Mir Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 I didn't see 2003, I was getting food and missed it...DANGIT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machinesnare Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 *phew*. I seriously read all seven pages. I don't frequent this forum, I'm usually on the div2/3 forum. But here's a few cents from me. Yes, we all have our personal biases, and we all have our favorites for whatever reasons. They are indeniable. But Cadets we AMAZING on finals. They were straight up ON FIRE. Do I enjoy the cadets? More than some, but they aren't my favorite. And to me, that's ok, because if everyone had the same favorite, this activity would suck. #### clean wins. (if you're in the top 5 or so, granted, Crown, etc, get looked over. That's another conversation.) And Seth, man, as far as Todd Fox goes... lighten up man. Todd is not a terrible judge. I would ask for another judge if I had the choice, but it doesn't work like that. Our pit had amazing four mallet exposed feature in the closer with sick permutations that I remember countless times, including finals and prelims, when the drum judge was in front of the battery instead. Whether or not it was because the cohesive of the subtleties we were playing were more important, or what have you, the judge always knew what the pit was playing. Now on finals, where we saw a judge we had only seen us once, and didn't really know what to look for, I was upset. But, that's the way it works. Marion ended up winning, and I have no doubt they deserved it just as much as we may have. And no, he was nowhere around us for the snare break. Such is life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drum_Freak11 Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 Iv watched and re-watched the DVD's with the drum judge commentary. Vanguard had a sub-par performance. I have seen clips of them from earlier in the season and they were much cleaner than finals night. There were little ticks here and there. Some of it was that they were drumming with such a fire, that they started causing dirt. i think their book was way better than the Cadet's(believe me, I am so sick of the reefed paradiddle-diddles) and it had a lot of tasty stuff, but also take into account that the Cadets just plain threw it down. I don't think I have heard a cleaner tenor lick. They had an amazing night and completely deserved that trophy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 Not a drummer, but after listening to the drum judge's on the DVD's, you bet your ###. Those guys were SICK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 The guard judge that dumped the Cadets was Jackie Gilley. They weren't the only ones... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheezedogg 23 Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 WHo did I like the most. Phantom and BD were top of my list. But in both I could hear the occasion phat note or dirty segment. Was also on top of my list, and I heard the occasional blurb. But with Cadets I couldn't hear one thing wrong. And from what my ears could remember It was a diffferent book for once. It wasn't the same book as the last few years. Bravo to Cadets this year. I was amazed. I had seen BD before them, and I thought BD had it in the bag, then I saw Cadets. And I was just blow away. IMO Cadets well deserved the title. But I wouldn't have been agast at BD winning it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SourceTags8Codes Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 i agree cadets that cadets deserve the title. but they had one little tear during the end of the second movement plus i would be against bd winning the fred sanford award. They were just dirty this year. the alternating 16ths plus the pit was bad and the right side facing us of the sanre line attacked early so yeah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flammaster Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 yea they were dirty. Those super tight dynastys arent helping the scores either. everyone knows the pearls hide dirt better but I personally like the pearl snare sound the best. (and I hate pearl drums)! *it's a cosmetic thing more than anything else* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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