Jeff Ream Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 14 minutes ago, mingusmonk said: It will be interesting to see if this changes how batteries are tech'ed. Why have your sub-techs on the field so much when those reads are no longer relevant. Techs should know the drill so that argument is moot. I realize that seeing a show maybe 5 times is a huge challenge. But really it all all boils down to one person the last few years really just was every bad stereotype rolled into one package when it came to paying attention on the field Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 8 minutes ago, Cadevilina Crown said: Something that hasn't been discussed yet is how this change will affect the positioning of the pit/front ensemble. I bet we're going to see more and more front ensembles like the Bluecoats' of the last 3 seasons, positioned in a way that "opens up" the front of the field so that the judges can more clearly see and hear the performers. I doubt it. Too often the FE is there to huge guard changes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 1 hour ago, George Dixon said: Delighted! Should have happened decades ago as soon as drill sped up in the 80s Cadets wouldn’t have won as many trophies 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 2 minutes ago, Jeff Ream said: But really it all all boils down to one person the last few years really just was every bad stereotype rolled into one package when it came to paying attention on the field And possibly because of one knucklehead, the percussion writing and drill (visuals) for the whole corps, might have to be watered down? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Just now, Ghost said: And possibly because of one knucklehead, the percussion writing and drill (visuals) for the whole corps, might have to be watered down? As we have seen for years visual will do what it wants to do, and music will be an unequal partner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 2 minutes ago, Jeff Ream said: As we have seen for years visual will do what it wants to do, and music will be an unequal partner If the battery only spends a little extra time up front, fine. But, the battery has been a part of visuals for decades, so more than a little time up front might change the drill shape, and the battery could look out of place. Being a lover of brass, I'd rather see/hear a brass section up front more often than the battery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 8 hours ago, Jeff Ream said: DCA moved to the box, but they don't perform in domes, just small HS stadiums Ah, OK. I like the box placement. The sideline also works for me. If the corps does not present the battery for the judge to sample enough, then it is on them if their score is not what they might hope. I just see no need to be running around on the field, but I know you think otherwise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbass598 Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 9 hours ago, Stu said: Excellence is not the issue which will drop, they will stay excellent. It will be the battery writing/playing complexity which pushes the performers to exceed beyond expectations that will suffer. Simple writing can be performed at a high rate of excellence, and there is no reason at all to write complex battery books when it will no longer have a way to be adjudicated nor appreciated. The complexity in the hands of the battery is not for the audience, it is for the performers; and without a way to really adjudicate it that complexity will likely go away. That is exactly what happened in BOA when the perc judge was removed from the field, and then the perc judge was eventually totally eliminated. Or maybe they will play more flams because those sort of disappeared when nobody could play them clean in a line setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skevinp Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 14 minutes ago, gbass598 said: Or maybe they will play more flams because those sort of disappeared when nobody could play them clean in a line setting. Or do other things that further challenge the individual performers, including things that have not been invented yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corps8294 Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Drill watered down? Isn't it watered down, already? The shows are all about staging now. There aren't too many corps left, anymore, that use the entire field with formations and running around at MACH 3. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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