In my theater, when Crown blew that 1st hit, I heard folk saying WOW all around me.
Bluecoats, while visually and beautifully colorful, fell short for me with the over the top amplification that at times was louder than the brass playing. Brass was basically relegated to the center of the field due to all the props on both end zones.
I agree that more color is definitely needed for Crown, but man..... I can't say enough about how crisp the quality of their brass was and how the nice percussion moments were for an initial competition.... whew!!
The mello whole note at the end makes me nervous.... lungs are definitely pushed to the hilt there because of the pace of the show.