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- From: ddm@wpi.WPI.EDU (David D Marshall)
- Newsgroups: alt.drumcorps
- Subject: Re: Madison music
- Date: 21 Nov 1992 06:47:42 GMT
- Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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- Message-ID: <1ekm2eINNsph@bigboote.WPI.EDU>
- References: <92321.133532MHUGHES@MIAMIU.BITNET> <1992Nov18.195206.14725@stortek.com> <92325.130158MHUGHES@MIAMIU.BITNET>
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- In article <92325.130158MHUGHES@MIAMIU.BITNET> <MHUGHES@MIAMIU.BITNET> writes:
- >2. Politics.
- >
- > No one has mentioned the *mystery-finals* of 1988. This was the only year
- > in the history of DCI (before OR since) where the relative placements of
- > the top 5 remained anonymous until the announcement of scores Saturday
- > night. It was a highly questionable practice, and I don't remember hearing
- > that finals were going to be run this way in advance (anyone who could shed
- > some light on this, please do so).
-
- I believe that I remember the staff talking about this sometime before Finals.
- I can't remember the exact period, but it wasn't like the day of Finals.
- >
- > The group of friends who I was with that night at Arrowhead (including a die-
- > hard Madison fan) was unanimous in feeling that SCV deserved the title. When
- > Madison was announced the winner, all our jaws dropped. So did most of the
- > jaws of people sitting around us. The *hysteria* that Reliable Rondo said
- > immediately erupted from the crowd was nowhere in evidence from where we
- > were sitting. Of course, there wasn't wholesale booing in poor taste like
- > Star has received recently, but it SURE as hell was a surprise to all of us,
- > all drum corps fans since the late 1970s. I applauded the Scouts for their
- > fine corps and wonderful performance, but strongly felt that SCV and BD had
- > the proverbial sand kicked in their faces.
-
- Every time I here someone say they were there, and they thought this way, I
- have to ask that person if they can tell how well the corps did _on_the_field_
- or what happened in 2, 3, or 4 different categories at the same time. Maybe
- you are right. I'm just saying that you as an audience member are not getting
- the same picture that 9 judges are getting (or was it 6 then?).
-
- >
- > This, coupled with the fact that Rondo kept dropping hints all night (i.e.,
- > *there's a dark horse out there*, even though the scores were SUPPOSEDLY
- > unknown to all but the judges and tabulators) as well as the fact that it
- > was Madison's 50th anniversary (coincidence?) has to lead me to quote Jim
- > Garrison:
- >
- > "If it looks like it, smells like it, and acts like it, you call it
- > what it is." .... politics.
- >
-
- I think that you already proved your dark horse comments. If it seemed that
- Madison was out of the picture 2 weeks before finals, then for them to be in
- the top 5, they would have to be the dark horse to win.
-
- >a high placement at DCI. My congratulations to the members of the 1988 BD and
- >SCV for all the work they did and acheivements they accomplished which, IMHO,
- >deserved more fair consideration.
-
- I agree. I think that the corps with the worst luck at Finals has to be SCV.
- Their shows in '86, '87, and '88 were all championship performances, but they
- didn't win.
-
- >
- >(Here they come...(flame shield: on :))
- >
- >-Mike Hughes
-
- --David
-
-
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