Blue Stars new uniform unveiled!

[Iplaytimpani]

Blue stars posted today that they really are getting new uniforms.

Edited April 2, 2013 by Iplaytimpani

[perc2100]

NOTHING beats this Blue Stars look....forever! :thumbup:/>/>/>

I think the corps proper should just be this look (the color guard look): short-shorts instead of skirts of course. THAT would be rad

[Fran Haring]

NOTHING beats this Blue Stars look....forever!

:thumbup:

[normy diploome]

But here is what the Blue Stars are saying today, after April Fool's, really is a primary sketch for their new uni.

Rumor from a well placed source within their admin is that their CEO at last camp dissed the traditional Blue Stars pith helmet as unworkable for today's drill. (???)

I find most of the sketches here very busy, too much built on BD, and prone to distracting the drill rather than masking ticks. Unfortunately few uniform designers have actually written drill for real people or taught drill on the top 12 level.

http://www.bluestars.org/story.php?story_id=685

[DrumManTx]

But here is what the Blue Stars are saying today, after April Fool's, really is a primary sketch for their new uni.

Rumor from a well placed source within their admin is that their CEO at last camp dissed the traditional Blue Stars pith helmet as unworkable for today's drill. (???)

I find most of the sketches here very busy, too much built on BD, and prone to distracting the drill rather than masking ticks. Unfortunately few uniform designers have actually written drill for real people or taught drill on the top 12 level.

http://www.bluestars.org/story.php?story_id=685

Those were all primary sketches for the 06 return to World Class, not for the 2013 uniforms.

[normy diploome]

Those were all primary sketches for the 06 return to World Class, not for the 2013 uniforms.

Yes, you are right. But I didn't say it was.

Read what I wrote. But I shouldn't actually post while in my hospital bed. Somehow I always leave out something.

I guess tension and anxiety is supposed to be part of the suspense as we await the unveiling. It won't be as powerful if they don't master the show behind it. Last year could have been so good...

[BradF]

But here is what the Blue Stars are saying today, after April Fool's, really is a primary sketch for their new uni.

Rumor from a well placed source within their admin is that their CEO at last camp dissed the traditional Blue Stars pith helmet as unworkable for today's drill. (???)

I find most of the sketches here very busy, too much built on BD, and prone to distracting the drill rather than masking ticks. Unfortunately few uniform designers have actually written drill for real people or taught drill on the top 12 level.

http://www.bluestars.org/story.php?story_id=685

Normy,

I'm really not sure what you're trying to say in your first sentence. The sketches were from 2006 and have nothing to do with the new uniform we'll unveil this summer.

As to your "well placed source," saying I "dissed the traditional Blue Stars pith helmet...," I have this to say: I'm on the record in multiple places as stating we went away from the helmet in 2008 because it didn't work for us from a visual standpoint. I have said it many times in print, via podcasts, and in meetings with alumni, supporters, etc... There is no secret or scandal there. Those that disagree with me have told me so and we've all moved on to more important issues. I can tell you the new uniform will have a shako, not a helmet.

Thanks for your support.

Brad Furlano

Executive Director

Blue Stars Drum & Bugle Corps

[Gimli]

Last year could have been so good...

If only they were given good drill to march, that made sense and added to the show...not just rehashed stuff from the drill writers previous shows!

[Lincoln]

If only they were given good drill to march, that made sense and added to the show...not just rehashed stuff from the drill writers previous shows!

One might think that a successful drill writer just might have a style that identifies them.

There is only one Myron Rosander.

[Fran Haring]

I'm fine with the shako instead of the helmet... I understand the visual concerns, and I have no problem with that at all.

But I hope the corps returns to its "blue as the main color" motif.