Any Drum Corps fans?

[Blue Apple Herps]

My best friend kevin was in drum core and thats all he talks about. I went to DCI with him in 05. Pretty good time. Lots of talented kids out there.

Haha! I remember whenever I came home it's all I could talk about for a couple of months. I know where he's coming from.

I was such a drum corp nerd. I was going to audition, but my mom wouldn't let me go after hearing about shenanigans. (I think that she was right to do that, judging from the stories some friends brought back.) It's probably part of the reason I ended up playing in the Army.

I still follow it a bit, and would love to go to competitions. I went to one before my daughter was born in Wyoming, but that was the last one.

If you torrent, you can find really, REALLY old corp tapes. Pretty fun to see how things have evolved.

Yeah, some crazy things definately happen. As they say "What happens on tour, stays on tour!" But it also makes for some amazing memories.

That is AWEsome!! I hadn't paid much attention to the Corps since my own marching days over 20 years ago (never was in a Corps...just liked watching them). But now my daughter is in marching band and we watched the '07 Championship that took place at the Rose Bowl. (On cable...not in person...I wish!!) One of Petra's band directors...Mr. Hull...worked with the Caveliers this past year, but I'm not sure in what capacity. So now she's all about the Corps and looking up every video clip she can find online.

If you know of anyplace to order DVD's of performances, we'd jump on 'em in a heartbeat.

Petra posts here occasionally as "Dragon_Lova"....I'll be sure to point her to this thread when she gets a chance to sign on!

You and your daughter should go to a show. Every summer the first big competition of the season, that has all the corps there, is held in San Antonio at the Alamo Dome (or whatever its called now). They have a pre-lims in the morning and then the evening performance is the top 12 corps - very similar to the way finals is. Plus being in the alamo dome it's air conditioned so you don't have to sit out in the TX heat!

As for ordering, you can order DVDs from www.dci.org - but they're pretty expensive. You can also look there for show information.