to disagree, though I will say I was not thinking of DCP posters when I made the comment. Circling the wagons is fine, but you need to be careful the wagons are going in the direction you want.
Totally a silly OT….
if you circle the wagons they aren’t going in any single direction at all. 😀
Just around and around and arou…..
😀
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11 hours ago, JimF-LowBari said:
Years back you explained a lot to me. That was the week aspirin sales went up. 🤯
Just remember some composers (or rights holders) won’t allow corps to do their works. Was wondering if rights holder for Cherry Pink did the same.Some are like that. OTOH, when I was arranging for the band I taught, we wanted to perform music by Tan Dun from “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”. He himself actually approved our request, charged us something like $75, and he sent me some score material to use in my arrangements. That was the first time I included the cello in our show, as much of the film features Yo Yo Ma, and we had a cellist in the guard.
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11 hours ago, cixelsyd said:
Okay, I looked for where anyone blames SCV for what happened at WGI retreat. Here are all the examples:
To be fair, just look at the thread title.
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6 minutes ago, scheherazadesghost said:
Okay yeah I'll go there.
If a person has extensive, rigorous performance and pedagogical experience in the same profession as the child and consistently sees (how shall I put it as diplomatically as possible) gaps in the technique of their student-members that could generate or perpetuate injuries, it's not punishing them for Hop's sins. Especially if that person experienced drum corps injuries themselves and has researched drum corps-style injuries. In this case, what it is is calling out instructor performance.
There have been comments that she should not be hired because of her father. That is what my comment was aimed at. Whether or not her technical skills are up to snuff I leave to others, as I am far from capable of knowing that.
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On 5/19/2023 at 11:31 PM, KVG_DC said:
The number of kids saying, "My parents grew up with better music than we are" is not small. Heck my niece went through an obsession with everything ever recorded by Prince through her college years.We went to a Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons concert at NJPAC a few weeks ago. A young guy next to me, around 30’ish. sang along with every song they performed. He knew every word to every song.
My daughter knows just about every song from the 60’s and 70’s. Her friends try and stump her, and they have little luck.
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On 5/21/2023 at 6:19 AM, Jeff Ream said:
even teachers that don't get convicted get blacklisted.
Part of the problem in this thread is that a lot of this is state-specific in how these things are handled.
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On 5/19/2023 at 4:18 PM, IllianaLancerContra said:
I wonder where (if) his daughter is teaching this year? Although I am somewhat hesitant to punish her for the sins of her father.
IMO it is a terrible idea to punish a child for the sins of the parent.
In this case IMO…
It is up to the management of the places she is working to make sure the environment is safe and secure.
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8 hours ago, gbass598 said:
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Amplifying individuals through a soundboard during tutti sections leads to an
intentional misrepresentation of what is being performed by the total ensemble. This
misrepresentation of acoustic quality by enhancing a few individuals is unacceptable.
This is, IMO, ridiculous. Back in 2002 our town went from one HS to two. Our already small marching band ended up having a total of around 32 people, with 6 being guard and 6 percussion, plus a DM. For our few winds, we ended up putting mics on every wind instrument except for the two first trumpets and 4 piccs. We micced the one 2nd trumpet, the clarinets, alto saxes, tenor sax, baritone horn and our tuba. The band sounded great given it small size.
We actually had the 6 percussion play both pit and battery during the show. The six started all in the pit and as the show progressed the players ended up moving to battery, and back to the pit near the end.
Our goal was to make the small band sound as good as possible at both football games and competitions in order to provide the students with the best experience possible. IMO there should not be any such rule telling the staff what they should or should not do to maximize that experience.
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Amplifying individuals through a soundboard during tutti sections leads to an
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20 hours ago, LabMaster said:
But a brass band on horseback? A bit much.
That was a ‘norm’ in the distant past. The Turks especially used mounted musicians including drums.
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