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In another direction, I think many would pick the 1980 finals as perhaps "ultimate", and not because of the date or era, because pretty much the top 5 were very, very tight, and all had some great ideas and moments. It wasn't a forgone conclusion when everyone sat down as many championships are. I'll have to get back to the ultimate picks for me... Rather interesting idea.

Which is a good thing! Hearing good stuff out of the brass world about Cadets this off season. They improved throughout last year and they seem to have picked it up and continue to grow

I noticed YEA and the cadets have a new website and I got to thinking it might be fun to have a website competition? It will be interesting to see performance placement vs. website placement. How do you rank the corps websites? -The Cadets (with their new one, the old one might have them in last lol) -Vanguard -Blue Devils -Boston -Bluecoats -Crown -Regiment That’s as far as I’ve gotten to reviewing sites, but will update soon.

Exactly. Boston has probably used their last fire prop.

2019 will be great!!! A new website!!

Well, would you look at THAT!

Well BB, you might end up being surprised with others who are going to give it a go. For me, I'd enjoy time on a beach more.

Not really!

Looks like YEA! And The Cadets have been busy... new website is much needed and refreshing https://yea.org

After you.

does will get speared again?

Funny enough, a lot of the staff and design members that worked on this show eventually joined the Bluecoats, where most of them remain to this day.

I you had seen all of those shows live, would that count? Putting all of those shows on the same night would be "murder" on the judges and on the corps also. Placement would be impossible. But I see where you are going here, but I feel that if I have seen all of these shows live, then I have seen this "fantasy" show.

12. 2002 Crossmen (Arranger X!) 11. 1978 North Star 10. 1980 27th Lancers 9. 1974 Troopers 8. 1989 Star of Indiana 7. 2016 Bluecoats Intermission Madison Scouts Alumni Reunion Project 6. 1988 Blue Devils 5. 2006 Phantom Regiment 4. 1995 Madison Scouts 3. 2006 Cavaliers 2. 1985 Garfield Cadets 1. 1987 SCV

Thanks for throwing some love to 2006. It was really hard to follow 2005, and we suffered from the unfairly harsh criticism -- from fans and staff (mostly Hop). The 2005 corps was probably the most stacked ever. For example, in '05 the tubas were 7/10 vets; in 2006 it was 2/10. To quote Mike Fanning after finals: "70 rookies coming back as vets... that's scary." 2007 speaks for itself and the quality of the corps's, for lack of a better word, "process." My impression was that the Part II was largely Marc Sylvester's idea. A lot of things were tried and discussed throughout the winter and season, which later completely disappeared (that good ol' Hop design philosophy). Can't say we were set up for success. The original design was extremely ambitious, and a lot of those elements, especially the "History Repeating" opening, were scrapped by San Antonio. To quote one of our snares, "We unlock this door...because the design staff has run out of ideas. Next stop...fourth place." The explicit message of "History Repeating" was that we were both doing a sequel to The Zone, and re-inventing the drum corps idiom again, like 1983. Maybe that was Hop's idea...always the peak of humility... That video, and the Part 1 and somewhat truncated "full" video, were taken by my then-girlfriend. When I got home, she told me she had put it on YouTube--"What the heck is YouTube?" LOL!!! The "full" video is shortened because at the time there was a 10 min limit on videos. Catch me in the tuba soli near the sideline halfway through the closer. That ending, where we jumped from 192 to 204 on the "Medea chords" hit, was a hell of a cardio burn. TL;DR: I swallowed one of these about two hours ago

One doesn’t have to use the words good or bad to get the point across. Saying there is less loyalty, love and respect, and more corps hopping and instant gratification gets the idea that things have gone downhill with today’s members across very well. Then again I look at it as none of my #### business what anyone does, especially with what dues run today.

Location: Maryland stadium from 2000, but with turf now! 12. 2000 Boston 11. 2014 BK 10. 1992 Crossmen 9. 1985 SCV 8. 2014 Crown 7. 1993 Cadets 6. 1988 Madison 5. 2014 Bluecoats 4. 2002 Cavies 3. 1989 Phantom Reg. 2. 1986 BD 1. 1991 Star of Indiana

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I guess I was thinking the uniqueness would be in different judges evaluating different portions of the performance. In American Idol or skating its not that one judge does effect, another execution, etc, but all judges evaluate the totality of the presentation.

And, as I keep reminding people... ...I'm the original KG. And, yes, watch out for the short baris.