What did you think about the Cadets Show?

[TRtrumpet]

Well basicly the title says it all. I personally wasen't to crazy about the singing and all that but thats just my opinion. I thought there drumline was pretty good though.

[Claritone]

I loved the ending, but other than that it was meh.

[actualgirltrombone]

I thought that they could play and march it very very well, and that the guard was AMAZING. As far as I saw, the guard hit everything they did. I loved the aspects of the show that normally occur in drum corps

 

I didn't understand the whole miked singer thing. I couldn't hear her half the time, and when I could hear her I would have rather heard the hornline. I thought the tables were kind of weird, but were a cool effect. I HATED the whole random door/people running around in odd uniforms/guy in bunny suit aspect. I thought it distracted from the music and marching. It kinda reminded me of The Woodlands' show last year, when the guard was kind of distracting in the same sort of way.

 

I gotta say, the drumline was AMAZING. Wow... that one stick throw was awesome!

[TRtrumpet]

I totaly agree about the drumline.

[G'townPIT]

I really liked the cadets show. The drum solo was jaw-dropping. I thought their show was very innovative, and found it refreshing. After watching shows all day, I realized that they all seem the same, power chords with crazy good drumming going on in the background. I found that to be true for everyone except for the top 6 corps.

[Xenon]

It's Alice in Wonderland. It's supposed to be trippy.

 

The guy in a rabbit suit is the March Hare, the crazy guy I think is the Mad Hatter, and I have no idea who the lady in the red dress is.

 

The number of references in this show is only topped by the Cavies.

 

It starts with an obvious reference that everybody can get with the singer belting out "It's All Just A Little Bit Of History Repeating" referencing that this is part two and the stupid girl is going to go through the door again despite all the warnings of "Don't do it!" from the crowd.

 

Then comes the reference that hardly any of y'all would get, but nearly every one of your parents would. The corps starts playing a song from the '70s called "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane. Look it up.

 

There's tons of other references in there too, like the characters getting bigger or smaller.

 

I think that overall it is a really great show, but that it has crossed some lines of decency in the use of the newfound freedoms. But then again, any freedom is always abused before it is brought to it's full potential.

 

 

The one music design aspect that I think is a problem with the show (line crossing set aside) is that transition from the singing at the end of the ballad to the next section was disconnected. All other transitions in the show had the previous song overlapping into the new song, so the singer should have kept singing into the the beginning of the next section to preserve continuity.

[Trumpet Master]

Defiently a good show. It was fun to w/atch. It made me want to go jump off a bench, but in a good, fun loving, way.

 

Only problem i had was the transition between the Garden and the Jubilee Games.

Good singing Amy!!!

[TRtrumpet]

Yeah she was a great singer.

 

(On a differnet note*)- Did anyone like the Crossmen's show? I thought it was pretty cool.

[Trumpet Master]

My Hump, My Hump, My Hump, My Hump!!!

 

That was a fun show. I got to see it on Friday also

 

I dedicate this song to all the TxBands people still on the road

[TRtrumpet]

LMAO. I loved that part.

[Aegis Fang]

Capital Regiment = Funniest Show Ever

 

*thumbs nose "HAHA!!!"*

 

good stuff =p

[MartinHorn]

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The guy in a rabbit suit is the March Hare, the crazy guy I think is the Mad Hatter, and I have no idea who the lady in the red dress is.

 

I can only assume the lady in the red dress is the Red Queen.

[bored2damax]

I thought that the cavies by far had the cleanest show and it was really really cool. I liked the glassmen and the top 6 corps.

[actualgirltrombone]

  Xenon said:

 

It starts with an obvious reference that everybody can get with the singer belting out "It's All Just A Little Bit Of History Repeating" referencing that this is part two and the stupid girl is going to go through the door again despite all the warnings of "Don't do it!" from the crowd.

 

The problem was that I could hear neither the singing or the crowd, cause I was sitting way up about 5 rows from the top of the alamodome.

[bluebellbrass07]

Great hornline, great guard, great drumline, great execution from all sections.

 

I cant ask for much more. I say screw the fact that people dont like there show and applaud the kids for busting their butts for 12 hours a day the past 2 months.

[Fortisimo]

Lmao, you may take offense to this, but that was said just as I would expect from a big-tim BOA competitor.

 

I suppose I am a bit conservative- or maybe I just think that when you 'innovate' that it should be for the good of the show. Many of the things they did were detrimental to the show. I must say that I did like the singing in the ballad, but all the percussion breaks and dancing and whatnot were ultimately excessive to the point of being disgraceful. As far as I'm concerned, the Cadets just wasted this season. Not that I care- the Cavaliers, Regiment, and Devils definitely have good enough shows to make it a very interesting year.

 

Of course its good that the members work hard- no disrespect to them. The show designers are the ones to be blamed for this.

[bluebellbrass07]

QUOTE (Fortisimo @ Jul 23 2006, 11:58 PM)

Lmao, you may take offense to this, but that was said just as I would expect from a big-tim BOA competitor.  I suppose I am a bit conservative- or maybe I just think that when you 'innovate' that it should be for the good of the show.  Many of the things they did were detrimental to the show.  I must say that I did like the singing in the ballad, but all the percussion breaks and dancing and whatnot were ultimately excessive to the point of being disgraceful.  As far as I'm concerned, the Cadets just wasted this season.  Not that I care- the Cavaliers, Regiment, and Devils definitely have good enough shows to make it a very interesting year. Of course its good that the members work hard- no disrespect to them.  The show designers are the ones to be blamed for this.

This isnt for the sake of arguing I just would like to know exactly what you meant about the whole BOA competitor thing. All i meant in my post was that the kids should be applauded for there hard work, regardless of how good or bad the show is. No offense to Pioneer but they dont have the greatest show out there, but they still got a standing O tonight. Cadets didnt, unless you count like 20 people out of 500 and me screaming my head off a standing ovation....

[mbui]

I think he implied that because since your band attends BOA events.....you like those "BOA" type shows.

 

Really....

I have never been a fan of that term----"BOA band." Marching band has evolved over the past decade....props, tarps and voiceovers are the norm. Look outside of Bands of America (UIL, ISSMA, TOB, USSBA, MCBA) and you see the exact same thing.

 

In addition, traditional marching bands still succeed at BOA----Stephen F. Austin (TX), L.D. Bell (TX), Marian Catholic (IL), Prospect (IL), Lafayette (KY) ...just to name a few.

[Fortisimo]

That's true, but the term is a rather accurate depiction of the overall tone of what is BOA. This has arisen greatly from the fact that their scoring system has such a high emphasis on General Effect which has fostered the specific style of shows associated with the program.

 

And what I meant was that the BOA organization places a lot emphasis on just the fact that you participated and worked hard, whether or not the show turned out well. While this ideal may be a very good strong foundation for your run of the mill high school band, I imagine that elite corps such as the Cadets have a higher standard of performance.

Of course, this standard may be subjective, but in my opinion, their standard of the overall production, the show that is, has been significantly lowered to incorporate half-baked new ideas. True, the ideas are perhaps well thought out, but the very thought of something being new has become greatly disproportionate in importance as compared to its effect on the show as a whole. While this instance is a good example, I am now of course speaking in more general terms as this mistake is much more widespread than just the Cadets or a couple of BOA bands. However, as far as things have gone this year, I think we are seeing that unlike the Bands of America, the Drum Corps judges are not fostering such ideologies. As long as things continue this way, new ideas like these will be put to the appropriate tests and either fostered or destroyed through a sort of trial by fire. It's surivival of the fittest among DCI, and because of this truly good ideas can evolve properly instead of being stunted by upstart tumors of bad ideas that metastasize quickly and strangle quality out of programs in favor of innovation. I can only hope other programs will follow suit, and that the Drum Corps will mantain their course.