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Occam's razor suggests that it looks cool. Or it's Dr Suess's Rite of Spring. Oh the rites you'll see!

Also IMO...That part just feels "off off". Let's not drag Broadway in to this ;) The irony of the statement that they "needed no words" is just so thick and delicious. The rest of the show is killer.

So profound was the sound quality in that horn line, they needed no words to express it....wait

I recognize everything. Goody goody goody. Can't wait to see it too

That Bari solo was the fantastic.

The 1996 version.

This argument reminds me of a couple of decades worth of arguments I have had about Alannis Morrisette and the song "Ironic", where nothing in the song is actually ironic. That then ironically renders the song itself ironic. Which, I guess accidentally makes her a genius. Devils attempted one thing and executed the opposite, and yet still managed to make achieve wonderful success. I don't know if I had the same comparison in my head to Waiting For Guffman or if your comparison strikes so naturally true to me that it just makes me THINK i thought out of it myself or not...but it is hilariously accurate to me. Last year's Blue Devils were great despite these conceptual flaws.

What Brasso said...nice one!

Was that the year the DM turned around and took a picture of the crowd?

I dunno? old english maybe?

The trombones thread reminded me of one of my first vivid memories of drum corps. My first year marching was 1988 Sky Ryders. At the end of my first Huntchinson camp we were sitting and eating a burger near the field at the famed "Bogey's" restaraunt. I don't know whether he wrote it or not, but Frank Troyka had the Sound of Music drill charts on the table in front of me. I was in the pit so all of that information was superfluous anyway. Anyway, I was looking at it and saw that it was the first set. The entire hornline was in a vertical line on the 50 yard line in very close intervals. The battery and color guard was around that forming a treble clef. Pretty cool I thought. I saw the close intervals and said....to a table full of staff and vets...out loud... "Where are the trombones? Aren't they going to be poking people in the head with their slides?" That was met with about 5 seconds of silence, darting eyes, and purse lips...followed by open laughter and mockery. I was a rookie in every sense of the word. totally clueless. I'll never forget that. That embarrasment has somehow become a treasured memory.

Batteries. Battery percussion.

The smart-arse in me was brought out by the pain meds they are giving after the ACL surgery I just had. Could not stop myself. I would like to see this music played with quick developing drill. The music is relatively slow and dark. Quick drill would be cool counterpoint. I look forward to this if they indeed announce this. I actually enjoy pre-pre-preseason speculation threads a lot. Great opportunities for exposure to new music. Thanks for the links.

I saw maybe 3 minutes of the parade, but what I did see happened to be this band while they had their feature time on TV. THEY WERE GREAT. I figured there was no need to watch any more after that. Nothing was gonna beat that.

I saw maybe 3 minutes of the parade, but what I did see happened to be this band while they had their feature time on TV. THEY WERE GREAT. I figured there was no need to watch any more after that. Nothing was gonna beat that.