Hook'emCavies Posted June 7, 2023 Author Share Posted June 7, 2023 5 hours ago, jjeffeory said: I'm going to try and forget last year as well as 2012's 15 Minutes of Shame; there were a ton of missed visual opportunities, and the drill was pretty bad and condensed; the same writer wrote a wonderful drill for Avon last year, I believe, so there was obviously some staff drama going on there. I don't buy the Covid excuses, it was all on the staff. THIS year is completely different. I am sorry that they lost a wonderful brass staff, but they got a great staff coming in, the guard numbers are much better, and the percussion has only gotten better. There's a lot of talent in this current corps, and I believe they're going to be back in the top 5 this year. I don't know much about the visual people, but the music side and the show design will be much better fleshed out this go around. Absolutely. Definitely some internal stuff going on. We just gotta let the past be the past. Learn from it and kick butt in the next round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roddy83 Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 Regarding visuals, did the Cavies change drill writers this year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook'emCavies Posted June 9, 2023 Author Share Posted June 9, 2023 Check out what I found 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keystone3ply Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 11 hours ago, Hook'emCavies said: Check out what I found Santa Esmeralda! This was my first finals experience with drum corps at Legion Field in BHM. Our HS band director took the section leaders to DCI Finals that year. As a young band director in the 90s, we used SE for our opener; great chart! Memories... 💚 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook'emCavies Posted June 9, 2023 Author Share Posted June 9, 2023 31 minutes ago, keystone3ply said: Santa Esmeralda! This was my first finals experience with drum corps at Legion Field in BHM. Our HS band director took the section leaders to DCI Finals that year. As a young band director in the 90s, we used SE for our opener; great chart! Memories... 💚 That is amazing!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keystone3ply Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 4 minutes ago, Hook'emCavies said: That is amazing!! Yup, I'm old. But not as old as some on this DCP thing. 😁 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craiga Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 On 6/8/2023 at 10:03 PM, Hook'emCavies said: Check out what I found Drum Major Jeff Fiedler? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slingerland Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 On 6/7/2023 at 6:30 PM, Roddy83 said: Regarding visuals, did the Cavies change drill writers this year? Yes. Except for percussion, all of the creative team are different from 2022, though Richard Saucedo has returned as brass arranger/composer, same role he was in during the 2000-2008 period. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjeffeory Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 On 6/7/2023 at 7:30 PM, Roddy83 said: Regarding visuals, did the Cavies change drill writers this year? I think Hinshaw is working with Avon high school now. Maybe he's still working with Colts too. https://www.richardhinshaw.com/bio He did a great job for Avon and Colts, so good for him. Jeremy Hunt and Chad Berkstresser are manning visual for the Cavaliers this year. https://cavaliers.org/staff-bod/2022/9/11/jeremy-hunt https://cavaliers.org/staff-bod/chad-berkstresser Honestly, they needed a change after the last couple of years. 2019 was ok, imho, but 2022 drill was pretty lacking, especially seeing how well the drill for Avon and Colts were in comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alextiger Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 (edited) On 6/8/2023 at 10:03 PM, Hook'emCavies said: Check out what I found Awesome! Way back when I was a junior in high school (1985) Our show that year featured a cadet style west side story medley where we high stepped over the color guard. we did not have much exposure to drum corps. We were a track show band (it’s an Indiana thing) so our season ran during the summer. I didn’t know the cavalier connection with the step over till much later. another cavalier connection to that show was our closer. It was When You Wish Upon a Star that morphed into a jazzy version of twinkle twinkle little star. Arranged especially for us, by Richard Saucedo. Edited June 10, 2023 by alextiger Grammar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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