jonwoody Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 I only buy " No Thumbs" shelled pistachios. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Dixon Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 I'm outta here Indy bound! Looking forward to seeing all the corps later today! Go Cadets! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skevinp Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 I'm outta here Indy bound! Looking forward to seeing all the corps later today! Go Cadets! Safe travels. I hate you because I can't go. But safe travels. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2000Cadet Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Heading to Indianapolis (if Chicago traffic doesn't keep me stuck here). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poppycock Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Already in Indy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Dixon Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Already in Indy. me too Have fun!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Channel3 Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 My prediction is that the last statue will turn human at Finals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 17 will be fun!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Dixon Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 My prediction is that the last statue will turn human at Finals. I'm imagining the Adonis will get a girl and turn human at finals as well. I know they are busily working the closing moments of the show for greater effect as well as the ballad, some tweaks to both Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Channel3 Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 (edited) This show is extraordinary because it's the first time, if memory serves, that a drum corps has completely and totally reworked the narrative of a show, with brand new drill sets and brand new choreography, over and over and over and over and over and over and over again, each week. The Cadets have presented nearly an entirely different show each week during this entire season! The show's focus is one hundred percent different. We have been watching a live storyboarding process. On the one hand, that's an unbelievable technical feat for a corps to learn new drill and choreography every week, sometimes 50 percent new, and still, the corps has garnered huge technical numbers, with eye-popping precision. On the other hand, what in living hell is going on with this design team? What in God's name has been going on behind the scenes to garner a continual change in focus, change in the narrative, and shift in theme, continually over the period of three months? There is no way that a judging panel can look positively on a corps completely shifting its focus, thematically and visually multiple, multiple times monthly without sensing some weakness in vision. It's almost as if the design team could not decide on the staging, or the meaning they were trying to convey. When you change your set pieces with such frequency, you're telling the judges that none of the set pieces you've invested in so far took that much time to perfect. You're revealing that your drill sets, and visual set pieces are a dime a dozen, being cranked out of a doughnut machine, with no personal investment, and no stakes, and an uncanny ability to produce near perfection with some drill moves that are only hours old! That indicates that their talent level is surpassing the difficulty level, which is already shockingly high. Look at this enormous number of changes that this corps has taken on, perfected, and then discarded, as if they were in a Hana Barbara animation storyboard facility in the 1950's: --Stoned? --Statues Awakening? --Now just "Awakening?" --What happened to the platform? --What happened to being animal like? --What happened to being child-like? --What happened to the statues coming alive for the first time? --What happened to the capes? How did the show's focus change without them? Were they a critical component, or just an afterthought? --Who does the new male dance soloist represent? Wasn't his part bigger two weeks ago? --What do the full length smocks represent? Sophistication and advancement? If they're human, why do they choose a marble like pattern for their outer-wear? --What do the new fabric extensions tied to the feet represent or evoke? This is only a partial list. I fully believe that this corps could produce an entirely new drum corps show each week for the entire season. This opens up possibilities for the advancement of the art form to include weekly episodics, or weekly chapters in a saga. Cadets could perform all the major works for a single composer in one season. Or they could focus on one impossibly hard drill, where all the guard members stand on each other's shoulders and march 160 bpm, and where the horn players do backflips while playing. Edited August 11, 2016 by Channel3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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