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bartyount

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  1. Wow. You have a better memory than I do - and you weren't even there! :P But now that you mention it, I do recall it being in Normal.
  2. Actually it's only "BLUECOATS" if you are screaming it. Otherwise it's just "Bluecoats". :P
  3. In Bluecoats, a silver plated penny minted in the current year and hung on a blue shoestring is given to members at the end of each season. I was in the corps when the tradition started in 92, but I never heard who's idea it was. Anyone of you fellow Bluecoats vets know?
  4. The SCV collapsing Y was almost my 3rd pick. I didn't know how to describe it anyway. :) Oohhh - good one. I forgot about that. That was a sweet move.
  5. Name 3 of your all-time favorite drill moves. Me first (in no particular order): 1. Cross - to - cross, Star 91 2. Horn line crab and 360 turn, Phantom 93 3. SCV spelling SCV on the field for the Carmen show in 90 (or anytime SCV spells SCV on the field for that matter)
  6. I gotta agree with that one. I was lucky enough to have marched with all of those beautiful ladies. :)
  7. So I was gonna wear my shiny, blue, patch laden, poly-blend-o-something, 92/93 Bluecoats member jacket to finals in Madison. Am I a giant nerd? (for that reason - not all the other reasons)
  8. I saw Crown in Monroe, LA last week and they seemed to me the best they've ever been and they have a great, entertaining show (just downloaded their APD, last night). During "retreat" (or that shamefull excuse for what is now called retreat) when the scores were announced, the crowd was obviously surprised by their loss to Boston (no offense to Boston). I was also surprised, but thinking about it on the drive home, I came to the conclusion that since I'm clueless about percussion, it was probably their percussion scores that did them in. I checked out the recaps when I got home and sure enough that's what it was. I hope they can clean it up by finals because they have alot of talent and a great show this year. For the record, I liked their 1995 and 1996 shows the best. This year may win out though.
  9. I find this very strange also. Biases aside I *might* not think this is too weird if they had a really off night. But saying that they had a fantastic show and *still* getting the lowest score they've gotten since Indy seems really odd to me.
  10. DCI Finals Night: 1. Phantom Regiment 2. Bluecoats .... etc, etc.... :)
  11. Aaaarrrnt, eeerrrmmmt!!!!!! Perhaps you didn't read the topic title. You are now banned from this thread. (j/k) :)
  12. They ARE smokin! I saw them at Tupelo (where they topped BD) and in Monroe and they had an even better brass performance tonight in Monroe in my opinion.
  13. I thought it was my Bluecoats bias kicking in when watching BD perform last night and thinking that Bluecoats had sounded just as good. Apparently my bias was not deceiving me. Good for Coats!
  14. Coats beat BD in brass by 1/10th. Saweet! I thought it was my bias that I thought Coat's brass sounded just as good BD's. Apparently my biased ears weren't deceiving me after all! :)
  15. I'm only gonna be able to make finals night in Madison. Someone got a pair of good tickets they need to unload? Looking for something in section: D, E, F, EE, FF or GG. Thanks, Bart
  16. So *you're* the one! :) Just kidding. That show was a little too far out for everyone including the members so it's understandable that it's not exactly a fan favorite. But I've come to love that show and still enjoy listening to it.
  17. I'm pretty sure Blu-Ray will win. It's a better technology (more capacity), but the biggest thing is that Sony's Playstation 3 will use Blu-Ray. That's what will kill off HD-DVD in my opinion.
  18. But you might grow an audience by getting people who just want to watch stuff in HD like some other posters above have said. Some people will watch and HD program just because it's HD - despite the content. That being said - it sounds like it's prohibitively expensive to do right now, and the potential gain in audience is too small to justify the cost.
  19. I can dream can't I? :) I agree that they have a tough road ahead. And it looks based on scores that their chances of moving any higher than 4th is pretty slim. But anything can happen - including peaking too early and getting passed by corps that are still getting cleaned up and have momentum later in the season and going into finals week. That being said, Canton has had a surge during finals week the past few years. So anything can happen. It's definitely making for an interesting season.
  20. Personally, I think it would be an awesome end to the season if Finals night: 1. Phantom Regiment 2. Bluecoats ...and who cares about the rest! (jk) :P
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