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16 hours ago, BigW said:

I must be the only person in the world that really isn't exactly gaga/crazy loving/fond of that number. :huh:

I’d love to hear brass only. That battery was a mess 

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On 2/1/2018 at 11:14 AM, MikeN said:

Not trying to be snarky, but ... '94?!?  What did you not like about that one?

Mike

I  love 94 BD but here's the thing, in my opinion it's where the chop and bop arranging started (lots of perc breaks where in the past the brass musical lines flowed more) 

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5 minutes ago, Triple Forte said:

I  love 94 BD but here's the thing, in my opinion it's where the chop and bop arranging started (lots of perc breaks where in the past the brass musical lines flowed more) 

odd i found that to be the last of their great arrangments

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On 1/30/2018 at 8:23 PM, ThePlanets said:

It's week 18 and what better corps to honor than the one with an unprecedented 18 championship titles.  On an ironic but unrelated note it's Superbowl week and the Patriots are in it again :bluedevil:

What are your top 1-5 Blue Devils shows?

(Optional) What are your 1-3 least favorites from them?

You can go into as much or little detail as you like but please please try to keep things positive.

For a quick recap in case you missed it and/or want to add your contributions:

Week 1- Cavies- 2006 the Machine is the favorite and 2012 15 min of fame is the least favorite.

Week 2- Jersey Surf- 2012 Bridgemania favorite

Week 3- Blue Knights-1994 Trittico for bras band favorite. least  2001Blue Toons

Week 4- Spirit of Atlanta- 1980 favorite

Week 5- Carolina Crown- Favorite: 2015 Inferno; Least Favorite: 2017 ...It is

Week 6- The Mandarins- 2017 inside the ink for favorite.

Week 7- Boston Crusaders- 2000 RED is the favorite.

Week 8- Pioneer- 1996 Celtic Twilight is the favorite.

Week 9- Santa Clara Vanguard- 1999 Inventions for a New Millennium favorite. 1995 Not the Nutcracker least favorite.

Week 10- Oregon Crusaders 2014 Nevermore is the favorite

Week 11- The Crossmen- 1992 Songs for the Planet Earth is the favorite.

Week 12- The Cadets- 2011 Between Angels and Demons is the favorite. 2006 The Zone Part II least favorite.

Week 13 Corrps that are no longer with us. Every show is a winner!

Week 14 Genesis TIE 2016 Hell Hath No Fury and 2017 the other side of now.   Music City 2017 the tribe

Week 15 Madison Scouts- 1995 A Drum Corps Fan's Dream: A Day in the Life of a Bull Fighter. Least Favorite 2009 Relampago

Week 16- The Academy- favorite 2016 Drum Corpse Bride

Week 17- Seattle Cascades- favorite 2002 City Riffs

Favorites are 

86 (I have listened to and watched this show an obscene amount of times...could be thousands)

88  Incredible

92

94

least favs

98

and most of the 2000's

 

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I can still hear the distinctive echo of the North Tenors, Channel One Suite, Bonnie Ott's solo, Legend of a One Eyed Sailor, the Gate Maneuver in the closer... then  staying to watch the encore performance from the 50 yard line upper deck with their snare tech Steve Chorazy only to miss my corps bus and run at a sprint for several blocks through downtown Philadelphia to catch  up with it.  Thank God for red lights.

That was 1976, Franklin Field, Blue Devils, the first of many DCI Championships.

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BD 1986...the bernard herrman , taxi driver year(2000?)..1976...metamorph and  the burt bacharach program..I think 2011?

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not mancini ..it was bacharach
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i have a terrible time picking favorite shows for corps that are consistently at the top

i care more about music than anything, so for my taste:

91, 93, 96, 04, 12

i think that's pretty good for covering a quarter century of BD

i had no idea anybody was keeping tabs and making a comprehensive list, btw. pretty cool. 

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Okay here are the results:

1. 1986

2. 1988

2. 1999

2. 2017

5. 1976

HMs 

2014, 1993, 1994,1989, 2003,

Least Favorite: Landslide for 2010. 08 and 05 had some negative votes too.

Interesting fact- of all their shows 1976-2017 the only 3 not mentioned are 1981,2001, and 2013.

AND... surprise surprise...a show with a lot of mentions and just as many positive and negative is 2012.

 

Thank you for your contributions! Very interesting thread!

 

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Somehow I missed this one. I know it's too late, but for posterity's sake.

 

Favs:

 

1980

1986

1988

1999 - Rhythms...At the Edge of Time

2013 - The re:Rite of Spring ( I am way in the minority on this, I know)

 

Least:

2005 - Dance Derby of the Century

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