michsta8 Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 what is the reason for not having random drawings for step off's? Does it make too much sense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBarron10 Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 A lot of factors affect your step off times. - Corps will practice up to the very last min they can each and every day - Then have to eat dinner, shower and load for the show - Arrive at show site and warm up - this can take up to 2 hours - Designated gate time ensure each section knows when to be at the gate (all the sections of a corps don't warm up together, drums go one place, guard another and horn line another) If you did a random draw at each show corps could not plan their days very effectively. I know if Cavies have a 9 PM step off they don't leave the school until about 6:00 or 6:30 depending on travel time to the show site. You gotta remember lots of logistics involved in getting a corps from school to school, and each show. To throw in a random drawing each night throws in a big monkey wrench in how corps plan there days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfrontz Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Entertainment-wise, it makes good sense to put corps that are not as strong at the beginning of a show and put corps that are stronger towards the end. That way the audience is able to appreciate the smaller/less strong corps and what they are able to do and the show itself has a natural progression of getting better as you go along. If you drew straws and Phantom went on first followed by, say, Southwind, you're not helping the kids in Southwind because they are going to be compared unfavorably to Phantom. Not to mention that people who were delayed in getting to the show for whatever reason are going to be not so happy that they miss a top-tier corps who draws first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UP_Front1201 Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 It makes the show not end up with an strong corps and then a really weak corps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Scott Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 what is the reason for not having random drawings for step off's?Does it make too much sense? 1988. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VKMello84 Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 With the order of appearance being based roughly on strength of corps, most of the people in their seats for the lower level corps actually actively wish to view their performance. For quarterfinals in 1989 they have a system that place the performance order quite randomly throughout the 25 competing corps. The audience was extremely inattentive for the lower placing corps that came on really late in the show. The audience chatter was actually louder than a couple of the corps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburstall Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 A lot of factors affect your step off times.- Corps will practice up to the very last min they can each and every day - Then have to eat dinner, shower and load for the show - Arrive at show site and warm up - this can take up to 2 hours - Designated gate time ensure each section knows when to be at the gate (all the sections of a corps don't warm up together, drums go one place, guard another and horn line another) If you did a random draw at each show corps could not plan their days very effectively. I know if Cavies have a 9 PM step off they don't leave the school until about 6:00 or 6:30 depending on travel time to the show site. You gotta remember lots of logistics involved in getting a corps from school to school, and each show. To throw in a random drawing each night throws in a big monkey wrench in how corps plan there days. Actually these problems would be non-existant since the drawing time would be done the night before (like in '88 for the top 6 corps) and therefore the corps would have the time of their performance and they would adjust their times accordingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VKMello84 Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Actually these problems would be non-existant since the drawing time would be done the night before (like in '88 for the top 6 corps) and therefore the corps would have the time of their performance and they would adjust their times accordingly.I like the idea of having all of the corps line up at the starting gate and having someone draw a name out of a hat seven minutes before step-off time and sending the winner on their way.It might even be fun to have an extra corps on hand; seven corps for a six corps show, for example. "And . . . the last step off goes to . . . The Pioneer!" Sorry Devils, better luck next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburstall Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 I like the idea of having all of the corps line up at the starting gate and having someone draw a name out of a hat seven minutes before step-off time and sending the winner on their way.It might even be fun to have an extra corps on hand; seven corps for a six corps show, for example. "And . . . the last step off goes to . . . The Pioneer!" Sorry Devils, better luck next time. best idea ever.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nagging Cough! Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 I like the idea of determining quarterfinals by lottery, but it'd have to be a week in advance. If the judges are as qualified as they say they are, then the order of the shows shouldn't matter, right? Is it harder to judge Madison, Cavaliers, Bluecoats than it is Cadets, Blue Devils, Cavaliers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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