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Dinkles may look more like a "marching" shoe, but MTX is superior in every other quality. We wore Dinkles all four years in my high school band. My senior year, our staff (in their infinite wisdom) made us wear our marching shoes for 6 or 7 semi-dress rehearsals. Half of the band (including myself) had to re-order shoes mid-season. Luckily, the corps I march with uses MTXs. I can't imagine any other shoe enduring 30+ shows during the summer.

The first 30 seconds of 95 Madison.

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If this is in the wrong forum feel free to move it... Anyway, has anyone been selected for the Sie Lurye Scholarship yet?

The Crossmen welcome their newest member:

Not a particular comment, but very rude nonetheless: Everytime we went out east there would be certain field visual judge who would talk as loud as he could into his recorder (almost as loud as Will Ferrell's "Voice Imogilation (sp) Disorder" character) to the point that we could hear every little detail he was saying. We joked that the staff didn't have to go to critique since we already knew what he said. I know he judged at Allentown in 2003.

Nick Angelis Pat Fitz-Gibbon (Three consecutive I&E championships is no small feat)

Does anyone have a list of the Div II/III winners?

Here's a rough chart of the years corps switched to Bb (feel free to add to it or correct any error) : Blue Devils-2000 Blue Knights-2003(?) Blue Stars-N/A Bluecoats-2002(?) BAC-2002(?) Cadets-2000 Cap. Reg.-2004 Cavaliers-2001 Crown-no clue Colts-Tubas in 04, Everything else in 05 Crossmen-2001 (?) Esperanza-no clue Glassmen-2002 Kiwanis-2004(?) Scouts-2004 Magic-2002 Mandarins-no clue PC-no clue Phantom-2003 Pioneer-N/A SCV-2001 Cascades-2003 (?) Southwind-2005 Spirit-no clue Troopers-N/A

They've only gone to one DCI regional since their inception (Drums Along the Rockies). They also have yet to compete in any Div II championships. I doubt DCI would let them switch.

I'll agree building a theme around Katrina would be a terrible idea. But I don't see how a tribute to New Orleans itself would offend anyone. There have been plenty of tribute shows (Cadets 02 comes to mind) that have turned out great without offending anyone. Heck, there was even a BOA grand national finalist marching band that performed a commisioned piece that centered around the Oklahoma City bombing, and that didn't seem to offend anybody (well, except for me...I thought the show design sucked; but that's a different story).

About a year ago, I saw the infamous list of composers/pieces that were barred from any arrangements. I know all of John Williams' and Charles Ives' works were included. Does anyone have the complete list?

Oops. Can someone close this?

Too long.

Thank you. I'm getting tired of this double standard. If you're going to call yourself a division I corps, you're going to have to endure a lot of criticism, regardless of placement. That being said, however, I think Pioneer is far from a state of decline. Staff consistancy may not be their strongest suit, but their respective show designs since 2001 have improved drastically. Last season's program was well thought out and the members performed the #### out of it. Unfortunately, yearly improvement is something not limited to Pioneer. The quality of shows produced by the majority of non-finalist corps has risen considerably since 2002/2003. Pioneer may be improving, but not fast enough to get ahead or even catch up to the rest of the pack. Hopefully, things will be different this year....

Controversy sells. This sounds like a concept that will definately work in Dutch Boy's favor.

I just want to say I've always enjoyed your solos from the past three years. Good luck to KK in 06. Whether they hail from up north or down south, I'm positive they'll crank out an awesome show this season.

My corps is in the area of 50 percent, which is pretty constant every year. But wow, 75% and 80% are extremely high return rates. Things are definately going to shake up this year.

Were there any other Div. II/III corps that had auditions last weekend?

I think this is the total: Blue Devils (Texas) Blue Knights Bluecoats (Texas) Cap. Reg. Crown Crossmen/Cadets Glassmen (?) Madison (Texas) Pioneer Southwind (Oklahoma)

I'm pretty stoked by the Cavie's show concept, but I'm fairly sure Madison will win it all this year since they announced their show first. :P

Uhhh, because there IS a Key Poulan marching band arrangement with a similar title and concept. I'm sorry if my post came across as "#########"-like. Lighten up dude. <**>

That sounds similar to a stock Key Poulan arrangement for marching band.

Speaking of which, check out their new unis... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/graphics/2...s/starwars4.jpg