MGCpimpOtimp Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 From Hops blog.... On Wednesday night in Huntington, WV a bizarre series of events caused the percussion section to “come apart at the seams” for more than 30 seconds during the percussion break.The “breakdown”, according to George Hopkins, “was the worst I have ever witnessed on a drum corps field. At one point, I thought I would have to re-start the corps”. So what happened … After the tom feature there is a 4 count hold for applause, after which the red queen says “do they always have to do that”. The vocal is on count 5. On Tuesday, Marc Sylvester changed it to count 7 and never told anyone. Now, at the Tuesday night show, with Hopkins at the audio panel, the entrance for the red queen was missed … it never happened. At rehearsal, when the corps works in ensemble, we always stop following the top feature. So … no one knew of the change. Until …. The show in Huntington. With the voice two counts late, and coming in on count seven, the snares, who face backfield, were not sure of the counting. They were expecting to enter on 1, not 3? Meanwhile the keys followed the major and came in on one. The first snare was two counts late with the voice, the second snare tried to rebound, the third followed the first, the fourth did not play etc … Unfortunately, this is a 100 count phrase so for 100 counts, it was nothing but a jumble. It was impossible to make sense at all of anything being played. In the post show meeting with the members, Hopkins referred to it as catastrophic while nothing that things happen, it was in the past, and all we could do was learn from this huge error. The students’ reactions ranged from upset, to anger to confusion. It was indeed, a night to remember. Interestingly … the corps still was judged to be the victor despite this huge gash. The percussion field guy heard it … indeed, the corps was almost a point out of first in field percussion. But other captions did not mention the debacle, whether they were not sure what they witnessed, or, they just did not know what to say about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllianaLancerContra Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 that tear was the most confusing time of my life whilst on a football field If that is as bad as it gets then you have had it pretty good ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoonerFan04 Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 (edited) Yes they were.Columbia, SC That makes sense. Didn't know there was another Columbia show and I didn't remember seeing them in MO - sorry. Edited January 2, 2007 by SoonerFan04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockthebus09 Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Was this the show at Marshall Stadium, out of curiousity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longtime Fan Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Interesting that judges, who are supposed to be qualified to detect minute differences in performance, could not identify a massive multi-count screw up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbc03 Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Interesting that judges, who are supposed to be qualified to detect minute differences in performance, could not identify a massive multi-count screw up. Were you there to hear it? If you didn't know the show you would not know that it was a massive tear, you would just think it was dirty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Interesting that judges, who are supposed to be qualified to detect minute differences in performance, could not identify a massive multi-count screw up. at a show on june 28th...i seriously doubt that the judges are looking to detect minute differences in performances. they are getting a first read...trying to get a feel for the show. if this was july 28th - completely different story. as it said in hop's blog...they were down in field percussion by over a point. someone noticed it. it's definitely possible that from up top, it just sounded dirty/jumbled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kusankusho Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Were you there to hear it?If you didn't know the show you would not know that it was a massive tear, you would just think it was dirty. Sorry man but if there's a tear on the field, you don't have to know the show to realize it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared_mello Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Sorry man but if there's a tear on the field, you don't have to know the show to realize it. Agreed. I wasn't even there, but I think what happened is pretty simple. They won because they're the Cadets. They can win shows early season with The Worst Ensemble Tear In DCI History, they can win shows early season in '05 without their closer even being marched on the field....it's called "benefit of the doubt," people. Also potentially referred to as "winner's luck." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbc03 Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Sorry man but if there's a tear on the field, you don't have to know the show to realize it. Sometimes you do. There are people who actually attended the show that said they didn't know there was a huge tear, it just sounded dirty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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