Cainan Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 (edited) 96 Blue Devils.. yes please 95 Madison... How drum corps SHOULD be. 16 Carolina Crown... love this show from beginning to end 90 Freelancers... Yeah I am biased but that Batman resolve chord was phenomenal.. and pretty fun to play! 92 Crossmen 16 Blue Devils 87 Vanguard... duh. Those contras doh! Edited February 7, 2017 by Cainan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 (edited) 5 hours ago, 2000Cadet said: I would love to have been on the other side of that. It was great!!! Edited February 7, 2017 by Fran Haring 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Dixon Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 (edited) 92 Cadets opening hit for To Tame the Perilous Skies. Awesome in huge bird formation right off the bat woo hoo! Edited February 8, 2017 by George Dixon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRacer Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 1979 BD opener with its massive chordal stack at the end. 1982 (not 92) Crossmen; '87 SCV did a bunch of Xmen '82 alums proud. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cainan Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 15 hours ago, George Dixon said: 92 Cadets opening hit for To Tame the Perilous Skies. Awesome in huge bird formation right off the bat woo hoo! I'm not claiming to be an expert but that tuning? That said, Madison in 92 was actually quite cold. When we were warming up for Finals, it was in the mid eighties... when we stepped off it was down to the low seventies. As I recall it finished around 65, so Cadets could very well have suffered a 20 degree temperature swing from when they tuned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
critter Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 On 2/6/2017 at 9:00 AM, Lance said: Bb was first allowed in 2000, and people on social media were freaking. and then the first big hit of cadets 2000 shattered the myth that Bb couldn't generate the same volume as G. Ummm......people were freaking on media in 2000? My chat room on AOL may have been going crazy while playing Snake on their Nokia phones, but I'm not sure about the social media bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfield Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 (edited) In this thread, are we talking about: from the very first downbeat, in particular? That narrows my selection considerably. Edited February 8, 2017 by garfield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfield Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 17 hours ago, George Dixon said: 92 Cadets opening hit for To Tame the Perilous Skies. Awesome in huge bird formation right off the bat woo hoo! Wait? What BIRD? I can't believe I get to correct the Great George Dixon. That, my friend, is an airplane. Those spinning things are propellers, not feathers. (All in good fun, I hope the he-- you knew that...!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfield Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 (edited) 3 hours ago, Cainan said: I'm not claiming to be an expert but that tuning? That said, Madison in 92 was actually quite cold. When we were warming up for Finals, it was in the mid eighties... when we stepped off it was down to the low seventies. As I recall it finished around 65, so Cadets could very well have suffered a 20 degree temperature swing from when they tuned. I'm even less expert (LabExpert would agree) but I've got a good ear for pitch and tune, and I've always felt that the "friction" in the chord structures were intentional. The major chord structures seem bright and clear to my ear, where the minor and close harmonies, driven by those wonderful mellos, are particularly edgy, reflecting the danger of learning to fly. Maybe it was just me - I was flying in my mind age 6, and was a licensed pilot at 14. This show, in particular, spoke to me and I've been a Holt-zinger fan for a long time. The ballad portions were marvelous and truly reminded me of my imagination of flying like a bird, then the glory of being "up there" with them for real (I was first licensed as a glider pilot - silent! - only the wind rush which I heard in Cadets' show!), and finally the exhilaration of mastering the craft and pushing the envelope, only to arrive safely on the ground in celebration of mastering your fears. It's probably just me but, honest to God, I hear all of that in To Tame the Perilous Skies. I wish everyone did! I've listened to this show dozens of times because it's so fulfilling to me since I experienced the story that Holsinger was trying to tell. It's also when props were still relatively new, and I felt that the ceiling fan "props" were brilliant. I remember gasping when the guard turned around and spun them. GREAT guard uniforms! And, maybe I'm a simple-minded drill-design person, but the visual of that "plane" moving across the field was a simplistic and completely effective home run. Some fans poo-poo "picture" drill, but I disagree. At time, moving the plane perfectly was a new and amazing effect. Wow, that was fun to relive. Edited February 8, 2017 by garfield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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