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For the past 30 years, every Labor Day weekend, I host a large BBQ, with long time friends in the drum corps world. Today was fun. We talk etc. But a topic came up today and thought it was fun.

Name 1 and I mean 1 show, from each decade, so be it your favorite, transitional,  best, activity impact, or just all out great etc.

 

here are the parameters:

1972-1979

1980-1989

1990-1999

2000-2009

2010-present

Just name 1 from each.

 

It is tuff, we laughed a lot but it was fun, ranged from champions to 20th place corps.

 

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72-79: can't say I know this decade well enough to have a favorite 

80-89: Phantom 1989 (they got robbed)

90-99: Blue Devils 1998 (might be my favorite WSS show)

2000-2009: Phantom 2007

2010-2017: Blue Devils 2017 (used to be Cadets 2013)

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 Oh Boy... this is so difficult to pick one, that its literally impossible. But ok, here goes, for nuthin ' :

 1972-79...........'76 Blue Devils

 1980- 89..........'89 Santa Clara Vanguard

  1990- 99.........95 Madison Scouts

  2000- 09..........'02 Cadets

  2010- now........2017 Boston Crusaders

 

 

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Transitional (this is quite a different list from favorites!):

70s:  75 Blue Devils (big jazz)

80s:  82 Garfield (field coverage, drill)

90s:  93 Star (body movement)

00s:  00 Cavaliers (visual)

10s:  14 Bluecoats (sampling)

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1975 Madison Scouts - Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (from On Your Toes) * MacArthur Park * Rhapsody in Blue * Dueling Banjos * The Way We Were  

1987 Santa Clara Vanguard - Russian Christmas Music * Dance of the Tumblers * Lezghinka (from Gayne Ballet) * Lullaby (from Gayne Ballet) * Hut of Baba-Yaga (from Pictures at an Exhibition) * Great Gate of Kiev (from Pictures at an Exhibition)  

1991 Star of Indiana - Roman Images - Roman Festivals (First Mov.) * Pines of Rome (First Mov.) * Roman Festivals (Second Mov.) * Roman Festivals (Third Mov.) * Roman Festivals (Fourth Mov.)  

2006 The cavaliers - Machine - Genesis * Wired * Premonition * The Machine Age  

2017 Boston Crusaders - Wicked Games - Full Moon Forest and Rising of the Sun – Moonlight Sonata * Full Moon Forest and Rising of the Sun – The Adoration of Veles and Ala (From Scythian Suite) * Whispers and Accusations - Whispers * Whispers and Accusations - Cortege Macabre (from Grohg) * Tortured – Wicked Game * Hunt for the Afflicted – Toccata (from Piano Concerto no. 1) * Trial and Execution – The Verdict  

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1972-1979 - '76 Blue Devils, birth of a dynasty

1980-1989 - 83 Garfield, new direction in programming and visual

1990-1999 - '93 Star, because it was the most consequential show in that decade

2000-2009 - 2003 Cavaliers, as the most demanding, intricate show of the era

2010-present - 2014 Bluecoats - the first corps to really get how electronics and staging will define the decade.

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1972-1979

76 DEVILS - the start

1980-1989

83 CADETS - influence 

1990-1999

93 STAR - timeless & innovative 

2000-2009

05 CADETS - complete caption domination

2010-present

17 DEVILS - favorite show of the decade so far

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13 minutes ago, George Dixon said:

1972-1979

76 DEVILS - the start

1980-1989

83 CADETS - influence 

1990-1999

93 STAR - timeless & innovative 

2000-2009

05 CADETS - complete caption domination

2010-present

17 DEVILS - favorite show of the decade so far

Hey same as me!  Only 2010's were different

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