From: R.Vincent.Lamb@um.cc.umich.edu
Newsgroups: alt.drumcorps
Subject: DCI Semifinals and Lose the Politics (Glassmen in 13th and Boston in 14th)
Date: 20 Aug 1992 10:31:43 -0500
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In article <1992Aug18.145231.20184@edsr.eds.com>--
Subject: DCI Semifinals Scores,
gwr@tantalum.eds.com (George Rapp) wrote:
 
>14. Boston Crusaders            82.2
>15. Sky Ryders                  82.1
>16. Spirit of Atlanta           78.8
>17. Marauders                   76.7
> 
>Caption scores (divide by 10)
>                    GE        Brass   Percuss  Visual
>                Brs Per Vis  Fld Ens  Fld Ens  Fld Ens  Pen
>Cavaliers       149  97 146   93  98   96  98   99  95  0.0
>Star            150  93 145   96 100   98  96   96  95  0.0
>Cadets of BC    147  94 147   97  96   94  95   96  96  0.0
>Blue Devils     148  92 145   94  99   92  92   97  98  0.0
>Madison Scouts  144  90 143   95  97   92  95   95  92  0.0
>Phantom         146  86 141   91  94   91  90   98  91  0.0
>Crossmen        141  91 139   89  91   93  91   92  93  0.0
>SCV             142  92 138   90  91   95  89   94  88  0.0
>Blue Knights    140  88 137   92  92   90  93   90  89  0.0
>VK              138  84 135   83  88   85  86   88  88  0.0
>Bluecoats       129  83 130   88  83   87  87   85  83  0.0
>Freelancers     133  80 124   86  85   84  85   83  80  0.0
>Glassmen        127  81 126   87  86  *75* 84   86  87  0.0 <-!
>Boston          128  79 123   85  80   81  84   80  82  0.0
>Sky Ryders      130  77 125   82  84   77  83   82  81  0.0
>Spirit          121  78 115   76  82   79  81   77  79  0.0
>Marauders       113  76 117   77  77   80  80   72  75  0.0
 
 
Also, in article <Aug.18.16.42.28.1992.7502@andromeda.rutgers.edu>-- 
Subject: Re: LOSE THE POLITICS,
dowzycki@andromeda.rutgers.edu (Ken Dowzycki) wrote:
 
 
>    I have a real problem with the Dutch Boy being put in 13th in '89
before they were "LET IN".  In '90 it was the Blue Knights 13th, then 
>were put "in".   In the end of July a friend of mine told me after I 
>passed ALL of the comments from this newsgroup over to him that 
>"you know the Glassmen are going to be 13th, don't you?"  and VOILA!
>There it is!   Thanks to George Rapp's posting of the breakdown from
>Semi's we can all see that glaring 7.5 for the Glassmen's field
>percussion score that was nearly a full point under everyone else
>above them, yet only a tenth behind in ensemble percusssion? That
>did it?  It only takes one judge?  Why is he so out of sync with 
>all of the other Glassmen's scores across the board?
 
Glad you noticed that, too, Ken.  Yes, I'd like to know who that
judge was, too, and his evidence for his score (I liked tick
sheets better for that).  Glassmen 13th in ensemble percussion
and 12th in GE Percussion and 17th (!) in field?  I'd also like
to see some recap sheets from other competitions to see how
other judges rated their field percussion performance.
 
I am glad to see Boston Crusaders in 14th--a very good finish,
if not their best.  Now, let's see what they can do with 50+ horns.
 
Putting a strong contender in 13th began with the 1982 Suncoast
Sound, who was chasing Spirit all year long after being in 20th the
year before.  North Star had a name for this--the Purple Lancer
syndrome--after a corps who went from nowhere to 10th in 1974 and
then folded.  DCI wants to make sure that a corps shows staying
power before it gets let into finals (after all Dutch Boy was 13th
twice before making finals!).  North Star thought they got the short
end of this in 1977 when they beat Garfield, Crossmen, and Boston
Crusaders at World Open but came in 17th at DCI behind all three.
 
(I tried posting this before, but the mail-to-news gateway at
cs.utexas.edu rejected it because there was more included text
than new text.  That machine is too clever for it's own good! :-)
 
Anyway, I was at least partly right on the Glassmen this year.
I said that they should make finals and  *if they didn't* they
would give the 12th place corps the terrors.  I'll say they did
that, being only a tenth and and unfavorable judge behind the
Freelancers.  They also made the Bluecoats sweat and even beat
VK twice!  I'd say they were a success.
 
My hat's off to Don Chinn, who was the first to sing the praises
of Marauders this year.  We were both ahead of the wave on these.
 
Vince
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