Bushsop89 Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 Total disrespect for any of the corps ...what were they thinking? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Huh? I'm not really sure to what you are responding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumo27 Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 (edited) He's talking about us trooping the stands, Dave. Obviously, he has no idea what the real reason was... Edited for a stupid question. Edited September 6, 2005 by RumpsPlayer2000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melligene Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 Since you asked, even if it was rhetorical........I personally have a problem with a lot of the awards !!!! I especially have a problem with the best contra award, for several reasons. First off, since 2003, not all corps are playing contras. Some are playing tubas !!!! Where is the best "Tuba" section award? And who decides the winner anyway? I don't see it anywhere on the backs of the sheets. Please tell me where I can find the set of criteria that defines the award. Is it in box 4 or 5, because I must have missed it !!!! In my opinion, I think we should get rid of almost all of the awards, including GE. Here are the caption awards I would like to see: - High Brass - High Percussion - High Colorguard - High Marching And then the scores and placements. (Including any penalties) We can all read the recaps on line the next day !!!! Screw the best drum major award, screw the soloist award. (Which, if we're being honest, should really be called the best Soprano Soloist award - because they never give it to a Mello, Bari or Contra/Tuba player. Then again, what if the corps is using trumpets and not sopranos? Perhaps then it should be called the best trumpet/sorprano soloist. Either way, screw that award too !!) Screw the showmanship award. Screw the pit ensemble award. And Yes, screw the best Contra Section award. I just think there are way too many frigan awards. There is no need to have an award for every caption and sub-caption on the sheets. It stems from our society's incessant need to make everyone feel all warm and fuzzy about themselves - like giving participation awards to little leaguers who finish in last place. There are winners and there are losers. That is life. This is my own opinion, I am in no way representing the other members of my corps or anyone involved with the Bushwackers. And this is not at all directed at the Renegades. I thought you guys were great. Your hornline was awesome, including your contra section! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> .......I may or may not agree......but.....your suggestion has just eliminated 3 needless hours of.........'and the Award for best ....yaDa, YaDa goes to....... .....and then on the other hand...... if you knew YOU were going to be a recepient of an Award..........Would you then have a problem with us not sticking around....? It's what we do........It's who we are.........and why not? I have more of a problem with a baseball player batting .250 and being at the top of his game(DUH!) and #####ing about only making 100K/game. (probably never slept on a gym floor either). O.K. I RANT.............but........when one of my PEERS comes up to me and says....."Great Show".........it's worth it.......................The End!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumo27 Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 .......I may or may not agree......but.....your suggestion has just eliminated 3 needless hours of.........'and the Award for best ....yaDa, YaDa goes to............and then on the other hand...... if you knew YOU were going to be a recepient of an Award..........Would you then have a problem with us not sticking around....? It's what we do........It's who we are.........and why not? I have more of a problem with a baseball player batting .250 and being at the top of his game(DUH!) and #####ing about only making 100K/game. (probably never slept on a gym floor either). O.K. I RANT.............but........when one of my PEERS comes up to me and says....."Great Show".........it's worth it.......................The End!! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Can you EVER type a response that is in the form of an actual paragraph, with good English sentence structure? It's SO hard to read and understand you sometimes. I'm just sayin'... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdisney Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 There's a lot of jokes about the length of awards, but actually it went by pretty quick this year, I thought. I'm still wondering two things - why are contras the only section receiving their own award? And for that matter, anyone know how it's judged and by who? Second thing - does anyone else find it completely unecessary to give two awards to the same corps for the same thing, ie. both a DCA and AL award? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushsop89 Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 There's a lot of jokes about the length of awards, but actually it went by pretty quick this year, I thought.I'm still wondering two things - why are contras the only section receiving their own award? And for that matter, anyone know how it's judged and by who? Second thing - does anyone else find it completely unecessary to give two awards to the same corps for the same thing, ie. both a DCA and AL award? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I also don't believe we need to break down the percussion and brass awards into ensemble and field. (Or execution as they call it) It should be: High Brass and High Percussion. And why were there five first place awards? How silly is that? It seems like anyone with a couple of bucks can sponsor an award. We should start a pool and create an award, like "Best looking Colorguard" or "Best Uniforms" or something like that, and see if DCA will have it. They don't realize that it is getting a bit ridiculous. (Again, in my opinion) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted September 7, 2005 Share Posted September 7, 2005 There's a lot of jokes about the length of awards, but actually it went by pretty quick this year, I thought.I'm still wondering two things - why are contras the only section receiving their own award? And for that matter, anyone know how it's judged and by who? Second thing - does anyone else find it completely unecessary to give two awards to the same corps for the same thing, ie. both a DCA and AL award? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Al ego makes it neccesary. hopefully we never have to deal with the Al again so it should be faster next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellochick Posted September 7, 2005 Share Posted September 7, 2005 Congrats to the Bucs! What a great year. And congrats to all those that participated in DCA this weekend: open, A class, I&E, alumni corps, you all did an awesome job of entertaining this weekend! And last but not least, Thank You Bushwackers for making my summer the best of our lives! ^_^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted September 7, 2005 Share Posted September 7, 2005 Al ego makes it neccesary. hopefully we never have to deal with the Al again so it should be faster next year <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hey Jeff, When I started to read that I thought you were talking to a guy named 'Al'. :P Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMCK Posted September 7, 2005 Share Posted September 7, 2005 Al's ego is out of control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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