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THANK YOU DCI & Fan Network for the surprise Live viewing. GREAT pix and sound quality. :worthy:

Very nice SOA!!!!!

100% agree.

you forgot while playing FFF

EVERYTHING sorry but I had to take the shot.

NICE

The "Stranger" was the brass arranger from Crown's early years. could not get the reporting from the show to work....very likely hurman error. oh well. I had great seats....top dead center and I forgot that the FMHS stadium is a good stadium with good height. I went with my 13 old daughter (who is a Crown fan and looks forward to attending the shows) and her friend (who is now a new Crown and DC fan). I noticed from all the corps that the sound was "light" and did not "Pop". The sound really did not seem to "Fill Up" the stadium and it was not swampy humid night. Not sure what happened to the sound. Also noticed the lack of projection from the snares across the board. ? I'm really trying to like the Cadets show. If anyone could pull Christmas music off it would be them. I'm just not feeling it yet. Time will tell if this speaks to me personally. I had to explain to the girls who the man walking back and forth on the track was. Of course the girls loved the show as they could pick things like music and drill sets out. The girls loved Cavies. They called it "Funky". And I had to explain what the "LOUD LOW DROWN" that kept getting louder LOUDER AND LOUDER as the show went on was......Thunderous Goo. Someone is very proud of that sound! Crown- what can be said that has not already been said? Right now at this stage of the summer it's a very good show. I love the long slow build throughout Fanfare and is my personal highlight of the show. Crown was the girls favorite corps of the night. The friend commented that she liked how the "Fanfare" piece was quoted throughout the show.

what like throwing the earth off alignment? i'm going to try to use my wife's phone and try to post updates tonight.....will see how that will work out.

crying shame that way too many years weather is a topic of conversation. but welcome to the summer in the south. borrowing from the racing "Vortex Theory". if storms are developing i wonder if we get Crown's horns to play toward the sky....would they break up the clouds?

nice pix and video. thanks for sharing!

Darn you beat me to the punch. Might want to suggest an Irish themed title?????? Looking forward to it. Love the early season (FirstBEAT) and later season (NightBEAT) home shows.

. sorry double post

There is a new quote to describe it....... Great review from a different point of view.

of course....."All the Time"

Man I would love THAT as a wake up alarm in the morning. Eric do you think they mind running down 160 and set up in my yard on Monday?

sounds like a "2012 Crown Choir" vid needs to be produced

keep them safe and send them pumped to come back home for monday night!

according to Crown's FB page: Performance times are (Central Time Zone): 7:10 Crossmen 7:37 Crown 7:59 INT 8:14 Cadets 8:41 Cavaliers Instant Encores Judges: Vis Effect- Bret Mascaro Music Effect- Jay Kennedy Vis Ani- Mark Metz Mus Ani- Albert Lo Music Brass- Lynda Eubanks

I will see your BUMP and raise your BUMP

I cannot wait to catch that Monday CRANKED to "11".

when I saw Dothan on Crown's tour schedule- I said the same thing. THANKS for bringing it up

Really good!!!

I understand what you’re saying. I personally don’t like when something is done “Because we can” syndrome. But on that note- what do you see in your mind visually when you hear this piece of music? I think the drill is a very good visual representation of the music and nothing short of hauling ### was going to work. Could you imagine the same music with big sweeping forms, follow the leaders and scatter drill at a 8 or 9 to 5 step size? Is it dirty, incomplete and difficult right now- yes to them all. But that’s also what makes the summer so much fun watching these programs grow and mature over the course of the summer.

I bet the kids thought same thing