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Lol--I was going off of sax5warrior's bracket...either way---im picking England to win it all.

Breakdowns On and Off the Field Thursday, June 29, 2006 A Day in the Life of the Cadets At 6:00 am on the way to Westminster, Maryland, the Cadets

DCI Central Illinois, Normal, IL DIVISION I 1 The Cavaliers 81.800 2 Bluecoats 80.150 3 Madison Scouts 75.400 4 Colts 71.550 5 Blue Stars 67.700 6 Capital Regiment 65.700 7 Pioneer 56.400 Cavaliers up 3.85 from Sunday. Bluecoats up 1.35 from Tuesday. Scouts up .85 from Wednesday. Colts down .2 from Wednesday. Blue Stars down .8 from Wednesday. Cap Reg down .8 from Tuesday. Pioneer down .35 from Wednesday. Looking at the recap, the Cavaliers owns all but the percussion which the Bluecoats have. The Scouts still are struggling in guard--5th overall at this competition. MUSIC IN MOTION - MARYLAND, Westminster, MD DIVISION I 1 The Cadets 80.700 2 Phantom Regiment 78.250 3 Carolina Crown 75.950 4 Boston Crusaders 75.700 5 Spirit from JSU 70.950 6 Crossmen 69.900 7 The Magic 60.100 DIVISION II 1 Jersey Surf 63.350 Cadets up 1.75 from Wednesday. PR up 1.35 from Wednesday. Crown up 1.85 from Wednesday. Crusaders up 3.35 from last Saturday. Spirit down .5 from Wednesday. Crossmen--this is their first show of the year. Magic up 3.35 from Wednesday. Precision West, Pleasant Hill, CA DIVISION I Blue Devils - 80.75 Santa Clara Vanguard - 75.35 Blue Knights - 72.55 Mandarins - 64.70 Pacific Crest - 64.45 Seattle Cascades - 62.00 Esperanza - 61.55 DIVISION II Blue Devils B - 70.20 Vanguard Cadets - 68.75 DIVISION III Impulse - 62.00 Fever - 56.10 Blue Devils C - 46.55 SENIOR Renegades, Sr. - 66.325 River City Regiment, S - 61.125 Blue Devils down .5 from Wednesday. SCV down 1.25 from Wednesday. BK up 1.85 from Wednesday. Mandarins down 1.05 from Sunday. Crest down .65 from Wednesday. Cascades---season debut. Esperanza up 1.55 from Wednesday. Looks like the California scores are starting to level out lol.

My predictions: Semis England vs. Brazil Germany vs. France WC Finals England vs. Germany After a very hard fought duel, a goal is scored in the 2nd half of stoppage time that breaks the 1-1 tie. They winner of the FIFA World Cup: England 3rd Place Brazil vs France Come on---Brazil--thats a no brainer.

I remember going to that--it was good lol.

Drums Across the Tri-State, Huntington, WV DIVISION I 1 The Cadets 78.950 2 Phantom Regiment 76.900 3 Carolina Crown 74.100 4 Spirit from JSU 71.450 5 Southwind 62.250 6 The Magic 56.750 Cadets down .1 from yesterday. Phantom Regiment up 2.35 from Saturday. Crown up 3.25 from Saturday. Spirit down 3.3 from yesterday. Southwind down 1 from yesterday. Magic up .05 from Saturday. Silk City Rhythms, Belding, MI DIVISION I 1 Madison Scouts 74.550 2 Colts 71.750 3 Blue Stars 68.500 4 Pioneer 56.750 DIVISION III 1 Capital Sound 47.050 1 Dutch Boy 47.050 Madison up 1.5 from yesterday. Colts up 4.9 from Saturday. Stars up 2.2 from yesterday. Pioneer up 1.05 from yesterday Still to come... Corps at the Crest II, Newbury Park, CA Santa Clara Vanguard Blue Knights Blue Devils Pacific Crest Esperanza Mystikal Impulse Gold

Actually they play really well and in-tune. The reason they did not do any better was for the fact that they have a drumline that needs ton of help and their visual program needs a little boost in creativity. Just a little. Another addition to the list of my favorites--- "Promise" from the Cadets 2000 show. Phenominal French Horn run. If you have never heard this...tack-hammer time.

Portugal vs Netherlands = 16 yellows (tied the FIFA World Cup record) Nine yellows for Portugal and seven yellows for the Netherlands. Two red cards for both teams. Regardless, cards are overhyped by the stereotypical ESPN analyst. And besides referees--like marching/concert band judges--referee (for lack of a better word) the match. The specator, competitors, staff does not. We can have our opinion about it but when it comes down to the decision the trained referees are most likely to be right.

Its futbol lol . I wonder what they call football in Europe--is it football or something else---or why can they call football, soccer or vice versa.

Blue Water Brass Summer Music Games, Pt. Huron, MI DIVISION I 1 Madison Scouts 73.050 2 Blue Stars 66.300 3 Pioneer 55.700 DIVISION III 1 Capital Sound 47.600 Scouts up 2.8 from this past Saturday. Stars up 2.3 from this past Sunday. Pioneer up 4.25 from this past Sunday. Drums on the Ohio, Evansville, IN DIVISION I 1 The Cadets 79.050 2 Bluecoats 78.800 3 Spirit from JSU 74.750 4 Capital Regiment 66.500 5 Southwind 63.250 DIVISION II 1 Memphis Sound 62.550 Wow...first showdown for the season for the Cadets and Bluecoats. Cadets beat them by .25. Thats an easy margin to overcome--hopefully. Cadets up 2.95 from Saturday. Bluecoats up 2.7 from Sunday. Spirit up 6.5 from Saturday---wow. Cap Reg up 3.75 from Saturday. Southwind up 3.55 from Sunday.

Since I cant pinpoint exact chords that I want to I will give you some pieces that I like: 1) End of Madison '95---Malaga---Best End of a Show Ever. 2)I might be a little biased towards this one because I have played something similar in arrangment: Cavaliers '95 Jupiter. Awesome and Powerful. 3)Phantom 93---Fire of Eternal Glory 4) SCV '89--of course the big impact at the end!!! Pimpin it out lol! 5) Bluecoats '04--One Day I

A Midland High Dance Movements - Philip Sparke Four Scottish Dances by Malcolm Arnold George Washington Bicentennial March by Sousa B Coppell Children's March - Grainger arr. by Rogers Symphony in Bb - Hindemith Aegean Festival Overture - Makris arr. by Bader C Plano East Glory of the Yankee Navy (John Philip Sousa/Frederick Fennell) Laboring Songs (Dan Welcher) Symphony in Bb for Band (Hindemith C Marcus Finale from Symphony No. 2 (Ives/Elkus) Bells for Stokowski (Daugherty) March, Op. 99 (Prokofiev/Yoder) D Cedar Park J'ai

I was browsing through my daily checks and I found this on the Cadets website. I know its going to cause controversy no matter what I say. But I personally am going to wait until DCI SA to give my opinions on the Cadets and even all the other corps. For all I know--my beloved Blue Devils and Bluecoats could have shows that I dislike---most likely not--but it could happen. Enjoy... Feedback to the Cadets 2006 Production In our efforts to bring you all of the news about the Cadets in a "fair and balanced" approach, we give you these two e-mails from recent Cadets' appearances in Birmingham and Pwder Springs, GA. We hope you'll take away your own impressions of the show this year and send them to us at hopkins@yea.org, but for now, here's what two spectators had to say. "I just wanted to voice my opinion to someone about what I think Drum Corps is all about. I've been a fan of Drum Corps ever since 1979 and Love it with all my heart. This past Thursday I attended the show at Birmingham Al. And loved it, well most of it. I speak for myself and many other that were around me a little frustrated with the addition of singing in a Drum corps show. The Cadets, one of my favorite groups, had a young lady singing on one song, and 4 others dressed up in strange costumes running around talking at different points. Now I know different strokes for different folks, but the thing that bothered me the most was at the end of the song when the horns are building big, we had to strain to hear 100 horn playing with all their might, because the singer was so loud in the sound system. People go to drum corps because there is no where else to hear the great level of playing ability and choreography all put together. If I want to hear someone sing, I'll watch American Idol. My sincere hope is that Drum & Bugle Corps will stay Drum & Bugle Corps. It is AWESOME!!!!" David Young "I am writing to you today as a result of attending The Atlanta Brass Classic two nights ago in Powder Springs, GA. Last year was the first time that I was aware of the Show. Having the show only 3 miles from my home is a blessing that I never thought I would enjoy and seeing The Cadets there and knowing later that they once again won DCI, was the icing on the cake. Sadly, for me at least it would seem, I am a Drum Corps Traditionalist! But, like me, at the close of the opening sequence with the "SINGING AND ELECTRONICS" the entire audience was so awed and seemingly appalled.......the silence was deafening! I felt so sorry for the girl singing...yet glad...hoping that maybe this would be the nail in the coffin of such outlandish JUNK, I pray that common sense would prevail and the singing,pink tables, 10,000 fru fru panels and the blue fru-fru backing on what once used to be glorious Cadet Uniforms would all be scrapped and the junk burned. To be more constructive from a General Effects viewpoint...The entire Hornline and Drumline are masked by all the contrasting colors,the dancers uniforms,the overused worn pink colors on the tables and the distracting large panels in the background. The show honestly would be great on Broadway. But,to me, and apparently to the majority of the people in the stands, it has no place in competitive Drums Corps. I found myself suddenly pulling for Phantom Regiment, Boston Crusaders or even the Corps-Vets to win Friday night ( and they only had half a show ready to perform). Even the lesser Corps were, at least, all Drum Corps. I hope that you will accept this critique will the good intention that it is meant and for the good of Drum and Bugle Corps." Sincerely yours: Duane Baay

Drums Across the Bluegrass, Lexington, KY DIVISION I 1 The Cavaliers 77.950 2 Bluecoats 76.100 3 Blue Stars 64.000 4 Southwind 59.700 5 Pioneer 51.450 DIVISION II 1 Memphis Sound 57.650 Senior Corps 1 Music City Legend, Sr. 48.550 Sunday Night Lights, Brockton, MA DIVISION II 1 Spartans 70.300 2 East Coast Jazz 66.900 DIVISION III 1 Raiders 53.350 2 Citations 45.900 3 7th Regiment 39.400 4 Targets 38.900 CrownBEAT, Benson, NC RAINED OUT Carolina Gold, Sr. Capital Regiment Boston Crusaders Teal Sound The Cadets Carolina Crown The Magic Western Corps Connection I, Riverside, CA DIVISION I 1 Blue Devils 81.300 2 Santa Clara Vanguard 76.400 3 Blue Knights 71.700 4 Mandarins 65.750 5 Pacific Crest 64.550 6 Esperanza 61.050 DIVISION II 1 The Academy 79.000 2 Impulse 60.850 DIVISION III 1 Gold 49.850 2 Mystikal 46.650 3 Jester 36.200 Senior Corps 1 Dream, Sr. 53.630 I am seriously thinking that the scores are inflated for California--maybe too many special brownies. But things should get sorted out when all the corps meet.

My picks to win it: Germany or Brazil Darkhorses: Ghana and England

FirstBEAT, Columbia, SC DIVISION I 1 The Cadets 76.100 2 Phantom Regiment 74.550 3 Boston Crusaders 72.350 4 Carolina Crown 70.850 5 Spirit from JSU 68.200 6 Capital Regiment 62.750 7 The Magic 56.700 DIVISION II 1 Teal Sound 57.250 Cadets up .35 from yesterday. PR up .6 from yesterday. Crusaders up .75 from yesterday. Crown--first show of year. Spirit down .5 from yesterday. Cap Reg--first show of year. Magic up.5 from yesterday. DCI Columbia, Columbia, MO DIVISION I 1 The Cavaliers 77.500 2 Bluecoats 75.300 3 Madison Scouts 70.250 4 Colts 66.850 5 Blue Stars 63.300 6 Pioneer 48.900 DIVISION II 1 Memphis Sound 51.700 Cavs up 1.5 from Wednesday. Bluecoats down .1 from Thursday. Scouts down .75 from Thursday. Colts down .1 from Thursday. Stars down 1.85 from Thursday. Pioneer down 3.9 from Thursday. Corps at the Crest I, Walnut, CA DIVISION I Blue Devils 79.45 SCV 75.9 Blue Knights 69.15 Mandarins 64.40 Pacific Crest 64.05 Esperanza 61.75 DIVISION II Academy 75.4 Impluse 60.1 DIVISION III Mystikal 48.95 Hawthorne Gold 47.35 Jester 36.85 SR. Dream 58.38 Blue Devils up 1 from yesterday. SCV up 1.55 from yesterday. BK 1.75 from yesterday. Mandarins up 2.6 from yesterday. Crest up 4.1 from yesterday. Esperanza 4.5 from yesterday. WOW--I think that scores are definitely inflated. Music on Parade, Malden, MA RAINED OUT Targets Citations 7th Regiment East Coast Jazz Raiders Spartans

While it is just a few days late (I think it went mainstream on June 22): HAPPY BIRTHDAY

I disagree with these statements. But that is my opinion--as you are entitled to yours.

They were the last 5A Honor Band. By rule, they can not compete in the next one.

5A Area C Plano East Marcus

Here is a list of 5A Bands from the last Honor Band year to make it to State: Berkner HS Brazoswood HS Clear Creek HS Cy-Fair HS Donna HS Duncanville HS Haltom HS Harlingen HS Lake Highlands HS Lee HS Midland HS Reagan HS Spring HS Westfield HS Not that many bands from the past Honor Band year.....parity maybe???

Right....and the Bluecoats have a ton to do with that!!!

I woke up about 7 am on a Saturday--ate breakfast, took a crap, etc. Started roughly about 8 am. Warmed up on lip slurs, progressed to tonguing (single, double, then triple), then went to scales (major, minor--natural, harmonic, melodic). Played them in different patterns (8/16, 16/32. tongue up/slur down, etc). Then I ate lunch and used the restroom about 1 pm--watched a little bit of the TV. Started up again about 2:30. Then I started to practice my audition music for wind ensemble auditions for college. That piece is a bioch. I ended about 5:30/6ish. Then I put ice on my lips.

You wouldn't believe me.

Thats what I thought too---but I dont care--my brother's corps is doing well. Congrats to them...my prediction might just come true...........