FTNK Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 If you watch the Fan Network video from Madison this year you can hear Cadets' "Appalachian Spring" warmup off in the distance during BK's silence-filled opening section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyle079 Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 madison was pretty bad this year for hearing things from outside the stadium. and it wasnt really the show off cadences, it was more of the simple warm ups that were just 8ths? a constant repetitive banging coming from the lot over powering the smaller open/all age corps was kind of annoying. i feel bad for the corps that could hear the straight beat and confuse it with the tempo theyre supposed to play. but when the lines started playing interesting beats it was nice to hear sometimes during the time between corps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob984 Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 In my opionion, NO corps' warmup is more important than another corps' performance.....period. If it is audible, than it is disruptive. Monitoring using cell phones, and assigning severe penalties for non-compliance, would end this issue, which has not been properly addressed by DCI. GB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piper Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 I'm not getting old anymore. I AM old. When I marched you couldn't TOUCH an instrument while another corps was on the field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREENBLUE Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 (edited) so I sat directly on the 50 yard line 4 rows in front of the judges for championships this year. all during quarterfinals i could hear the gockblocks from the guards practicing on the grassy knoll. I thought to myself "dont worry about it, theyll fix it for tomorrow night." Friday at semis sure enough there goes the gockblock again all during the shows. how the judges werent concerned was beyond me. you could hear it louder then the ballads on the field. I had enough! I missed a corps show walked down to the DCI "VIP" trailer and told them how bad it was and how everyone in my section was annoyed by it. they told me that no one had brought this to their attention before me...are you serious? the judges couldnt hear that? To the reps from DCIs' credit they did get on the phone and resolve the problem shortly after. Edited September 11, 2008 by GREENBLUE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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