Stellathediningdiva Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 least favorite moment of a finals show: Having to go into the nosebleed section of ____________stadium (take your pick!) favorite tour food: ...are you kidding?! warm peach dump cake! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bawker Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 Or how about Phantom of the Opera or New World Symphony??? :) Dunno. No one's done "Phantom" in DCI since SCV, although every marching band in the world has done it since. Same for "New World", although the Glassmen made it interesting this past year. Maybe I should change it to "Favorite High School Marching Band Cliche Show" :P One thing I always found funny was on the LP's the marching band arrangers (Jenson, Hal Leonard, etc) would send out, there was always a generic version "in the style of" if your band couldn't hack the standard hosed down corps chart they had on there. I think the one for "Malaguena" was called "Topaz". Wow, was it bad. :P Do they even still do those marching band recordings now? I used to like to hear the on-the-field versions they had...'bout the time I graduated high school they had switched to studio musicians. Yes, I am a marching band geek. B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madalumni Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 Favorite female DM: Tie - Marcia Hanson/Kristi Spears Favorite Gimmick - SCV changing from green to white pants in the tunnel. Favorite Jazz lick - unison run in "Great Divide" 93 Blue Devils. Favorite Classical lick - Opening run in Cadets 97 show. Favorite Drum feature - SCV 87 Favorite closing "push" - SCV 88 Favorite Opener - Rocky Point Holiday - 83 Cadets Favorite Closer - Malaga - 95 Madison Favorite Ballad - Adagio for Strings - 00 SCV Favorite use of Amplification - George Lynch's guitar solo in Dokken's live recording of "Paris is Burning" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musical_Spinner Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 Favorite tick: That poor soul from Cadets 2002 on the rifle line. I cringe everytime. Favorite surprise ending: SCV 2004 Favorite soloists: The "block" soloists from Spin Cycle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobrien Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 Favorite bass drum cadence - "Iowa" (Cavaliers). There is no second place. Favorite town with high school hotties who wanted to find out how the uniform was held together - Greenville, SC ^0^ Favorite town in which to have an unexpected free day because of bus trouble - Boston Favorite town to get out of as quickly as possible - Dalton, GA Favorite modern drum finish - Yamaha's black/green sparkle (Cavies 02/03) Favorite retro drum finish - Slingerland's copper wrap (SCV early-mid 70s) Favorite SCV uniform - late 90s Favorite "Russian Christmas Music" - Cavaliers '75 Favorite Copland arrangement - "Letter from Home" (Garfield '91) Favorite "Strawberry Soup" arrangement - Madison 82-83 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_S Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 Favorite "Strawberry Soup": Madison '93 Favorite Metheny chart: "Heat of the Day" - Crossmen '02 Favorite use of Chick Corea music: Blue Devils '95 Favorite piece of guard equipment: Star's bars in '93 Favorite patriotic show: Bluecoats '95 Favorite representation of an American flag: Star '92 beats out Boston '02 Favorite very last moment in a show: SCV '00 joining hands and leaning against each other as the music fades out Favorite chant: SCV '01 "New Era!" Favorite use of singing: Boston '00 just beats out Crown '04 Favorite use of running: Cavaliers '02, as they run into the Fight Club block Favorite piece of drill writing: Cavaliers '02, the company front that dissolves from right to left, eventually piecing together to form a block that then whips around itself, unwinds, and becomes a triangle, which splits into two, one moving through the other at double time. Simply stunning. Favorite pit run: Blue Devils '00, in that awesome, awesome closer Favorite trumpet lick: Bluecoats '05 closer, after the tabla section Favorite guard outfit: SCV '04 Favorite opener in an otherwise unremarkable show: Crown '01 Concerto for Four Percussion Favorite closer in an otherwise unremarkable show: Phantom '00 Rite of Spring Favorite opener that is more than seven minutes long: Blue Devils '86 Channel One Suite Favorite show in finals, from a corps that wasn't a finalist the year before: Madison '03 Favorite drill move that I saw a high school band do first: TIE - Cavaliers Fight Club '02, Cavaliers triangle move '04 Favorite piece that I heard a high school band play first: SCV '00 Adagio for Strings Favorite piece that I heard a high school band arrange better than any corps: Wild Nights, from John Adams' Harmonium Favorite opener that no one ever talks about: Blue Knights '03 Kaval Sviri Favorite non-finalist show: Blue Knights '03 Favorite opener that is really a ballad: Phantom Regiment '96 Fourth Ballet Suite, Intro Favorite ballad from an 11th place corps: Crossmen '04 And finally... Favorite opener: Cavaliers '02 Melody Favorite ballad: SCV '00 Adagio for Strings Favorite jam section: Cadets '05 Cvalda Favorite closer: Madison '95 beats out a lot of great contenders Favorite overall show: TIE - Cavaliers '02, SCV '00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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