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I heard they got their red boxing gloves at camp so they can practice spinning with them on.

Colts - "Morning" by Vox One

Equinox. Check it out here : http://colts.org/news/news.cfm?news_id=147

This is also very very very very true.

I know of way more than 5 cases of relationships making it post drum corps. I can think of almost 10 where people have gotten married as a result of meeting someone in the activity and many others on their way. I can also think of some that ended in a giant mess. I think people in drum corps enjoy relationsips with other drum corps members because there is an understanding there. You understand the activity, you are going through the same things together, so on and so forth. I'm not saying people outside the actuivity can't understand this, but it just seems easier I guess with a fellow corps member. Not everyone finds it important to hook up on tour either. I have a bunch of friends who actually won't hook up. They are focused solely on the show and the competition and say they don't want to be 'distracted' from the task at hand. To each their own. I do agree having a relationship does cause drama though. Especially if the relationship goes south, however, it's a test of maturity. If you can handle the drama and not let it get to you, fine, but it gets frustrating when the off field relationship trouble is brought to rehearsal. As to whether they are worth it, I think that is a case by case thing. Communication on tour is really important because many tour relationships involve people living on different ends of the US and sometimes in different countries. So a lot weight on whether it's worth it is up to the two people and their commitment to making something work. Personally I think it is worth it because I'm with someone amazing who I met in 04 and have fought long and hard for. :) We're making it work at a crazy long distance. So to me, it's worth the work and plane tickets and ridiculous time apart. Some people don't think something like that would be worth it. Now if both people are all for a tour fling, then by all means! Gotta love a fling! Especially on tour. :P Just my thoughts!

I would encourage anyone who feels this way to e-mail DCI with their concerns. I have just as I know many others have. If DCI hears the voice, maybe something will be done. I'm hoping for the best, especially since I'm not a member for their SeasonPass, thus not eligible to download shows I may want that weren't in the Top 12. You can contact them at dci@dci.org. Seriously, the more responses to this less than stellar decision might spur the consideration for 13-24 to be included.

It was one of the mic's that DCI used to record the shows.

Haha! It's actually one of the microphones falling over. It was windy that day and it knocked one of the mics on the front sideline over. :P

I think I discovered Drum Corps. My guard instructor in high school marched and I knew very little about it, other than she wasn't there for the summer. Then I went to the Ankeny, IA show with a friend and the first drum corps show I saw was the 2001 Colts show, Chivalry. I was hooked right then and there! :)

Xrifle - My best guess as to when the function of the guard began to change would be the mid-late 90's. It started along side the "modern guard" movement. If you watch, you'll see a departure from traditinal boundaries in color guard in favor of innovative techniques and a bump in performance standards. The idea of interpretation changed right along with it. Sometimes a few is all it takes to get the point of the music across. :)

In my experience marching, it's been that the guard is needed for effect. After all, we are the visual interpretation of the music for the audience. Drill is almost always changed for the guard and we're restaged so many times over the course of the summer. This is all done to acheive different effects along with the music. Sometimes it's logisitical, like equipment changes, or sometimes to feature soloists or a group of dancers. Maybe the music is loud, so they need all of us, or minimal, so few of us are needed. It is pretty standard to have a few guard members out for a short period of time. A lot of times it is the weapon line who experiences time behind the pit or on the sideline exchanging their equipment and in the ballad there is always some downtime for the guard before the final hit while others are dancing. I haven't ever really known during the course of the show for a guard member to just sit out an entire song unless they don't know the routine or drill because they came on late or some like reason. I promise, if there is a guard member on the side it's for a reason and was a deliberate choice for the design of the show. And as for the idea of shrinking guard size, I can see this being effective, but what happens when you want to flood the field in color? or have even integration of the guard within the corps? Cutting the number of guard members creates a lot of logistical problems with equipment and staging and in the end it lessens the amount of options available. Just some thoughts!

http://www.youtube.com/w/Squints-Conducts-...ntom%20regiment You are my hero! :P

Thank you! :)