GMichael1230 Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 Sally?G? Terri? I'm thinking Andrew's a KEEPER!!! :) Oh yeah...he is extremely smart and observant. ~G~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerriDitt57 Posted May 4, 2003 Share Posted May 4, 2003 I guess my overriding problem with these sorts of topics is the idea that there is a single bestest way to do anything. I love the older style guard. One of my all time favre indoor guards is a guard fro mthe late 70's/early 80's, the NY Royal Guardsmen. Incredible equipment work, IMO as a non-specialist in guard. I also have always loved the PR guard, as far back as I can remember. Total class and elegance. However, my favorites the past few seasons have been the BD of 2001 and 2002, and the Cadets of the same period. Also loved Crown in 2001, tires and all. I think there are as many ways to do something well as there are guards. Just MHO... Mike That annoys me too, Mike but if I were to pinpoint the thing that annoys MORE than anything, it is the "these kids don't know any better so they would like it OUR way better" opinion. That is just ludicrous. There were more kids auditioning for corps this year than there have been in years. They like what they see and they want to be part of it. I ask them and they are enjoying themselves. Most of the ones I know keep going back for more so that must prove something! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LancerFi Posted May 4, 2003 Share Posted May 4, 2003 ~G~ I marched in DCI finals! :P Just kidding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orpheus Posted May 4, 2003 Share Posted May 4, 2003 Wow! This has been a fantastic thread. Wish I'd had more time over the past few weeks to keep up with the CG forum! Great stuff from everybody ... (well, almost everybody). Nice to see the varying perspectives. Me? Well, obviously I'm a horn player ... but my favorite era for guard was probably from about '89 to '95. Dance was making inroads, but was still secondary to equipment work. There are guards nowadays (Cadets, Blue Devils, & others) who successfully combine the two, but most are just not up to designing or performing dance that really really works to compliment the music. If you can't pull it off, maybe you ought to stick to what you know will work, huh? I don't think dance should be eliminated or anything, but it should compliment the equipment work. There is a happy medium ... some guards have found it, others are still searching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMichael1230 Posted May 4, 2003 Share Posted May 4, 2003 ~G~ I marched in DCI finals! :P Just kidding I don't get it :( ....aside from the fact that you are like, a ...superstar !! b**bs I'm gonna have to make you sign my 80 finals broadcast video. ~G~ (oh wait... I think I get it LOL.....me too !) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerriDitt57 Posted May 4, 2003 Share Posted May 4, 2003 ~G~ I marched in DCI finals! :P Just kidding I don't get it :( ....aside from the fact that you are like, a ...superstar !! b**bs I'm gonna have to make you sign my 80 finals broadcast video. ~G~ (oh wait... I think I get it LOL.....me too !) I think someone had got a shot in their direction. hahaha, that was so funny I almost forgot to laugh <$1 to PeeWee Herman> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LancerFi Posted May 4, 2003 Share Posted May 4, 2003 (edited) ~G~ I marched in DCI finals! :P Just kidding I don't get it :( ....aside from the fact that you are like, a ...superstar !! b**bs I'm gonna have to make you sign my 80 finals broadcast video. ~G~ (oh wait... I think I get it LOL.....me too !) I think someone had got a shot in their direction. hahaha, that was so funny I almost forgot to laugh <$1 to PeeWee Herman> TerriDitt57-that comment was not about you. As a matter of fact I don't know where you marched, if you marched, where you teached, etc., etc. except for RA now. Prior to RA I do not know your history. I believe you said RA but will go back and check...just clearing that up right now!! I'm not sure if it was on this thread but someone made a comment that unless you marched junior corps or whatever, how could you have an opinion or even know what it's like. And to that I say: I know plenty of people who were not superstars in there respective guards/corps but have taught top guards for years now. Not only that but many people who have watched drum corps can see it sometimes more clearly than others who have marched....I could go on forever about this subject for example some people are competitors and excel in marching and equipment, but could not teach to save their lives....so it's all relative. And one certainly does not have to have marched DCI or junior corps to know more about drum corps than people who have not! That's that about that... :P Edited May 5, 2003 by LancerFi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerriDitt57 Posted May 5, 2003 Share Posted May 5, 2003 ~G~ I marched in DCI finals! :P Just kidding I don't get it :( ....aside from the fact that you are like, a ...superstar !! b**bs I'm gonna have to make you sign my 80 finals broadcast video. ~G~ (oh wait... I think I get it LOL.....me too !) I think someone had got a shot in their direction. hahaha, that was so funny I almost forgot to laugh <$1 to PeeWee Herman> TerriDitt57-that comment was not about you. As a matter of fact I don't know where you marched, if you marched, where you teached, etc., etc. except for RA now. Prior to RA I do not know your history. I believe you said RA but will go back and check...just clearing that up right now!! I'm not sure if it was on this thread but someone made a comment that unless you marched junior corps or whatever, how could you have an opinion or even know what it's like. And to that I say: I know plenty of people who were not superstars in there respective guards/corps but have taught top guards for years now. Not only that but many people who have watched drum corps can see it sometimes more clearly than others who have marched....I could go on forever about this subject for example some people are competitors and excel in marching and equipment, but could not teach to save their lives....so it's all relative. And one certainly does not have to have marched DCI or junior corps to know sometimes even more than have.... That's that about that... :P I didn't mean anything about it. I marched Norwood Park and Guardsmen in the seventies. Kilties 2000, 2002 and RA 2002, 2003. Taught a few high bands. Volunteered for many bands and drum corps. I've been a DCM volunteer for many years now. And this year I am working for DCI-Midwest in DeKalb on Friday July 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMichael1230 Posted May 5, 2003 Share Posted May 5, 2003 sigh...I loved Guardsmen so much, I do miss them !! ~G~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LancerFi Posted May 5, 2003 Share Posted May 5, 2003 sigh...I loved Guardsmen so much, I do miss them !!~G~ Me too....on the tape everyone seems to be so petite in their guard, yet they did some of the most amazing things! Their horn line I also thought was quite good! I'm no horn person I remember so many of their songs, played beautifully! (Seahawk?) Wasn't that one of their OTL? Anyway, ~G~ please stop making me Of course I love it and appreciate it....and I get giddy...OK you make me feel like a kid again! Thanks for that!! Nancy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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