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Well said. If the corps I was marching got that kind of response, I wouldn't care if we had placed 14th on finals night. BTW - GREAT job Crown! You were definitely a crowd favorite this year!

Lots of people refered to Garfield Cadets as "Garfield". Well no wonder I can never find it! Congrats Phantom!!!! :)

Congrats! Machine is one of the best designed shows I've ever seen. The performance wasn't too shabby either! B)

Didn't you mean to say, "We would always 'joke'..."? :)

A friend of mine who marched several years in the late 80's/early 90's including BD but hasn't seen a drumcorps show in awhile went to the broadcast. After Glassmen finished their show, he said that the most amazing thing about that show is that it's in 11th place. Just a few years back that would have been at least a 7th place show.

Helps them connect with the audience.

That was priceless! Our whole theater busted up laughing!

I saw Crossmen for the first time last night as well and I really like the show. It seems that everyone in the theater liked it alot too. Very entertaining show. Good job Crossmen!

As I was watching the show I was thinking it would have been cool to have marched the black uni's all summer and then on finals night - tear away the black uni's to reveal the white's at the beginning of resurrection. Ok - that's probably too complicated and maybe kinda cheesy. But it woulda been cool. B)

Naked? b**bs

I've driven 4 hours for it before (Jackson,MS to Birmingham, AL).

I know where you're coming from. A bunch of work buddies and their families and I had planned for months a diving/snorkeling trip to Cozumel. Unfortunately, our departure date was 9/15/01. Needless to say, we stayed home due to international flights being cancelled. Sorry that your trip got screwed up. You could join Season Pass and watch Semifinals on the live video stream.

I can't find a room anywhere for Saturday night. (Duh - I should have known). Did anyone reserve a room that they no longer need? If so, let me know (you can email my DCP account). Thanks in advance, Bart

Ok - last bump post. I'll see all you guys in Madison!

Last time DCI was in Madison (2002?), I tried to get in with a backpack and the gate nazis turned me away. I even tried to carry it over one shoulder to convince them that it was a "small purse" (which they say is allowed) but they didn't go for it.

Ok - I'm going to do it one more time tonight and that's it.

Awwww... you poor guy. :)

My gosh, man - I hope not. There will be a riot. I will start it.

Hope you guys don't mind if I bump this post once in awhile over the next day or so in order to let people know. If it's too annoying let me know. Thx

Bluecoats alumni - here is the link to info about the "unofficial" alumni get-together for Friday and Saturday night in Madison: http://www.bluecoats.com/event_detail.asp?event_id=550 Regent Street Retreat 1206 Regent Street Madison, WI 53715 608 256 7750 • Friday, August 11, After the show • Saturday August 12, 4:30 p.m. • Saturday August 12, After the show • Any other night you are in town – please use this as a meeting place or to gather Bring something to identify you are an alumni (wear a pin, bring your jacket, wear your pennies, dye your hair blue (not encouraged) ) so that we can all try and reconnect in a smaller environment before and after the big shows. Looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting more fellow Bluecoats!

Jumps of 0.5 are not that uncommon (ie Cadets from East Rutherford to Allentown), but a drop of 0.5 in a single caption I would consider out of line. But then again - I'm biased. :)

He's screwin' with us man! Let's jump him!!!

They're probably getting into bed and thinking - naaahh... nobody would stay up this late for scores.

Yeah - the one from 91.

Heh-heh - it's starting to look like a Bluecoats reunion in here. :) Hey Darren, Donny, Rodney, Stinger, Eric, (and all those who have usernames that I don't know).