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- From: dsn41188@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (david nirschl)
- Subject: Re: Madison music
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 02:42:16 GMT
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- rdorocke@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (rob lawrence dorocke) writes:
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- >>A friend of mine that has worked with Star for the last 6 years
- >>told me that the '91 show used only about 5% of Zingalli's drill.
- >>Ther rest, was from Todd Ryan and someone else (????). While
- >>I usually enjoy a well performed AZingalli drill, the awesome '91
- >>Star show you speak of is not really his work.
- >>
- >About all he wrote was the rotating box in the opener and the rotating
- >cross at the end. Personally, the rotating cross is my favorite
- >dirll move of all time, bar none!!
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- Give me a break!! I can't belive I'm reading this. Let me tell you how it
- worked. George and Todd sat down; George came up with the pictures he
- wanted, and told Todd what sections went where. Then Todd did the dirty work,
- figuring intervals and who went where. Once it was on the field, Todd might
- rewrite a set because of practical reasons, but I don't call this writing
- drill. Sure, Todd was great at his position - technical cleaning. But when it
- came to the actual drill, it was George all the way.
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- >>That is the pronblem with having big name people on staff. Sure,
- >>they're great (usually), but the people that do most of (if not all
- >>of) the real work go unnoticed because of a big name instructor.
- >>It is my belief that Todd Ryan was MAJORLY underated as a drill
- >>writer because he worked under Zingalli or along with him on his
- >>(toTodd's) greates t show, '91 Star's.
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- Wait a minute - who marched Star in '91? Not you, I think.
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- >>Chris
- >>Star in '93?????
- >>Baritone
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