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euphguy

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  1. It is so crazy to me that this is Crown's best show ever ALREADY, and they are still relatively dirty. There were some obvious tears and such, but WOW. This is my favorite show from any corps in a few years now, probably since Spartacus.
  2. BD will win the 2012 DCI championship with this show.
  3. When it was announced that PR was going back to an all-female guard, I was very disappointed. I felt it wasn't very progressive of the corps to exclude male guard members, especially after the trends that were formed in years prior. However, I must say, the PR guard last year was hands down my favorite guard to watch. They were very clean and impressive in their performance. It looks like they are off to a similar start this year. Kudos to the PR guard staff for writing excellent work and having one of the best guards out there, without men. Some say that all-female guards are weaker and do less difficult work. So far, I haven't seen this from PR.
  4. This is it, folks. Just as 23434234 people have said, this is a show that would win the championship in August. I dont think anyone cleans quite like the Cadets or Blue Devils, but if they can find that magic touch, this years is theirs (at least of the corps I've seen so far). I think SCV is going to be much higher than previous years.. I'm excited. GO CROWN!
  5. 1992 Cavaliers- "Revolution" 1996 Phantom Regiment 2000 Cavaliers 2000 SCV 2000 Boston Crusaders 2003 Blue Devils 2004 Cavaliers 2004 SCV 2005 Cadets 2006 Phantom Regiment 2007 Carolina Crown 2008 Phantom Regiment 2010 Blue Stars 2010 Carolina Crown 2011 Phantom Regiment
  6. Absolutely the best guard I saw in that decade. Hands down!
  7. My .02 based on the theater broadcast: 1) BD: I liked them better than years past, but I cannot tell you how happy I was that they didn't get first, and they won't be getting first amongst the big dogs anytime this year. It's good for them! 2) Cavaliers: As soon as I saw the show, I knew they would win that day. To me, even with the show uncompleted, I thought they were extremely clean for June. Watch out, folks! This may be another 99.+ show!!! 3) Bluecoats: Their show has one of the best opportunities for development. I really dug the first few minutes, and then it fell off a bit for me. I realize it was windy (I'm a guard person, too!), but I was not impressed by the guard. 4) Carolina Crown: A bit cheesy at the beginning? Maybe, but it goes with the theme of the show. At the same time, I thought they may have "sold" the show TOO much throughout. This may all be due to the fact that it is a different production than Crown's recent years past. This will be really good come August! 5) Cadets: This was the only show that had me humming/singing afterwards. I've been down on the Cadets lately probably more than any person, but I LOVE THIS SHOW!!! Please be in the top 3 Cadets come August! 6) PR: It's growing on me. Initially, I was upset with the all-female guard. I felt it's a step in the wrong direction, but it actually works. They looking absolutely beautiful AND they are dancing/spinning their a**ss off! 7) SCV: And the show with the most potential of being exciting but failed to live up to it goes to... 8) Blue Stars: I've always been a huge BS fan, especially with their Houdini show last year (which I looooooooovvveed), and this show is headed there. I still HATE the unis and I want the white back, visual problems or not. Their brass and perc is GOOD! Guard=not so much. My placements based on opinion and pleasure combined: 1)Cavaliers 2)Cadets 3)Crown 4)BD 5)Bluecoats 6)Phantom 7)Blue Stars 8)SCV 5)
  8. I realize that one of my favorite corps Crown has not added their "ending" yet, but I was at the show live in Denton last night, and although I didn't think Crown had their best performance, I definitely do not think Cavies had that great of a show and they STILL beat Crown by almost 2 points. As for the Cadets, the beginning is still ragged, IMO, but the ending is pretty awesome. I don't see them catching up to Cavies. Bluecoats may make a run, but I honestly think BD and Cavies are 1 and 2 from here on out. I'd love nothing more if ANYONE would catch and beat BD, though. Just my opinion. The Cavaliers show is SICK (in a good way). If there's anyone who'll catch BD, it's them.
  9. I wonder if they would have been even closer had the brass judge been there. It is likely that there wouldn't have been a .6 between Crown and Coats in Brass. Perhaps .3
  10. EXACTLY! All of the prior posts have been about cleaning, tosses, etc. Well, the choreography alone has them at least a point behind the mid-to top guards. If you'll watch the routine, they are actually often clean, especially at the "hits", but the choreography doesn't necessarily lend itself to the highs and lows of the music, so to speak. Also, if you'll notice, Subel was the guard caption head when the guard struggled mightily (especially 2004). In 2005, Adam Sage and company came and cleaned up the guard considerably. I love how the cutoff regarding the "top" guard was at "3", when if you had added only one more spot, Regiment would've been there a few times over the past few years. After the championship in 2008, Adam Sage and company packed up and went to Crown, and someone had the audacity to hire Subel back. Thus, you have the low guard scores. Surprised? I'm not. One simple solution: fire Subel and try to get someone a bit more savvy to come in and rewrite some stuff. Even though the handle says euphguy, I'm far more acquainted with guard these days.
  11. Awesome! I live in Norman and go to grad school at OU so Edmond is only about 40 mins away max, and Denton is about 2 hours down I-35. Score!
  12. My vote was hands down for the Blue Stars as well. For me, it isn't just the runs, but the book in general. The dissonance at the beginning hit as well as at the hit towards the end of the show. I get chills every time. I cannot WAIT to see them in Edmond, OK and Denton, TX!
  13. It sure is possible, but that wasn't my question. So which corps has BOTH of all the possibilities? For example, Corps A may have a totally kick butt mello line but their book blows, and Corps B may have a ridiculous book but their line is struggling. PICK CORPS C that has the best of both worlds!
  14. There is a girl on the Blue Stars rifle line that needs to be cut. She drops every time!
  15. Absurdity! I'm appalled. I cannot believe the spread between the two. This needs to be resolved soon!
  16. Mandarins and Colts: I'll have to check those shows out!
  17. To me, what separates good corps and great corps can often be the mello book and sound. Which corps is the forerunner in this category for the 2010 season?
  18. I'm not typically a Bluecoats fanatic, per se, but I freaking LOVE this show!! They are definitely pushing toward one of my favorite shows and corps of the 2010 season!
  19. Phantom's guard staff is essentially the same as the one before Adam Sage and company took over in 2005. They had issues then, especially in 2004, and those issues have returned. Why would you rehire a guard staff that proved themselves to be substandard before at the same corps?!?!?!
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