DCI show
Not that most of you care about DCI, but I feel the need to record the highlights somewhere.
Kudos #1 - Guard man from The Colts who caught a perfectly timed quintuple rifle toss... behind his back.
Kudos #2 - Tenors player from The Glassmen who carried not only his drums but the guard girl STANDING ON THEM.
Kudos #3 - Guard of the Blue Stars who did several minutes of flag manipulation with neck and legs only, no arms because they were in straightjackets. (Houdini show)
Corps remarks:
The Academy - most cohesive show. "Stranger in Paradise" - the music fit, the costumes and flags fit, the interaction between guard and band was very appropriate. It all fit together very well.
Blue Devils - best percussion. Probably best hornline, I heard some crazy section-wide runs all up and down the range. Guard was enormous and atrociously dressed.
Overall I wasn't sold on their show, even with best perc and horns; the big mirrors they had all over the field had a couple interesting effects, but mostly interfered with what I would have liked visually.
Blue Stars - best show. Best marching, good choice of theme, appropriate mix of guard/band work, easily absorbed music with sharp, clean impacts. Good use of GI without going overboard, and nothing extraneous (badminton? Really, Jersey Surf? Or was that Cascades... whatever). Extremely strong brass and perc, creative colorguard work, and sharp clean marching = my #1 pick for the night.
What are the odds that any corps would let me join only as a major? I understand that they'd want someone who's been in their corp, on the field, in the ranks, as someone they'd want to put forward as a leader. With gradschool apps and amped up practice hours, I just can't commit significant enough hours to learn any other corp position. But I do have 3 yrs experience on the box. Humm.
Kudos #1 - Guard man from The Colts who caught a perfectly timed quintuple rifle toss... behind his back.
Kudos #2 - Tenors player from The Glassmen who carried not only his drums but the guard girl STANDING ON THEM.
Kudos #3 - Guard of the Blue Stars who did several minutes of flag manipulation with neck and legs only, no arms because they were in straightjackets. (Houdini show)
Corps remarks:
The Academy - most cohesive show. "Stranger in Paradise" - the music fit, the costumes and flags fit, the interaction between guard and band was very appropriate. It all fit together very well.
Blue Devils - best percussion. Probably best hornline, I heard some crazy section-wide runs all up and down the range. Guard was enormous and atrociously dressed.
Overall I wasn't sold on their show, even with best perc and horns; the big mirrors they had all over the field had a couple interesting effects, but mostly interfered with what I would have liked visually.
Blue Stars - best show. Best marching, good choice of theme, appropriate mix of guard/band work, easily absorbed music with sharp, clean impacts. Good use of GI without going overboard, and nothing extraneous (badminton? Really, Jersey Surf? Or was that Cascades... whatever). Extremely strong brass and perc, creative colorguard work, and sharp clean marching = my #1 pick for the night.
What are the odds that any corps would let me join only as a major? I understand that they'd want someone who's been in their corp, on the field, in the ranks, as someone they'd want to put forward as a leader. With gradschool apps and amped up practice hours, I just can't commit significant enough hours to learn any other corp position. But I do have 3 yrs experience on the box. Humm.