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Really.....?

Yo. Baby geniuses... Third paragraph of the story, straight from the proverbial horse's mouth: http://www.jerseysurf.org/articles/122/1/D...camp/Page1.html

Chris Feist Rich Hammond honorable mentions: Dan DeLong, Kevin Murphy, Terrell Smith

I think some of you are missing a very valid point: and Seriously...ask yourself if another month is going to make the difference.

Any corps administration in DCI or DCA worth their salt would know this. There's a lot of factors that go into this. But I digress, since you've eloquently stated:

Don't you need 2 "points" to make a "line"...? Or are we supposed to listen to more "Don't pay attention to the man behind the curtain!!!" posts from ill-informed staffers...?

Word. My HS line uses 16-18-20-24-28. We've found that kids coming through the program are smaller and smaller, so this works for us. Food for thought...

Werd.

Cookiebeard!

To concur with a lot of folks here, I think cymbal lines are a great addition to any corps. That being said, though, cymbal lines are one of those things you shouldn't go halfway with. If you didn't have anyone who could teach sabre to your colorguard, would you still utilize them? I think this is why, nowadays, a lot of folks see cymbal lines as "lame"; usually their only exposure to them is of the not-so-good ones they see from bad bands/corps, or ones on tv/the movies. I bet if you showed those same people a video of the really happening cymbal lines of the past 10 years, they just might change their attitude. (SCV, Spirit, Bluecoats [when they had one], Reading Bucs, Music City Mystique, Aftermath come to mind...and more....) As someone else pointed out, those cymbal line members of the corps become the example and standard by which both the drumline and hornline are held to. It's not a pride thing...it's just that doing cymbals "the right way" shares a LOT of discipline and technique from both sections of the corps. Heck, even a little quasi-guard/characterization work thrown in, too. It's just the nature of the beast. It really is a thing all it's own. True, field cymbals won't sustain as long as your pit cymbals; but that's because they're played differently. Beat a piece of metal in your hand, and then hang it from a string and hit it again. Of course it's going to make two different sounds. But having a cymbal line also means giving more students an opportuntiy to get on the field and make a great visual contribution, too, and not just a musical one playing swells when the horns and drums are blasting and you won't hear the marimba. I could go for days on this... And you wish they were going away? I dare you to try it yourself.

Maybe "ironically" wasn't the right word I was looking for. Pardon the confusion.

Ironically, the team from Philly won the championship...

There were a lot of holes in the parking lot after the rain, but the stands were still packed. Dig it!

Awesome!

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