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1976 Garfield Cadets.  To the day I die, I'll never figure how they didn't... LOL.

2014 Colts, "Dark Side of the Rainbow."  Great stuff.

2001 Spirit, "Ghost Train." On my short list of best non-finalist shows.

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10 minutes ago, c.l. said:

Southwind 2000

I know Troopers coming back was emotional for many, but Colts 2009

It's pretty crazy that 2000 Southwind finished top 12 in every caption at semis yet still finished 13th overall.

 

My votes would go to 

1991 Spirit

2013 Troopers

 

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20 minutes ago, BRASSO said:

 Oakland Cru finished 15th, but you were close enough. They won Percussion in Prelims, but they failed to make Finals. What would be the chances a DCI Corps could win.... say Guard.... in Prelims these days, but fail to make Finals ? I know, Slim and None..., and Slim just left town.... haha!

The older I get, the higher they place! In a couple of years, I will put them in the 1977 finals! 

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1978 Garfield Cadets was already mentioned and I'd add Boston Crusaders too (don't say Kilties to anyone who marched with either corps that year).

1981 North Star (I thought it was stronger than 1980)

1985 27th Lancers. 

1994 Boston Crusaders. Could you imagine the response of the folks in Foxboro that year if BAC made finals for the first time and the evening ended with 27th "Once More in 94"?

2011 and 2015 Academy

2013 Troopers

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Definitely Mandarins 2017. Madison was the better-executing corps, but I liked the Mandarins' show much more. I knew at Semifinals that it was going to be a tough result to swallow either way.

Also, I keep coming back to the 13th-16th place corps from 2015 (Troopers, Colts, Academy, and SCVC). Probably my favorite year of corps on the Finals bubble. I liked all four of those shows MUCH more than the Crossmen's show that year (which, IMO, was executed better but was quite boring for the most part).

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9 hours ago, ExPitster said:

1987 Florida Wave (though not at the Sky Ryders' expense that year)

1991 Dutch Boy (the best iteration of their Vegas productions)

1993 Freelancers (Bill Chase!)

1997 Colts (Blood Sweat & Tears)

I agree with 93' Freelancers......mainly because it was my ageout year  :-)

we were in the top 12 two weeks before finals at preview of champions

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1979 Crossmen - "Associate Champions"

1981 Northstar

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