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I'm looking for two tickets to finals (Saturday show). Let me know if you have any.

I am looking for 4 tickets for semifinals and finals (4 for each night). If you have any available, please email me or post here.

No offense intended Ron! Without you "scalpers" I wouldn't have tickets and it would be a long drive from New Orleans to San Antonio if I didn't get to see some drum corps :-)

I am looking for 3 good seats to the San Antonio show. Please email me if available, willing to pay for them ASAP. Does anyone know if scalpers are usually selling tickets at the show?

The yell is designed into the show and is intended by the staff as part of the effect of the drop in music. Feel free to refrain from doing it, but not because you would be "ruining the silence". The silence isn't the intention. I will be yelling my ### off.

The problem last year with keeping the scores through finals was that I was AT finals and couldn't enter the scores because of a lack of internet access at my hotel. This year, John is running the score entry and I believe has some backups to keep everything running smoothly all summer. Check out the stats section, it is really cool!

Chuck King really IS an idiot. I was at both shows, and Bluecoats was one of the top 3 percussion secions on the field. His score for Crown was entirely too high, and this is coming from a veteran of the percussion section there. Check out the scores from 1999. He dropped us (Crown percussion) an entire point between semis and finals, costing us placement as well. Yes, performances do change, but not that drastically, and the recordings can be compared if you don't believe me.

Hello, I'm looking for 2 or 3 good (between the 40s) tickets for the San Antonio regional next weekend. If you are willing the sell and can overnight the tickets to me (I'll pay for mailing them also), please email me ASAP at stevenmusumeche@yahoo.com. Thanks!

I'm really sorry that I had to miss Teal. The ticket line was really ridiculously long.

Hey Mike - great review! I agree with you about the Cadets show. It's performed REALLY WELL, but I just don't think the design can win a championship. By the way, the "smoke" from Magic's pit comes from pouring BABY POWDER on the bass drums and then beating the #### out of them. Never seen that before.

I will write a few comments about each show, except for Teal Sound. I got to the show 45 minutes early but the ticket line was so long that I was late to the show. Southwind I don't remember too much about this show other than that it was a good effort. They're obviously working hard and having a tough summer. Troopers I like this show. Very classic in style and the crowd loved it. The brass had some intonation problems throughout the show. The drumline was pretty impressive. I really like the ending, which is a soft, patriotic ending of Taps. There is even a sling drum being used for effect. Capital Regiment Great show. They are performing very well and I was really impressed by the sound that they can put out. Drumline good. Blue Knights Awesome hornline. Very balanced with good tone quality. The show was a bit esoteric in places, but I liked it. I especially liked the references to Trittico throughout the show. There were literally 15-20 references if you listen closely enough. Seattle Cascades Nice show. As far as I know, they are neck and neck with BK, but I think the BK show has more room to grow so will probably win out in the end. Magic of Orlando The show design is really great. The pirate theme was a favorite of the audience. I was watching the show with a non drum corps friend, and this was his favorite show of the night. I thought that the design was great, but the performance is just really sloppy all around. The drumline was quite dirty, and the hornline had bad attacks and cutoffs. Bluecoats Great corps - definately in a different league than the previous corps. The pit was EXCELLENT - better than I remember them being over the last few years. The drumline is also really good. Taking a look at the percussion scores, they are tied for 3rd with SCV, and they really do deserve it. The brass sound was a little bright for my taste, but they can put out some sound. Crowd really enjoyed the show. Cavaliers Once again, the Cavaliers have a knockout show that is capable of winning DCI. There are just so many little things in this show that make it great. The hornline is very balanced and controlled. The pit is amazing. I loved the show. I felt that they would get 2nd place tonight due to the drill. It seemed slightly dirty to me, but I was only sitting about 20 rows up. Because of this dirt, I feel that their score has more room to grow than the Cadets, who were cleaner visually. Cadets Loudest corps of the night, but done in a balanced way that makes them sound so good. I really thought that they were going to win tonight on the basis of visual execution, but I was wrong. They are pretty #### clean already - drill, hornline, drumline and pit. The percussion section is really smoking. The show is designed well, but I think they Jethro Tull music doesn't work in some sections. I don't think that this is a championship show.

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I need a pair of tickets for Semis and Finals. I am looking for seats between the 40's and I am willing to pay for them. I would like sections 336,337, or 338. I could also go for the top of sections 122,123, or 124.

I had the great opportunity to take a few days off of work and catch some drum corps - I attended the Houston, TX and both San Antonio, TX shows. I did not plan to attend finals in Orlando, but I decided this weekend that I will do whatever it takes to be there. I don't have an extreme amount of time, so I will have to make this fairly brief. Rice Stadium is a good venue. The stadium is huge, and there was plenty of parking. Unfortunately, the traffic in Houston really sucks, but that's to be expected. Whatever marketing guru decided to have "DCI Southwestern Championships" in the AlamoDome needs to be given a huge raise. The whole concept of these weekly "showdowns" is pure genius. The corps go head to head, the audience gets to see everyone, AND enjoy it in the air conditioned dome. I was in the upper deck, but I had no problem hearing anything. In fact, the pits seem to be slightly amplified compared to the night before. Kudos to DCI for putting on this show - I plan to attend every year. General comments on the corps - I will not include everyone, just a few comments here and there about things that stood out to me. Let me preclude this by saying that I was VERY impressed with nearly every corps I saw. I do not ever remember 16-17th place corps being this good. Spirit I really thought that they would have been in the evening show. In fact, I had them placing 3rd in the morning show. As a Crown vet, it was hard for me to put them over Crown, but I really felt that they deserved it. Crown They're back! Great hornline sound, and very entertaining show. I'm glad to see that the arteestes have been shown the door. The drumline/pit and colorguard were both on fire. Now that I think about it, the guard was amazing. Seattle I just don't think that they will make finals. Phantom Holy sh|t, they are LOUD! What a hornline! I am really hoping that Phantom can catch up and win it all, but I don't know if their show design will allow them to do that. There is still time to change parts of the show, so who knows? Santa Clara Hard to get into. After seeing the show in Houston, I was like "huh?" I normally LOVE SCV shows, so I was surprised. But, I followed very closely in San Antonio, and I enjoyed the show a little more. I will probably enjoy the show more when I see them again. Madison Good show, and they are definately in for finals. Congrats for turning the organization around. Blue Knights Great show. I think they are being scored lower than they deserve. It's very dark, and sort of reminds me of BD 95. Cadets Very good show. Well executed, and entertaining. However, it only has a few "WOW" moments, and I don't think they will place higher than Phantom, BD, or Cavaliers. Blue Devils Excellent, but stale. Pretty much flawless drill forms, and of course a great hornline. However, this show seems sort of flat. Perhaps that will change. I think that they will beat the Cavaliers at some point, maybe even finals. The show is very clear. Cavaliers I love the show, but they have a huge task ahead of them. They have to top last year, and I feel that that will be nearly impossible. The drill is amazing, but not perfectly clean yet. Hornline sounds good, but there really is not much music. It seems to be mostly sound effects. The ending is very sudden, but they have a new ending in the works. They learned it Friday, but I'm not sure when they will add it. They could win the title, but BD and Phantom may give them a run for their money. It is by no means a sure thing, like it was last year. Hope you enjoyed my "mini" review!

I need 2 or 3 tickets (either premium or super) for the San Antonio regional on July 19. I would need these to be right next to each other. Please let me know if you have any available, or if you know someone who does. Thanks.