la_vie_boheme Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 so, it was a whole season and a new one is almost here. was there ever a discussion about the new "retreat"? what do you think? is it a good thing? should it go back how it was? did it benifit the corps and people DCI thought that it was going to? i marched and we stayed till the end almost every time. there were only like 2 times the drum majors and gaurd girls stayed and the corps went back to the houseing site. just wondering if the plan worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgoth Bauglir Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 We too stayed until the end of the show. Our drum majors did just get ont he bus and we pulled out, so maybe it did save a bit of time, but it didn't really seem like much to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phirefenix Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Yeah, with the drum majors having to stay for scores anyway, we never got on the road any earlier than we would have if it was a full retreat. I kinda dig the opportunity to do a mixed arc with another hornline, but otherwise I saw little benefit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl306 Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 (edited) No. Rather than being able to load the truck right away and get things done and over with, we'd have to wait until after retreat to finish loading the majority of our equipment, especially if the hornline was doing AOC or people were out and about practicing (which happened a lot). After marching in '04 when retreats were in full swing and in '05 when they weren't, I didn't notice much of a difference. Maybe things were different for other corps with different equipment trucks, but OC's was not the most suitable for being able to load the pit equipment with horns and uniforms still not on. Edited January 10, 2006 by Carl306 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHSmirage Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 As for a D2 I worked with this past summer, ALWAYS stayed till the end for scores and DMs. After the Corps performed, they would put horns away, change and eat, watch the big boys and head to the busses post scores. I don't know that it saved time....seems like to me you miss out on the pagantry of drum corps when you axe out all the retreats. Would be nice to see them at Regionals, if not most shows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlooooContra Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 (edited) It definitely gave us another hour or two of sleep on the floor most nights, which was nice. I'd love to see full retreats back at regionals though. Mixed arcs with other corps was definitely a good way to get to know other people since we didn't have the same time in the lot as we used to. Corps like SCV, BD, Cap Reg, and Crossmen were a blast to stand next to this summer. Edited January 10, 2006 by BlooooContra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
show_mellow Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 I, too, thought it was cool to do the mixed arc thing sometimes. But I kind of missed the retreat blocks... :( Another rule I didn't really like was the "no practicing after the last corps leaves the warm-up site" rule. Why? Because first of all, I like practicing during that time...and second of all...it didn't seem like some of the other corps were really following that rule anyway. <**> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl306 Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 I, too, thought it was cool to do the mixed arc thing sometimes. But I kind of missed the retreat blocks... :( Another rule I didn't really like was the "no practicing after the last corps leaves the warm-up site" rule. Why? Because first of all, I like practicing during that time...and second of all...it didn't seem like some of the other corps were really following that rule anyway. <**> Never heard of that one, nor did I really see it enforced. ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leadsop97 Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Hmmmm, never heard of that rule. I too enjoyed the mixed arc although we only did it twice. Once with citations and then once with yamato and capital sound. But they were fun. The new retreat didn't make a difference for us at all. Because even though we were out of uniform and packed up already, we were all at the shows watching and/or listening to the scores. So by the time we got b ack, it was basically the same time. We usually ate then as well for a snack before we got on the road again. So yeah, I miss retreat. I think the thing I miss most is opening ceremonies though. Granted it's been gone for a while now, but there's nothing like playing America/O' Canada and hearing the tiny corps all the way on the other side of the stadium and every other corps in between playing it and sounding massive. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goglassmen Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 I miss hearing all the corp songs that were played while leaving retreat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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