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Post by bigtrombone on May 14, 2024 13:44:37 GMT -6
Mandarins: "Vieux Carré"Repertoire: - Selections from The Jungle & All Rise - Wynton Marsalis - Agape - Nicolas Britell - In The Sweet By and By - Joseph P. Webster - Lie to Me - Trombone Shorty ![](https://www.mandarins.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024mandarins_logo.jpg)
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Post by hawknate14 on May 14, 2024 18:36:13 GMT -6
Mandarins: "Vieux Carré"Repertoire: - Selections from The Jungle & All Rise - Wynton Marsalis - Agape - Nicolas Britell - In The Sweet By and By - Joseph P. Webster - Lie to Me - Trombone Shorty ![](https://www.mandarins.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024mandarins_logo.jpg) Im Sure Brandt will have a wonderful time butchering this
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Post by neop on May 14, 2024 19:04:32 GMT -6
Mandarins: "Vieux Carré"Repertoire: - Selections from The Jungle & All Rise - Wynton Marsalis - Agape - Nicolas Britell - In The Sweet By and By - Joseph P. Webster - Lie to Me - Trombone Shorty ![](https://www.mandarins.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024mandarins_logo.jpg) Im Sure Brandt will have a wonderful time butchering this Presenting their 2024 program, V…Vooks Carry…
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Post by dbalash on May 14, 2024 19:08:53 GMT -6
Mandarins: "Vieux Carré"Repertoire: - Selections from The Jungle & All Rise - Wynton Marsalis - Agape - Nicolas Britell - In The Sweet By and By - Joseph P. Webster - Lie to Me - Trombone Shorty ![](https://www.mandarins.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024mandarins_logo.jpg) Im Sure Brandt will have a wonderful time butchering this Not like Damp Otter is much better at times.
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Post by marimba11 on May 14, 2024 21:59:37 GMT -6
What a fantastic idea for a show, I just love a good masquerade show. So much to reference. Kind of reminds me of Summerville's 2016 show
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Post by cybrunette on May 16, 2024 12:15:31 GMT -6
Blue Devils: " The Romantics" Music Includes; - “Romantics Whisper” - Dave Glyde
- “And The Heavens Shall Tremble” - Russel Brower, Matt Uelmen
- “Fable Legends - Title Theme"- Russel Shaw
- “Merry-Go-Round” - Joe Hisashi
- "Shattered Pixel” - Dave Glyde
- “Game Girl” - Dave Glyde
- “Time” - Billy Porter
- “Distance” - Dave Glyde
- “Can You Hear The Music” - Ludwig Goransson
- “Poor Things” - Finale and End Credits - Jerskin Fendrix
- Arrangements by Dave Glyde https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7CeLzdvSE1
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Post by dbalash on May 16, 2024 12:39:36 GMT -6
Blue Devils: " The Romantics" Music Includes; “Romantics Whisper” - Dave Glyde “And The Heavens Shall Tremble” - Russel Brower, Matt Uelmen “Fable Legends - Title Theme"- Russel Shaw “Merry-Go-Round” - Joe Hisashi "Shattered Pixel” - Dave Glyde “Game Girl” - Dave Glyde “Time” - Billy Porter “Distance” - Dave Glyde “Can You Hear The Music” - Ludwig Goransson “Poor Things” - Finale and End Credits - Jerskin Fendrix - Arrangements by Dave Glyde https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7CeLzdvSE1 I smell #22 (and the first four peat.)
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Post by yayband914 on May 16, 2024 13:54:53 GMT -6
Blue Devils: " The Romantics" Music Includes; - “Romantics Whisper” - Dave Glyde
- “And The Heavens Shall Tremble” - Russel Brower, Matt Uelmen
- “Fable Legends - Title Theme"- Russel Shaw
- “Merry-Go-Round” - Joe Hisashi
- "Shattered Pixel” - Dave Glyde
- “Game Girl” - Dave Glyde
- “Time” - Billy Porter
- “Distance” - Dave Glyde
- “Can You Hear The Music” - Ludwig Goransson
- “Poor Things” - Finale and End Credits - Jerskin Fendrix
- Arrangements by Dave Glyde https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7CeLzdvSE1 POOR THINGS!!!
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Post by philodemus on May 16, 2024 15:14:35 GMT -6
First time in a long, long while a Blue Devil show has seemed like a cool idea right off the bat.
Cautiously optimistic.
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Post by dbalash on May 16, 2024 15:25:33 GMT -6
First time in a long, long while a Blue Devil show has seemed like a cool idea right off the bat. Cautiously optimistic. They’re all cool. At least I don’t need ayahuasca to understand this, unlike recent Bluecoats shows!
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Post by allthingschaotic on May 16, 2024 16:10:51 GMT -6
Blue Devils: " The Romantics" Music Includes; - “Romantics Whisper” - Dave Glyde
- “And The Heavens Shall Tremble” - Russel Brower, Matt Uelmen
- “Fable Legends - Title Theme"- Russel Shaw
- “Merry-Go-Round” - Joe Hisashi
- "Shattered Pixel” - Dave Glyde
- “Game Girl” - Dave Glyde
- “Time” - Billy Porter
- “Distance” - Dave Glyde
- “Can You Hear The Music” - Ludwig Goransson
- “Poor Things” - Finale and End Credits - Jerskin Fendrix
- Arrangements by Dave Glyde https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7CeLzdvSE1 Hisaishi's Merry-Go-Round!?!??!?!?!??!
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Post by bigtrombone on May 16, 2024 17:14:11 GMT -6
Blue Devils: " The Romantics" Music Includes; - “Romantics Whisper” - Dave Glyde
- “And The Heavens Shall Tremble” - Russel Brower, Matt Uelmen
- “Fable Legends - Title Theme"- Russel Shaw
- “Merry-Go-Round” - Joe Hisashi
- "Shattered Pixel” - Dave Glyde
- “Game Girl” - Dave Glyde
- “Time” - Billy Porter
- “Distance” - Dave Glyde
- “Can You Hear The Music” - Ludwig Goransson
- “Poor Things” - Finale and End Credits - Jerskin Fendrix
- Arrangements by Dave Glyde https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7CeLzdvSE1 My eyes see Oppenheimer.
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Post by hostrauser on May 16, 2024 17:26:48 GMT -6
Blue Devils: " The Romantics" Music Includes; - “Romantics Whisper” - Dave Glyde
- “And The Heavens Shall Tremble” - Russel Brower, Matt Uelmen
- “Fable Legends - Title Theme"- Russel Shaw
- “Merry-Go-Round” - Joe Hisashi
- "Shattered Pixel” - Dave Glyde
- “Game Girl” - Dave Glyde
- “Time” - Billy Porter
- “Distance” - Dave Glyde
- “Can You Hear The Music” - Ludwig Goransson
- “Poor Things” - Finale and End Credits - Jerskin Fendrix
- Arrangements by Dave Glyde https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7CeLzdvSE1 Hisaishi's Merry-Go-Round!?!??!?!?!??! From "Howl's Moving Castle", yes. The brilliance of Dave Glyde once again. It's one of those songs I never would have thought for drum corps, but you listen to it and it has Blue Devils written all over it.
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Post by N.E. Brigand on May 16, 2024 18:12:27 GMT -6
Hisaishi's Merry-Go-Round!?!??!?!?!??! From "Howl's Moving Castle", yes. The brilliance of Dave Glyde once again. It's one of those songs I never would have thought for drum corps... I've been a fan of his work ever since seeing Takeshi Kitano's Fireworks ( Hana-Bi), a darkly comic policier, at the Cleveland Cinematheque in 1998. More Hisaishi on the field, please!
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Post by josephbandfan on May 16, 2024 19:35:41 GMT -6
The past few seasons I get very excited from BD's show reveals and concepts, but end up unsatisfied with the end product. I'm determined to like this one because it looks so good.
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Post by crowncrawler on May 16, 2024 20:07:35 GMT -6
- “Romantics Whisper” - Dave Glyde
- “And The Heavens Shall Tremble” - Russel Brower, Matt Uelmen
- “Fable Legends - Title Theme"- Russel Shaw
- “Merry-Go-Round” - Joe Hisashi
- "Shattered Pixel” - Dave Glyde
- “Game Girl” - Dave Glyde
- “Time” - Billy Porter
- “Distance” - Dave Glyde
- “Can You Hear The Music” - Ludwig Goransson
- “Poor Things” - Finale and End Credits - Jerskin Fendrix
Absolutely in love with this repertoire
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Post by marimba11 on May 16, 2024 20:39:08 GMT -6
I’ve really liked every BD show since 2015 very very much - and I don’t even like jazz much!
2019 probably my favorite. I strangely didn’t like Felenisque, I wanted Cadets to win that year.
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Post by N.E. Brigand on May 16, 2024 21:11:57 GMT -6
I strangely didn’t like Felenisque, I wanted Cadets to win that year. That is what he said. That is what marimba11 said.
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Post by philodemus on May 17, 2024 4:56:05 GMT -6
First time in a long, long while a Blue Devil show has seemed like a cool idea right off the bat. Cautiously optimistic. They’re all cool. At least I don’t need ayahuasca to understand this, unlike recent Bluecoats shows! I sometimes think you and I must live in parallel universes and yet somehow can communicate through this message board. Over here, the Bluecoats’ shows have been weird, but perfectly understandable. But, we also elected a game show host President, so perhaps things are better on your side.
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Post by marimba11 on May 17, 2024 9:21:31 GMT -6
I strangely didn’t like Felenisque, I wanted Cadets to win that year. That is what he said. That is what marimba11 said. ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) SORRY!! I just couldn't get into!! As you can imagine, I've made so many friends with this opinion lol
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Post by marimba11 on May 17, 2024 9:26:26 GMT -6
They’re all cool. At least I don’t need ayahuasca to understand this, unlike recent Bluecoats shows! I sometimes think you and I must live in parallel universes and yet somehow can communicate through this message board. Over here, the Bluecoats’ shows have been weird, but perfectly understandable. But, we also elected a game show host President, so perhaps things are better on your side. I do understand that the coats show the past few years haven't been just hippie nonsense - they're based off of real books, I think a poem too. And, I will totally concede that their music design is probably the best in the business from a pacing/ arrangement standpoint - something I really appreciate. However, this fascination with hippie themes for what going on like 4 seasons now?? I'm honestly tired of it. Say what you want about BD's formula, but they have dramatically different themes every year and they all can appeal to the lowest common dominator. I am really excited for them to play Lost it to Trying though, one of my all time fav's! Thank you Leander
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Post by dbalash on May 17, 2024 9:45:33 GMT -6
They’re all cool. At least I don’t need ayahuasca to understand this, unlike recent Bluecoats shows! I sometimes think you and I must live in parallel universes and yet somehow can communicate through this message board. Over here, the Bluecoats’ shows have been weird, but perfectly understandable. But, we also elected a game show host President, so perhaps things are better on your side. I haven't cared for a Bluecoats design since Down Side Up, Crown since Finis (there's a show here or there, but my detestation of Crown's design is well documented over the years). I know, I have weird tastes.
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Post by hewhowaits on May 17, 2024 9:56:56 GMT -6
I strangely didn’t like Felenisque, I wanted Cadets to win that year. That is what he said. That is what marimba11 said. I didn't "like" Felini-esque and I ALWAYS wanted The Cadets to win. I DID appreciate Felini-esque for the brilliance of the design and the near perfection in the execution and have never doubted that it fully deserved the win and whatever accolades were heaped upon it.
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Post by philodemus on May 17, 2024 13:32:38 GMT -6
Here's my thing...
If you don't dig what the 'Coats have been doing... awesome, tastes vary, vive la difference, etc. I love what they've been doing, but it's subjective.
But what strikes me as more objective is the clarity of the design. Like, two summers ago the show literally started by saying something like, "I had this really weird dream last night..." Right off the bat they told you exactly what was going on. They might as well have held up a sign that said, "This is about a weird dream some dude had and he's telling you about it."
Like, how can you not follow what's going on? It's weird, but it's spelled out very, very clearly.
Compare that to, I don't know... a kid holding up a piece of blue fabric and creeping down the 50 yard line.
I feel like BD does shows that require liner notes... or a deep dive on drum corps Reddit.
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Post by cinnamonpromenade on May 17, 2024 13:33:48 GMT -6
My mind is BLOWN to hear multiple people LIKING Cadets 2014, period—and liking it over Felliniesque, no less!!!
No shade to anyone; I just... watching Cadets 2014 in Allentown induced a rage I've never felt before or since LOL. The raw performance excellence was awesome—but the design couldn't have felt more tedious or sycophantic!!!
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Post by cinnamonpromenade on May 17, 2024 13:53:51 GMT -6
Here's my thing... If you don't dig what the 'Coats have been doing... awesome, tastes vary, vive la difference, etc. I love what they've been doing, but it's subjective. But what strikes me as more objective is the clarity of the design. Like, two summers ago the show literally started by saying something like, "I had this really weird dream last night..." Right off the bat they told you exactly what was going on. They might as well have held up a sign that said, "This is about a weird dream some dude had and he's telling you about it." Like, how can you not follow what's going on? It's weird, but it's spelled out very, very clearly. Compare that to, I don't know... a kid holding up a piece of blue fabric and creeping down the 50 yard line. I feel like BD does shows that require liner notes... or a deep dive on drum corps Reddit. I agree with your sentiment here, but I actually think both BD and Bluecoats vacillate between [objective clarity] and [artistic ambiguity]. For example, I don't think Bluecoats' 2023 show had objective clarity. I appreciate the huge artistic risk they took with it, but the only explanations I could make of the show were based on theories sourced on drum corps Reddit... and while the poetic interpretations could make sense, I couldn't see how the show design itself conveyed such interpretations with objective clarity. (Moreover, I just found the design too choppy for my tastes.) (But yes, I agree that their 2022 show couldn't have been more obvious... anyone who "doesn't get it" is being deliberately obtuse, IMO.) Then you have Blue Devils 2017, "Metamorph," that was quite literally an evolution of marching arts history from its military beginnings to the produced/staged moments of now. 2018 was literally about Hopper's "Nighthawks" painting (and the mood of that era of the American 1930s/40s). I think BD's most abstract show as of late is their 2022 show... but everything was just "blue." Abstract, sure. But overly convoluted? I dunno. I think most BC and BD shows from the last decade+ beg for a sentence of context to really "get" them. But depending on who you are, that sentence of context might not feel so highbrow or inaccessible... depending on how in-depth your high school (or college) history and English courses were.
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Post by cinnamonpromenade on May 17, 2024 13:58:11 GMT -6
Good art should evoke a highly-charged, yet unique, response amongst each audience member.
Good design should evoke a highly-charged, yet similar, response amongst each audience member.
I think it's fair to say that both the Blue Devils and the Bluecoats have created great art in the last decade, even if not to the taste of each audience member.
Clearly, they both have created great design per the judges' criteria.
Have they created great design for the audience? ... I think it depends on how naturally predisposed each audience member is to what's being presented—or their willingness to take the corps in good faith and try to meet a corps where they're at.
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Post by N.E. Brigand on May 17, 2024 15:44:51 GMT -6
That is what he said. That is what marimba11 said. ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) SORRY!! I just couldn't get into!! As you can imagine, I've made so many friends with this opinion lol I actually heard this 1991 parody of Lincoln Portrait (using different Aaron Copland music) on the Dr. Demento Show decades before encountering the original. The Cadets, failing to remember that "verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things," vastly overemphasized the narration in comparison to its use in the original, where the piece is half over before the narrator begins to speak. And late in the season they went a bit over the top with the festive trappings. But I appreciated that the narration was at least live, and they sure did execute! ![Felliniesque](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji3sMrblxzyZwbdAuHdYoHnYEPyN_bzNLawpa3fxVHkZ2LxA1UPDN-SfmtbUvzdIXdRbYVe1xW6RSF752-E5wNCEpiOKHxE_swCTsaUwORs-figSFe0K3r44OlAfYOGapBgC1YjrV8Vh8/s1600/vitel-screen2y.jpg)
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Post by paddy on May 17, 2024 20:28:13 GMT -6
I’ve gotten a pretty healthy preview of the BAC show. Public reveal should happen once they are in camp.
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Post by marimba11 on May 17, 2024 23:42:05 GMT -6
That is what he said. That is what marimba11 said. I didn't "like" Felini-esque and I ALWAYS wanted The Cadets to win. I DID appreciate Felini-esque for the brilliance of the design and the near perfection in the execution and have never doubted that it fully deserved the win and whatever accolades were heaped upon it. That’s fair!! No doubt the best corps win
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