bartyount

He is also in a scene at the very end. I just saw the movie about 2 weeks ago and when I saw WD I just had to laughed. We are all the biggest band geeks for actually knowing the guy that consulted for the movie! Then in the scene where they played Bb tuning and bits of BD's show in the background, I was so distracted I missed what was going on in the scene.

Just my personal opinion, but I think judges *can* be influenced by the crowd response and it be reflected in GE scores or whatever. That's not meant to poo-poo on Phantom (I'd love to see them win again) and not even to say that the judges were influenced in this particular case - just saying that I think it can and does happen.

Would you be upset if they all tied? :)

I had the exact same reaction watching that scene when I first saw this film. It captures completely the bonding experience of drumcorps. We had a long weekend camp (4 days I think) in April before my ageout summer in 93 where we met in Canton and the busses took us to Baltimore where we rehearsed drill in a national guard armory. Because I lived so far away, this was my first camp since the November banquet/rehearsal camp. I hadn't seen my corps brothers and sisters in 5 months. When I showed up in Canton to get on the bus, I was not greeted by my friends as if I had been gone for 5 months. I was immediately included in what was going on as if I had never left. It was the weirdest feeling (in a good way). I felt like I was part of a family that was not going to be broken by time or distance. That night while riding on the bus, just before going to sleep, I had the most overwhelming and comforting feeling that I was right where I was supposed to be. In June, when I showed up to everydays, the first thing I did was resigister and check into the dorms. The volunteer (Fran Brown, I think) who was at the registration table when I walked up, looked at me, smiled, and said "Welcome home". I smiled back knowing that I *was* welcome and it *was* home. Could I be *more* sappy?

Unfortunately so. I think we had a really talented corps that year but the show was just too bizarre. I had signed to the corps in May about 3 weeks before everydays. All I knew was that they were doing Beatles for the show. I thought this was going to be awesome playing Beatles with a jazz flair - I mean I was completely stoked. Well - they mailed me the music to practice before eveydays and I could not make head or tail of what I was playing. I thought - well, it will make sense when I hear the entire corps playing all the parts. Nope. It never did make much sense! :) BUT - I will say that I really enjoy listening to the show. It's whacked out as h3ll, but it has alot of stuff I really enjoy in it. It has alot of good drumcorps hits and I think we sounded pretty good too.

1. "Common" tour meal: Cold cereal for breakfast believe it or not. When I marched Sky Ryders, all we had was stuff like corn flakes and cheerios. I had been told we get "sugared cereal" when we break 80 (and only on that day). Of course, in 90, we never broke 80 so we totally missed out there. In 91, we got it for that one day. It was a real treat. When I came to Bluecoats in 92, I was stunned to find that they had "sugared cereal" EVERYDAY DAY! HOLY CRAP! I thought I had died and gone to heaven! b**bs Other than that, we always liked the "breakfast pizzas". 2. "Special Occasion" meals: I think we actually got steak once or twice during both years I marched. Also, in 92 there were parents of a former corps member who lived in the Nashville area who were apparently pretty well off financially. When the tour came through Nashville, the entire corps was invited to their house for a party and if I remember correctly it was a huge mexican buffet. Like - *really good* mexican. We ate, drank, and watched drumcorps videos all night. Good times.... :)

Man - that's great! I see on the DCI Rankings page that Blue Stars are working their way up the ranks in the last week too. Looking good! Hopefully I'll get to see them sometime this summer! I wish them the best for the 06 season!

I hate to admit it because I think I'm the only one in the history of the corps - but I sorta *liked* chicken slop!

Thanks! It was pretty crude by today's standards but I believe it was one of the first drumcorps to have a "web presence". In fact, I was contacted by someone at DCI for help when they decided to set up their website! It was flattering to know that people felt that the Bluecoats website was good enough (back then, anyway) to ask *me* for advice. B)

Hey Tim - fellow Sky Ryder! :) That's awesome that your daugther is marching - passing the legacy on! What corps is she marching?

Sorry - wasn't able to find any pictures of Doug except for in our yearbook which is kinda hard to scan.

No - that's Chris Scott (aka monoemono) who's been posting on this thread. I remember Doug though - I'll dig through my photos tonight to see if I can find a picture of him.

Sorry - I was thinking of Carey not Casey - but he wasn't in on it - it was me, you, 89, Monkey Paw and Kevin: Here's Carey after falling off of some bleachers: Don't worry! He wasn't hurt - it was a joke. :)

That's an awesome pic! It's making me very jealous right now. I know all those guys are having a blast (no pun intended)! :)

Oh, man - was that *your* aunt? I thought it was 89's. My bad. Just thought of another funny memory from 93 - remember me you and Casey trapping Faith underneath the hockey goal we found at one of our housing sights? I got a picture of it somewhere. I'll have to see if I can find it and post it. :)

Haha - gotta love Roy - stretchmeister! Agent 89, you remember Roy stretching us before a show in 92 and we all started singing "Hey, Roy" to the tune of "Hey, Jude"? And what was that list of ingredients on your bad of chips? Lard, Salt, Potatoes? Haha! b**bs

JoEllen is working on details - nothing is set in stone yet, but she's trying to set something up a pre-finals get-together and possibly a post-finals get-together also. Email me wbartyount (at) yahoo (dot) com and I'll get your email and get JoEllen to put it on her email list. It would be cool to see you there if you can make it!

I still live in the Jackson, MS area so I won't be at any shows up north. I might help Darren with the souvie truck when they swing through MS and LA so I don't even know if I'll get to see any performances until finals night. Yeah - that shirt was sweet. Funny you should mention cause I just pulled mine out and wore it the other day. B)

I don't think it's set in stone yet, but JoEllen is trying to set something up for before and possibly after the show on Saturday. That sucks that you don't think you could make it to Saturday. I will only be able to make it into Madison for finals on Saturday. Bummer. :(

Lucky! Go to the alumni get-together at finals in Madison! Bart

No - I mean literally - the jacket in the pic is *my* jacket. I took the picture. :)

Chris-Scott! The man with two first names! How ya been? Dude - that picture you have for your forum icon is my jacket! Cool. Hey - JoEllen is planning a Bluecoats alumni get-together at finals this year. Everyone go since I haven't seen you guys in like 13 years. Bart

Awww - cmon man! Don't rain on our parade! :P All of us Bloo people are just having fun seeing our corps in the top ranks which we're not used to seeing. I think we all realize that it's still way early in the season to know what's going to happen and we all know that plenty of corps have late season surges. Bluecoats could easily be taken over by Cadets, Phantom, SCV or Madison by end of July. But at the same time, Bluecoats have also had late season surges the past few years, so who knows? Either way, it looks like it's gearing up do be a good fight. B)

Yeah. We all thought moving to Texas was going to be a huge boost to the Sky Ryders organization. If I recall correctly, we had something like 200 people show up for tryouts at the November camp for the 1991 season (even after placing 19th in 1990). We thought we were really going to go places. Turns out that too many Texans still wanted to go to a more established top 12 corps. We still managed to squeeze into top 12, but I think the management of the organization turned the current members off. That, coupled with the corps raising it's dues by roughly 50%, alot of people decided it wasn't worth it. Some, like me, just flat out couldn't afford it. So alot of vets were lost. Continued poor management (in my estimation) eventually and unfortunately did it in completely by the end of 1993. Bart Yount Sky Ryders 90, 91 Sop Bluecoats 92, 93 Mello

So to paraphrase your quote.... "I don't like your opinion and my opinion is the right one and you are all stupid so I'm leaving". Good one. That's mature. To address your point - to an extent you are right. It should be about the kids. But not at the complete dismissal of the fans. I mean what is the point of performing if not *for* the fans? If it was *all* about education and learning for the kids, the kids can learn a show and some music and perfect and perform without people there watching them. Drum Corps has a dual purpose - like someone else in the thread said - it's a symbiotic relationship between the performers and the audience. The performers get a learning experience and the fans get entertainment. Neither should be sacrificed for the other. Having said that, I don't think there's anything wrong with a show trying to push the audience either. If a corps wants to do a more "cerebral" show - go ahead. But even a "cerebral" show can be entertaining if it's done correctly. Just don't sacrifice the entertainment aspect of it in the name of art. When you sacrifice the entertainment, you are denying part of the purpose of the activity.