Eddie Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Drum Corps Japan's (DCJ) opens their 2006 competative season on Sunday, October 8th with the Tokyo Open (formally known as the Autumn Preview) in a rare OUTDOOR contest at Ohta Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. Contest kicks off at 2:00pm. Coprs in attendance include: Sonic Lancers, Cherry Blossoms, Imperial Sound (Div. 2 Champions), Phoenix Regiment, Tokyo Phoenix, and Yokohama Inspires. http://www.dcjpn.org/ja/event/autumn.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bawker Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Is there any media available to buy from these shows? I'd very much like to get CD's or DVD's...especially since I've started buying DCE stuff. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted October 7, 2006 Author Share Posted October 7, 2006 Dynasty Japan and PALs video has an overhead DVD of the 2006 DCJ Championships from last winter. You would have to e-mail Dynasty Japan for info on how to order. info@dynasty.jp PALs will also be making DVDs of the Regional and All Japan contests coming up in the next few months, which I think you'll be able to order directly from their website http://www.palsmusic.jp/ The only thing with these is that neither company accepts credit cards, so they do all their transactions through bank transfers, which may or may not be an issue for non-Japanese residents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bawker Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Well, darn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumlinetchr Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 See you there Eddie, give me a call when you get in so I can take some practice photos for DCW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted October 8, 2006 Author Share Posted October 8, 2006 Despite strong winds, the 2006 Tokyo Open (previously known as the Autumn Preview) took flight in Tokyo's Ohta ward at Ohta Stadium, officially opening the 2006 Drum Corps Japan (DCJ) season. Six drum and bugle corps in the DCJ family competed in this rare outdoor contest. All corps arrived at Ohta Stadium bright and early for rehearsals and warm-ups, with each corps being given 15 minutes rehearsal time in the main stadium. The Yokohama Inspires took top honors with their 2006 production of M, sweeping all captions. M is an 8 minute rendition of Malguena, arranged by Ron Ellis. Following in second was Tokyo Phoenix with their 2006 production Meltind Pod. The show is a lot more harmonic than the previous year, focusing more on musicality than on range it seems. A chop-resting year one may call it. Taking a surprisingly third place as well as the division two trophy was the jazzy Imperial Sound. They look to be about twice the size as they were last year. Phoenix Regiment (1991, 1993, 1995 DCI participants) was in fourth place with their production of Phoenix, using music from the ever so popular Firebird Suite by Igor Stravinsky. In fifth place were the Tokyo Cherry Blossoms with their production of Gilamesh, followed by the Sonic Lancers in sixth with their production of British Fantasy. The day ended with a mass corps production of Let It Be Me, an arrangement similar to the late Jim Ott's 1978 Spirit of Atlanta arrangement. The next DCJ event will be on Sunday, December 23rd as the Pride of Soka present the 2006 Hachioji Open at Soka University. For more information on DCJ events, scores and recaps, please visit their website at www.dcjpn.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audiodb Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 Can't find the scores on the DCJ website - do you have them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumlinetchr Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 I don't have the recaps, but here are the scores; 1. Inspires - 62.6, High Brass, Drums and Visual 2. Tokyo Phoenix - 60.0 3. Imperial Sound - 57.6 (Div II Champ) 4. Phoenix Regiment - 57.4 5. Cherry Blossoms - 53.8 6. Sonic Lancers - 51.6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted October 9, 2006 Author Share Posted October 9, 2006 Just to clarify, the scores above are based on a 70 point scale. I did see the recap sheet. Phoenix Regiment came in second in brass performance, and Sonic Lancers did beat Cherry Blossoms in Percussion. Oh yeah, the Brass performance judge was Jun Kumagai, Sonic Lancer's brass arranger. :o . But hey, see him running arond on the field only made my performance stronger, so props to him for that :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainhead Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 Did they have a guard award? Who won? Where do we find some recaps? -kurt inspires design staff member Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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