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I would LOVE to see a corp do some of the music from the movie "Patton"

The corps I see that could perform it....Garfield (i still refuse to call them "the cadets")

Patton was already done in 1972 I think by Toronto Optimists - I'd like to see a re-do today.

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I can see Madison doing that one, also.

And give Cesario another opening to talk about swashing his buckle??? :rock:

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The man is a freakin genius. However, I think I'm right in saying that he had a bad experience as a trumpet player in a marching band. I think they told him he was "impossible" or something. So he might not be too keen.

I must be the only one, because I simply cannot stand Eric Whitacre. After reading all the gushing about his work, I went out and bought a few CD's. I listened to each one of them no fewer than 8 times each. I simply cannot remember a single thing about them other than they all sounded the same, there was not a single melody I took away from it, nothing memorable, etc. It seemed to be just a whole series of chord progressions. They sounded nice, but an hour long warm up exercise doesn't do it for me.

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I've often thought that the Mandarins should play up the Chinese origin that they have by doing some works such as:

The Butterfly Lovers

Music from the ballet "Raise the Red Lantern"

Music from the Last Emperor

Music from Nixon in China -- in particular the Cultural Revolution ballet sequence (it's good music and gives the benfit of giving a visual package that can easily be lifted from the opera.

Maybe they should do China: Revolution/Evolution A show that traces the struggle of traditional society as it tries to adapt and change through the Chinese Revolution(s) and the current evolution of China into the next Superpower. I think that's a show that would lend itself to one of those lengthy show descriptions that I just love so well.

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OMG You did not! lol --- I marched Pirates in '04

=P ----- That was a good show ---- and the crowd loved it. Screw Cavies on dat one --- they wouldn't "perform it" --- it would just be a bunch of the same drill re-usage that they use every year, box squares, twirling, maybe some triangle groupings -- but yeah --- zzzzzzz...

If anyone is going to take my Pirates show away - its gonna be SCV --- they are the only "ACTIVE" corps that knows how to "perform" a show ---- when I say perform --- I mean, show-type performance, not just a bunch of random formations.

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The toccata from Boellman's Suite Gothique for Organ.

IT would be perfect of the feild. If i had a link to a recording i would post it. You have got to hear it.

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