My challenge to the Cadets

[hughesmr]

Dear Cadets staff,

Remove all vocals by Allentown and I will gladly drop $100 in your fuel fund this year.

What's to prevent them from using your $100 to hire someone to run the sound board? (And for $100, I'm sure they'll get their money's worth...)

Mike in OH

[WOOHOO]

Is this some kind of strange Ted Stevens joke?

Man, I'm surprised I even found this site, what with all those tubes I had to go through first :P .

[Begines]

Goodbye Drum Corps Planet

Edited August 17, 2008 by Begines

[lbjazz]

Man, I'm surprised I even found this site, what with all those tubes I had to go through first :P .

No, no, it's simple. Just follow this map.

[Jeff Ream]

I'll give all of you a thousand dollars if this site can go one week without a new Cadets/Vocal-related thread.

certified check only

[Musical_Spinner]

I'll gladly buy from their online store (DVD or two) if they gladly stop the three clowns from running around so much.

Don't get me wrong, I love the show.....but they are uber distracting

[victorcoly]

I'm not a huge fan of some of the narration, but I believe taking this offer would be what they call "selling out"

Cadets "sold out" somewhat about 5 years ago when they started changing their show design philosophy.

Oh how I long for the days of Cadets shows such as "In A Time When Kings Go Off to War," and some of the Berstein type shows....... No narration, horn licks to die for throughout the show, and drills that left people in fandom on the edge of their seats the entire time the corps was on the field!!!!

I do have to give credit to them, though, where credit is due -- the percussion section still can throw down with the best of them!!!!!

[Pinwiz]

Once again, people are giving money to Cadets for a show they don't like when Troopers and VK are trying to return... sheesh.

You're going to give the same money to the two corps who really need it right now, right?

[Jeff Ream]

i gave to troopers and i havent been to a dci show in 2 years

[chris ncsu]

Cadets "sold out" somewhat about 5 years ago when they started changing their show design philosophy.

Oh how I long for the days of Cadets shows such as "In A Time When Kings Go Off to War," and some of the Berstein type shows....... No narration, horn licks to die for throughout the show, and drills that left people in fandom on the edge of their seats the entire time the corps was on the field!!!!

I do have to give credit to them, though, where credit is due -- the percussion section still can throw down with the best of them!!!!!

Well in a sense, they sort of sold out (though not as dramatically) when they started taking breaks from Americana, which was their niche for a while and won them 5 championships. But their design philosophy did stay the same. But as for the last 5 years you speak of, they still have thrown down some incredible drill (2000,2001,2005), fantastic horn licks, and brought the audience to its feet far more DURING the show than they usually did in past years (2000 horn/drum break, 2001 Moondance, 2002 Boogie Woogie, 2003 Malaguena). I don't blame them for trying something more general-audience-acceptable, and also for trying to throw caution to the wind and be a bit different from the other corps.