George Dixon Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 I find it pretty interesting to see how nearly every "shake up" amounts to moving the same old pieces to different spots on the playing board. A few pieces may get pushed off the board for a season but then they're BACK the in the next round of "shake ups" : ninja: It would be interesting to see someone toss all the old pieces back in the box and open a brand new box :-) exactly.. and when new names ARE introduced they get ripped across as "unqualified" due to the fact that they don't have DCI "pedigree" The best organizations take a mix of proven and unproven talent and mix the right personalities and approaches - as have Crown and Cadets through the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Dixon Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 I know it's difficult to believe but maybe there were other corps who were better this season. The phrase "cost them a championship" implies that the show would have won BUT for some single flaw. IMO that was hardly the case. Sure the guard had some challenges this season, but there were always some questions about the design of the program. Tossing a whole series of otherwise un-related "tens" in a salad bowl may not have been the best plan I agree it's hard to pull it apart. I think the "cost them a championship" was mainly pointing the one glaring caption weakness. Similar to Crown and percussion. But the guard scores did seem to bleed over into the other visual caption and GE a bit more than - say - drums or brass - would. That's the nature of DCI judging - extremely guard/visual driven. And it probably should be. Not saying otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pit Dad Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Entire Colts Percussion Team announced! Looks like heavy Rhythm X, Carolina Crown, Cadets, and Boston experience! http://www.colts.org/news/news.cfm?news_id=867 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlejaw Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Pacific Creat had a major design announcement, that includes Steven Estudillo and Scott Koter as the show designers. Scott left the Cavaliers at the end of this summer and it appears with this move, Steven can no longer pull double duty at the Cavaliers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xandandl Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Nice adds by Crown. Are they supplying Annie with a snow plow to get from Duluth for winter camps? Should thaw there by June training. http://www.carolinacrown.org/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=660:front-ensemble-staff-announced&catid=88&Itemid=553 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phd-student-TTU Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Nice adds by Crown. Are they supplying Annie with a snow plow to get from Duluth for winter camps? Should thaw there by June training. http://www.carolinacrown.org/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=660:front-ensemble-staff-announced&catid=88&Itemid=553 I didn't know Marcus was on staff. Yay!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 (edited) Entire Colts Percussion Team announced! Looks like heavy Rhythm X, Carolina Crown, Cadets, and Boston experience! http://www.colts.org/news/news.cfm?news_id=867 Good stuff. Dave Nelson is the percussion arranger/composer for the Kilties as well; and one terrific guy. One of Dave's first gigs after aging out of Glassmen in 98, was part of the percussion instructional team in "99" with the Kilts. http://www.kilties.com/index.php/news-archive/70-kilties-kick-off-2016-season-december-5-6-2015 Edited October 9, 2015 by bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1956OPR Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 (edited) Phantom Regiment builds its 2016 Visual Design team with the announcement of Tony Hall as Visual Coordinator and Dwight Emmert as Visual Designer. Welcome back, Tony and Dwight!! Edited October 12, 2015 by 1956OPR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStainGlass Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Blue stars visual staff http://www.bluestars.org/story.php?story_id=793 The Blue Stars are pleased to announce the appointment of Chris De León as visual caption supervisor, and Greg Dalton and Roger Marquis as visual co-caption heads for the 2016 season. These talented educators bring a wealth of experience and talent to the Blue Stars, and join the returning guard, percussion, and brass caption heads in providing our students with an exciting, rewarding, and enjoyable season. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2muchcoffeeman Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 (edited) Troopers continue the development of their visual program with today's announcement they have hired Michael Raiford as visual coordinator. This follows Troop's September announcement that they had hired Bob Barfield as visual caption head. Michael Raiford Michael B Raiford is a freelance theater and pageantry designer based in Austin, Texas. He has designed, staged and choreographed in DCI, BOA and WGI for more than 30 years. He is very fortunate to have had a project in either a national or regional finals for 29 years running, including more than 22 appearances in a national finals, and eight national titles. BOA highlights include: The Woodlands, BOA 2013 National Champion, 2011 National Finalist and Multiple Regional Champions; Union High School, 2014 National finalist; Plymouth Canton Educational Park. 2012 National Finalist; James Bowie, 7 time regional finalist and national finalist; Ayala HS, 3 time Regional Champion; Central Cabarrus High School, 10 time regional finalist and 3 time National finalist. DCI: Michael’s early years were focused on 6-time DCI finalist Suncoast Sound. Contributions included: choreographer and Production Designer, he also began staging during his tenure as well as turns as show and staff coordinator. He conceived the famed “Vietnam” show pioneering theatrical elements in the drum corps world. His next major project in drum corps was Magic of Orlando. For six seasons Michael worked as part of the creative team and as production designer, earning four finalist appearances. More recent drum corps associations include: The Cavaliers, The Academy and The Glassmen. WGI: From 1998 to 2008 Michael worked on the creative team with Karl Lowe for 5-time World Champion Fantasia. Michael worked as a creative collaborator and as the production designer and performance coach. Other favorite projects include Blessed Sacrament and San Jose Raiders. Michael currently works for WGI teaching design and performance workshops for Spinfest, and Spinfest on the road. Edited October 13, 2015 by 2muchcoffeeman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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