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yes people come and go, same as in any sport or activity. Phil Jackson was king of Chicago...then he moved to LA, Roger Clemens was MR. Red Sox...until he went to NY. The people can never be constant and eternal...a corps can because a corps is more of an idea. Just speaking strictly from experience, The Cadets of today, while not made up of people from Bergen County, NJ, still hold true to the spirit of "Holy Name."
I guess it is not so much the people define the corps, but the corps defining the people. There are tons of people involved in keeping a corps competitive, not just a select few.
Agreed. Individuals can become a representation of the corps, but the corps is defined by its continuity, not individual personality.
There was Scouts before Scott, Cadets before George ....
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Some great ideas there. Please do me the favor of sending them to me PM and I'll add them to the file for next year(s). There's a lot of Irish possibilities out there and we have just scratched the surface, we know. We are willing to diverge sometimes (remember "O'Holsinger" a couple of years back), traditional performed traditionally, variations like much of this year's show (swing Rakes of Mallow, etc.), original music using traditional models, new Irish, Irish themed but not all Irish music -- sorry for all who hate it, the hopper has lots of possibles.
Good news for Irish lovers. New ideas are always welcome -- some have to percolate a while. Irish rock is one we have been considering for a couple years. Send 'em to me -- they will receive due consideration.
Better every day!
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Good to have Blue Stars back in D1, making Wisconsin second only to CA in number of current D1 corps. Great state! Great corps! Great fans!
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Pioneer's Membership fee is $1200; other fees take it to $1435 (partly refunded when equipment turned in at end of season and including corps sweatshirt, poncho, and assorted extras); vet discount of $100 per year; no charge for more than two from a single family; recruitment discount;
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I'll be there with Pioneer with one daughter and my wife will be doing Pio souvenirs.
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Very dark green pants
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Vis perf judge is one of the "tough but fair" variety. Generally, vis techs hate going up against him because precision in technique is essential if you want to make him happy. My tracking over the last eight years shows a point to point and a half drop for most everybody when he's perf, but I always appreciate the quality of comments and, gotta admit I say the same things in rehearsal, so can't deny what's real.
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I'll agree, Tom. I may not agree with Drillwatcher, but I don't have a problem with talking about issues.
Staff wise, some things are stable, others flexible. I am pleased with the look and feel of the current group. Across the board, it seems a good mix of experienced and new; years with Pio and new to the corps and returning to the fold; hard-charging and nurturing. Kinda like every corps I've ever worked with.
Please do come see us and don't forget to write!
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Yes to both questions. Year six doing visual with Pioneer, fourth as a volunteer (money is better spent for more techs and I'm old enough to not need it as much). Still a joy to work with the kids after all these years!
Old guys, come on out and have fun with me!
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I would love to say it's just in drum corps. My experience is that it appears in dog breeding and showing, theatre, libraries and librarianship, medicine, and probably a few thousand other pursuits where technological and/or artistic changes have happened. We can agree to disagree, that's one of the beauties of being sentient beings. We can try to do it in a respectful way, that's one of the beauties of being civilized (though that may be too strong a term for some of the folks I have marched with or taught
I would like to invite you, young and seasoned, to drop by a practice for whatever corps gets close to you and talk to the members, the staff, the volunteers, and see not only how much we (not the activity, the people -- shoot, you don't even need to go to the show) have changed and yet are the same. Respect comes from knowing.
I will be out with Pioneer as much as I can be, enjoying working with the corps. I will be just as hot, dirty, tired, exhilarated, pleased at what we're accomplishing, upset at what we're not, ticked at the judges, annoyed with the management, intolerant of mistakes, and delighting in seeing young people grow as I was when I started pre-DCI.
Help a kid out, make sure drum corps doesn't disappear, and welcome them out to a caring fraternity. We who marched make up the biggest drum corps in the world. There is much more in common than different among us because of that experience. I tell the members the people they march with will watch their backs for the rest of their lives. That cannot change or drum corps will be dead.
See you on the road.
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I was with CR as a visual tech for the incident. The coach did send the team on wind sprints through the corps and kids did get injured. Despite the instructions of the coach, most of the players actually made the effort to avoid hitting anyone. I give credit to NIU for taking responsibility and taking action against the offenders.
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I took Southern in college (UGA) and taught in SC, so I can translate -- even hunker down (better than Bobby can
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PL developed out of PR Cadets; the desire (as I understand it) was to get "graduating" members to PR and there was a feeling that PRC kids were moving to other corps rather than get old enough to make PR;
the transition to PL drew in members from all over the country, which changed the dynamics of touring, feeding, housing, etc. (what to do with kids in Rockford when the corps was technically "off" got more problematic when they couldn't easily go home and come back);
there was a feeling that PR's financial issues at the time caused PL's demise as supporting a DIII on top of the DI had a cost;
in the end, only a few PL members ended up marching PR (those that did mostly did multiple years); others filled out Blue Stars, Americanos, Boston (at least those are the ones I know of); instructors moved on to Blue Stars, Butler Vagabonds, Spirit, Pioneer (again, others I may not know of)
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Frank Pamper -- visionary, but mostly because he cared so much about the person behind the marching
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I find that the scale of value for energy expended and long term results to be:
First - explain it well (in a reasonable speaking voice [RSV])
Second - explain it well using a different approach -- different learners, different approach (RSV)
Third - a quiet word in the ear -- the field mouse (sotto voce)
Fourth - loudness, if needed to be heard
Fifth - occasional anger (hey, it happens) try to keep it to a minimum if it is to ever have an effect
Never - humiliation -- never works in my opinion -- and usually counter-productive
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Health Sciences Library director at U of Wisconsin (and teaching a little marching to the local hs band)
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Haven't seen this mentioned: Paul Zimny is quite possibly the "most used" DM in history. Royal Airs, Norwood Park Imperials, Viscounts, [a year as mellophone with Des Plaines Vanguard], Freelancers, AND Royal Airs alumni -- count 'em, 5 corps!
Des Plaines Vanguard were in 20th in 1973 and didn't actually fold until after the 1975 season.
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Gentlemen, gentlemen -
Pioneer has no intention of hiring staff that are not "creative" etc., just like last year and the 45 years before. If you have ideas about who we should look at -- let me know. If you have show ideas -- let me know. In the 2000s, we have featured several interesting "Irish bandmasters," like O'Edelman (2001), O'Bart (2002), O'Holsinger (2003), and O'Kline (2006), so we are not unable or unwilling to expand our horizons somewhat and sometimes.
Don't flame, do help. Thanks.
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Des Plaines Vanguard 72-73 "Mars"
Add into the equation coming out of the fog off Lake Michigan in the Racine show in '73, wow!
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anytime I see or hear about one of "my kids" (biological or not) succeeding at another piece of life, it gives me a buzz and reminds me of who they were when they started marching
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Seeing members grow over the course of the summer
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Please pardon my "end of tour" cynicism, I'll be ready to do it again in November
step off time throughout the season (less rehearsal, sunlight/stadium lights, slo---- [i know, it doesn't exist])
souvenier placement (better this year as it was drawn within placement groups, but still depends on placement from previous year)
Support the corps of your choice! The benefit is still much greater than the pain.
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For the activity: everybody, but especially 12-24+ and all DII and DIII
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A Moment of Silence, Please
in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
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Good people of the Planet,
As the 2007 season is in full swing and the young men and women we love are out on the road, let us wish them safe travels and godspeed.
Then, please join me in a moment of online silence for those who, for whatever reason, entered a drum corps season and were unable to complete it.
[For Matt, for Jim, for Chris, for the staff of Delta Brigade, for so many others -- thank you for being part of us. We will not forget you.]