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That was, musically and conceptually, the most beautiful show I have ever seen!

The next step - Guard?:

I clap as Bottle Dance is about to start...

I stand corrected. Since the cadences and playing off the field have pretty much gone away, I guess I was thinking about "modern retreat" - the color and sound of the top 12 being on the field during announcement of the scores. I would like to see the rest of it added back to the activity. I know full retreat takes a long time, but you have already paid a lot for the tickets, so you should get your money's worth. If you want to beat the traffic, then you can leave early... When was the last full retreat in DCI?

This year, we DID have full retreat in Atlanta...

In the "olden days", corps also banded together to assist the less-fortunate corps in their organizations. If the G-7 goes through, there won't be any less-fortunate corps, thus no reason to help...

... and the dismantling of DCI can now begin...

I don't want to see them perform the 1976 show. I would like to see what they could do with the same music with today's corps.

This year, Madison showed that an updated program from the past can play extremely well to drum corps audiences. What other shows from the past would you like to see updated and back on the field? At the top of my list would be Blue Devils 1976.

Of my ten favorite shows of all time, the Blue Devils hold probably four or five of the slots. I think dissonance is cool! I LOVE discomfort! As someone posted previously, BD's playing and what drill they did was AMAZING! That being said, no one in the theater really knew what to think of them. And it's not just Blue Devils, but the entire direction of drum corps. One guy said that twenty percent of the show was enjoyable. He felt like his money was wasted on the other eighty percent. I won't go that far, but the loudest ovations came during the Madison and Blue Devils flashbacks and during Madison's "classic" show. That says something. Maybe they are defining a new musical genre.

Evidently not... It doesn't show up on the schedule.

They are taking the recent past champions and high-finishers, plus the recent "contenders". In other words, as Dusty said... "who they want"...

In the 45 pages of this thread, this might have already been mentioned, but if folks are hell-bent to form an "all-star" group, it seems to me like it would be more fair and agreeable to more of the DCI membership if they formed a "G-whatever" group each season from the top finishers from the previous season. Sure, many of the same corps would be there year-to-year, but it would provide some variety and still provide more incentive for all corps to excel. This does not mean I approve of the idea, only that there might be a more equitable means of achieving the same goal.

Vanguard changed pants colors while going through a tunnel. I watched the video last night, but I'm not sure what year - maybe 1992?

I think they are just in a kind of funk right now. Atlanta was not their best performance.

Maybe the "roots" of drum corps have changed, but I don't think so. I hope it is always the case where you can strike up a conversation with a perfect stranger simply on the basis of his wearing a faded drum corps shirt. If some of the organizations feel like they have accomplished all they can within the "confines" of DCI, let them put together a Broadway show. Oh, wait, that's already been done...

From Section 221, the biggest reaction of the night came after Madison's rifle work on the scaffold. Top eight got standing O's following their shows, but in general response was tepid, compared to past years. Most suprising reactions - Santa Clara (I think it was just an "off" night) and Blue Devils (a lot of folks were left scratching their heads and going "Huh?")

LancerLady, It's jealousy, pure and simple. Since you are from Memphis, I can pretty much guarantee that you were, by far, the most beautiful girl in the Boston area when you were in 27. Once you left, things returned to their old, drab, "earthy" state. They are just carrying a grudge... Oops... PC isn't my specialty...

Here's another thought - what do you think that Royer, Seawright, and other founders or early G7 leadership would think of this proposal? To a man, I think they were in drum corps for the good of the kids and the advancement of the activity. I can't tell you how many stories I have heard through the years of these men "rescuing" a corps who was stranded because of equipment problems or making monetary and other contributions to help other corps stay afloat. Seems to me that this elitism flies in the face of eveything they stood for...

I am very late coming to this discussion, and I am probably woefully ignorant of many of the more salient points of this discussion, but when I first started reading about this issue, two things came to mind: First, in an interview many years ago, Gail Royer was asked about the future of the Vanguard. He replied that they had made a lot of fortunate investments that would allow the corps to continue for many years despite whatever changes in leadership might occur. I seems to remember Jerry Seawright making a similar comment at another time. Who knows, the Cadets might be in the same boat. I'm not sure about some of the newcomers such as Crown and Bluecoats, or some of the corps in more competitive markets such as Phantom and Cavies. So, a few G7 corps could survive on investments and do their own things until the new venture caught on, while several may not. If the "G7 thang" isn't an immediate hit, they might be struggling. Second, a huge percentage of the fans attend shows simply because "their corps" is performing. The vast majority of the folks that I visited with in Atlanta were not there because of the top five or six corps, but for the bottom twenty. The people sitting around me were obviously long-time drum corps fans but, to a person, they admitted that drum corps has passed them by, with some of the esoteric show themes and story lines. There were no raucous standing ovations for them as in years past. They concluded their shows and everyone was left staring at one another and wondering "What was THAT all about?" In Atlanta in 2008, I was hoarse from yelling. This year, I still had my voice when I left the Georgia Dome. This past week, a bunch of local high school band kids attended a show featuring four of the G7 corps. The only one of these that any of them have raved about is Carolina Crown. One of them commented that the Blue Devils show was like a bad dream. Cadets were "cute". Phantom "wasn't as good as in years past". They loved Troopers, Mandarins, and Teal Sound, not because of their scores, but because their shows were fun and "reachable". Reachability is part of what draws new people into the activity. Some of them talked about how cool it would be to be in Crown, or Troop, or Teal Sound. I may be completely off base here, but I think this "lesser majority" of fans would spend their money to attend the midweek shows where they can see their favorite corps, and forgo the elite performances.

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I think they should seed in reverse order by average number of pets owned by the members.

Amazing how this is such a great idea this year and was such a lousy one last year: http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/forums/inde...=124329&hl= Could it be that this time it is a "G7" with the idea?!?!?!

Muchachos, 1974?

Was the Bridgemen's song "Yes, We Have no Bananas"?