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Lights, Cameras.....WGI??

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:47 pm
by Powerhouse08
So, after seeing shows with lights, with TV screens, TV screens flashing lights, drums with lights, long poems being read, ballet dancers, and dancing to 80's POP, what is everyone's take on the direction of winter percussion......?

Re: Lights, Cameras.....WGI??

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 7:25 pm
by 8-ball
It's going to be interesting...

Re: Lights, Cameras.....WGI??

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 7:42 pm
by Powerhouse08
Interesting good, or interesting bad?

Re: Lights, Cameras.....WGI??

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 8:25 pm
by Hostrauser
Yep. 8-)

Re: Lights, Cameras.....WGI??

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 4:11 pm
by 8-ball
Like anything else after rule changes...it will take some years for it to be all figured out. This last weekend looked like a lot of groups added some lights a few weeks ago...some sounded like they spent too much time on lights the last few weeks...and very few "pulled it off" well.

Just my opinion...

I was more irritated with it than anything else. Because of the reasons listed above. Maybe I'm oldschool...but music should always remain the focus. And this year I felt like it took away from program excellence.

Re: Lights, Cameras.....WGI??

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 9:27 am
by tcblancer
I thought some groups used the new "lighting" option to great effect (Ayala HS), and some went a little overboard (Rhythm X?). Of course, the groups that won PSW (Chino Hills HS) and PIW (RCC) did not have a single "light" in their show. Just clean beats, clean feets and a clear and understandable show concept.
At the end of the day, it's not rocket science, it's just drums in a gym. So let's all just play clean!

Just my humble opinion, of course. ;)

Re: Lights, Cameras.....WGI??

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 9:46 am
by 8-ball
At the end of the day, it's not rocket science, it's just drums in a gym. So let's all just play clean!
Amen