jasgre2000 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I found 90% of the shows this year very entertaining. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Pretty much what I see people write every year for x number of years. It's funny, the only time I read someone say an end of year review that was negative (barring the chicken little "sky is falling!" people) was 2001. I still remember their summary "well, this year was better than a good day at work." HA! well i've been more than critical over the years. it takes a lot to get me moved like I was this year top to bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 DCI should schedule a season where every drum corp must perform a "classic-traditional" show. Good lord, no. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precious Roy Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 DCI should schedule a season where every drum corp must perform a "classic-traditional" show. I kind of like the figure skating paradigm, with a short program (including required elements) and a longer free skate program. Imagine a DCI version of this -- a 4 to 5 minute program with one or two songs and a list of required elements (whole brass line rotating box drill, Rockford file rifle toss sequence, 16 counts of high mark time, etc., etc.), and then a standard show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockEuph Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I was thoroughly entertained this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plan9 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 DCI should schedule a season where every drum corp must perform a "classic-traditional" show. You could call it "Jurassic Park & Blow"! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theyremovingit Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 DCI should schedule a season where every drum corp must perform a "classic-traditional" show. As much as I appreciate classic-traditional drum corps, I'd much rather see something more new and innovative than the last each season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon8 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I kind of like the figure skating paradigm, with a short program (including required elements) and a longer free skate program. Imagine a DCI version of this -- a 4 to 5 minute program with one or two songs and a list of required elements (whole brass line rotating box drill, Rockford file rifle toss sequence, 16 counts of high mark time, etc., etc.), and then a standard show. Regardless of whether or not this is something I'd like to see, (and oh my lord it's not,) consider the practical difficulties of adding another 4 min. to each corp's show. There's currently 17 min. scheduled between each performance for the championship events. Now you're talking 21 min. So you're adding at an absolute minimum... - 48 min. to Finals - 100 min. to Semis and using the number of corps participating this year... - close to 2.5 hours to Prelims (148 min.) which is already over 13 hours of performances as it is. I love seeing as much drum corps as I can at a show, but that's just......yeah, you go on and enjoy it without me. You can tell me how thrilling those 37 times you watched a successfully executed rotating box at 120 bpm with no frills was later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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