donincardona Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 (edited) wow Joe, nice review,............. that was not his reveiw. that was done by dancing frog who is a very good friend on mine. he wrote that as soon as the show was over. Edited July 8, 2008 by donincardona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donincardona Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 (edited) Thanks for the review... although I'm not sure who really wrote it. One thing that people should keep in mind is that the Cabs Guard went back to last year's unis. They were outstanding, and probably more than a little bit responsible for the .0625 difference. But I was looking forward to seeing those Ninja Acid Trip unis they had last week. Hopefully, the slotters don't get too caught up in the spreads from two weeks ago. On a night that was a celebration of Empire's 25years, I'm sure Mr Bruni and Mr. Costello (up there) got a kick out of the results. Any other corps and the Rochester fans would have Boooed (don't get mad at me - I told that to Mr Pronti personally). Congrats Cabs! Now you can have a nice relaxed rehearsal next week. tom you know the guy who wrote it. dancing from ....aka ....jerry hill. Edited July 8, 2008 by donincardona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greekmello Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Tom!! Thanks for the SHOUT OUT this past saturday night! Miss you guys :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom D'Bomb Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Tom!!Thanks for the SHOUT OUT this past saturday night! Miss you guys :( Teddi, I had to Give It Up for you ... cuz You were Bringin' It. Those kids need to recognize your Championship Intensity. How bout Ricky Roberts' flashy new trousers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 How bout Ricky Roberts' flashy new trousers? He's seen the light!!! Who would have thunk it? Not me, but he won't regret it, I can guarantee it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Matczak Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 that was not his reveiw. that was done by dancing frog who is a very good friend on mine. he wrote that as soon as the show was over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Bari Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 (edited) He's seen the light!!! Who would have thunk it? Not me, but he won't regret it, I can guarantee it! Now, he has a real reason to play "Spain" all the time. Edited July 8, 2008 by Dale Bari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donincardona Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 here is the original post. dancingfrog View Member Profile Add as Friend Send Message Find Member's Topics Find Member's Posts Jul 6 2008, 12:31 PM Post #59 DCP Rookie Group: Members Posts: 20 Joined: 21-May 08 Member No.: 25428 Rochester Show, July 5th: White Sabers have a well constructed show. Need to clean individual marching and the trumpet section needs work. Mellophones and lower brass carry the music program. Nice to see a larger percussion section this year. As with all the corps, can't wait to see them Labor Day. Crusaders do not have the huge guard of 2007, but the guard still performs well and appear to be enjoying what they are doing. Brass does not have the power of last year, but has command of their book. At times seems quite polished. Drum line commands the field during their drum solo. With some cleaning and adding more dynamics to their brass, will be an entertaining show. I like the Cab's show better this year and nice to see the guard changed their uniforms (from the Star Wars look). Can be a top rated show with some cleaning. Noticed brass players not dressing their forms and some bumping into each other. Tubas over-blew in a couple of spots. The guard is mature and reminds me of the Cadets of Bergen County at times. They will be a contender this year. Syracuse Brigs once again have a well constructed show. The Brass seemed to have a few jitters for their first show. Once again, their guard is in top form, even with a few drops. I expected to see the Brigs with another Blue Devils show this year, but it did not happen. Visually they had a nice show and can't wait to see them later in the year. The Empire Statesmen once again proved to be one of the most entertaining corps, junior or all-aged. They have a much better visual package this year. Percussion took second place to Cabs, but Empire was very close. Although the Cabs also took high brass, makes me wonder if the judges are afraid to award Empire high brass because they are using G-horns and too many "experts" think that you must have B-flat? The Statesmen will find themselves in the top corps at the end of the year, but they need to tighten-up their visuals, coordinate their music program a bit tighter and get the clean-up done with their guard soon instead of at a gradual climb through-out the season like last year. Although their guard has some high-spots, the low-spots are too many. I found that the short flag poles did not work from the stands or they need to change the type of work they are doing with them. Still Empire Statesmen will be the entertainers of the year. David Bruni also won best drum major. He was heads and shoulders over most of the drum majors who sometimes looked like they were just going through the motion. Good Luck this year Empire. The Statesmen and Statesmen's Alumni rocked the house before the finale. I for once loved being entertained by my former corps while sitting in the audience! Wow, what a sound. -------------------- Empire Statesmen, Rochester, NY DCA Best 1992 Showmanship Phoenix Drum Corps, Rochester, NY New Horizon Drum Corps, Dansville, NY Phantom Revival Drum Corps/Winter Guard, Nunda, NY Eighth Regiment Color Guard and Drill Team, Restof, NY Crusaders Drum Corps, Rochester, NY Mighty St. Joe’s Jr., Batavia, NY St. Joe’s Brother/Peanuts Drum Corps, Batavia, NY Batavia Marching Band, Batavia, NY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrishDish1002 Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 These are great Christine! thanks! OK I uploaded pictures of the show to my Flickr account. Here is the set url: Rochester July 5, 2008Not much, I took a lot of picture of the Brigs run through and videos so I had not much space left on my memory card for show pictures... There it is anyhow! Enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom D'Bomb Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 here is the original post.dancingfrog View Member Profile Add as Friend Send Message Find Member's Topics Find Member's Posts Jul 6 2008, 12:31 PM Post #59 DCP Rookie Group: Members Posts: 20 Joined: 21-May 08 Member No.: 25428 Rochester Show, July 5th: White Sabers have a well constructed show. Need to clean individual marching and the trumpet section needs work. Mellophones and lower brass carry the music program. Nice to see a larger percussion section this year. As with all the corps, can't wait to see them Labor Day. Crusaders do not have the huge guard of 2007, but the guard still performs well and appear to be enjoying what they are doing. Brass does not have the power of last year, but has command of their book. At times seems quite polished. Drum line commands the field during their drum solo. With some cleaning and adding more dynamics to their brass, will be an entertaining show. I like the Cab's show better this year and nice to see the guard changed their uniforms (from the Star Wars look). Can be a top rated show with some cleaning. Noticed brass players not dressing their forms and some bumping into each other. Tubas over-blew in a couple of spots. The guard is mature and reminds me of the Cadets of Bergen County at times. They will be a contender this year. Syracuse Brigs once again have a well constructed show. The Brass seemed to have a few jitters for their first show. Once again, their guard is in top form, even with a few drops. I expected to see the Brigs with another Blue Devils show this year, but it did not happen. Visually they had a nice show and can't wait to see them later in the year. The Empire Statesmen once again proved to be one of the most entertaining corps, junior or all-aged. They have a much better visual package this year. Percussion took second place to Cabs, but Empire was very close. Although the Cabs also took high brass, makes me wonder if the judges are afraid to award Empire high brass because they are using G-horns and too many "experts" think that you must have B-flat? The Statesmen will find themselves in the top corps at the end of the year, but they need to tighten-up their visuals, coordinate their music program a bit tighter and get the clean-up done with their guard soon instead of at a gradual climb through-out the season like last year. Although their guard has some high-spots, the low-spots are too many. I found that the short flag poles did not work from the stands or they need to change the type of work they are doing with them. Still Empire Statesmen will be the entertainers of the year. David Bruni also won best drum major. He was heads and shoulders over most of the drum majors who sometimes looked like they were just going through the motion. Good Luck this year Empire. The Statesmen and Statesmen's Alumni rocked the house before the finale. I for once loved being entertained by my former corps while sitting in the audience! Wow, what a sound. -------------------- Empire Statesmen, Rochester, NY DCA Best 1992 Showmanship Phoenix Drum Corps, Rochester, NY New Horizon Drum Corps, Dansville, NY Phantom Revival Drum Corps/Winter Guard, Nunda, NY Eighth Regiment Color Guard and Drill Team, Restof, NY Crusaders Drum Corps, Rochester, NY Mighty St. Joe’s Jr., Batavia, NY St. Joe’s Brother/Peanuts Drum Corps, Batavia, NY Batavia Marching Band, Batavia, NY That's Jerry Hill - one of the greatest Rifles in the history of the activity. He was the focal point of some the greatest Color Presentations in the 232 years of this nation's existence (the last 33 at least). A Master - no - Grand Master Showman of the highest order - We wish he was on the field with us for the All Star gig... Imagine him bringing the A Flag section front and center for "I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy." The performance was already off the charts for that crowd, but he would have brought the house down. Don't bust his chops about the G Bugle comment ... no conspiracy here ... many Empire Alums thought the corps should have won by 5 points .... just like the thousands of Cabs fans will feel for their team this weekend in Clifton. You look up "Spectacular Patriotic Grand Finale" in the dictionary and you'll see the final two minutes of Empire's shows from 1988 through 93. Jerry Hill was smack dab in the middle of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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