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16 minutes ago, BostonLUck said:
I don't disagree that members from 25 corps showed up; however, let's take a look at how that breaks down before we complete write-off what I was getting at:
The "attending" corps / members:
- Blue Devils
- Oregon Crusaders
- Spartans
- Legends
- Blue Devils B
- Colts
- Seattle Cascades
- Raiders
- Pacific Crest
- Santa Clara Vanguard
- River City Rhythm
- Spirit of Atlanta (possible - but doubtful they'll jump Crossmen)
- Music City
- Pioneer
- Golden Empire
- Gold
- Golden Empire
- Louisiana Stars
- Troopers
- Shadow
- The Diplomats
- Mandarins
- Impulse
- 7th Regiment
- Jubal
Okay, so I've put the corps in bold, who are still working towards finals' placement (Spirit isn't in bold, but they're in there too... if Crossmen crash & burn). So out of 25 corps, only 3ish are still working towards a finals' placement. Now, let me stop you before you say, "Well that's not fair Blue Devils B is technically working towards a Finals' placement still !!!" Yeah. So are Seattle Cascades & Pioneer, smh. You know what I mean!
Now, currently 24 World Class are recognized by DCI and 22 Open Class are recognized by DCI, and 1 International Corps, which is 47 total corps, and we only saw a turn-out of 25 corps. Which calculates to 53% of the active corps showing up. If we were in grade school, that's a real solid F.
So, returning to the original point of this post: do we retire I&E, and if not, how do we get that "F" to more like a "B" or "A"??? How is it only 3 of the top 12 World Class are attending --- and technically 1 of those 3 are the hosts for the event. So 2 of the top 12? Yikes.
Hopefully this makes better sense....
I don’t take it the hard way but so what. That’s a BIG list of corps. You specifically pointed out the better ones. This is an individual showcase that I think it’s really good to showcase that. If you follow BD it’s not just about winning it’s also about teaching.
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6 minutes ago, E3D said:
agree.
like does anyone else think WTF?
So what’s the issue?
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Wow. Just purchased my tix on fandango. It’s almost sold out in pleasant hill. It’s all reserved seating. Just wondering if people will go later on after Wk and be turned back if they expect a seat. And from the seating it looks like it’s a small theater.
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Try to make the Pleasant Hill CA. Century Theater. Mostly BD parents, alumni, C corp members and some SCV fans. Really excited to see Mandarins on the screen.
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2 minutes ago, Plankton said:
The worst placement in 50 years. FIFTY. YEARS.
And them not on the theater feed....kinda surreal. I remember when they use to come out west. No matter where they placed score wise they were like rock stars. They are or use to be the main attraction.
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3 hours ago, Cappybara said:
Boston doesn’t look like Boston and yet no one is complaining. Why? Because the design of the show is good and placing well. Winning fixes all problems
Yeah....I agree. But Madison's look this year looks cheap. Last year's didn't really bother me but this year it's just to bright in color. Like Skittles candy.
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11 minutes ago, Madcityscout said:
I honestly think this year’s show concept was a good modern idea. Now, design wise it could have been better sure. So many people said the show was a beautiful show. Maybe they could build on something dealing more with love and unity in a modern way in the future.
For one thing the "costumes" or uniforms really are just not Madison Scouts. They look like a Disneyland High School musical group. I really think you can be update but have your look and know that this is the Madison Scouts. When I first saw them unless they were announced they were MS I would have never known that.
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Mandarins to me are unique and special. Love this show. By far my favorite of 2018.
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Just a clarification. FloMarching will only broadcast up until the Big, Loud & Live starts in the theaters? I'm not sure I will be able to make the theater showing but wondering if Flo will also do the whole thing or just partial.
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19 hours ago, Fracker said:
Here's the video. Sexism starts around 6:50
Thanks for the video. It's kinda interesting how she right away was not happy what he said and he right away tried to dig a hole out he created. She tapped her pen and made a comment about how sexism has nothing to with how a corp performs. She right away was trying to do damage control with some humor.
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3 hours ago, brassboy said:
Against theft, probably. Against accidental water damage? I don’t know about that one.
I know. I use to Wk for a big insurance company after college. You can insure most things against most things. You just have to pay for it.
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3 hours ago, brassboy said:
Alumni and fans pulled through with donations within hours of the announcement. They ordered their replacement and had a volunteer drive it from Indiana to where they’re staying in NY yesterday. So they should be good to go tonight.
Probably have insurance on most electrical stuff.
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I think the cavies are good. It’s just 5 other corps ahead of them are also very good. Who knows. This show 10 yrs ago might be a top 3.
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13 hours ago, GetOFFmyDot said:
If only DCI would actually move west. Rainouts don’t happen in California in the summer.
West coast is the best coast.
I agree. We now have huge modern stadiums to fill shows. Levi stadium. Seattle area and the new stadium LA is building for the Rams. No reason not to tour the west in a few years. Change the boring tours they do. No more hot Texas tours right in the middle of a heatwave. Today the high in LA is low to mid eighties, no rain. In the Bay Area it’s 72 in SF and 82 in Silicon Valley.
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Just now, KVG_DC said:
"not that wet" ? Did you see the closeups when Mandarins were playing stand still? It was pouring on them.
Go back and check out a video of the Glassmen performance at a past Allentown show. It’s way back on this but it’s really amazing.
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Probably the top 3 at finals not being scored tonight. I think BD has one more show in Buffalo. It really does not look that wet but again everything is now electronic so makes a huge difference in cancellations. Now I have no plans Friday night. It’s 630 in SF and nothing to do. Maybe I’ll go see the Tom cruise movie.
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oh Darn. That’s it. Oh well.
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Just now, BlueStainGlass said:
Carrier Dome is a 49,250-seat[5] domed sports stadium located on the campus of Syracuse University in the University Hill neighborhood of Syracuse, New York.
Allentown shows are a fixture in DCI tours. I for one say don’t move it.
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1 minute ago, N.E. Brigand said:
Will the corps who went on before Mandarins get a score?
No.
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Just now, BlueStainGlass said:
I hope this brings discussion of a one day event... If some corps get rained out they all should or find a dome for this regional. We moved finals and almost every regional to a dome so this doesnt happen.
It’s a discussion but it won’t change. To me it’s the electronics that are now being considered. It does not seem that rainy but when dealing with plugged in things it’s dangerous.
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It is what it is. Better be safe then not.
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1 minute ago, ZachDrumCorps said:
I honestly love this Mandarins show. I think I like it more than Xmen, Phantom, Blue Stars, and BK. Probably more than some of the top 5 too
As they say in Friends episodes....I Know!
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Mandarins. Really pulling for them.
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Colts are really good. I see how they now separated them from Madison. They have a top 12 quality show.
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I&E, should it be retired?
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