Okay, here goes. They retire to a nice small southern town. Trudy becomes the sheriff. Mounch joined the local volunteer fire company and tries to bring them up to snuff, and how he butts heads with the young Chief.
The stories revolve around their adventures dealing with small town life and their daily adventures with the town folk. Maybe even adopting a teenager.
What do you think?
Over the nearly 50 years, I've been a fan of this activity; people have criticized shows. Going back to writing letters to Drum Corps World and Drum Corps News.
Over the years, people have become more sensitive to what is written. The internet makes it easier to be meaner and nastier than ever before. People post anonymously or hide behind screen names without impunity.
BUT, some shows are bad. Scores show that. There have been shows over the years that have scores below 20. To score that low, it takes bad show design, poor choice of music, and most likely poor musicians and guard members. In many of these shows, they are designed and written above the skill level of the members.
Usually these shows go under the radar. Who will be critical of the Braintree Braves for scoring a 3.6 on June 27, 1992, or Prairie Fire scoring a 7.5 in the 80s? The kids receive grace, and rightly so. We don't give that same grace to Crowns drum line some years. Or whoever caused the one tick when Phantom lost by one tenth.
With so few corps today, every insult, negative comment, or criticism hits differently. BUT some of them can be justified. I notice fans of a corps will defend a comment against their corps, but not against another corps.
As fans, we don't look at things with open-mindedness when it comes to our favorite corps. And the common response is. IT'S ABOUT THE KIDS. I got married a year after I marched. Most members could serve in the military. Some can vote, and many have jobs. These "kids" need to hear the truth. I'm not saying be mean or nasty. I'm saying there are ways to be critical without that.
The show could be cleaner; the feet were dirty. It's not coming together the way I think they want it to. Nowadays you can say. I don't understand the show.
When someone criticizes a corps, 99 times out of 100, it's not about the kids. It's about the show; the kids just happen to be marching. Also, there have been very few shows that would have gotten a 100% likeable rating.
This is a long way to say, be critical, not judgmental. It's a huge difference.
People used to say that all the uniforms from the 50s to the late 70s looked the same. Cadet style but in different colors. That was true. Very few corps didn't have cadet jackets.
Now, every corps looks the same, just in different colors. I'm looking at the costume reveal (Yes, I still throw up a little in my mouth when I say costume instead of uniform out loud). They are all the same leotard style, except for different colors. Some try to have as many colors as possible. Half have that sleeve with fringes on it. Some have two sleeves.
It reminds me of Goth's. They are all different by wearing black. Which, in reality, makes them the same.
It is what it is; time changes. Remember, when your grandchildren look back and ask, how could you wear that....you'll know how some of us old folk feel. I still get teased for my platform shoes and suede suit from 1975. And I was in 5th grade...looking Jody sharp...lol
What would the provisional number and then the catalog number be if it were discovered on June 5, 2024?
I'm writing a book and can't understand how it works. TIA
Based on my own criteria, I would have to go in no particular order: 84 Cadets, 88 Madison Scouts, 87 Vanguard, and 95 Cavaliers.
Honorable mention, any Madison show of the 80s and 90s. Cavaliers 2002 & 2003, Phantom Regiment 1981
I was watching a video, and the end snare marched off the field. It looked like he joined the pit. Does anyone know what he did? TIA
The crow was called Brooksy. Brooks in The Shawshank Redemption had a bird as a pet.
I know the Cadets' bass line had a tradition of doing a leg kick kind of thing. I'm wondering when it started?