DCP NewsFeed Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 On Saturday, December 13th, program coordinator Glen Crosby and visual designers Brandy DuBose and Richard Hinshaw presented the concept and musical inspirations that will comprise the 2009 field show for The Academy Drum and Bugle Corps. The metaphor of ascending to the mountaintop is frequently used to describe... ... Read the rest of the article here - http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/index.php?o...4&Itemid=39 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardguy89 Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Wait, didn't Boston just play Kingfishers this summer? Why would Academy chose to repeat it - or am I reading it wrong? Later, Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos001 Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 you are correct. you'd think they'd pick something not-so-new. oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Don't like the Strauss, but the Curiale and Mackey pieces are nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmathis Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Even though Boston played it last year, I'm sitll looking forward to hearing Kingfishers again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beckham Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Even though Boston played it last year, I'm sitll looking forward to hearing Kingfishers again. The piece actually has two movements. Boston used the 2nd movement last season. The 1st movement is a much slower ballad type piece. So it's possible The Academy could be using that part instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrinkinOuttaCups Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I like the 1st movement. Played it last semester. I had one note in the whole #### movement, so I got to listen to most of it without worrying about my part. It's nice. It has a lot of potential for drum corps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoCervantes II Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 "There are countless quotes of standing on the summit, struggling on the steepest climb, the view from the top of the mountain, and on and on..." I smell narration . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyle079 Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 ive heard so many variations of the same songs that people could probably play the same song many years in a row before people got truly annoyed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suviduvi Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 no narration...... "There are countless quotes of standing on the summit, struggling on the steepest climb, the view from the top of the mountain, and on and on..."I smell narration . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.