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Leland wrote:They were pretty surprised last year at the size & enthusiasm of the crowds that came, too.

http://www.bigscreenconcerts.com/subpag ... ventID=527
At the place in Columbia, MD, where we went, they sold out the first theater a week before the show and added a second. The second was sold out the day of the show, and they added a third. By the time it actually got started, that broadcast was up on FOUR SCREENS. :shock: For a Thursday night, they made a lot more money than they would have with their usual stuff. If what I saw was representative of what happened everywhere, DCI at the movie theaters was a big financial success. Expect more.
      
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Tom Holtz wrote:The finals will air on ESPN2 this year, date and time TBD. I don't know if the usual PBS broadcasts of finals will happen again.
DCI will no longer air broadcast finals on PBS because of the fact that it is now on ESPN2.

http://dci.org/news/news.cfm?news_id=cb ... 738e242d11
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Josh07 wrote:DCI is stupid.
Jealousy... poor boy.
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Tom Holtz wrote: By the time it actually got started, that broadcast was up on FOUR SCREENS. :shock:
What was fun was coming out to the concession stand (listen to me, talking about it like it was a stadium.. lol) during breaks in the action and seeing a whole bunch of corps nerds that I've marched with.

I think I sat with three groups of people in two theaters over the course of the night. If they served beer, it would've been perfect. :wink:
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I would have never gone into music If I had not marched in a drum & Bugle Corps. It changed my life in so many positive ways I could never begin to list them all.

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RyanMcGeorge wrote:I would have never gone into music If I had not marched in a drum & Bugle Corps. It changed my life in so many positive ways I could never begin to list them all.

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Word.

Just ask Chris Martin, new principal trumpet of the CSO... he comes from an entire drum corps family.
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Jared wrote:Here's an activity that encourages people to play music, very effectively i might add.
Even though I was playing trombone in school, I was on the dark path to being a fan of synthesized music before I started marching.

Not too long after I started, my music collection began losing all the synth junk, which was gradually replaced by nearly every flavor of stuff performed by live musicians -- often in acoustic settings. From classical & modern symphonic works to metal and cool jazz, as long as there were people performing instead of computers, I enjoyed it.

The rest of the kids in corps weren't there to support a football team, get out of gym class, or anything else. They were there to perform. Simple as that.
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Mike Roylance, Tuba, BSO... digs drum corps... hell even tought/coached boston crusaders. Is Mike Stupid? Hmmmm.. Ive never marched, but I Love what its all about... am I stupid?
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Josh07 wrote:DCI is stupid because it's over-glorified, testosterone-fueled marching band on steroids. I don't like Blast for the same reason. Nothing against any of the players... they get teamwork, companionship and character-building out of it, and that's good, but I just don't understand the extent to which some people fanaticize about it. Marching band is marching band. It's something that was designed to rally the crowds during halftime. It was never meant to become an event unto itself.

As far as the comment someone made about how I "obviously have the credentials to make a definitive statement about this"... my brother was in the Madison Scouts till ageout. Let me ask you something, how would I know what "ageout" is if I don't have credentials?

As far as my spelling goes, I say it's "PERfessional", and if anyone disagrees, they can meet me in the parking lot tomorrow night after school.

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this makes me laugh. its funny how the ignorant tend to speak so earnestly about subjects they make assumptions on. i happen to do drum and BUGLE corps, i say this because we accually use bugles. marching bands have copied drum corps in the more recent decadesand has a rich history with the american legion. when you insult drum and bugle corps you insult those veterans whom created the sport. secondly, marching band is not drum corps, and those who say that, have never done it. i happen to hate marching band with a passion, but love doing drum corps. and on a third note, my brother studied computer enginering until he "aged out" of college. that doesn't mean i know much more than to turn my computer on and off. and lastly i believe that this young man deserves a hymn.

HYMN HYMN......(if you do drum corps you know)
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hurricane_harry wrote:HYMN HYMN......(if you do drum corps you know)
LOL

Funny thing is, I DO know that one... :lol:
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