Tim K Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 I seem to remember back in the day flags that closely resembled the Italian flag and French flag that were the general flags of the color guard and it never raised an eyebrow. This also would have been the time that the American flag was flanked by two rifles, two sabres, or "pistols." Now what would have caused quite a stir would have been what Bluecoats use this year. But I agree with most people of this post, it's a non-issue. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
normy diploome Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 If the OP is correct, something should be done. Possibly DCI or the peeps at Vanguard can correct this before finals or explain what is going on. We all know that US citizens would be UP IN ARMS if a video popped up on YouTube with a youth group spinning and tossing American flags around. Period. I'm wondering how we got this far in the season without someone bringing this up? [/quote The use of the actual French national flag is only a recent addition into the otherwise excellent presentation by this corps. However, a note to Ellmer Fudd: your signature denotes you as too much a SCV homer to be obective. SCV is usually a standard of class in the activity. In this matter, not so much. Your comments only further denigrate. Gail would be embarrassed, and yes I knew him personally and worked with him many times. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shhmatt Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Is this the silk we are discussing? If not, can a picture of the silk that we are discussing be posted? (One would think that evidence of any infraction would need to be brought with the accusation. Though this step alone would probably reduce the number of threads on DCP) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornandsoccer Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Christ, this is an exercise in the inane and arcane. Yes, OP, France and the US will be going to war over a painted, stylized interpretation of a French flag. Exactly. To those denigrating this as a classless gesture, you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drilltech1 Posted August 6, 2013 Author Share Posted August 6, 2013 Is this the silk we are discussing? If not, can a picture of the silk that we are discussing be posted? (One would think that evidence of any infraction would need to be brought with the accusation. Though this step alone would probably reduce the number of threads on DCP) no, not that one which is clearly an artistic rendering. This is the one that is of question: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Is this the silk we are discussing? If not, can a picture of the silk that we are discussing be posted? (One would think that evidence of any infraction would need to be brought with the accusation. Though this step alone would probably reduce the number of threads on DCP) It's right at the end of the show, it's a soloist in the middle of the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeN Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Based on the furor caused by French partisans, Santa Clara may have no choice but to... ... wait. No furor. Never mind. Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drilltech1 Posted August 6, 2013 Author Share Posted August 6, 2013 It's right at the end of the show, it's a soloist in the middle of the field. No, not what I was referring to but the series of flag tosses behind the prop screens. White flags are tossed. Blue flags are tossed. Red flags are tossed. And more recently, a strong effect has been made by adding another toss but of the actual French national colors. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 2muchcoffeeman Posted August 6, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted August 6, 2013 Two things: Desecration. Whatever SCV is doing with the Tricolor on the field, it is not desecration. If anything, it is exhaltation. Law. As long as the First Amendment is on the books, there can be no law ("Congress shall make no law . . .") compelling anyone, including DCI, to treat Old Glory in any specific way. A drum corps could place a giant American flag on the field and march all over it, and there's nothing the law will have have to say about it (DCI's own rules are another matter). There is a U.S. flag code, and it provides instructions to federal agencies how they are to ensure proper respect to the flag, but those codes have no binding effect on anyone beyond the employment of a federal agency. If DCI wants to design its own, private, rules based on the flag code, that is DCI's business. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabrefan62 Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 (edited) The flag in question appears when a guard person runs to the middle of the formation and appears to take a cover off of her stylized flag to reveal just a French flag. Edited August 6, 2013 by sabrefan62 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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