ResQ51Kmg365 Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 I have heard that in 91 when Cadets were playing Short Ride in a Fast Machine a judge asked them when they were going to take the woodblock out because all it is doing is keeping time. When I was in college, on of our DM's was in the colorguard for Cadets that year. He loved to tell that story (or any story really as he liked the sound of his own voice LOL). Urban legend or no? He claimed it was very early in the season. Unsure if he had a copy of the tape, most of my college years were, um, difficult to recall. My high school band was exceptionally bad, all 40 of us. We played some nonsensical show, like the theme to the Jetson's followed by a patriotic tune, then into a Metallica song (I swear to god I am not making this up). After each song, we did like 16 counts of silence (you know, where the parents applaude) to transition into the next nonsense. At the last 16 transition, the judge said, right at the end of the silence, "That's the best sound you've made all night". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calcorpsfan Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 Ouch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 (edited) A buddy of mine related this story, about an all-age corps that shall remain nameless: One year, he and a couple of other veteran bass drummers showed up the day of the corps' first show to fill out the bass drum ranks.... which, until that day, consisted of one player! Obviously, the returning vets were not able to even come close to learning the entire bass drum book for the contest that night..... so they proceeded to ad-lib their parts for almost the entire performance. The field drum judge came by at one point and said something to the effect of "I really like what the bass drummers are doing here..... they have their act together" or some such thing. Those comments were about bass drummers who were MAKING UP THEIR PARTS as they went along. Yikes!!!!! Fran Edited October 21, 2006 by Fran Haring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourouttheforty Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 A brutal comment we got this summer was on the music ensemble tape from the box, and towards our closer, he's saying something and then "Oh my god, the baritone horn angles!" It was a full week until we stopped getting flack for that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badmatchespartdos Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 back in my marching days a judge once said that reminds me of celery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobchilds Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 A buddy of mine related this story, about an all-age corps that shall remain nameless:One year, he and a couple of other veteran bass drummers showed up the day of the corps' first show to fill out the bass drum ranks.... which, until that day, consisted of one player! Obviously, the returning vets were not able to even come close to learning the entire bass drum book for the contest that night..... so they proceeded to ad-lib their parts for almost the entire performance. The field drum judge came by at one point and said something to the effect of "I really like what the bass drummers are doing here..... they have their act together" or some such thing. Those comments were about bass drummers who were MAKING UP THEIR PARTS as they went along. Yikes!!!!! Fran I've got this friend... His high school drumline WON their state drum circuit and the bass drums always ad libbed the latter half of the show. We, I mean, THEY just divided every bar so that each player just improvised on his own beat. We came up with some pretty tough stuff (for a hs line anyway). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einstein On The Beach Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 A brutal comment we got this summer was on the music ensemble tape from the box, and towards our closer, he's saying something and then "Oh my god, the baritone horn angles!"It was a full week until we stopped getting flack for that one. Could they not hold their horns up or something? That sounds like an odd thing to hear on a judging tape, let alone Music Ensemble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usmpiano Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 back in my marching days a judge once said that reminds me of celery. I'll bite on this stalk...what in the world happened to have someone say this reminded them of celery? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tekneek Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 Not a stupid comment, really, but it was the one time a judge commented on a "backscratch" visual we put in during our drum break in high school. During a drill move the tenors would scratch their back with one of their sticks and this judge goes, "Wow! Excellent backscratch, tenors!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevingamin Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 Could they not hold their horns up or something? That sounds like an odd thing to hear on a judging tape, let alone Music Ensemble Not a judges comment, but since we're on the subject. In 1994, Dynasty used a picture of some Glassmen baritones in action for one of their Drum Corps World advertisements. It was an early June photo showing three bari players, EACH WITH A DIFFERENT HORN ANGLE. Our low brass tech gave us hell for that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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