From: owens@cyclops.cambridge.ibm.com (David Owens)
Subject: Re: Boston Crusaders Open House & staff info
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 23:44:31 GMT
Organization: IBM T. J. Watson Research

In article <Nov.17.15.50.30.1992.12645@andromeda.rutgers.edu>, dowzycki@andromeda.rutgers.edu (Ken Dowzycki) writes:
|> owens@cyclops.cambridge.ibm.com writes:
|> 
|> >Sheherazade and Russian Easter Overture by Rimsky-Korsakov
|> 
|> >A long way from Billy Jean by Micheal Jackson, Smooth Operator 
|> >by Sade, and Axel-F no?  :)
|> 
|> Well to defend Boston from '86 at least it was an attempt to bring
|> a different type of music to the field (Sade).

I didn't say I didn't like... I marched during some of those years.  
I'm pretty happy to say I marched with the corps to put the first 
(and only) synthesizer on the field.  (not that I want to see corps 
make a habit of it :) )  It was a good choice for the corps at the
time.  (Quick trivia: what other instruments was Boston first to 
put on the field?)

I was just pointing out the wide variety of styles the corps has 
explored in a short number of years.

Also... a corps with 24 horns can pull off a cute pop tune.  Some
of the powerful classical stuff needs a big horn line to be effective.
Small corps don't have all the options big ones do, making tunes like
"California Dreamin" a reasonable choice.

I cringe whenever I see a small HS band try to play some of the stuff
the Cavies have done (like the planets) that just lays there unless
you can blow the stands down.


|> How many corps and how many times have we heard Russian
|> Easter Overture?  
|> 
|> I personally felt that Boston left me flat last year because
|> that number had been played so many times over the years from
|> the Kilties (early 70's) through SCV '86 - '87.

I agree.  As soon as you play something that well known (in the 
drum corps world) you better be ready to do it better.  When I
hear Pictures at an Exhibition I can't help but think of SCV.
And they did it soooo well, that reminding people of it isn't
doing us any favors in comparison. :)

I've been pushing for something new... or at least not something 
done so much.  But, I'm not a big voice in those decisions.  :)  
I hope no one does Micheal Tork before I convince Boston to do
it.  

But we seem to be in copy-success-to-be-successful mode lately.  
(BIG IMHO here)

By the way... anyone know how many times Carmina Borana has been done?
I know Sky Riders did it not too long ago... but I'm not old enough
to go much further back.

|> The only highlight of Boston last year IMHO was the drum line.
|> 
|> I have not liked Boston's show since '90.  That Rocky show, UGH!!
|> Maybe if it were 1977 when 27 and BD  played it but not 1991.

You have no idea how loudly I groaned when I heard that we were doing
Rocky as a show.  I thought Woodall was joking.  :)


|> Dave, just my opinion, not meant to insult you, I know you are
|> on the staff!

I couldn't find any insults in there...


|> Ken

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