Piper Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 (edited) Are guards "too good"? I don't know, but I'll bet that's not what their instructors tell them. Edited March 22, 2012 by Piper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickhaltsforlife Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 I agree with whoever said overwriting is problem. Which is why I am often uninterested, because a lot of work goes unnoticed. On another note I like when there are different sections doing different things, then it all comes together for a big ensemble moment. Also I feel like a good example of a very effective guard was Crossmen 08. Opening flag work at the beginning and end of the show were great. And there was nice layering at a few moments. Really it's all in balance. There needs to be some full ensemble moments and then some of the other stuff to keep it all interesting. one thing that I really enjoyed was Phantom's unison dance at the beginning of the show. The girls really performed the hell out of it and it was extremely effective. But I'm just a brass guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 (edited) Are guards "too good"? I don't know, but I'll bet that's not what their instructors tell them. Instructor to guard members..."Judy, please do that toss just a little slower. Sam, speed it up just a little. Jane, can you toss just a little higher than everyone else? Jimmy, please, on the next toss...drop the rifle. Right now everything is just so in synch it looks boring". Edited March 22, 2012 by MikeD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos001 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 I agree with whoever said overwriting is problem. Which is why I am often uninterested, because a lot of work goes unnoticed. On another note I like when there are different sections doing different things, then it all comes together for a big ensemble moment. Also I feel like a good example of a very effective guard was Crossmen 08. Opening flag work at the beginning and end of the show were great. And there was nice layering at a few moments. Really it's all in balance. There needs to be some full ensemble moments and then some of the other stuff to keep it all interesting. one thing that I really enjoyed was Phantom's unison dance at the beginning of the show. The girls really performed the hell out of it and it was extremely effective. But I'm just a brass guy. <---is whoever. ;) On your last point, that moment was one of the most artistic (if not the) highlights of the summer. Michael James is brilliant, and those guard girls were amazing...not that I ever show favoritism. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFZFAN Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 As I was sitting in Indy last year, watching guard after guard toss and catch, I was thinking that guard is less interesting for me now. If you've seen something often enough, it loses its effect. The guards are so good that I'm shocked if there's a drop. Do you think guards need to change to a different artistic direction? I still long for the precision guards of 70's and 80's but I have to admit the talent level of the performers now is far above that of those in the past. For years I openly voiced my opinion that there's too much dancing and prancing in today's guard work. A few years back my daughter quit the drumline and joined the guard at her high school (I almost #### myself). She went from the snareline to the guard and excelled at it almost immediately. Since my pride and joy was now in the guard I became much more aware of the amount of work it takes to put together a good guard program. Multiply that by 10 for DCI guards. When she got a contract with her first corps I actually teared up. I have much more respect for what they do now. She's still a pretty ###### good drummer though!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkfdPRphan Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 My thought on this topic: "Are the guards too good" - that they have peaked in drum corps and there is nothing 'new' left to offer us? Is it that we have seen it before and/or done it before so its not as interesting and we only notice the mistakes now? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickhaltsforlife Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 <---is whoever. ;) On your last point, that moment was one of the most artistic (if not the) highlights of the summer. Michael James is brilliant, and those guard girls were amazing...not that I ever show favoritism. Favoritism on DCP!!!! NEVER!!!! That guard was beautiful though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flammaster Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Why do they even call it guard anymore? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUARDLING Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 (edited) Why do they even call it guard anymore? Does it actually really matter ? why is it called drum and bugle corps Edited March 23, 2012 by GUARDLING Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soccerguy315 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 (edited) Is it that we have seen it before and/or done it before so its not as interesting and we only notice the mistakes now? After I aged out, all I could see in any drum corps shows was the mistakes... not because that's what I was trying to see, but it just happened. Fortunately, as I put more distance between myself and my marching days (5 years now... man I am getting old) I am starting to be able to appreciate drum corps again without being so subconsciously critical. Edited March 23, 2012 by soccerguy315 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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