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The 17th All-Japan Championships


Eddie

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Championships is next weekend. Just reserved my bus ticket to Tokyo. Not sure how long I may be able to stay after the festivities though... we'll see.

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One of the groups there will be the Shonan Dolphins. For their age they are one of the best marching units I have seen.

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I remember them. They were good... and their director/drum major got best drum major for the any-key category last year. I kind of chuckled at that... oh well.

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Scores,caption awards, and some brief notes only. A full review will follow, either by Eddie or myself. We both took plenty of notes except for Inspires and Scouts.

The scores are mostly accurate. I had trouble understanding what was being said due to the stadium speakers.

Any Key:

3) 78.5 Shonan Dolphins: They are an elementary school band. Would absolutely destroy BDC.

2) 85.2 Sendai Verdures: great Flugel and bari soloists

1) 94.0 Shounandai Prefectural High School "White Shooting Stars" : Largest group there; 68 brass. As good as if not better than top BOA bands.

Division 2:

5) 76.45 Phoenix Regiment: They seem to get smaller every year. Nice rotating company front.

4) 77.50 Sonic Lancers: The best I have ever seen them.

3) 79.45 Imperial Sound: Great drumline, especially basses.

2) 82.80 Tokyo Phoenix: Like Phoenix Regiment they are getting smaller every passing year. Very different show from what they have done in the past.

1) 84.90 Jokers: Swept all captions. No one else was close.

Division 1:

2) 91.05 Yokohama Scouts: Well designed show, and clean performance. Seemed to lack "it". Had no umph.

1) 91.45 Yokohama Inspires: Had lots of umph! The score is misleading. Had a much better performance than Scouts. Drove the crowd crazy, but did not win GE. Won all other captions.

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Inspires not winning GE was a bit of a shocker... but they still came out on top with an incredibly well performed show. It was nice to see the Jokers back on top and staying later for an encore performance. I couldn't be any more proud of the Sonic Lancers for their performance... by far the best performance by them in the past decade or so. Both Phoenix groups are in a bit of a recession, regretfully... but overall a great day of drum corps.

A new announcer would be nice.

Report to come soon on DCP news

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A new announcer would be nice.

I'm sure Fran Haring would come over for just airfare and a hotel.

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just took notice. This year's champions (White Shooting Stars, Jokers, Inspires) are the same as 2 years ago.

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