KVG_DC Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 Any corps not asking for money this week is leaving money on the table. This is when ALL the alumni and fans of yesteryear check in. It'd be like a college having homecoming weekend and not asking for money. Heh. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postertrout Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 24 minutes ago, George Dixon said: they're running a fundraiser - not exactly the same as "the organization is struggling" - quite a stretch on your part. Yes, I understand that was kind of stretch in hindsight. I should have phrased it differently. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2000Cadet Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU CADETS!!! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadet Guardy Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 1 hour ago, 2000Cadet said: THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU CADETS!!! AFT, right?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orwellian Wiress Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Hey guys. I know I kind of have a reputation of not being the biggest Cadets fan especially with a couple "choice years", but I went to Big Loud and Live today and all I can say is... THIS. WAS. AMAZING! Maybe I'm biased because besides drum corps, swing is my favorite genre of music and I love vintage aesthetics. This had a lot of my type of stuff: interesting narration, storytelling, different genres/types of music, being based in pop culture. I was blown away by this show and I really hope the Cadets can move forward in this direction in the future! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njthundrrd Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 6 hours ago, Orwellian Wiress said: Hey guys. I know I kind of have a reputation of not being the biggest Cadets fan especially with a couple "choice years", but I went to Big Loud and Live today and all I can say is... THIS. WAS. AMAZING! Maybe I'm biased because besides drum corps, swing is my favorite genre of music and I love vintage aesthetics. This had a lot of my type of stuff: interesting narration, storytelling, different genres/types of music, being based in pop culture. I was blown away by this show and I really hope the Cadets can move forward in this direction in the future! amen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post waliman4444 Posted August 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 12, 2022 Never thought that Cadets could rebound to the point of serious competitive contention this quickly..After 2019 and all the events that led to the infamous removal of he who shall not be mentioned, I thought that the Cadets might be caught in a downward spiral,not expected to be great again...To my pleasant surprise, the Cadets have exceeded my expectations and are again a top notch drum corps..Tonight's show, highlighted by that beautiful ballad played with such class, made my day..Thanks again Cadets..Keep on pushing. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris ncsu Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 How about that guard last night. I thought they looked great, and glad the score reflected that. It's been a relative Achilles Heel this season (well, for a while) but they're cleaning up nicely and selling it. Beat a VERY good Stars guard. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2000Cadet Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 6 minutes ago, chris ncsu said: How about that guard last night. I thought they looked great, and glad the score reflected that. It's been a relative Achilles Heel this season (well, for a while) but they're cleaning up nicely and selling it. Beat a VERY good Stars guard. Man, I am so pleased with their guard this year. I know they don't have a lot of "acrobatic" elements, but they're sooooooo much better than they've been in the past few years. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ftwdrummer Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 6 hours ago, Orwellian Wiress said: Hey guys. I know I kind of have a reputation of not being the biggest Cadets fan especially with a couple "choice years", but I went to Big Loud and Live today and all I can say is... THIS. WAS. AMAZING! Maybe I'm biased because besides drum corps, swing is my favorite genre of music and I love vintage aesthetics. This had a lot of my type of stuff: interesting narration, storytelling, different genres/types of music, being based in pop culture. I was blown away by this show and I really hope the Cadets can move forward in this direction in the future! I might recommend looking up their 1995 show. It gets a bit patriotic/preachy at the end, but it fits with the show (the last movement is the boys going off to war in the 1940s; '95 was the 50th anniversary of the end of WWII, after all), it's not nearly as preachy/cheesy as 2014, the show as a whole does some wonderful genre-hopping musically, and the music will all at least feel familiar even if you haven't specifically heard it before (it's by this really obscure film composer named John Williams). 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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