dckid80

Thanks for taking a look and doing some thinking about the matter. It always make sense to put yourself in another's shoes to try to understand what drives their behavior. That said, what is far less easily quantified is the effect of ego on the "proposals" that have been leaked.

I would not be shocked at all to learn that such a clause did not exist. Even if it did, those clauses usually are in force for 1 year and then resigned. I'm guessing the G7 has already taken this into acount.

Not sure an injunction would work unless some type of non-compete agreement is already in place. Of course, both sides could choose to tie themselves up with the time and expense of litigation such that there would be no funds available to put ANY shows on the field next year...

If the G7 is as strong as they claim, why would they need to piggy back their show dates around DCI events? Clearly they are looking to use DCI to help establish their brand and then break away completely.

As much as I like '80 Spirit my vote here goes to... '78 Bridgemen - Fire Dance/Sabre Dance mad sops cutting loose.

I don't even know what to say......

Awesome year!!!

'80 took it up a notch.

Beat me to it. HM - '79 Guardsmen TOSP

I see that cough and raise it with phlegm.

Just checking to make sure that this run stopped in Allentown '80.

Well said OP!!!!

I would agree. From what I have seen in the last decade Boston '00 and PR '05 did the best job of recalling that "old school" magic.

That about sums it up for me. Much like the OP, I DON'T care about or feel connected to any of this. I'm happy for you that you do though.

27 didn't have any asymmetry in their '80 show. There was a fair amount of rotating the 50 off it's axis and mirroring on either side of that. Where Zingali out did SCV was with the sheer amount of movement and the velocity at which the show was performed. As well, 27 was using the marching technique and style that Zingali would bring to and "perfect" with Garfield.

I just finished watching my '80 dvd and decided to chart SCV to see what was going on. Here is how it broke down as I saw it: 0-1:05 Opener starts back right and moves forward with the corps split mirrored along an axis that is tilted off the 50 1:06-3:14 End of opener through the beginning of the drum solo the corps is split by the 50 in a mirrored fashion 3:15-3:47 The corps is making the spiral slightly off-centered with respect to the 50 3:47-4:10 End of drum solo and wait to start Argentina 4:10-4:40 True asymmetrical drill to form the arc 4:40-6:40 Standing still for the concert portion of Argentina 6:40-6:48 8 step asymmetrical drill move 6:49-8:08 Standing still to finish concert 8:08-9:23 Corps is split in 2 halves on opposite sides of the 50 performing different drill moves from each other 9:23-11:07 Corps is split by the 50 in a mirrored fashion 11:07-End The corps is split and mirrored along a tilted axis that starts off the 50 and rotates back to the 50 as the show finishes Bold type: Out of a 12 minute show there is approxmately 1 minute and 8 seconds of true asymmetrical drill Red Type: The Bridgemen were doing essentially the same thing during the Civil War Suite and IMHO much more effectively. Was Pete trying out some different ideas? Absolutely Was the whole show like '83 Cadets? Absolutely not How revolutionary was rotating the central axis off the 50? Had that been done before or as much as SCV did it in '08? With all due respect, this show did not change the activity.

Zingali was doing it with Quasar before he brought it to 27. He wasn't copying Emmons by any means.

While I'll agree that '80 was a bit better than '79, some of that had to do with the staging both musically and visually. Go watch the vids and you will see North Star build toward the moment with some masterful arranging by Rick Connors that almost leaves you breathless waiting for Jerry to kick in. ...and then he does while the rest of the corps stands down and leaves him all alone out front.

You weren't to shabby yourself Mr. Dastrup

I'm partial to Bowmore myself.

Nasty line of T-storms just north and east of Cypress right now.

Inside the loop looks good. Storms over Cypress to the northeast and more rolling in from the Gulf headed in that direction.

5 7 5 I thought that was going to be the Cavies show next year...

Who said beer pong wasn't a sport?

The presence of subjective judging determines whether or not something is a sport? So when did calling balls and strikes in a baseball game become objective? Now can we please get back to talking about these poor little cheerleaders?