Northern Thunder Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 The Belleville Black Knights went from a score of 87.10 at the 1971 VFW Nationals prelims to a 75.50 at finals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 The Belleville Black Knights went from a score of 87.10 at the 1971 VFW Nationals prelims to a 75.50 at finals. I wonder if the "shortened show" format, used at various prelims events back then, contributed to some of the wild score swings like this one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Thunder Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 I wonder if the "shortened show" format, used at various prelims events back then, contributed to some of the wild score swings like this one. Certainly they played into it, but the score fluctuationl for the other corps involved was not as severe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cixelsyd Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Just found a really funny score swing from back in 1969. On June 21 the 27th Lancers scored a 98.6 at the Massachusetts State VFW Championship in Hyannis, MA. On July 19 they had a 71.7 at Garfield, NJ. Makes you wonder who judged at Hyannis. Makes me wonder if it was a field show, or a parade. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crown1990 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Certainly, Carolina Crown is in this category and I saw the 33rd place finish mentioned in several posts. From 33rd, dead last at DCI Buffalo 1990 preliminary competition to DCI World Champions in 2013. Took 24 years (more than that if you count the organizational years with CDCA) but it was worth every moment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumcorpsfever Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 What top 12 corps started out at the bottom, or near the bottom, of drum corps? I would have to say the only top 12 corps today would have to be Bluecoats. But what other corps from previous years had a not so successful season? Glassmen maybe? Others? Blue Devils started as a parade corps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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