GUARDLING Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 1 minute ago, CFC1905 said: You call it doing it right. I call it the easy way out. whats so easy about being the best? and that includes all in to top 12 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBo1974 Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Just now, DWW11 said: Oh, come on. If the Devils had designed that prop and popped up through the holes, you would have laughed at “whack a devil”! And i would have, too. Sometimes the truth hurts. Sometimes it’s hard. But sometimes the truth is funny! Actually no. It's not funny. And the fabric ties right into the show design, not to mention it has continually gotten great crowd response. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFC1905 Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 (edited) 8 minutes ago, GUARDLING said: *post removed. Not worth it. congrats to whatever group wins the dance competition tonight Edited August 13, 2022 by CFC1905 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mello Dude Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Another drama-queen BD post? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwillis35 Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 21 minutes ago, Jeff Ream said: It used to be bad here Very true. I think from 2014 to now things have been better. I think I sometimes miss some of the late late night chatter that some are referring to, and frankly people shouldn't give those trolls any attention. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWW11 Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 7 minutes ago, MBo1974 said: Actually no. It's not funny. And the fabric ties right into the show design, not to mention it has continually gotten great crowd response. I didn’t say the prop was funny. I didn’t say the fabric was funny. I didn’t say the crowd didn’t like it. I didn’t say any of that. What i said was the comment was funny. And i thought it was. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUARDLING Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 (edited) 16 minutes ago, CFC1905 said: It’s easy to write a show that hides mistakes, or standstill during any remotely difficult music. if you want to see what’s not easy, re-watch Four Corners. Those designers were not afraid of exposure. Designing is not about hiding, its about making your members shine. If you ever tried to design a show that wasnt lines arcs and boxes ( not that those are easy either )and did it well you would see how difficult it is from designing it to teaching it to performing it. Now with that said I do think a corps should be able to do what they choose, and I have seen a lot of variety and combination of movement and staging coupled with a variety of member responsibility Something also doesn't have to be one's taste to be done well or appreciated. I have given the old fashioned eye roll in past years to certain shows only to having some of them be my favorite at the end. Edited August 13, 2022 by GUARDLING 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsd Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 3 hours ago, CFC1905 said: In terms of demand and innovation, Blue Devils have never “raised the bar.” At no point in their history were they known as the corps who had the hardest drill, or hardest music book. They are rarely ever the crowd favorite. They’ve figured out a way to churn out the same old crap year after year and do it very cleanly. It’s like a conveyor belt at a fish factory. Very efficient but it still smells like fish. Are you kidding me?!? BD has singlehandedly changed the activity multiple times. Go watch 1976, go watch 1994 (where they were the first corps to stage the color guard as a main focal point), go watch "Felliniesque". My goodness...know your history before you post. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUARDLING Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 2 minutes ago, jsd said: Are you kidding me?!? BD has singlehandedly changed the activity multiple times. Go watch 1976, go watch 1994 (where they were the first corps to stage the color guard as a main focal point), go watch "Felliniesque". My goodness...know your history before you post. One doesn't have to be a BD fan to recognize this...like change or not 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Holland Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 (edited) Design numbers cap achievement. The competition is won at the design desk in October. Which does take weight off the performers by setting them up for success. There’s no design by “we should really add 16 counts of (unknown) body work or something here”. Now if you constantly get talent who doesn’t need to be taught, you spend less time teaching and more time refining and changing the show. This is how we do it on Broadway. We don’t teach technique, we teach the steps of the show. This is the difference. and much like Broadway, cash flow is king. Edited August 13, 2022 by C.Holland 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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