07-14-08

Drum Corps and Breast Cancer

You may wander what the two have in common? So did I as I sat in the stands of the recent DCI show in Orlando listening to two people talk over the show…big deal right? How about from the field. Suspended on this huge circle platform stage thing that looked like Oprah’s rejected stage (or one of those Christian talk shows), two “actors” (in the middle of a marching band performance) we pretending to talk about a lady’s life in “the pursuit of happiness”. In introducing the lady, “she was happy, successful, and has breast cancer” and then…it was never brought up again through the WHOLE piece. WTF? So each piece went with the lady’s life in some way… “being independent and going to college”, finding love to “working on wallstreet” complete with flag girl flags with money printed on them. My head exploded when they brought out the smiley face banners. HELLO? It looked like Forest Gump’s Shit Happens T-shirts. And then they came in third. POP there goes the head.

The sad part was I remember bitching to david about how i wished his band took more creative liberties. I know eat my words. I’d lie if I said I didn’t have fun. There were lots of good shows, like the carnival themed on, the rocky themed one and the gallatica x thing. It’s just that last one that killed me. Oh, and the $6 beer.