FTNK Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 People talking about “tradition” in regard to marching band of all things is always extremely pathetic 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStainGlass Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 4 hours ago, Metalbinky said: Pacific Crest changes. Glen Crosby resigned as Program Coordinator and Director of Percussion. Nicole Casino resigned as percussion co-caption head (replaced by David Ramirez filling in as acting co-caption head in July. The corps is searching for replacement for Program Coordinator to be filled by end of August, then searching for new percussion caption head. Finally the actual topic 4 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jwillis35 Posted August 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 16, 2022 (edited) 18 hours ago, PopcornEater1963 said: Very true. That said, the current brass staff took a 6th place hornline in 2017 and had them beating Devils and SCV in 2 years (3rd in brass) by 2019. Didn’t get to truly capitalize on that momentum in 20 and 21. 2022 percussion was solid… in 5th as late as Friday night Indy. I don’t think it’s going to take a decade to build on those two captions. But time will certainly tell. Either way… going co-Ed isn’t a discussed strategy from all I’ve seen and heard in and around Rosemont. Though acknowledging I don’t work there nor speak for the organization. I'm going to stay away from the subject about adding all genders to the Cavaliers line-up. But if we are talking competitive status, as you mentioned in the first paragraph, my initial reaction is that the 2022 Cavaliers brass and percussion did not have a chance to fully shine due to the music book construction and the overall design of the show. Even before Covid hit them hard I felt the show was missing key elements and the music construction was thick at times and hard to read, and at other times to compartmentalized which made thematic development difficult. I can make an argument that they had top 6 talent in brass and drums. Now I have no idea what Cavaliers staff and design team will do or who will stay and who will go. I never, NEVER, get on these threads and advocate for people to be fired unless they commit a criminal act. I wish all the staff and design people well and hope they continue to work in the activity and help these kids learn and perform exciting shows. In general, most staff and design people usually do not get fired, they usually just leave and find another place to work if they feel they need a change of scenery. I don't know what's been decided in Cavaliers-land but I hope they stay. They can design a better show than that and they can construct a great music book. They have great teachers. The members are talented. No reason to fold now. And let's be clear, when you lose 2 full weeks (and likely more as they waited for others to get healthy since they all did not get healthy at the same time) of meaningful rehearsals and your only performance experience for those 2 weeks is stand still performances then you are in a tough spot. By the time the corps was getting healthy all they could really do is clean. Sure they tweaked a few minor things, but mostly you have to clean clean clean or else you will be dropping even further. Now I am of the mindset that competition is secondary. Taking care of your members is first, and then making sure the members have a safe place to rehearse, perform, make music and march/spin. I applaud the Cavaliers staff for making the right decisions from that point on. I applaud their management for making sure they were taken care of and still got to enjoy tour and performance. That is really what matters. But if we're going to knit-pick the competitive aspects, the flaws in the music book and visual design were what hurt them. The fact that they still took 9th with that show, even with the Covid disaster, is amazing in my book. And by the way, it is not easy to design a show for DCI-level competition. Sometimes ideas on paper do not work out. Even great design teams have some rough years. The coordination of ideas amongst so many people is never easy. Edited August 16, 2022 by jwillis35 4 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStainGlass Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 Can you guys like make a gender topic and keep it over there and leave this for staff? 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scout9193 Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, Jeff Ream said: that tradition had them in a competitive free fall. Nevermind. Edited August 16, 2022 by scout9193 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Dixon Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 9 hours ago, GREENBLUE said: How much money can we really be talking about? And is that money really worth it? We’re talking 90+ years of history/tradition. dude, that ship HAS SAILED 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Holland Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 (edited) 7 hours ago, 84BDsop said: How bad was your ulcer after seeing '17 Bloo?? That #### ramp scared me all season, especially after that snare slipped in the first show run. I was terrified until the last tuba safely made it down at finals...and since they weren't winning, that meant no encore run to take another chance on. my concern is when i see large platform type scenery wiggle. that's what bothers me. hence painter scaffold, and many other types which are designed for only certain types of motion on them, are made of cast parts, which can be problematic when torqued. there's another thread on props. also feel free to pm me or drop me an email since this thread is about staff staffing other staffs Edited August 16, 2022 by C.Holland 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cappybara Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 1 hour ago, BlueStainGlass said: Can you guys like make a gender topic and keep it over there and leave this for staff? atleast 18 of the 22 pages of this topic has nothing to do with staff changes. This thread is stupid 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStainGlass Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 1 minute ago, Cappybara said: atleast 18 of the 22 pages of this topic has nothing to do with staff changes. This thread is stupid Hey we got one topic moved over! And recently Pacific Crest is looking for some new people. Will be easy to find a drum person in California with the WGI world groups out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopcornEater1963 Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 1 hour ago, BlueStainGlass said: Can you guys like make a gender topic and keep it over there and leave this for staff? Better yet, could we not? Since it's been beaten half to death? LOL. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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