Field and Floor tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-29191 2010-02-08T15:49:46-06:00 The two biggest names in pageantry, in review TypePad The most wonderful score of the year tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834516fc069e20128777966c7970c 2010-02-08T15:49:46-06:00 2010-02-08T15:49:46-06:00 ... begins here. The buzz has begun! David G. Hill http://www.fieldandfloor.com/fieldandfloor/2010/02/the-most-wonderful-score-of-the-year.html The next generation plans "World's" next generation tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834516fc069e201287708f678970c 2010-01-24T09:45:49-06:00 2010-01-24T09:45:49-06:00 For the next generation of drum corps, Drum Corps World editor Steve Vickers is turning to the next generation. In the February issue of the almost 40-year tenure of the activity's long-running print show, the lead story reported that "trying... David G. Hill http://www.fieldandfloor.com/fieldandfloor/2010/01/next-generation-plans.html Pondering legacy: Do you know color guard? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834516fc069e2012876e5b7cf970c 2010-01-17T09:53:50-06:00 2010-01-17T09:53:50-06:00 Fan Network rebooted for 2010: check. Tickets ordered: check. Smell of vinyl wafting: close at hand. Earplugs secured (those darned tinny and too-loud sound systems): three pairs. Legacy season: on the cusp? Each chronological volume of the sport of the... David G. Hill http://www.fieldandfloor.com/fieldandfloor/2010/01/pondering-legacy.html To a good New Year on both field and floor! tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834516fc069e20120a789659a970b 2009-12-29T08:21:26-06:00 2009-12-29T08:21:26-06:00 Sweeping up the year's verbal bouquets and brickbats, the comments that have come this way, regarding ... well, just about everything regarding both field and floor. Just in time for the New Year! I'll save folks the embarrassment of repeating... David G. Hill http://www.fieldandfloor.com/fieldandfloor/2009/12/2010.html Friends of Field&Floor = 150,000+ tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834516fc069e2012875a4e480970c 2009-11-15T12:44:57-06:00 2009-11-15T12:44:57-06:00 Quietly, over the weekend, in the click of a mouse, while I sat in Lucas Oil Stadium delighting to this year's best of Music for All, a milestone occurred right here: the 150,000th unique visitor came to Field&Floor. I am... David G. Hill http://www.fieldandfloor.com/fieldandfloor/2009/11/friends-of-fieldfloor-150000.html The future of the evolution tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834516fc069e20120a65ca0d1970b 2009-11-09T11:06:00-06:00 2009-11-09T11:06:00-06:00 There is a pivotal line, and sentiment, in Luchino Visconti’s sumptuous 1963 romantic adventure, “The Leopard”; a line that serves as both preface and punctuation to the story of a dying aristocracy and the corresponding rise to eminence of a... David G. Hill http://www.fieldandfloor.com/fieldandfloor/2009/11/the-future-of-the-evolution.html Field&Floor's Top 5 drum corps shows of the 21st Century tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834516fc069e20120a6338879970b 2009-11-08T10:33:13-06:00 2009-11-08T10:33:13-06:00 5. The Cadets, 2000, “We Are the Future” I’ve already confided that I had to “grow” into The Bridgemen; so also I had to grow into “Millennium Celebration.” Full disclosure: I was so swept away by “Niagara Falls” that I... David G. Hill http://www.fieldandfloor.com/fieldandfloor/2009/11/fieldfloors-top-5-drum-corps-shows-of-the-21st-century.html Field&Floor's 30 best drum corps shows of the 21st century: 10-6 tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834516fc069e20120a6338562970b 2009-11-07T07:17:16-06:00 2009-11-07T07:17:16-06:00 10. The Cadets, 2005, “The Zone” When The Cadets are good, and this edition of the corps was precisely wonderful, the spit and polish that is the pride of the longest-running organization in the industry shines. What lifted "The Zone"... David G. Hill http://www.fieldandfloor.com/fieldandfloor/2009/11/fieldfloors-30-best-drum-corps-shows-of-the-21st-century-106.html Field&Floor's 30 best drum corps shows of the 21st century: 20-11 tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834516fc069e20120a63382c4970b 2009-11-06T08:53:12-06:00 2009-11-06T08:53:12-06:00 20. The Cavaliers, 2008, “Samurai” Too much of a good thing was at play with this century's most honored corps at its 60th anniversary, as it was this season overall. The Cavaliers brought to the field what got 'em here:... David G. Hill http://www.fieldandfloor.com/fieldandfloor/2009/11/fieldfloors-30-best-drum-corps-shows-of-the-21st-century-2011.html Field&Floor's 30 best drum corps show of the 21st century: 30-21 tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834516fc069e20120a68a128f970c 2009-11-05T08:53:29-06:00 2009-11-05T08:53:29-06:00 30. Madison Scouts, 2008, “La Noche de la Iguana” I respectfully disagree that what landed the Madison Scouts back in finals was "regaining their swagger." I found the Latin feel of this music -- swing over bluster -- the inventive... David G. Hill http://www.fieldandfloor.com/fieldandfloor/2009/11/fieldfloors-30-best-drum-corps-show-of-the-century-3021.html