Land of Tim

Love the Blue Stars show, but think that their run last night was tighter. Have been a fan of the BStars guard for a while now, but they seemed a tad off tonight. Equipment angles, synchronicity missing, etc. Don't get me wrong--still love the show and the opening soloist does it for me every time. Love the trumpet soloist near the end as well. Visual seemed tight, and ensemble seemed solid. GE and guard were off for me a little tonight. We'll see what that does for scores.

So they can post on social media but not on their own website? I've got FLOmarching open, DCP, email, and five work windows...Geesh!!

Can someone post the scores??????

why the heck would they mute the scores? Especially since DCI is not posting them on their website either, as they used to do updating them. This is utterly ridiculous!!!

what the heck just happened with the sound after the announcement of the first score for Jersey Surf??? Come on, Flo!!!!!!!!

Just logged on, and I really enjoyed SCVC, they had a great performance. I don't think it was as strong as the WC corps in the same 16 - 17 range- i.e., I think that there is still a jump from them to Academy, and maybe a jump to even Music City. But, I am very impressed with the overall performance level of the five OC corps making semi-finals!!

OK, whenever the announcer said, here are scores from the first block, then FloMarching cut away and didn't let us hear those scores. Did I miss them, posted on the screen? --I broke to read DCP posts!! They are not on DCI yet--could we start a post with the scores updated as folks have them? Thanks!

No dislike, just wondered about the policies for what accommodations are allowed!

Could someone explain to me how they can compete with woodwinds? I don't mind it, and they are enjoyable, but it is not the same medium as brass/perc/cg. I remember several international competitors in the past and Canadian corps over the years, but not any bands with woodwinds. You're right they are big, bold, and brassy! Thanks for the background info, anyone!

Let's see if there are any old school folks out there!: I can't recall now if it was 1999 or 2000, but I think it was 1999. I and a couple of friends decided to trek to Murfreesboro for this show (before it was really "tour of champions" I think!), but still a great show. We decided to stay in Nashville, and enjoy the weekend, driving down to M-boro for the show. On the day of the show, we left Nashville mid-afternoon with plenty of time to get to Murfreesboro, eat dinner somewhere, and explore souvie booths, take in the show, etc. But, alas, on the Interstate, I-24, somewhere about halfway in between, traffic came to a standstill in all lanes. It was 90+ degrees outside. We waited and waited. We cut off the engines, got out of our cars, parked on the interstate...all lanes were stopped. Everyone was outside, playing volleyball in the median, going to the bathroom off the sides of the road, etc. We walked at least 1.5 miles on the highway leaving our car behind, parked on the interstate, and back without traffic ever moving. People were walking and talking all over the highway, many of whom were all headed to the show in Murfreesboro. Unfortunately, sadly, there had been a tragic wreck near an exit several miles down the road that involved several vehicles and blocked the entire highway. I have never seen anything like it. Eventually, a couple of hours later, traffic restarted and we got there, without dinner, but safely, about 1/3 or later into the show, and ate food at the stadium. I have never seen anything like this traffic-wise before or since. I am so sad that it was due to a tragic accident, but I am still amazed at the number of cars on a multi-lane interstate, parked, engines off, for hours, and people out walking, talking, drinking beers, etc. People I've told about this often think I'm telling a "tall tale", and this was before the era of cell phone photos and videos to document!! Anybody out there remember this??

"In 2006, a state-of-the-art, "next generation" FieldTurf surface was installed to give the Deacons a top-notch and beautiful playing field year round." https://godeacs.com/facilities/truist-field/4 Go Deacs!!

It's interesting the directions that we seem to be taking in this thread. Some said it is hard "not" to answer "safety and inclusion" - there is a reason for that. I am a long-time fan of the activity, but I don't see how we can make much headway without addressing issues of safety and inclusion first and foremost. The difficulty is that it is complex to discuss how to address these issues. It is possible that we could address the other four - leadership, competition models, touring models, and financial stability - ostensibly without addressing safety and inclusion, but to what purpose. If safety and inclusion are not foremost in our priorities to address, then we do not have an activity worth supporting. If we do become focused on improving safety and inclusion, it seems that we also have to look at leadership, financial stability, touring models, and even competition models with new eyes, which might help overall. JMHO.

Spot on recommendations about Moon River, IMHO. Hehe...as for the glissandos, I think that they should have stopped after Cavies did 'em in Men are from Mars with the mash-up of Mars and I Did It My Way...that was way cool, stop, enough done!!

I hear you, but that's not my perspective. I have seen all three multiple times now, albeit all on Flo or at the movies! I think that Crown always performs the heck out of their show, and their brass and guard are impeccable, but the show started out ahead of BAC but has not developed in the same way that BAC has become a more cohesive whole. To me, it's the gestalt, the whole is becoming more than the sum of its parts, and that is what I sense with BAC. Crown's is moving there, and so is Bloo, but BAC's seems at a higher, more cohesive level. BD--performance level is so high, but I am also not sensing that the show's cohesiveness has found its peak yet.

Very astute summary. Not as sure about the percussion, but agree on the brass, the color guard, and BD nailing the body movement, carriage, and marching. That alone could give BD the GE tonight, but to me, the better overall GE of the show went to BAC. BD performs the heck out of the show though. Haven't fallen in love with this version of Moon River yet. Trombone (tonight's problems withstanding) part has quite clicked in place yet all the way through.