Popular Post Cadevilina Crown Posted August 7, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2017 (edited) I'm home! What a night of drum corps! Here are some brief thoughts on each corps tonight. More to come tomorrow in the DCI Reviews forum... Blue Stars brass and guard were awesome! Maybe not their best show, but definitely better than when I last saw them live in 2015. Blue Knights are on a completely different plane of creativity. Awesome brass sound, crazy good percussion, stunning use of color, and incredible electronic effects. I'm not big on the narration, but that's just me. Cadets were my least favorite of the night. The show is just way too much of everything. I wish the corps had stuck with just one of the three uniforms they used. Having gone to actual mass this morning and having witnessed their rehearsal earlier today, I felt like I was going to mass a third time in a day. The closer was nice, though. DCI needs more big flags! Phantom Regiment, as I said before, was the pleasant surprise of the night. They combine the best elements of traditional and modern design into a very nice package. Their colorguard absolutely stole the show. I don't like shotgun mics in this activity and hope they go away after this season, but after hearing poor things about their use early on in the season, I thought they didn't detract too much. They were one of only two or three groups whose tuba section sound was noticeable in the brass impacts. They were also the only corps all night that made me tear up in the closer. I enjoyed it so much I decided to buy one of their T-shirts! Carolina Crown's show was a bit odd in terms of their show theme. No doubt they executed it really well, though! The hornline is just out of this world. Percussion has improved immensely as well. The vocalist balance was good live, but there were times when I felt that she took away from the ensemble design-wise. SCV was stunning. Everything about that show is just unreal. Percussion blew me away live. My favorite ballad this year as well. And the brass-only encore was just beautiful. Bluecoats were absolutely electric tonight! Zomby Woof/Psychopomp reprise is the closer of the year. I was a bit nervous about the ballad all year, but the live reading gave me chills. And finally, the Blue Devils. They absolutely killed it tonight. The moment I heard their brass soloists, I knew SCV and Crown wouldn't beat them. The way they present the history of the organization just plain works. Every part of this corps was simply on another level. Until my full review tomorrow, that's all! Thanks! Edited August 7, 2017 by Cadevilina Crown 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 1 hour ago, mfrontz said: The recap numbers are a little bit wonky. Edit. I understand now. Drumscorps is not set up to do half points in subcaptions. First time I've seen that. All of the calculations internally are done to 5 decimals - but we were trying to save space on the screen. I've adjusted the recap to display greater resolution - so all of the numbers should be visible. Sorry for any confusion. -john Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corps8294 Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Is "I see you" the phrase of the summer? Almost every show thread has somebody saying, "I see you." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfrontz Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 8 hours ago, JohnD said: All of the calculations internally are done to 5 decimals - but we were trying to save space on the screen. I've adjusted the recap to display greater resolution - so all of the numbers should be visible. Sorry for any confusion. -john No problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStainGlass Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 4 hours ago, corps8294 said: Is "I see you" the phrase of the summer? Almost every show thread has somebody saying, "I see you." I see you over there talking about people seeing people. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terri Schehr Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 38 minutes ago, BlueStainGlass said: I see you over there talking about people seeing people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadevilina Crown Posted August 7, 2017 Author Share Posted August 7, 2017 5 hours ago, corps8294 said: Is "I see you" the phrase of the summer? Almost every show thread has somebody saying, "I see you." Except for the Crown thread. Everyone there is saying "I know you." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadevilina Crown Posted August 7, 2017 Author Share Posted August 7, 2017 My full review is up! Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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