From: xklh@kimbark.uchicago.edu (Krista Lyn Haggert)
Subject: Re: DCI Politics (I hate DCI Admin.)
Followup-To: DCI politics
Reply-To: xklh@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 14:22:46 GMT

In article <1992Aug16.203112.1@vax1.umkc.edu> cputnam@vax1.umkc.edu writes:
>
>I HATE THE DCI ADMINISTRATION AND THE JUDGES!!!!!!
>
>ESPECIALLY THE ADMINISTRATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
I agree with you!!!

>Whew, had to get that off my chest.  Now, I'm not crying because the Devils
>didn't win, even though they should have.  I just thought that the Cavaliers
>show was about as boring as any drum corps show I've seen.  My opinion, and
>this is just my OPINION, is that there was a lot politics in this year's
>Finals.  Let me explain:

>Secondly, I think that the judges were told to make Cavies champions no matter
>what.  Again, it's not that the Devils didn't win.  I felt that it should have
>been between the Devils and Star.  The Cavies should have been fourth.  I'm not
>flaming the Cavies, I usually like their shows, I just felt that this was the
>worst show since I started watching drum corps in '88.  But, let's face it. 
>Star had 1.1 point lead over the Cavies 1 week before finals.  Star is not
>known for their easy shows and they did a LOT of work on their show between DCI
>Mid-America and Finals.  There is no way in the world the Cavies beat Star
>Semi's, or finals night.  I think that the Administration wanted to make the
>Cavies fans happy after all of that booing last year and told the judges that
>the Cavies were to win no matter what Star did.  I could of even handled the
>Cadets winning, but NOT the Cavies.

I really like the Cavies but I agree again, they should not have
won this year.  BUT, they should have won last year.  I absolutely
HATE Star so I am glad that they didn't win, but I honestly think
the The Cadets (Garfield) should have won. 

Don't get me wrong because like I said, I really like the Caviliers.  
I used to march with The Guardsmen which were based out of Schaumburg,
which is not far from Rosemont, so it's nice to see a corp
nearby win, but it should have been last year, not this year.

I have a few addition comments.  Santa Clara was awesome.  I had
goose bumps during their warm up.  I though that they deserved a
much better placement.  They were (IN MY OPINION) better then the
Cavies. 

Phantom had major color guard problems and their horn line sounded
better during finale then they did in the show so I agreed that
they should have dropped but I did not expect them to drop so
far.

Madison Scouts had a great drill and they looked very good
but they didn't sound as good as they have in the past.

Blue Devils.  My favorite part of BD is of course the drum
line and they were good this year but I think that they had
quite a few age outs last year and that hurt them.  I still
love the fact that they have men in the color guard now.  That
is something that I thought BD would never do.

And finally, VELVET KNIGHTS!!!  Yes I know they are far from
traditional drum corps and they will never win DCI because of
that, BUT who couldn't love them.  They are SO talented.  I
think that they have such a great time on the field and I wish
that I could have marched with them for just one year but I
guess that it just wasn't meant to be.

But anyway, I am glad that the Cavies won, even if it was
charity, because they should have won last year.

Krista