2000Cadet Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 I've seen plenty of people come to the defense of Blue Devils when that has happened. I know I haven't been the only one to do so. And I've seen MANY people jump on the "BD doesn't move and play" bandwagon too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Boo Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 And I've seen MANY people jump on the "BD doesn't move and play" bandwagon too. Agreed; but that's why I boldfaced your claim the "everyone" did it. "Many" isn't "everyone." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadets98 Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Hmmm....I see the thread drifting to the topic of "who stands and plays more? Crown or BD" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRASSO Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 (edited) Everything's great; everything's good. I love every corps. They're all just so fantastic my heart flutters, and there's nothing I don't like about any of them. So you drove him away. Good for you. If we " drove him away ", do yee think it was our trusty spears, hatchets, or thy bows and arrows ? We here all be taken a waters bathe a fortnite ago in thy yonder river stream, so our bodies odor shant have bean imposing to human sensibililities. Edited September 26, 2011 by BRASSO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChwyNiblet Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 I'll preface this by saying I didn't like Crown's show... That said, they sound good. They sound good moving, they sound good standing still, they sound good in an arc, they sound good facing back field, they sound good warming up, they sound good in leon may's crazy field coverage. Crown would sound good marching PR, Cavies, Cadets, BD, etc's show. They would straight up sound good. Period. They have talent top to bottom, a great instructional staff, and almost everyone in their hornline makes a good, dark, characteristic sound on their instruments. I dont agree with this at all. Give that corps the Cadets drill and they'd sound worse or Blue Devils drill and they'd sound better. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phan89 Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 I dont agree with this at all. Give that corps the Cadets drill and they'd sound worse or Blue Devils drill and they'd sound better. Bahaha right. There's a reason Crown's hornline still won the Jim Ott every night even though the corps went on 4th to last...pure talent top to bottom in the brass section coupled with unrivaled arranging and a tech staff that just doesn't accept anything other than perfection. That Cadets hornline couldn't touch Crown's...there's truly just no comparison. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamMan Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Does anyone know if Crown has a thing against having multiple DMs on the front sideline? In several instances, I've noted the hornline really struggling to play together when spread out over a great distance, but still in a line. I think it was this year, they had a 30 to 30 spread or so, but they didn't play with the same togetherness that The Cadets just own (end-zone to end-zone forms). I've noticed Crown struggle with that spread multiple years, so I was just wondering if it's one of their foibles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corbin Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Regardless of what most everyone has said about the original post, I would not expect a winning visual performance for Crown as long as they continue to hold on to Mr. May. Go ahead and give me the negatives, but Crown has a visual problem that is not being addressed, hence their problematic overall GE and Visual Scores. The visual problems with Crown will not get any better as long as May stays. He has not proven he has the ability to get them to a championship. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fsubone Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Well, so where's classical dance technique? I say it's time to be fair to all the dances when it comes to drum corps. The problem is, if we don't deal properly with this, we'll have to go back to discussing slotting, G vs Bb horns, and DCI politics. So, when does the season start again? Well, classical dance technique is usually considered BALLET, which has been used very much on the drum corps field. Jazz running is used mostly because it is a technique to clear a larger than usual amount of space in a short amount of time. Guards were the first to implement it, then it shifted to hornlines when drill velocity and step sizes increased in the 80s. And before you look for other techniques, Phantom used tap in '05, with their Gershwin show. And contemporary dance has been used pretty extensively since Star '93. (Dating a girl who's danced her whole life pays off when it comes to DCI stuff. ;) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Well, classical dance technique is usually considered BALLET, which has been used very much on the drum corps field. Jazz running is used mostly because it is a technique to clear a larger than usual amount of space in a short amount of time. Guards were the first to implement it, then it shifted to hornlines when drill velocity and step sizes increased in the 80s. And before you look for other techniques, Phantom used tap in '05, with their Gershwin show. And contemporary dance has been used pretty extensively since Star '93. (Dating a girl who's danced her whole life pays off when it comes to DCI stuff. ;) You're dating a dancer? What's wrong with you? Forget all this DCI stuff... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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