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I know the days of releasing official videos in either hard media or even streams are gone indefinitely... I saw a post on a social media site that stated that 2023 Audio Downloads would not be released this year. It would be a shame as the quality of the AIFF downloads the past two years have been phenomenal in terms of quality. The Flo Broadcasts are decent to very good quality - but I am not certain to what degree they are compressed and mixed since they were broadcast live. Hopefully someone can shed some light on this topic...

See 2023 Mandarins

Kilroys is very close to stadium... good drinks and a great jukebox ... ton of DCI alum there

Wow had no idea. just assumed Hickman was a good transition as they really had some of their best designed shows under him

Wonder if there is a statement from Brian Hickman? He was an integral part of their success into the Top 12?

Rumor has it the Bluecoats might make a push to bring her in for the 2020 season.

All is fair game IMO with the exception of percussion... MCGA in 2020!

1. Bluecoats make a push to get Crossmen drum major.. assuming she didn’t age out 2. Speaking of Coats.. they drop to 3-5 placement 3. Cadets continue to fall.. end up 12-10 range 4. SCV doesn’t do screeching solo 3 years in a row, even though he will be back .. but they do duplicate the trombone solo just like this year in 2020

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Yes, I have no doubt they would be.. as odd as the 2017 show was it had more moments to me that were reflective of a Top 6 show than any of the past two years. I am an alumni, I want them to bounce back, but I am not holding my breath. One thing nobody has mentioned and I have no insight, but what is the feedback on Doug Rutherford? Seems to me he went Phantom in 94 and was in the process of destroying that corps (1995 the corps was starting to fall off IMO) and was booted, corps wins in 1996 ... never got the vibe that DR is the right fit.. just a gut feeling of course .

Phantom needs to part ways with Pitts, his arrangements are suited more for BOA and lets face it PR has not been able to get back on track since he has been there. Nice moment in 2008 as a DM, but time to go..

Jeff, There is something wrong here, this is The Cadets, arguably the second most successful corps of all time from a championship and placement stance most likely. They dominated an era from 1983-1987 like nobody had before or since.. But as an alumni, I have not really enjoyed any of their shows since 2016, this is a corps that is supposed to compete every year and have a show that is memorable year in and year out. I can shout out Cadets years from 1983 -2015 and most of us would be able to call out that exact show?. When I see The Cadets now, I am sorry but I think of The Blue Stars, not that is a bad comparison, but nonetheless it is the truth. I think it will get worse before it ever gets better. Before you say SCV and Cavaliers had down years, they still had for the most part quality shows. This is not about uniforms, but rather a show that captivates the audience. The last two nights I was at both shows, they did not do that. Go back and watch 87, 92, 2000... capture the audience, write a drill that has you keeping your eyes on the field and not on my phone. I have no doubt that if that show went up against 1988, it would lose. I want them to get better, we all do, but don't hold your breath and say time, they don't need time, they need talent, simply put. Hard facts, but it is the truth.

I do not think it is the file sharing issue as that has decreased a ton since streaming has been out the past 4-5 years. And really, do they care about a small activity such as BOA and DCI, I doubt it. It comes down to greed (record companies) and arrangement issues and that is it. They are not losing any more money than they ever had, ..............look at Justin Timberlake, he is worth $230 million dollars, you think he cares if Bluecoats do a Timberlake show in 19? No..if he does it is about the arrangement being manipulated more than the loss of revenue.

I wonder why they just did not use Thursdays show for the recording? From what I remember there were not any issues. When they try and mix different nights, you can tell with the layering that they are splicing.

I think you could do a entire post devoted to several of these corps: Sky Ryders, Star, VK, Dutch Boy etc....

Is it not the entire show then on the cds?

These are great surveys, trouble with some of these corps that outside the top 12, it is hard to remember what their shows were. This is more of the fault of DCI perhaps because it seems of late, they only make Top 12 available. Would it be possible to provide some links to their shows for us to review?

If you need to get reengaged with 2002...watch on high cam

Crown's is a very simple fix..just use Thursday nights show. I was at all three nights and as far as I can tell, there were no issues at all. I have never seen anybody mention the reason,. why did the singer from Crown not come out to the field during retreat?

I thought she got better as the season went on and can only hope they use the Thursday night show for DVD/CD. (I assume there were no issues). Look, I at first did not care for the vocalist but she grew on me. Like how they added more color for her as well with the green/multi color dress. I think it was also a great decision to let her hair down, she is a beautiful young lady for sure. I hope they do go back to a all brass show, but I have listened to their show just as much the past two weeks as any other, so for me I appreciated their design this year.

Simple solution for DVD/CD release, just use Thursday's show.

I happen to like The Cavaliers show, and the ending is fantastic. As great as it is, it could be made even better on Finals Night with the ending vocalist portion of "I Did It My Way" . I am not sure if that is pre-recorded or sung live, if it is pre-recorded they should make a change for Finals Night. Replace the vocalist with Frank Sinatra, look they are not going to win, but if they did that, the reaction from the crowd would be out of this world, best of the night. I know, they probably can not due to copyrights, but I would think the lyrics or medley is the portion that is copyrighted? Pipe dream, but man would that be an awesome ending for sure!

Maybe a impossible request... but would prefer Franks voice at the end... now that would be a even more significant impact imo

Please...this is not the NFL, this is a youth activity and reality is...the ending will surface, like it or not. If you do not want to look do not seek....