RegimentContra94

Brick house/Tear the Roof off the Sucker

The point I was going to make exactly. I came back from Regiment a tuba beast, lip sluring all over the place. It took no time at all to remember the fingerings I learned in 7th grade. That said, I'm not convinced there is an advantage to G over Bb, either.

It is possible that you are just a good player. I didn't sound any better on G contra than Bb or C tuba. At Regiment, our parts were written concert pitch. I just learned new fingerings, granted I was a 20 year old college music major at the time, so I was able to pick it up pretty quickly, but the 14 year old we had in the line didn't seem to have much of a problem.

Well I'm glad we cleared that up. Thank you for the lively debate.

You can't testify to what is more attractive to a high-school band member. You speak in absolutes. There are several ways kids get hooked on the activity. The way you were hooked is not the only way. There are people that like singing, talking and electronic instruments, you don't, but others do. Anytime anybody says "the only way to do something is....,"you know you are in for a logical fallacy. You can still have loud, beautiful, exciting brass and percussion performances with mind-boggling drill and have singing, talking and electronic instruments. You argument isn't working here.

Young line, but they sound good.

I'd have to go with 96 Regiment.

Thanks! I had a good time, but I always felt that year that we were not getting a lot of respect. It took us forever to beat the Cavaliers.

No, I don't.

What would have happened if the Cadets had scored on average with their past 25 years, and the Bluecoats likewise? The Cadets had a freakishly low score for them. Likewise, the Bluecoats had a freakishly high score for them. Granted, they are in the midst of an impressive rise in scores, but The Cadets have been consistantly high for a long time. It took an off year by the Cadets for the Bluecoats to pass them up in 2006. The Cadets 1996 3 96.900 1997 2 97.600 1998 1 98.400 1999 4 96.400 2000 1 97.650 2001 2 97.600 2002 3 96.750 2003 3 97.100 2004 4 95.600 2005 1 99.150 2006 5 93.075 The Bluecoats 1996 7 86.300 1997 11 85.600 1998 10 87.100 1999 13 83.000 2000 12 84.400 2001 8 90.750 2002 7 91.500 2003 7 90.750 2004 6 92.125 2005 5 94.450 2006 4 93.175

Well sure. If The Cadets were not having an off year, they would have beaten the Bluecoats. The Cadet's have not scored as low as they did in 2006 since 1981! The Bluecoats have only broken 94 once in their existence, in 2005. This isn't a slam against the Bluecoats, just the facts.

You logic is a bit flawed. A 2006 show being labeled a "classic" is in no way related to woodwinds. There are certainly great shows to choose from. If you don't want to see a 2006 show, don't vote for it. Classic certainly doesn't have to mean old.. Classic- of the first or highest quality, class, or rank: a classic piece of work. serving as a standard, model, or guide: the classic method of teaching arithmetic. of enduring interest, quality, or style: a classic design; classic clothes. a work that is honored as definitive in its field: His handbook on mushrooms is a classic. something noteworthy of its kind and worth remembering: His reply was a classic. You sound like one of those old farts shaking their fists at the kids walking on his lawn.

John was my housing buddy in Rockford, along with Poodle. If I remember correctly, he went to Broken Arrow HS, but I have not heard anything from him in several years. Geoff, ever hear from him?

I don't too much advantage to adding trombones. You will wind up with more intonation problems than you can shake a tuner at.

Stanbury makes Regiment's uniforms. Stanbury made the uniforms I just bought for my band. Regiment is trying to be my band!

The Academy? Looks to be a great corps to be with.

I know someone that was recently asked to write drill for The Pioneer because they had apparently lost or gotten rid of the drill writer they were planning on using.

You are kidding! I missed you. That would have been fun to watch.

You are about to run into all sorts of union and pay scale issues. Besides, the money just isn't there. DCI isn't making the type of money at each show that you speak of for one because the travel is considerably more for a corps than a limited tour broadway show, as they stay in one spot for several shows.

I thought it was well performed but quite boring from a design standpoint.

This statement is the worst argument you can make and proves nothing.

Wow, you are quite condescending! I'll be sure to avoid discussing anything with you in the future. Just because I disagree with you doesn't mean I'm not "getting the concept." I simply think you are wrong. Get over yourself.

Just trying to figure out what you are saying. I'm not fired up and certainly don't need to calm down. Anything runs the risk of sounding "hokey" if not done correctly. My point is these guys know what they are doing. JD Shaw, Key Poulan, Richard Saucedo, Wayne Downey all seem to know how to get things done. You make it sound like arranging Shore is too difficult to do well because he is some kind of composing god. Arranging him isn't any harder than arranging anyone else.

Why? So the music of Shostakovich and the like are OK for the field by Shore is too "masterful?" I don't think there are too many corps putting crap on the field.

Then please set us straight. Twice Cavaliers have said "misunderstood," yet none of you will explain it at all. Think of a circle, with a horizontal line bisecting it. If that line is to rotate around and become a verticle line and intervals between the players maintained, a curved path is necessary, or a heck of a lot of 1 count straight paths.