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3" and 6" rolls Mark Thurston used to be the master at this in his books. Especially in the days of the Premier Tendura heads on the snares. Those rolls would eat your face off.

Bloo 2014

Let's also not forget the ovation and roar of the crowd for the ending of Scouts in 1997. Deafening!!!

Also, it matters who else was at the shows, and how many of the top tier groups were at each show.

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Not in any particular order: Freelancers 1993 Crossmen 1998, 2019 SCV 1992 Glassmen 2005

Crossmen out of the top 15 all together?

Hoping your family gets some answers this week, and praying for everyone as well.

A handful of my favorites... Crossmen 1992: Songs for the Planet Earth Blue Devils 2004: The SummerTrain Blues MIX SCV 1989: Phantom of the Opera Bluecoats 2022: Riffs and Revelations Crown 2011: Rach Star

Good catch, but will be really hard to predict. Coming off of a year in which they did not field a group, and may have lost many of their better members to other groups it could be a tough year competitively. Again, just predictions, but we will see.

I am going to do this a bit differently, but still predict rankings. -Blue Devils 1st-2nd (because until they finish lower than 2nd, how can you think otherwise) -Bluecoats 1st-4th -Boston 1st-4th -Crown 3rd-5th (I feel like they need an improvement design-wise in relation to the musical book and program theme, seemed to be a disconnect on that this year) -SCV 3rd-6th -Cadets 3rd-7th -Blue Stars 6th-13th (I know this is a wide range, but if you are not one of the elite 4 or 5 at the top, it is hard to sustain the success) -Cavaliers 5th-10th -Mandarins 6th-10th -Phantom 6th-11th -Crossmen 10th-14th (Need to have a more accessible show to bring up the GE scores. There seemed to be a disconnect there this year. The kids did everything they could form a performance standpoint). -Blue Knights 10th-14th -Troopers 11th-14th -Colts 11th-15th -Madison 12th-16th -Music City 12th-16th -Pacific Crest 13th-18th -Academy 14th-18th -Genesis 16th-20th -Surf 19th-25th

1) Crossmen (homer...yes, but also have two former students marching there this year) 2) Bluecoats 3) BD 4) Boston 5) SCV or Troopers

Groovin' battery percussion, someone screams "_________________ drumliiiiiiiine," then a single ding, and the group ends in a question mark drill set.

That is 1,000,000% correct. Writers/arrangers have gotten increasingly creative in the production of the percussion books (battery and front) at all levels (high school, WGI, and DCI). It is always interesting to watch videos on YouTube, etc. to be able to dive deeper into what is being played and see what is actually in the book. It is even better when one of my high school percussionists shows me a video and then you can point out different rudiments, and hybrid rudiments, that are being utilized.

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