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Shoremen Brass Classic -- Avon Lake, OH -- Aug. 4, 2018


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All right! I'm heading home! My next coverage will be Monday night at the Massillon, Ohio, Tour of Champions event. See you there!

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5 hours ago, kevingamin said:

Since there is no official thread tied into the DrumScorps app, I'm going to have to get creative in order to post pictures from the show.

Sorry, I waited as long as I could for an official thread to be created before starting this one.

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7 hours ago, N.E. Brigand said:

Lineup:

6:45 Columbus Saints - Columbus, OH

7:00 Welcome & National Anthem

7:10 Rogues Hollow Regiment - Doylestown, OH

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Weird that the first performance comes before the national anthem.

Are the Saints performing on the field? In the lot?

Due to delays meeting up with friends whose tickets I had, I only saw bits of Saints' performance, from some distance away and at ground level. It was on the field but appeared to be a quasi-standstill, and from what I could see, they looked pretty small.

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7 hours ago, N.E. Brigand said:

Did Coco (which I only saw a couple months ago) come out before or after Cabs performed their similarly-themed "Pathway to Remembrance" show?

Given the themes of the Southwind and BDB shows, what a coincidence that I should have mentioned Coco!

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5 hours ago, kevingamin said:

Some of the members have numbers on them. I suspect this is a dance competition theme. The back field drum major is now carrying a clipboard and pulled a number off one of the members. Yer out of the running, kid.

The theme was far from clear, but the playing was generally entertaining.

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4 hours ago, kevingamin said:

Spider-Man theme. Look out.

Who would have believed you if you'd said six months ago that we'd hear this theme by two different corps in one evening?

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4 hours ago, kevingamin said:

Now for the big visual reveal: The corps removes their Aussies and jackets to review space themed tops while wearing the star points on their backs.

One snare player's star was missing.

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4 hours ago, kevingamin said:

Bass drums start the show playing a tribal rhythm on the back sideline. We have narration, most likely from the Beowulf epic itself.

Kinda sorta? It sounded like a loose translation of some secondary passages at best. As a sometime student of Beowulf, the only element for me that actually worked in support of the theme was the Old English text on the front panels.

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4 hours ago, kevingamin said:

It doesn't help Raiders that they follow Shadow, which is a full sized corps, especially in the horns.

Raiders were stronger two years ago when their hornline was only half the size they have this year.

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4 hours ago, kevingamin said:

Beowulf tosses a mean sabre. I wouldn't mess with him.

One of the key points in Beowulf is that he purposely chooses to fight Grendel barehanded.

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