Maleko13

Glenn Johnson Voice of the Cougs!!! and mayor of Pullman

So I have the streaming window open but i see and hear nothing plus it is making my computer act like a 386, Whats up?

'03 Cascades

Cascades '02

I had a wedding, but I went to Hillsboro, Seattle, and Tri-cities. I wanted to see more than three div. 1 corps, next year will definately be awesome with all the corps having to come West Coast.

I agree it is a lot better, I meant more the fact of pictures and such, not streams. also I thought it would be better to have APD's from Battle Creek/DATR and Allentown than San Antonio. Just thoughts

My intentions with the thought of more coverage is I paid for the subscription because I am unable to attend lots of shows and had hoped to get more of what I was missing, while there is some, I just feel not enough.

I feel like Season pass isn't giving me everything that I want. I would think that theyy could have more coverage of larger events i.e. DATR and you should also be able to preview APD's. And what is with the next APD's coming from the Alamodome, that place is an acoustical nightmare. UGh just frustrated I guess, seems like there could be more coverage during tour, like it is made out to be.

Oh, I didn't have the scores right with me, but that works. thanks

I decided to write my review as I was on my 1200 mile trek home from Denver to kill time. Nothing like living in Pullman, and Denver being the closest big show. With that said it is hot and I envy all the corps kids with their AC cooled busses. Blue Stars: I commend them for moving up to Div. 1 it is nice to see a new face. They had a good sound and marched fairly well, however the American theme is just old and overplayed so I did not enjoy the show much. But it was nice to see that they were big and obviously working hard. Cascades: My personal feelings were they have made a lot of improvement from last weekends shows and things are coming together. My overall opinion is the kids need to invest more, feet were all over the place still and there are a lot of balance issues Plus I think they could be at least 10 times louder, but it is improving and I know that given the opportunity to clean will help them out big time. Crossmen: I was very impressed with these kids. Their show was fun and they were playing loud. I hate people talking into microphones but it worked for their show concept. On a design note I thought the guard costumes were cool with the cross on them. I think they will have a good rest of the summer. Intermission: it was nice to get out of the seats for a moment, I had forgotten how crammed in they were, apparently Broncos fans are all 5’8” and 100 pounds. Vanguard: These guys always impress me; they are so professional when they are in the zone. They had a good show, played like Vanguard and marching is getting there, still some minor phasing. The new ending was awesome, and talking with a sop friend he says it will get even better soon. Cadets: I have many things I could say about this show but I will refrain from being to crass. With that said I don’t know what this show was but I do know that when the 77 Lancers Marching band opened the show their show was more drum corps than the Cadets. Absolutely, positively there should never ever be someone walking around the field with a microphone just signing, sure she can sing but it definitely doesn’t belong on the DCI field. When I saw George Hopkins across from the stadium at Brooklyn’s I contemplated asking him what it was like ruining drum corps. But I decided against it and went on my merry way. I thought last year was a stretch but I went with it, but this year takes it too far. On one note I thought the movement that the colorguard did was pretty good they had some cool stuff, and the hornline and drumline were pretty good when they played, to bad it was ruined by talking and singing through a mic. Caveliers: One word: WOW! What a great show, it was really making me feel the drum corps vibe. Music was great, marching was great, and the drill was really cool. They definitely earned the gold medal. I just can’t believe they are 2 points back of BD. Blue Knights: while not one of my favorite corps, I think they did a great job. That had some awesome energy for their home show and they rocked the crowd. They were the loudest I have heard them all summer and they looked like they were having fun. Feet were dirty but it is getting better. Well back to wind in the face with the windows down, we only have 550 more miles to go! p.s. While it seemed like a good idea before hand driving 1200 mile to Denver from Pullman, WA not the smartest or most fun thing to do, however I think the show was worth it, plus it got me out of the wheat fields for a weekend.

Jimmy you are doing a great job, keep up the good work see you in Denver!

G bugles!

I thought it was funny, my high school had a "marching band" we wore jeans, played our fight songs and a couple pep band tunes in parades and dicked around during halftime in the stands.

I know that, I was just stating the fact. I know I would be absolutly no help to a corps in a capacity other that logistics or cooking, anything that didn't have to do with the show.

HAHA I guess I don't quite understand that one, who wrote their own music this year?

I tjust so happens that they have music degrees. Chris brown marched with BD, pretty sure he knows what going on. Other staff members including matt and n8 marched the cascades. there is experience there. Steve Menefee marched Cadets back in the day. In another discussion I mentioned the fact is right now it is the members not stepping up to the plate, the staff can only have them run around the track so many times and do so many pushups, sometime it has to click in their heads that they need to work harder. When I saw them last night I was telling them they have a ways to go, but keep digging in and giving it there best. I just don't understand the attack on the staff, these kids have a good product on their plate and need to run with it. Many of the problems are mental errors, which means people need to focus more. And in the case of people wanting to see their own stuff on the field I don't know what to tell you, is every person supposed to just write the same thing then?

This is nothing new though. Every year they start alldays in mid June becasue so many kids have school, that is the downside of having younger kids.

What about Seattle? They just picked up Steve Menefee to step up as brass caption head, he has been a music educator for years, not to mention on brass staff during the rise to the top 12. The techs Chris Brown Graduated with a degree in music, Nate Savalza graduated with a degree in music education, Matt Smith is getting a degree in music education, noticing a trend here? They are also Techs, not design staff, they are in charge of cleaning up music, hel;ping out Steve and generally making the corps better, why is it bad if they are younger? It seems to me that your statements are ignorant and unfounded, not to mention ridiculous. Think you can do better than go out and help, if not then shut you mouth.

Don't know what it is about Spokane, but the Cascades never perform well there. On a side note I dare Central Valley to mow their field before the show, no one likes having to overwork themselves when it is hot, not that is an excuse.

I would agree, a major problem is not having a Brass Caption Head. While I either marched with or was instructed by all of the brass staff, they are all very intelligent and musically adept people, there is only so much they can do as younger staff members. When Gino was a consultant for brass that was a big help, he was able to bring out a better hornline in us and I think that something like that is necessary on top of having a caption head like say Steve Menefee.

I really think they should be a dollar and you should be able to preview them before hand.

I agree, they all need to get away from the west because there is no way that BK is anywhere near SCV right now, and as far as the rest of the summer I see a big gap about to open up between them. Kyle, you need to come visit/call us sometime, it has been forever.

Ooh while I am in this combative mood, BK's technique needs to leave the world of drum corps because it makes me want to cry. Now I am finished.

And the new "Encore" piece. It sucks! America/Oh Canada! was so much better, hearing the new piece make me want to sleep/get up and leave.

Singing/speaking into a microphone? How about leaving it at Pit if we have to have it at all?