BozzlyB Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 There are people here who are ACTUALLY sympathetic to the drummer?! :doh: :doh: Clearly not as many as the self righteous people on this board who can't wait to throw stones... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BozzlyB Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 The irony that I'm surprised has been missed here so far, is that apparently the Blue Devils marched a performer on Finals Night in 2000 that was not a member of their Corps. Their 3rd place finish was never challenged. The message means that any Corps can march anyone they want on Finals Night, provided they are not overage. We did learn that he was not a member of the Blue Devils the day of Finals, no ? And yet the Corps marched a non member ( albeit unknowingly by staff according to reports ) on Finals Night, but the Corps was not disqualified afterwards, and their 3rd place placement stood nonetheless. Amazing when you think about the consequence of this. This opens the door in the future for any Corps to bring in "ringers " for Finals Night alone to perform if they so choose and it could not be legally challenged as such Corps could point to the BD incident in 2000 where the BD Corps successfully marched a performer that according to the BD staff was officially and legally not a member of the BD Corps for the Championship night performance back then either. Wow. Deep end...........................................you. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rd Glasgow BB Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Most of you seem to be ignoring how this event also re-enforces some of what's amazing about Drum Corps... loyalty, camaraderie, passion etc. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRASSO Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Wow. Deep end...........................................you. Lighten up Francis. You take it too seriously. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardguy89 Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Are there any members who actually marched with BD that night on here? It seems that so far all of the recollections are from people who were there, or heard about it, or had a friend of a friend. You can't see anything on the DVD - the only thing I did notice is that there are 5 bass drums during the show - and 4 bass drums stacked up at retreat. So it would seem that it really did happen. It would be interesting to hear from a member what went on right after the show. Later, Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BozzlyB Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Lighten up Francis. You take it too seriously. Lol, I just thought your statement about what it could potentially lead to was a bit of a stretch. :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bad Bari Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 (edited) The irony that I'm surprised has been missed here so far, is that apparently the Blue Devils marched a performer on Finals Night in 2000 that was not a member of their Corps. Their 3rd place finish was never challenged. The message means that any Corps can march anyone they want on Finals Night, provided they are not overage. We did learn that he was not a member of the Blue Devils the day of Finals, no ? And yet the Corps marched a non member ( albeit unknowingly by staff according to reports ) on Finals Night, but the Corps was not disqualified afterwards, and their 3rd place placement stood nonetheless. Amazing when you think about the consequence of this. This opens the door in the future for any Corps to bring in "ringers " for Finals Night alone to perform if they so choose and it could not be legally challenged as such Corps could point to the BD incident in 2000 where the BD Corps successfully marched a performer that according to the BD staff was officially and legally not a member of the BD Corps for the Championship night performance back then either. I agree that this is a stretch... In fact unless you have prior knowledge that a new roster for the corps had been submitted to DCI without the bass drummer on it, there could possibly be no official status on the bass drummer being kicked out of the corps as far as DCI was aware. I also believe that DCI is not in the business of enforcing individual corps policies within the ranks of said corps. Please do let me know if you have knowledge otherwise... Also the only ringer one would be able to bring in would be the ringer that WAS ALREADY A MEMBER OF THE CORPS IF THIS IS THE EXAMPLE WE ARE TO USE OF THE SLIPPERY SLOPE WE ARE STANDING NEAR! UNLESS THERE WAS A BASS DRUM SOLO I AM UNAWARE OF THAT NEEDED A RINGER TO REALLY LET IT SCREAM!!!!! Edited January 7, 2012 by Big Bad Bari 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 You can't see anything on the DVD --the only thing I did notice is that there are 5 bass drums during the show-- and 4 bass drums stacked up at retreat. That was good thinking to look at the retreat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corps8294 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 (edited) Just imagine if this had happened back in '10. They could have called their show "Smoke in Mirrors." Edited January 8, 2012 by shortn'sour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plan9 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Tipping at windmills.....but that's what we do here in the off season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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