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    American Pie: Band Camp is on

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    Not only did Wayne Downey write some music for the movie, he has a cameo in one of the very early scenes.

    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.

    Rockford, Illinois- Show of Shows Scores

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    PR traditionally does poorly at Show of Shows. And why would the judges give them any favors? PR doesn't hire the judges, DCI does.

    BTW, PR won drums, Cadets were second and BD third.

    PR also won GE Music.

    PR was fourth in guard.

    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.

    I wouldn't be upset if.....

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    I wouldn't be upset if....

    Blue Devils

    Cavaliers

    Phantom Regiment

    Bluecoats

    Santa Clara Vanguard

    Carolina Crown

    Blue Knights

    Boston Crusaders

    Madison Scouts

    Glassmen

    Spirit from JSU

    Colts

    Crossmen

    Pacific Crest

    Capital Regiment

    Blue Stars

    Mandarins

    Southwind

    Esperanza

    The Magic

    Seattle Cascades

    or

    Pioneer

    ...won DCI Finals in Madison

    Would you be upset if they all tied? :)

    Almost Famous

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    Penny puts her hand up to the writer's mouth, and just says "You _ARE_ home."

    I bring this up because I have NEVER seen drum corps life encapsulated as I have in that one scene.

    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? :blink:

    1992

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    The only show I didn't care much for in '92 was Bluecoats. Just a little too funky.

    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.

    The Bluecoats are going to Win DCI this year.

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    SO LET'S ALTER THE THREAD A BIT, EH?

    1. What "common" tour meal do you miss the most?

    2. What "special occasion" meal was the best you ever had?

    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.... :)

    Cell Phones on Tour

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    She is marching with the Blue Stars. She plays trumpet, and I think she's the yongest kid in the corps, and one of the shortest. You should be able to pick her out if you see them :-)

    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!

    The Bluecoats are going to Win DCI this year.

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    Thanks for the clarification. By the way, I used to love your backbone@olemiss site.
    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)

    The Bluecoats are going to Win DCI this year.

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    It's not set in stone yet that I can't go Saturday, but I'm pretty sure. Are you going to any other shows?

    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.

    I love that we hijacked this thread into a '93 Coats thread. My wife was wearing my old 93 tour shirt the other day--I forgot how cool it was!

    Yeah - that shirt was sweet. Funny you should mention cause I just pulled mine out and wore it the other day. B)

    The Bluecoats are going to Win DCI this year.

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    Do you know when the get-together is? I am pretty sure I can't make Friday or Saturday, but I was going to try to come for quarter finals on Thursday.

    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. :(

    Wow...Coats might be for real..

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    I think you BLOO people should focus most on their improvement and not so much in their competitive ranking.

    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)

    Bluecoats

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    Sky Ryders relocated from Hutchinson, KS to Desoto, TX in 1990. Technically, they WERE a Texas corps when they made finals in 1991. Nearly every corps fields membership from Texas, which makes it perplexing that a successful "dynasty" hasn't flourished. If someone with Bill Cook resources ever starts a corps in DFW - WATCH OUT.  :)

    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

    Why drum corps has changed and why it's good

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    This will be my last post on these boards. Not because it's poorly run, not because there aren't cool people that frequent it. To the contrary, really. The reason that I have no desire to come here and read the posts anymore is, truth be told, that I can't stand the vocal minority of so-called "purists" that can't seem to see the purest element of what we are discussing here. Drum Corps is a youth activity that supports the interests of its participants. It’s downright masturbatory of you if you think it’s about you.

    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.

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