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Aww, so long mello runs

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The way they've gotten this ballad to truly breathe is incredible.

Ha! Finally caught the La vie en rose Easter egg on tonight's viewing

Did…did the Colts snare line just do the Thurston lick?

Man, I remember a topic on here almost 18 years ago to the day when it started to become clear they’d place no higher than 5th that was called something like “Madison Scouts — out of gas, down for the count” 😕

Was there a rule that passed and is now in effect to disallow this? I believe Santa Clara mic'd individuals during ensemble passages in 2017.

The way they allow it to actually develop over the course of several minutes is so refreshing in today’s era of TikTok-style show design.

When the Cadets hornline actually plays, they sound tremendous and the music is fantastic. When they aren’t playing, which seems like half the show, I’m bored out of my skull waiting for them to come back in. Doesn’t exactly make for an enjoyable drum corps show as a whole. How did the designers drop the ball so bad on this one?

Just no weaknesses.

Gotta say, after the watching the competition last night, Boston's is the only show I'm still humming the next day. Every tune.

That's every show in the Top 12 now lol

The pacing of this show is refreshingly understandable—chalk that up to the hornline actually resuming in reasonable time after the big hit, and clearly delineated pieces that allow for audience response.

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It's sad that that's seen as only ever appropriate in a 10-year period from over 20 years ago, lol

Star of Indiana vibes from them this year

At what point does it make sense to just invert it and start calling the various hornline moments "brass breaks"?

Weird transitions in this show. It's like they want the audience to just tune out for 30 seconds between pieces…

It took a literal global pandemic to see those uniforms on the field again after 2015—might have to wait for the next one.

Any chance you could do this for 2023?

They are marching pretty much the entire 11 minute show from start to finish. In 1993, you don't score a 96 at finals without doing that; these days you don't score a 96 at finals while doing that.

Sure Is it as maturely developed or intricate as drill from the ’90s? No, but that’s because the sheets enforce “simultaneous demand” and force shows to make room for props and integrated choreography, which takes away resources from drill design. But at least it’s something. If I had my way, there would be no props (when even was the last finalist show without props?) and a few seconds max of choreography, but we haven’t lived in that world for a while and won’t any time soon.

Everyone else’s hornline is playing full minutes more than theirs is.

I’ve grown to adore BAC’s show design over the last 6 years. It hits every year.

This is the exact breakdown I planned on doing but you did it better than I could have. It’s an astounding design choice.