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Written by William Aldrich-Thorpe - Drum Corps World Staff
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Wednesday, 13 August 2008 |
Phantom Holds Off a Surging Crown and Talking Cadets
August 2, 2008 -- Allentown, PA . . . What a fantastic two evenings of drum corps! This day two of the DCI Eastern Classic pitted a surging Carolina Crown, group that has bested The Cadets in a recent show and is now focusing their attention on the Phantom Regiment. It was not to be this evening, but it was only four tenths away. Santa Clara was welcomed into the 90s club this evening and other fights for placement also happened with the Colts over Spirit by a very narrow margin of two tenths.
But the real winners tonight were the fans in attendance as they were treated to some of the best that the drum and bugle idiom could provide. It was simple a fantastic two evenings that were truly magical.
Phantom Regiment took to the field in their “Spartacus- themed persona. At the beginning it was four slave color guard members pushing a large podium while Drum Major Will Pitts stood arrogantly on top with arms folded, looking imperialistic. Meanwhile, a large contingent of brass members pushed, dragged and beat the other slave guard members onto the field, forcing them to prepare the field properly while the rest of the brass contingent goose-stepped along the backfield. It was all so appropriate and set the tone of the show from the moment the corps is seen by the audience. You simply could not take your eyes off the procession. |
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Written by Gary J. Dickelman - Drum Corps World Staff
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Tuesday, 12 August 2008 |
DCI East Reveals Bloomington Battleground
Allentown, PA -- August 1, 2008 . . . The first evening of August proved to be warm, pleasant and chock full of excitement for drum corps fans at the first night of DCI East. This night, and the one that followed, proved to set the stage for next week’s battle for the DCI World Championship title in Bloomington, IN, in many exciting ways. The top contenders, in my view, are Cavaliers, Carolina Crown, Phantom Regiment and Blue Devils. Contention for the next tier of placements is likely to include Santa Clara Vanguard, Cadets and Bluecoats. Plus there are a host of exciting shows to fill the remaining finals spots, most notably Boston Crusaders, Glassmen, Blue Stars and Crossmen.
But on the first night we were treated to Open Class and World Class competition, the former showing the perennially-strong Jersey Surf taking top spot, with Beatrix (Netherlands) the runner-up – and underscoring that DCI is, indeed, international. Too bad there were not more competitors in Open Class. The state of affairs around the incredibly shrinking activity is disconcerting, to say the least. So BIG kudos to Jersey Surf and their “So Far” show, which clearly reveals the fruits of a long, exciting journey. |
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Written by William Aldrich-Thorpe - Drum Corps World Staff
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Friday, 08 August 2008 |
Crown defeats Cadets to win “Drum Corps in Fauquier” show
July 30, 2008 -- Warrenton, VA . . . Carolina Crown once again bested The Cadets this evening by the narrow of margin of only sixth tenths of a point. Even in this close-scoring show, Crown took most of the major captions, with the exception of Visual GE and Ensemble Visual, which went to The Cadets.
There were several other battles also waged between Glassmen and the Blue Knights, with only a half of a tenth between them. Another contest was between the Crossmen and Colts, where the separation was only a tenth of a point.
Teal Sound was the only Open Class corps and they took home the gold medal with an exciting production.
It was a very warm evening, with everyone feeling a little uncomfortable as they waited patiently for the show to begin. Once the U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps took the field, that uncomfortable feeling simply evaporated (but not, unfortunately, the sweat). |
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Written by Danny Lloyd - Drum Corps World Staff
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Thursday, 07 August 2008 |
NightBeat showcases top corps before enthusiastic crowd
July 27, 2008 -- Charlotte, NC . . . The clash of this season’s drum corps titans continued tonight between three of the current top four DCI World Class corps and a host of other highly competitive units. “Nightbeat”, sponsored by Carolina Crown, has become a local contest with a regional feel. Many thousands of drum corps fans, along with the southern humidity, created a thrilling atmosphere as the tension and urgency rose with only two weeks to go in the season.
Pioneer began the evening steeped in tradition with “Celtic Reflections”. The audience that contained a large contingent of area band students were excited to hear familiar and respected band literature such as Holst’s “Suite in E-Flat” and Grainger’s “Lincolnshire Posy”. The corps played the works with confidence and Pioneer’s statement of tradition and identity was apparent to all. Execution of this collection of difficult works has been steadily improving all year and it should be enjoyable and impressive to listen to this show in its final form in a couple of weeks in Bloomington. |
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Written by Timmy Johnston - Drum Corps World Staff
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Monday, 04 August 2008 |
Blue Devils B premiers in Midwest
With strong win in Middleton, WI
August 2, 2008 – Middleton, WI . . . While Capital Sound isn’t fielding a corps this season, they still hosted a wonderful 12-corps DCI Open Class event at the excellent Breitenbach Stadium on the campus of Middlton High School. Easily leading the strong contingent of corps, the Blue Devils B impressed the crowd of about 800 fans with a jazz musical book that reminded everyone of their big brothers and sisters years ago.
The uniforms, size and prowess of the young people who make up the second tier of the three-corps Blue Devils organization wowed everyone with their flight-inspired visual and musical book that kicked off with a guard member using fluorescent orange markers to guide the evening’s journey. Restrained but effective announcements were made during the production using pit members and a megaphone or microphone to make the familiar announcements from the cockpit and flight attendants. |
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Written by Cozy Baker - Drum Corps World Staff
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Sunday, 03 August 2008 |
Cadets outtalk SCV, Madison; Teal zings, CV tops MCL at JSU
July 27, 2008 -- Jacksonville, AL . . . It was 91 degrees at 6:00 PM, but it only got hotter on the field at 6:40 PM when Alliance opened the show and sizzled and Spirit ended the party. Everyone was a winner, including The Cadets and the Atlanta CorpsVets.
Jacksonville State University’s marching band has a rich and entertaining history that includes two of my cousins marching there with pride. As the only university in the U.S. that has sponsored a drum corps, JSU is a popular show for the Dixie fan$.
“The Pursuit of Happiness” increased for me as I enjoyed The Cadets’ show more than before. Zeroing in on the music and visuals, I was flabbergasted by the braggadocio of the brass, the swagger of the guard and the piston percolating of the percussion. “Life and liberty . . .” opened with even more polish than at the Georgia Dome the day before. |
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Written by Kevin Gamin - Drum Corps World Staff
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Saturday, 02 August 2008 |
Jersey Surf posts strong win at Buffalo, NY, show
July 27, 2008 – Buffalo, NY . . . Sweeping all but one percussion sub-caption, the Jersey Surf easily led the field at Buffalo’s All High Stadium. Holland’s Beatrix, in their first appearance in North America for the 2008 season, finished second, taking the Percussion Technique sub-caption in the process. Winning overall percussion and finishing third was the Raiders, followed by Dutch Boy, Spartans, Legends and Les Stentors.
Throughout the evening, local talent was also featured, giving the show a more local focus. Community-based dance teams performed before the start of the competition as well as during intermission. While the scores were tabulated, Jdoe, a Buffalo native and hip-hop artist, performed his latest release, “Drumroll”, raising the excitement level of an already highly-enthusiastic crowd. |
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