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1) 1990 Star of Indiana

2) 1987 Santa Clara (it's a long build to the hit, but OMG!)

3) 2001 Madison

4) 1991 Blue Devils

5) 1984 Phantom

6) 1996 Blue Devils

7) 1991 Cavaliers

8) 1980 Spirit of Atlanta

9) 1983 Garfield Cadets

10) 1991 Crossmen

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9 hours ago, Hrothgar15 said:

Honest question: what was the last opener that did this, with the whole ensemble playing the entire piece from start to finish? Nowadays, it's almost obligatory to lead up to a big hit, and follow it with a (sometimes minute-long) percussion feature before the brass comes in again.

Back in 2015, Scouts opened up the show with a FFF unison concert G (following the lion roar of course) and kept playing even after the intro to the intro. After the actual intro there was a very, very short front ensemble interlude that led to the baritone feature which then went into a tuba feature and lastly to the percussion feature roughly 2 minutes into the show.

Edit: other than that one percussion feature in the opener, the entire intro/opener to that show was all brass.

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Boston 12. My favorite show from Boston and my favorite show of 2012 and it has quite a long buildup, but once you get there, dang do they blow. 

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20 hours ago, Hrothgar15 said:

Sounds great to me :turn:

Perhaps it's just the arrangement, but the contras sound really sharp to me

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Cadets 2007 is still one of the loudest corps I've heard live and that opening hit was just that.... a frickin' hit.

That said, I'm shocked that I haven't seen Crown 2007 on here yet (unless I missed it.)

Did that not usher in the era of the infinity chord?

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Not sure if this counts as a opening hit, but when i think of openers, 2014 BD and that 40 trumpet fanfare is the first thing i think of. Then the low brass comes in...........gorgeous. Hearing it live was an absolute honor.

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In no particular order:

1980 Spirit of Atlanta. I'll bet Jim Ott heard that one in Finals

2008 Carolina Crown

1975 Madison Scouts

1973 Argonne Rebels

1990 Star of Indiana

1978 Madison Scouts

2004 Santa Clara Vanguard

1974 Muchachos

1983 Garfield Cadets

1989 Phantom Regiment

 

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19 hours ago, MikeD said:

They sounded pretty neat to me too....oh....never mind.      :lle:

Maybe even clean and well-dressed!!! :)

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