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I definitely feel the same way about the Crown and Boston love child. ha! It's a beautiful, scary beast. 😄

It will be great to have Genesis, Pac Crest, and BK finally in the mix!

I heard through the grapevine that Troopers will not be adding any props to the field other than some tarps. When I was watching their show on FloMarching I was wondering if there were props to come because the show seemed very much designed with only the field in mind, without props. We'll see how this plays out in the coming weeks.

I think there is more to come visually speaking, which will also be fun to see evolve!

ok - I guess that works in terms of concept. It's not that I hate sousaphones, it just sounded muffled and I wanted more meat on the sound.

Yep. It doesn't seem to add anything other than "let's use a sousaphone to see what happens."

Yep, also going to enjoy watching this show a lot this season. Glad to see Cavies taking this track. (*duck*)

Yep.... I'm going to binge watch this show as often as possible. Nice production Mandarins!

I think the preshow is long because there was a problem getting props out of the tunnel

HOOOOOOOOOO TROOOOOOOOOOOP! >"<

GREAT! I thought they had gone inactive for a while, but I could just be misremembering.

Maybe it'll come back someday. Troopers, Colts, and many more used to have cadet corps.

I wish more corps could afford to do what the BD organization has been able to put together for so many years. It's such an important aspect of drum corps that people keep wanting to see more of. Maybe someday other world class organizations will be able to put together small local teaching programs again. (if there's a market for it) Thank you to the BD organization for continuing to do this work. And yay BDC!!!

WIMP! (just kidding - I took a lengthy nap just so I could maybe stay up late enough to see everyone. And I don't have to get up early.)

thanks for the brief review, appreciate that someone had a chance to see it! Did they have tarps or show flags?

Haven't gone on yet. It's 8:10pm Pacific time. Troopers are about to go on according to the schedule. HOOOOO TROOOOOOOOP!

First show day! HO TROOP!

Trooper alumni shirt, pants of some sort. Big fat smile of joy for the first day of drum corps!

I'll also go by decades. But if I have to pick just one..... Man, that's tough. I'm going to go with Bloo 2016. 1983 Garfield - the first time I saw the Z pull I lost my mind. Love that show! 1986 BD - this show was like being hit by a musical freight train, what a monster! 1995 Cavies - Why? because PLANETS, that's why 2006 Cavies - Machine was just freakin' awesome as a concept and the show design really made that concept work 2008 Phantom - some folks will claim those of us who like this show just liked that BD lost. I actually loved BD's "Absurdity" show in 2008. A lot. But Spartacus 2008 was really well crafted, and the energy of Phantom's run up to championship night was just as electric as it could get Crown 2013 - So much yummy stuff in this show that makes goosebumps happen for me Bloo 2016 - Down Side Up was brilliant and made me want to watch it over and over again. And that makes it my #1 pick.

My first year marching in corps I was in a tiny little corps (Nighthawks) and we shared with Suncoast Sound once, and Spirit, I think.

Housing options are definitely a problem, but there are solutions that the drum corps community may have to adopt: 1) Stop expecting to get a venue all to yourself with 2-3 football fields for rehearsal 2) Be prepared to travel to a rehearsal venue (district football stadium, or a larger HS stadium near an elementary/middle school) for visual blocks shared with other corps - this could be organized by performance order or random draw 3) Be prepared to fairly share a large campus and all rehearsal facilities with another corps (this may already happen - it used to happen a lot with so many corps on tour when I started marching in the 80's) As for your endgame question: I honestly don't know.

1983 SCV - for very personal reasons: It was the first "big drum corps show" I ever saw and I was mesmerized. The large amounts of Copland in the program, especially Appalachian Spring, opened up the rabbit hole for me into symphonic Americana. Copland became a huge focal point for both listening and study, including my masters thesis. And in 2009 when they brought back Appalachian Spring the way that they did, I was so happy.

2003 Phantom Regiment: Harmonic Journey. 100% my favorite Phantom show, musically speaking. (2008 is my favorite for the overall package)

Wish list: Troopers in top 12. Yeah, I know that's a stretch but I'm open about my home corps bias. 😄 The hard part about this topic is that for someone to move up, others have to move down. The good news is that there will be great shows that run the gamut of placements, top to bottom. I'm looking forward to San Antonio so I can see them all!

I've been looking forward to a break from certain traditions for a while. It was going to take a huge leap of faith and courage to do this. It's finally done, and I'm so incredibly proud of the Troopers for making this move. Now I have to go listen to source music! Their premier show is tomorrow in Fruitland, ID. I wish I could be there!