The 2009 DCI, WGI, BOA thread

[OrlandoMike]

Cadets parade update.....



With 150 Cadets, including 14 alumni, on the final parade roster, the corps will perform Patriotic Medley and Strike Up The Band during the parade. According to parade officials, there is no stopping at the reviewing stand to perform.

The corps will wear its classic Maroon and Gold Westpoint-style uniform while the colorguard will appear in new maroon jumpsuits provided by Dance Sophisticates, said Heimbecker. An artist’s rendering should be available soon, he added.


Jumpsuits?

 

[OrlandoMike]

On a good note I got my Cadets Innaguration Parade T-Shirt in the mail today!

 

[OrlandoMike]

The new drum heads look sweet! I guess they did a dry run today!

 

[MonorailMan]

The new drum heads look sweet! I guess they did a dry run today!

They do look pretty nice. I wonder if the basses get to keep them as souvenirs after they're done.

I got an e-mail today with the link to a YouTube video. A couple people from the Cap Pride band (our local GLBT band) went to DC to be in the official GLBT Inaugural Marching Band, which will be in the parade tomorrow. Here they are at a rehearsal yesterday.....

(Disregard the date. They got the year wrong. )

Clicky clicky clicky

 

[OrlandoMike]

Cadets warming up with the White House in the backround!

WOW! Just WOW!!!!

 

[OrlandoMike]

Here are the Colts...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMPFNT0YIM8

 

[OrlandoMike]

Really crappy video, but Go Ohio!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGXyY2h26-0

 

[OrlandoMike]

God bless Tennessee! Majorettes with BIG HAIR! And yes, this is the only song they know!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEfitidb09I

 

[OrlandoMike]

The GLBT band!

And I gotta ask, who lined up this parade? Honestly, you had the gay band, and the Azalia Trail Maids together in a staging area for a parade with a 2 hour delay?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eJCQoDv2e8

 

[OrlandoMike]

The Cadets!

Guy at the end....."Go holy Name!"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2uGH5tl4Y8

 

[MonorailMan]

Yowza! You're on top of things!

Thanks for posting these, Mike.

 

[OrlandoMike]

Down time from the ball coverage!

 

[wallyb]

Down time from the ball coverage!

 

[MonorailMan]

I'm so proud of youuuuu!

*pets the back of Wally's head*

 

[OrlandoMike]

Just bumping this thread...

Scouts Alumni Corps playing never walk...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTrk7Cu-_nU

 

[MonorailMan]

1992 San Jose Raiders

WARNING: This link leads to a winterguard show where Robin Williams shouts a lot.

What I think is funny is that if this exact show was put on the floor in 2009 they more than likely wouldn't even make the top 12. Regardless of that....the audience was entertained and went nuts over it back then, and they placed 1st. Enjoy!

 

[MonorailMan]

Here is one of my favorite guards of all time rehearsing.

What people under the age of 25 don't seem realize is Michael Gaines made a DCI/WGI name for himself by directing and writing for this winterguard way before he started raking in the big bucks writing for 8+ units a year. The other day some kid told me, "He didn't start writing until 2000". A majority of the staff who is in this video were still on the Cavaliers' staff as of last year.

Anyhoo, this was back when Mike was still in his prime, before he became overworked and his shows started getting predictable. (That's just my opinion.)

Check out the hair on some of these girls.

Escapade Rehearsal: 1992

This one shows a very young Mike Gaines at work.
Part Two: More Candid

 

[wallyb]

1992 San Jose Raiders

WARNING: This link leads to a winterguard show where Robin Williams shouts a lot.

What I think is funny is that if this exact show was put on the floor in 2009 they more than likely wouldn't even make the top 12. Regardless of that....the audience was entertained and went nuts over it back then, and they placed 1st. Enjoy!

Yeah um... ... interesting.
Maybe if they did it topless?

 

[MonorailMan]

Yeah um... ... interesting.
Maybe if they did it topless?

You would probably enjoy the footage of Escapade rehearsing a lot more. The hair styles alone won me over.

 

[wallyb]

You would probably enjoy the footage of Escapade rehearsing a lot more. The hair styles alone won me over.

Yeah - big ol' fried spiral perms - not so much.