Newsgroups: alt.drumcorps
Subject: Re: Comments on Centerville, OH, show
From: R.Vincent.Lamb@um.cc.umich.edu
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 10:51:02 EDT
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From: sharonc@meaddata.com (Sharon Crichton)
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To: R.Vincent.Lamb@um.cc.umich.edu
Subject: Re: Comments on Centerville, OH, show
 
>Here is my (slightly flaming, sorry :-( ) reply to your posting.
>Thought you should read it.
 
Hey, I don't mind intelligent flames, which is what you gave. I would mind stuff
like "You stupid idiot, you obviously know nothing about drum corps and are
not qualified to even wipe the mud from the shoes of the people reading this
group!" :-)
 
>In article 972, sharonc@meaddata.com (Sharon Crichton) wrote:
> 
>>The shocker of the night was the 6th place finish of Dutch Boy.
> 
>Snort!  Not if you had been following the reviews and scores
>on this newsgroup.  It would have been shocking if they had
>finished as well as you and the crowd thought (and I thought
>I was the only one swayed by the dancing girls and I because
>I have a Y chromosome and am like 90% of those who do--if you
>believe Kinsey and Masters and Johnston :-).
 
Well, if you remember, I did qualify my posting by saying that I haven't had
time to keep up with alt.drumcorps, so I haven't kept up with the reviews.
So you can flame away all you want - I'm wearing asbestos underwear :-)
 
Actually, I really liked their drum solo, which is why I put them up so
high. I don't think I was swayed by the pretty dancing girls - I liked
their colorguard but didn't think they were that great.
 
> 
>>3. Glassmen        76.0
>>4. Velvet Knights  75.0
>>They (Glassmen) are really on a roll.  This is the second night
>>they beat out VK for third place.
> 
>Now *this* is the shocker of the night!   Readers of this newsgroup
>know that I'm the biggest booster of the Glassmen on the net and
>should remember that I was the first to say they'd make finals this
>year.  Even so, I did not expect to see this.  Glassmen on a roll?
>I should say so!
>I am looking forward to seeing the Glassmen in Ypsilanti, where
>they should also come in third.
> 
>Go Bottle Blue! (Well, they're the *Glass*men! :-)
 
Yes but ditch the ugly purple blobby guard dresses! I felt for sure that
they were covering up another uniform, since they were so loose and long,
but surprise - they kept them on all night. Are they saving this as a
surprise for (hopefully) finals night, where they actually change uniforms
to something really sharp and knock-your-socks-off?
 
I must say that Glassmen have really improved since I first saw them in
(I think) 1988. Back then they were the caliber of Limited Edition - much
smaller and less polished, as I recall.
 
The couple that I was sitting next to said that Glassmen are really excited
about their show this year. They are constantly improving, and they really
feel like they can make finals this year given much more work. Their retreat
exit was fantastic - they sang the be-bop portion of "I'm Just a Gigolo" with
an attitude of "Yeah, we didn't win, but look at us coming in third after
2 big-boy corps! Cha-Ching!"
 
Gotta get back to work now :-(
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