drumcat Posted September 23, 2006 Author Share Posted September 23, 2006 Anyone agree that more facial contact with the audience is around the corner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bawker Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Anyone agree that more facial contact with the audience is around the corner? By this, do you mean more emotey guards, or are you talking about people like the schoolgirl in the audience kinda thing....or something else altogether? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audiodave Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 I think Pits and Percussion lines are going to get smaller. Instead of having 10 snares- there will be one...amped and turned up loud enough to sound like 10. After all, the goal is for 10 to sound like one, so why not just have one. Same with multi tenors, but not bass drums- unless replaced by a drum machine or something. Same thing with pit percussion instruments, where applicable. Mallets, cymbals etc. Guards may get bigger with all the extra people (unless the max membership gets reduced because of a huge decline in membership). Hornlines? Well, why not mic 'em and shrink 'em. Heck before we know it- we'll have ....well....summerguard. Because the guard will be the only thing unaffected by the electronics age. Maybe we'll see tiny cameras make their way into corps, so when some person has the "lead" line during the "play" we'll be able to see their facial expressions on the jumbotron better. God, I hope this stuff never comes true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourouttheforty Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 I dunno about the shako thing. Something about seeing performs with them makes me think they're just BAMFs ready to go after it. I wonder if the kind of programming the Cavaliers have been doing will catch on with everyone else: really accentuating and designing around the visual program while the music program complements the visual more than vice versa. I mean, 5 championships in 7 years... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarchingXylo Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Who's the new corps in the top three? I say... Blue Stars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpookyKid Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 2016 * The Championships will be held permanently at Indianapolis. Regional shows will be held in Orlando, Madison, Denver, San Antonio, and Allentown. * More international corps will follow the example of Yamato. * Division I will include the present 24, plus, Kiwanis Kavaliers, VK, Bridgemen, Kilties, Revolution, East Coast Jazz, Arizona Academy, Sky Ryders, Oregon Crusaders, Jersey Surf, and Impulse. * The age limit will be raised to 25. * Corps that I think will win a championship in the next decade, besides the usual gang? Carolina Crown, Phantom Regiment, Bluecoats. * Corps numbers will increase to 150. * Star will not be returning. In fact, Bill Cook will show up to every DCI championship and announce "NO, STAR IS NOT COMING BACK NEXT YEAR." * Mini corps will become the rage and will be a part of WGI. Surprisingly, Regiment will win ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Boo Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 My question isn't whether you would mind this or even hate it, but do you think we might see either electric basses in the pit or synthesizers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hrothgar15 Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 My question isn't whether you would mind this or even hate it, but do you think we might see either electric basses in the pit or synthesizers? No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einstein On The Beach Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 My question isn't whether you would mind this or even hate it, but do you think we might see either electric basses in the pit or synthesizers? Hopefully synthesizers, I've never seen the point of having a bass guitar in the pit (bad bands with weak low brass sections tend to have them) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumcat Posted September 23, 2006 Author Share Posted September 23, 2006 By this, do you mean more emotey guards, or are you talking about people like the schoolgirl in the audience kinda thing....or something else altogether? I think of Blast mostly... the way that the musicians pulled you in through emotive eye contact... agreed that shakos can have a BAMF effect, but every time I've seen any solo or performance with no headware, it's always been interestingly more compelling to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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