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GREENBLUE, on 31 July 2011 - 03:20 PM, said:
2006: wether you like MACHINE or not, it was a fan favorite, still referenced
2007: just a weird year in general, from narration, to George and the hash marks, to being in Cali, etc...not much talk about WINGED VICTORY
2008: SPARTACUS, the champion, still refered to
2009: It seems like the show of the year was Crown and THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER...the only time I really hear mention of 1930 is when someone is bashing the white chairs
2010: second place MAD WORLD seems to be the show of the year, I did enjoy GLASS DARKLY, it had grown on me, but im talkin about shows the "general fan" refer to, not us DCPers.
2011: the fans want to see a shows visual/GE scores rewarded for appealing to the masses not the judges scoring prototypes.
2007: just a weird year in general, from narration, to George and the hash marks, to being in Cali, etc...not much talk about WINGED VICTORY
2008: SPARTACUS, the champion, still refered to
2009: It seems like the show of the year was Crown and THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER...the only time I really hear mention of 1930 is when someone is bashing the white chairs
2010: second place MAD WORLD seems to be the show of the year, I did enjoy GLASS DARKLY, it had grown on me, but im talkin about shows the "general fan" refer to, not us DCPers.
2011: the fans want to see a shows visual/GE scores rewarded for appealing to the masses not the judges scoring prototypes.
His point was that the most remembered/liked shows are often not the winning shows. I thought this would be a great opportunity for a topic. So, here are the rules:
1. List your favorite/most memorable show (or two) for each year, beginning in 2011 and going back as far as you want to go.
2. Don't skip years.
3. No bashing each other's lists, but feel free to echo others' choices when you agree.
Here's my list (note that I'm a Cavies Homer, but I'll try to be as unbiased as possible):
2011: Cavies (XtraordinarY), Scouts (NY Morning--had me immediately on my feet and in tears)
2010: Mad World is the most memorable, though this year wasn't a favorite of mine (by far)
2009: Crown (Grass Is Always Greener), SCV (Ballet for Martha--So beautiful), Bluecoats (Imagine--amazing costume change)
2008: Phantom (Spartacus), by far.
2007: Bluecoats (Criminal--I bought the T-Shirt and wear it proudly).
2006: Cavies (Machine), SCV (Moto Perpetuo--one of my favorite concept shows of the past decade), Glassmen (Beethoven's 9th, descending through dissonance and into silence--brilliant)
2005: Scouts (Carmen--a woman in the Scouts? Who will EVER forget that?)
2004: Cavies (007), BD (The Summertrain Blues Mix--I'm a huge Ghost Train fan)
2003: Cavies (Spin Cycle--perhaps my favorite show of all time), Cadets (Our Favorite Things--still listening to this one)
2002: Cavies (Frameworks), Cadets (An American Revival--the pledge still brings tears to my eyes)
2001: Cadets (Juxtaperformance--crazy brass runs)
2000: Cadets (We Are the Future--supremely entertaining and spotless; I vividly remember the rifles' soli down front--so clean you could hear the catches click like clockwork), Cavies (Niagara Falls--great music), Cru (Red--amazing)
1999: SCV (Inventions...--I still see/hear the shout chorus in my mind), Cadets (The Big Apple--I heart NYC), Scouts (JCS--I saw the opening on video at DCI's Atlanta tent, and IMMEDIATELY recognized it--great images)
1998: SCV (Copland, the Modernist--good music, great drill), Bluecoats (Four Seasons of Jazz--best arrangement of Summertime EVER for any type of ensemble--I share it with every composition student I meet for variety of timbres)
1997: BD (As Time Goes By--beautiful visuals, great music), Scouts (Pirates--I still remember the "battle on the rack"), Kiwanis Kavaliers (Evita--"umbrellas from thin air" ending left me speechless)
1996: Scouts (Drum Corps Fan's Dream, Part Dos--'nuff said), Crossmen (Voices of Jazz--seriously? Everyone starts with a flag? Are they crazy?), Magic (Twelve Seconds to the Moon--Rocket launching), Crown (Chess--best use of props EVER)
Since 1996 was my first exposure to DCI, I'm going to stop there. From videos, I have a few older favorites, but I'll leave those for others to discover.
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s will always be memorable. The split uniforms and the 
. Rach Star will also be remembered, as it's probably the only show that legitimately takes rock as a music style and actually uses its for the majority of the show.
