Jeff Ream Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 minus the drummers are aliens comments it's a great review Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnZ Posted August 26, 2009 Author Share Posted August 26, 2009 Now that was a great review! I could not stop reading it. My only regret is that I did not meet you in Rockmart! Maybe I'll see you in Rochester! thanks to all for the return encouragement. I had every intention to come find you in the lot, Dick, but i was distracted and never got back. sadly, my lovely bride and I will miss Rochester this year and will have to settle for watching virtually here on the Planet. I promise we will meet next year for sure! Good luck and keep the competitive fires burning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgregory7 Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 minus the drummers are aliens comments it's a great review Jeff, the gig is up... He's met me in person. He KNOWS we're all aliens... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Jeff, the gig is up... He's met me in person. He KNOWS we're all aliens... work with me woman!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnZ Posted August 26, 2009 Author Share Posted August 26, 2009 the strange language y'all use is a dead giveaway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paralda Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Thanks for the awesome review! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCASouth Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 (edited) John As always a GREAT review. Seems like you hit a lot of the correct buttons for the performers. and I still can't figure how a guy from Pittsburgh can right so ELOQUENTLY!!! lol All the corps performed that night to an actually larger audience than Douglasville, but because Rockmart is a little more cavernous the Alexander, it does tend to look less. Suzanne as always is a great show coordinator and one of the few people I know that can work without losing it when those questions "why are they asking me this" start popping up. Thanks to Greg Teems and Rockmart HS Band and Principal for allowing us to use the facilitites. To The DCA South Corps'... its been a great ride watching where this Region is heading..... I cannot wait to see your A Game at Prelims!! One week of cleaning and tweaking... DCA SOUTH WILL BE A FORCE IN ROCHESTER !!!! We just wont torch the town :) Edited August 26, 2009 by DCASouth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnZ Posted August 26, 2009 Author Share Posted August 26, 2009 As always a GREAT review. Seems like you hit a lot of the correct buttons for the performers. and I still can't figure how a guy from Pittsburgh can right so ELOQUENTLY!!! lol thanks. I broke my Iron City addiction much earlier in life than most Picksburghers, and graduated to real beer which really helped save a lot of brain cells. not many, but just enough to be able to write well, tie my own shoes, and control my drool. All the corps performed that night to an actually larger audience than Douglasville, but because Rockmart is a little more cavernous the Alexander, it does tend to look less. apologies. definitely a different look sitting in the crowd as opposed to looking at it from the field. I don't like this perspective at all. Suzanne as always is a great show coordinator and one of the few people I know that can work without losing it when those questions "why are they asking me this" start popping up. And she definitely pulls off the 'plaid shorts and t-shirt' look very well, too. Thanks to Greg Teems and Rockmart HS Band and Principal for allowing us to use the facilitites. great folks and supporters of CV and the activity, and a great facility. My wife was amazed at Greg's reserved parking spot and sign - go figure, a band director with perks! plus it looks like he may be competing with Marvin for 'hot Corvette of the year' honors. We just wont torch the town :) no guarantees on the pillaging the food and ravaging the women, though, huh? thanks again, Vic - you and the southern corps are firing on all cylinders and are making it work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egon Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Great review John. Hope you don't mind me piggybacking onto this thread to add some random comments. I brought some friends who were seeing a DCA show for the first time and they very much enjoyed it - definitely worth the $12 admission and the hour drive to get there in their opinion. I believe they will be return customers. We got there early and managed seats right on the 50 about halfway up. Weather was fantastic. Knowing the DCA-South championship was hotly contested certainly added drama to the evening. It was also interesting for me personally that four of the corps had people in them I marched with during my time with CV. The showmanship trophy for the night needs to go to TJ and Alex who entertained the crowd with their 50/50 sales antics. Sales figures were high. Sun Devils came on strong to lead off Class A for the night. I AM a video gamer and loved the tune from Civilization IV at the end that I normally hear only on my computer headsets. Nice percussion work by the Pit there (Go Tammy!). Overall, I was hoping for more improvement from the Devils since I saw them last in Valdosta, but it was a solid performance nonetheless. What a great base from which to grow on in the coming years. Was pleased to see a Shenandoah Sound about twice the size of when I saw them last a couple years ago. Wasn't really into their choice of music but the concept and story telling with the aliens was interesting. Nice acting by the whole corps when the taller alien infiltrated the horn line. The Alliance percussion section was incredible. I think they'll certainly be in the top 5 as a section at Finals. John on tympani looked to be having a great time out there with the rest of the gazillion pit members. Good for him! The kid on concert bass was right on and added a lot to the impacts. If I counted right, Alliance had the largest corps (90?) of the night so recruitment efforts this year have gone well it seems. MCL marching onto the field with somebody calling out a drill sergeant cadence was just plain cool. It's effective. Do it LOUDER. The hornline cracked some concrete under our feet several times during the show with their power. Percussion was nothing but tight. MCL comes off very confident and they have the chops to back up that attitude. Really enjoyed their show from top to bottom. CV was improved significantly over their Valdosta performance I saw. Seems much work was done, in percussion especially, to clean things up a bit. Whitney and the marimba's down front have some wicked runs they nailed. Drill by all was pretty darn clean. As a corps, I would agree with some other posters that CV was not as aggressive (or loud) as the other two open class corps, but IMHO, they were the only corps of the night to get all sections together into a seamless package. I can't explain it other than to say when they were done, I just thought "man, that was just as sweet as can be." In looking at the recap, I would agree with the judges' assessments everywhere except the hornline scores. With the balance, intonation, musicality, and especially the maturity of the CV hornline I heard, I would have ranked it CV, MCL, then Alliance, but with the same close score spread. Something perhaps missed by many fans who didn't stay for CV's victory concert at the end was the GE moment of the night: At exactly 10:00 PM when CV was holding the very last note of the last tune, the sprinklers suddenly came on attacking the guard who was out on the field. I think the battery and the hornline were puzzled as to why the crowds cheer turned into laughter until they turned around to see the malaise. Georgia was nice to hear again. Femur on bottom bass really got into it. I think all three open class corps should have scored about five points higher based on what I saw. They were THAT good. Going to be very interesting to see how these three groups mix in with the rest of Open Class in Rochester. Good luck to all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 the strange language y'all use is a dead giveaway. buzz diggida chetla chetla chet to you too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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