Bob984 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 I just noticed this, looking at some historical recaps. At the first DCI prelims, in 1972, the Garfield Cadets would have qualified for finals and finish in 10th place. It was a tight contest. However, they had a full 1 point penalty, which dropped the corps out of finals and into 13th, a mere tenth out of 12th. Does anyone know what the penalty was for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traverbanking Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Overtime. The staff was tinkering with the show all summer and left too much in the show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob984 Posted December 5, 2021 Author Share Posted December 5, 2021 That's interesting......I heard from a pretty reliable source today.....He also confirmed "tinkering", but said that it was this.......a drill set change was made at a practice before prelims, and there were not enough reps....some members stepped over the front sideline, and the corps was penalized. That's a tough break, because without that, they would have been a 10th place finalist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Wiedoeft Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 It was a pre-emptive penalty assigned for their future singing of "AMEN" a few years down the road in 1977. Those judges don't miss a thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajlisko Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 (edited) On 12/5/2021 at 3:14 AM, Bob984 said: That's interesting......I heard from a pretty reliable source today.....He also confirmed "tinkering", but said that it was this.......a drill set change was made at a practice before prelims, and there were not enough reps....some members stepped over the front sideline, and the corps was penalized. That's a tough break, because without that, they would have been a 10th place finalist. Couldn't be "some" members over the sideline ... each one would have been assessed a one point penalty ... Edited December 9, 2021 by ajlisko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 On 12/4/2021 at 7:25 AM, traverbanking said: Overtime. The staff was tinkering with the show all summer and left too much in the show. correct it's been documented on here several times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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