Drum Corps International

FuziCrayon · #1 07-02-2003, 03:49 AM

I am a HUGE DCI fan - and also a sorority girl

I haven't posted in weeks, but I missed you guys. So here's my new topic.

Are there other GC DCI fans out there? I'm planning on going to either the JSU show, the Kennesaw Mtn. HS show, or the Murfeesboro show in late July. I go to at least one show per summer. Anybody else going to the shows this summer? I've had so many friends and family members march Spirit over the years and I used to be good friends with Freddy Martin--maybe somebody knows him.

I know most DCI kids are on tour right now, but are there other fans on the board??

HPU PIKE · #2 07-02-2003, 05:03 AM

To further exemplify the lame jokes and misunderstandings about people involved with marching bands (courtesy of the American Pie movies, no doubt), I am straight up band dork. I was very glad to see this thread! I probably won't make it to a show this year, but in the past three years I attended Drums Across the Tristate at Marshall University. By far, I think my favorite corps. is the Cadets (of Burgan(sp?) County). I also like watching the championships on PBS. It's a great experience to go to a DCI show, for both band people and those of you who missed out on all the fun

OUlioness01 · #3 07-02-2003, 06:56 AM

i grew up watching DCI!!!!! One of my exes marches with a corps (i cna't remember which one) and my dad and brohters see at least one show every year. i usually don't go 'cuas i have a lot of other things to do. most poeple i know don't even know about DCI!

btw Fuzi, how was Europe?

aopirose · #4 07-02-2003, 10:42 AM

I think that this thread may need to go into Chit Chat. However, I was/am a HUGE DCI fan. When I was in High School, almost 20 years ago - aaak, we had several guys in the Cavaliers and the Bayonne Bridgemen. Once the Stars of Indiana got going a lot of people started marching for them. Unfortunately, that corps didn't last too long. A few summers we had girls from the Blue Devils to help choreograph our colorguard routines.

My all time favorites are the Santa Clara Vanguard, (my high school band was the Cardinal Vanguard) and Phantom Regiment.

aopirose thinking back to a quieter and more uncomplicated time in her life...
I like Flags and Rifles
I like Drums and Horns
I like the looks of those Cavalier Boys
They're my favorite Corps, Oh, Yeah, Yeah

PBS in this area doesn't carry the championship anymore. Last year, we were treated to a telethon featuring the best of Barbara Streisand.

I wonder what torture is in store this year.

ETA: We had people in Madison Scouts too. Sorry, it's been awhile.

dzsaigirl · #5 07-02-2003, 11:27 AM

I love DCI!

I used to be a huge fan of the Blue Devils and Phantom Regiment, but now I don't have any loyalties. A ton of people I went to music school with did corps (Cavies, Cadets, Madison Scouts) and some went on to do Blast! and Shockwave (the new Blast!).

When I was in high school, I was in a senior corps based out of houston called Bayou City Blues (made up mostly of people who aged out of junior corps, mostly men in their 20's to 50's! Old Skool people, but it was open to all ages). It was fun and laid back. Pretty much drill-less corps that was about playing music and going on a "tour" once a year in the summer around fourth of July. We went to Milwaukee Summerfest and a bunch of parades in places like Racine, Kenosha, and suburbs of Chicago.

My parents NEVER would have let me actually go away for a whole summer and march a real corps! I was pretty sheltered and that would have scandalized me or something! My mom is a fan too though!

Oh yeah, and YES this needs to be moved on over to CHIT CHAT!

#6 07-02-2003, 12:10 PM

Woo hoo DCI!

It's been a few years since I've been to a show, but I used to have a lot of friends in various Corps... mostly Madison Scouts, but also Pioneer and Americanos. Pretty much everyone I know has long ago aged out, but one of my friends teaches for Americanos (or at least he did last year..) and a few of my friends are in Kilties now since they aged out.

RedRoseSAI · #7 07-02-2003, 12:19 PM

I'm a little burned out on drum corps this year. I work with three Cavaliers, and lately DCI is all we ever hear about over here. I like drum corps as much as the next person, but it can get to be a bit much sometimes.

That said, I'm going to DCM in a few weeks...should be a good show!

LXAAlum · #8 07-02-2003, 03:47 PM

Oh yeah - Drums Along the Rockies is next weekend - one show in Greeley, only three BLOCKS from my house, and a bigger show at Invesco the next day - got tix to BOTH.

WOO HOO - I am a die hard DCI fan, especially of the Santa Clara Vanguard and Phantom Regiment, though I do like almost all the corps - and I'm a former member from the United States Navy Drum and Bugle Corp.

It's infectious!

FuziCrayon · #9 07-02-2003, 03:50 PM

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Originally posted by dzsaigirl

My parents NEVER would have let me actually go away for a whole summer and march a real corps! I was pretty sheltered and that would have scandalized me or something! My mom is a fan too though!

Oh yeah, and YES this needs to be moved on over to CHIT CHAT!

DZSAIGIRL I feel ya!!

Okay - so yea, I was a band geek (still am at heart) all the way! I begged for years for my parents to let me go march with Spirit... our band director in high school was the director of Spirit of Atlanta at the time--they wouldn't let me go

My cousin started marching when he was 15 or 16. Then it snowballed, one of my fellow colorguard captains started marching with Spirit, and a few other friends from HS did it. I was so jealous. Later, the summer after I graduated, my ex-boyfriend raised some money to go march with Spirit. Still to this day I wish that I could say I marched. It's so extreme, but its performing-and I know what kind of rush I get from doing that. It's awesome. Maybe in my next life mom and dad will let me go on tour *wink* They were just afraid of all the drugs and sex on the busses, but people could get away with stuff on the high school busses almost as bad as they could on drum corps busses!

I don't know how to move the thread - somebody please tell me how to do it without deleting all your replys and I'll do it

AlphaFrog · #10 07-02-2003, 04:27 PM

I love DCI! My roommate's boyfriend my freshman year was a lead soprano...she has a rim from the finals where they one...it's so awesome!

I'm exicted for marching band this yeah...usually I do Guard, but my knee is bad, so I'm doing Pit. I have an awesome pit this year...

Can't wait for "freshman initation"!

xp2k · #11 07-02-2003, 04:40 PM

Wow this is wierd seeing a DCI post on a Greek Life chat board....maybe I'll see a greek life post on a DCI board =)

I love DCI too

I actually marched 4 years...my last two were with Cavaliers and Phantom Regiment (I just aged out 2 years ago)

The drum corps experience actually mirrors the greek life experience in a lot of ways.

The organizations can be exclusive. Some have secrets (Cavalier, Crossmen, Phantom), most have traditions,and...you become so close to the people that you spend 3 months on the road with.

Unfortunately, some of them haze too, but like GLOs, thats being fazed out more and more every year.

I still talk to a lot of the guys and girls that I marched with on aol, over the phone or through snail mail. They actually come in awful handy when I'm planning a road trip and need a place to stay...or a place to party.

In fact when I was in NYC last week, one of them hooked me up with a sweet underground party in the Bronx. Well...I wouldnt call it sweet

I'm going to the Indianapolis regional and I cant wait!

Xp2k

AGDPrincess70 · #12 07-02-2003, 04:46 PM

I LOVE DCI!!!! I am another hardcore band dork. I teach for my high school's MB, and we have a couple kids who are heading into Glassmen, and one who might make it into Blast! I haven't been to an actual DCI show in a couple years, but I might be going to a show somewhere in Ohio in the next couple weeks (I can't remember where)

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Originally posted by aopirose
I like the looks of those Cavalier Boys

OMG some of those guys are so hot. They played a show when I was at the George N. Parks DMA a couple years ago and I remember watching them practice beforehand WITHOUT SHIRTS!

All I have to say is holy crap.

Jill1228 · #13 07-02-2003, 07:03 PM

Yeah buddy! I grew up watching DCI! Former Flag girl here

trisigmaAtl · #14 07-02-2003, 09:34 PM

Oh god I love DCI!!!

I played bass and tenors during High school and have known guys in South Wind and The Madision Scouts. I was a HUGE band nerd and think that the intimacy I had with my band mates was part of what drew me to Greek life (being a part of a whole, sisterhood, brotherhood etc.) I've been to a couple of shows;I'm a big Santa Clara fan. When ever people ask me what DCI is I always reply: "it's like professional Marching band, except you pay THEM to do it". However, those big time drummer guy egos can drive you crazy!!!!
Honestly, I was never that good (even though our line was), but I wouldn't trade my band days for anything...it's the exact same way I know I'll feel about my sorority days!

adpishan · #15 07-02-2003, 10:08 PM

Just wanted to chime in... I was in Colorguard in H.S. I miss it so much. I used to be able to find DCI on PBS, but I haven't seen it in a long time. Thanks for the thread.

Shannon