84BDsop Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Well, considering there are some on here that wish the Regiment would go in a "new direction" (I'm not necessarily one of those), but I believe I have found something that, I believe, could connect with both fans and the judging community, if done correctly. Not a PR show, but I think both of us wanna see someone do "In a Metal Mood." 'Coats, maybe? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUARDLING Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Yes, even from the innovators: See Blue Devils 1991 -> 1995 -> 2007 -> 2010 ->2012 ( Bird and Bela in B Flat and Adventures in Time stuff various years) If it's done well there seems to be a yearning for that today as well. Even when it's obscure. The point I was trying to make ( I think )...lol was that , does it really matter what it is and will some of the most obscure of today, in 20 years may be looked at very different from us verses those who marched it. They may look at something of today with all that warm and fuzzy as we don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjeffeory Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 The point I was trying to make ( I think )...lol was that , does it really matter what it is and will some of the most obscure of today, in 20 years may be looked at very different from us verses those who marched it. They may look at something of today with all that warm and fuzzy as we don't. OH, well TRUE. Look at Star 1993. Warm fuzzies all over; obscure for the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUARDLING Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 OH, well TRUE. Look at Star 1993. Warm fuzzies all over; obscure for the time. oh man do you remember?...lol now it's the best thing since sliced bread..lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.mello Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 I would love to sit back and listen to Crown play John Rutter's Gloria...or for that matter any Rutter. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84BDsop Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 I would love to sit back and listen to Crown play John Rutter's Gloria...or for that matter any Rutter. *cough* Cavaliers 89 and 90.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corpsband Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 I think it's time Crown finally does a little Star material. So Crown 2015 should be: Walton's Belshazzar's Feast No one's done it since Star in '90. And it would be just monstrous. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.mello Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 *cough* Cavaliers 89 and 90.... Oh I'm aware and love both those shows. I wanna see that source material given a modern treatment mainly because Rutter's music speaks for itself in enabling loud, happy, colorful, and straight-forward shows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2muchcoffeeman Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 (edited) With apologies to Hockey Dad: As some of you already know, I think about the Troopers a lot. Naturally, I’ve been thinking about 2015. After the steampunk season of 2012, Troop made a staff and programming change. “Magnificent 11” was received enthusiastically by DCI Nation. “A People’s House” was generally a hit in 2014, too, and would have been enough to earn the corps a return to the 13th spot, were it not for a criminal Perc1 score at prelims. So, 14th it was. And the question: Could Americana programming provide Troop the oomph necessary to crack finals? Clearly, Americana is welcome on Saturday night. See Cadets 2014. See Bluecoats and Scouts 2013. The Troopers don’t yet match the talent levels of those corps, but their scores of the past two seasons indicate they are finalist-caliber musicians. What has held them back has been visual and GE captions. (I thought Troop’s 2014 visual package was more sophisticated than the 2013 visual program, but for reasons that escape me the adjudicators didn’t see it, and I will leave the visual question alone for now.) Instead, I am thinking about GE and the kind of music programming that might push that needle a few points higher in 2015. I don’t have the breadth of knowledge of composers to suggest specific works. So I’ll suggest concepts. Dream along with me, won’t you? Some have suggested Troopers should forevermore put nothing but idealized notions of America on the field. I disagree. Too much saccharine induces a gag reflex. Others have suggested Troop should turn away from ponies and rainbows and toward a postmodern, cycnical view of the West. I don’t entirely agree with this approach, either. Entertain me, don’t lecture me. It is tricky ground, no doubt. Unlike most other corps, the Troopers programming canvas is not a wide one. For example, 'Tilt' was cool, but what did it mean? it contained no identity cues; there was nothing about the concept of tiltedness that automatically suggested Bluecoats. If the idea of Tilt was linked to “Hymn of Axciom,” a song written about a data-mining firm, it escaped me. The Troopers are not the same kind of blank slate, onto which just about any programming idea can be projected. Swan Lake? No (Swan Gulch, maybe). Still, there are broad themes related to the Troopers' identity that could be exploited. Drawn from a real-life Ohio cavalry unit assigned to a lonely fort on the Platte River, whose commander was killed by attacking Indians, the Troopers can tap into the physical and emotional realities of frontier life. And for the most part, it was a harsh life. So, if they can’t pull off a concept as amorphous as Tilt, Troop might be able to build 12 minutes around cues such as: Hell-bent Brave Wind Tough justice Alone, solitude (big) Sky Individualism Fences Horses Mountains, the Tetons Prairie Cold, blizzard Indians Mexico Frontier(s) Land Wagons Water, lack of it The elements Honor Loyalty Dedication Ambush Deadeye Gunslinger Rodeo Campfire Wildfire Exploration Fort(s) Cavalry charge Devil's Tower Rough Rider(s) I can’t name the tunes, but I can hear music that is haunting, aching, spacious, gripping, full of adrenaline -- and unquestionably American. I can hear an angry corps, horns and drums ripping through the air like the relentless Wyoming wind. I can see hot breath firing out from underneath the low-slung cavalry hats like the snorts of an angry bull. And the gun on the hip of the drum major? Loaded. I can sense a program that builds on the 2013 and 2014 Troopers mojo and channels it in a stormier, more urgent direction. Less flag waving, more gunslinging. Less blue sky, more dust storm. Less hoedown, more bucking bronco. Less Fourth of July, more Memorial Day. Less sunny optimism, more gritty determination. Less reveille, more taps. Less Howdy, more Reach for the Sky. Less beer, more whiskey. Less Americana, but no less American. I will love whatever Troop puts on the field in 2015 because 1) I’m a fan and 2) the pros on the staff know what they’re doing. But it will be a long winter; now’s the time for imagining. My only specific composition to recommend is this: To help set the brooding mood, I think Jeff Beal’s “House of Cards” title theme would make excellent pre-show music. Edited August 30, 2014 by 2muchcoffeeman 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tesmusic Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I think it would be fun if the Madison Scouts did the King's Singers "Beatles Collection" as the show. Some great arrangements on that album of classic Beatles songs, and before Magic took 2000 off, they had contacted Scott Boerma to write a show using that. I think it would be a lot of fun with the staff they're assembling. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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