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2012 Drum Corps International World Class Championships


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Here is the schedule for the rest of the show:

6:30 PM – Open Class Champion Exhibition, Oregon Crusaders

6:47 PM – Sponsor Recognition

7:00 PM – Crossmen

7:17 PM – Spirit of Atlanta

7:34 PM – Blue Knights

7:51 PM – Madison Scouts

8:08 PM – Boston Crusaders

8:25 PM – The Cavaliers

8:42 PM - Intermission (17 Min.)

8:59 PM – Bluecoats

9:16 PM – Santa Clara Vanguard

9:33 PM – The Cadets

9:50 PM – Phantom Regiment

10:07 PM – Carolina Crown

10:24 PM – Blue Devils

10:45 PM - Retreat/Awards Ceremony

11:25 PM - World Champion Encore

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Here we go! First on the field tonight are your 2012 DCI OPEN CLASS CHAMPIONS, the Oregon Crusaders! Their 2012 program is entitled "Dreaming In Color" and consists of:

Sleep

Detours

El Tango de Roxanne from Moulin Rouge

Libertango

Channel One Suite

Rhapsody in Blue

Fantasia On The Dargason

Rondeau (from Abdelazer)

Simple Gifts

Kingfishers Catch Fire

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Opening soloist on Sleep sounds really good tonight. Horns have turned front and are now playing the impact of the song.

Love the pit player with the tenor solo to open the fast tempo section of the show. Very intense.

Drum feature. Serious power coming from the corps.

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Wow! OC is really pouring it on! Somebody's happy to be champions, I'd say.

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Mellos have a quick feature, followed by the baris, and now the trumpets.

Nice moment - Half the mello line lies down and plays straight up, as if they're asleep.

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HUGE chord to finish the opener! Crowd ovation is strong. Now into El Tango/Channel One.

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Great trumpet duet leading into the Channel One portion of the tango. Mellos very expressive in tangoizing the main theme of Channel One, a favorite music moment of mine.

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Nice lean back and wail on the final chord of Channel One. Now swiching from Red to Blue in the spectrum. Tuba soloist sounds incredible on his Rhapsody in Blue solo. Crowd REALLY liked it.

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Fantasia on the Dargason. I played this with my community band in June, one of the classics in band literature, but OC takes it a step further and mashes it up with Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. The two selections meld very well.

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Into the closer now. A mello soloist plays a snippet of Over the Rainbow as the sun comes up in the corner of the field and the trumpets have a great double tongue feature they play backfield.

Tenors now on very interesting flat tenors, essentially large heads without a shell. A very unique sound.

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