Freelancer92 Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 (edited) All afternoon I've been looking forward to coming home and watching the top 8 drum corps in the world battle it out. From what I've been reading on dcp this is shaping up to be one of the best seasons ever for drum corp. Brought the projector home from work, plugged in the bose to the laptop and prepared for an evening of big, loud and live home style version. I even had my girlfriend, someone who has never seen a drum corp show, sit on the couch watching. I have to admit for the first time in the 25 years I've been either participating or following this activity, I finally feel like one of those "old timers" who just dont get the direction of this activity. Im not talking about electronics, vocals, preshows, or any other of the rule changes that have taken place over the last 5 to 10 years. I dont see the diversity or passion written into the shows anymore. There is no question the kids in this activity are highly trained, extremely hard workers with a passion for perfection that many of our nations youth will never achieve. There was not a single show tonight that grabbed me, threw me down in my seat and then made me jump up before the last notes screaming like a little school girl with goose bumps covering my entire body. Did anyone else notice the crowd reaction during the performances and after the last note? Yea!!!!!!! Great job kids, we can tell you're very talented and work very hard, my ### hurts so its time to stand up! After the Blue Devils (actually every corp) final note, and seeing the look of utter confusion on my girlfriends face, I almost felt like I needed to appologize for wasting the last few hours. I then decided I needed to show her one of my favorite shows of all time. Without saying a word I played 1988 Santa Clara Vanguard. After the corps disapeared she leaned over and said "now that was something I could get excited about and would pay to see!" I then realized what's missing from todays activity. Diversity, Flow, Melodies and Passionately written shows! Im sure I'll be blasted by the younger generation for expressing my disatisfaction and that's fine, we all have a right to an opinion. It was just a sad realization this evening that for the first time in nearly 25 years I realized I am losing touch with an activity that has given me so much joy over the years. Edited July 31, 2010 by Freelancer92 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos001 Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 All afternoon I've been looking forward to coming home and watching the top 8 drum corps in the world battle it out. From what I've been reading on dcp this is shaping up to be one of the best seasons ever for drum corp. Brought the projector home from work, plugged in the bose to the laptop and prepared for an evening of big, loud and live home style version. I even had my girlfriend, someone who has never seen a drum corp show, sit on the couch watching. I have to admit for the first time in the 25 years I've been either participating or following this activity, I finally feel like one of those "old timers" who just dont get the direction of this activity. Im not talking about electronics, vocals, preshows, or any other of the rule changes that have taken place over the last 5 to 10 years. I dont see the diversity or passion written into the shows anymore. There is no question the kids in this activity are highly trained, extremely hard workers with a passion for perfection that many of our nations youth will never achieve. There was not a single show tonight that grabbed me, threw me down in my seat and then made me jump up before the last notes screaming like a little school girl with goose bumps covering my entire body. Did anyone else notice the crowd reaction during the performances and after the last note? Yea!!!!!!! Great job kids, we can tell you're very talented and work very hard, my ### hurts so its time to stand up! After the Blue Devils (actually every corp) final note, and seeing the look of utter confusion on my girlfriends face, I almost felt like I needed to appologize for wasting the last few hours. I then decided I needed to show her one of my favorite shows of all time. Without saying a word I played 1988 Santa Clara Vanguard. After the corps disapeared she leaned over and said "now that was something I could get excited about and would pay to see!" I then realized what's missing from todays activity. Diversity, Flow, Melodies and Passionately written shows! Im sure I'll be lasted by the younger generation for expressing my disatisfaction and that's fine, we all have a right to an opinion. It was just a sad realization this evening that for the first time in nearly 25 years I realized I am losing touch with an activity that has given me so much joy over the years. truth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BRASSO Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 (edited) All afternoon I've been looking forward to coming home and watching the top 8 drum corps in the world battle it out. From what I've been reading on dcp this is shaping up to be one of the best seasons ever for drum corp. Brought the projector home from work, plugged in the bose to the laptop and prepared for an evening of big, loud and live home style version. I even had my girlfriend, someone who has never seen a drum corp show, sit on the couch watching. I have to admit for the first time in the 25 years I've been either participating or following this activity, I finally feel like one of those "old timers" who just dont get the direction of this activity. Im not talking about electronics, vocals, preshows, or any other of the rule changes that have taken place over the last 5 to 10 years. I dont see the diversity or passion written into the shows anymore. There is no question the kids in this activity are highly trained, extremely hard workers with a passion for perfection that many of our nations youth will never achieve. There was not a single show tonight that grabbed me, threw me down in my seat and then made me jump up before the last notes screaming like a little school girl with goose bumps covering my entire body. Did anyone else notice the crowd reaction during the performances and after the last note? Yea!!!!!!! Great job kids, we can tell you're very talented and work very hard, my ### hurts so its time to stand up! After the Blue Devils (actually every corp) final note, and seeing the look of utter confusion on my girlfriends face, I almost felt like I needed to appologize for wasting the last few hours. I then decided I needed to show her one of my favorite shows of all time. Without saying a word I played 1988 Santa Clara Vanguard. After the corps disapeared she leaned over and said "now that was something I could get excited about and would pay to see!" I then realized what's missing from todays activity. Diversity, Flow, Melodies and Passionately written shows! Im sure I'll be lasted by the younger generation for expressing my disatisfaction and that's fine, we all have a right to an opinion. It was just a sad realization this evening that for the first time in nearly 25 years I realized I am losing touch with an activity that has given me so much joy over the years. You are not alone my friend. That said, I did see a lot more to like in these shows than you or your girlfriend did tonite. But I do hear you and understand where you are coming from. I wish I had a dime for every person that expressed the observation that you just expressed. Edited July 31, 2010 by BRASSO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hrothgar15 Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 bye Could you at least offer your opinion on his observations before bidding him farewell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freelancer92 Posted July 31, 2010 Author Share Posted July 31, 2010 You are not alone my friend. That said, I did see a lot more to like in these shows than you or your girlfriend did tonite. But I do hear you and understand where you are coming from. I wish I had a dime for every person that expressed the observation that you just expressed. It's not the kids in this activity that let me down....they work their tails off and do things I could never have imagined doing. Its the show designers that are letting me down. Classic example tonight was the endings of almost every single corps. They all just seemed to suddely stop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gimpy Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 Did you like any shows last year? I find myself liking several more shows this year than I did in '09. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 Could you at least offer your opinion on his observations before bidding him farewell? I think it's sad that he doesn't like it anymore. I think the same will happen to me soon from what I'm seeing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightness Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 But isn't it normal to outgrow activities we did in our youth? I'm still a baby - 41 yrs. old but only saw my first drum corps show in 2007 : ) Before that, never even heard of drum corps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbandguy Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 I'm curious as to why you feel this way with the 2010 shows? I too am an old timer, but I feel 2010 is, overall, the strongest year for DCI in the past 5. Did you not feel this way last year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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