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Bet that was a treat for the shoppers!

I really like the additional shields on the chest. It seems to make the whole visual package complete.

IF Crossmen (heaven forbid) were to score well...people will say it's just because they had alums as judges!

Wow...if last year's top 12 ( minus Academy) are scoring like this... what's a quarter finalist only corps going to score???

To be clear you were the one to compare 2010 Cavies vs. Blue Stars not me so why are you now lecturing about different years, judges and sheets?. I simply pointed out that I was more concerned that the spread between Cavies and Blue Stars was more scary than the gap between them and Crown in 2012.

If things have not improved for Blue Stars since Akron...both Glassmen and Troopers have a good chance of taking them.

not sure...they just annouced at the show that there would not be an intermission due to the broadcast.

Guessing DCI didn't want to pay for 30 mintues of dead broadcast time!

There was no intermission because it was going to be in the theaters!

Actually it was a 1.2 spread at the first show in 10 but they also started off with a 75.2 not a 66.7

I think there is less of a concern that Cavies got beat by Crown at a 4.6 spread. What really concerns me is that Cavies only beat Blue Stars by a 3.25 spread.

Calm down people...it's journalism 101! Catchy title brings in volume ( which this one certainly has) As far as what's being discussed in the thread it's totally valid. There are concerns about Cavies show this season. Calling for censorship of a thread will not change that fact at this time. Could Cavies in August be at the top sure, then all those people in a huff can come back to this thread and have a field day with "I told you there was nothing to worry about". However, could they end up 7th...sure...but is that really going to change people's feelings of the Cavies...no...not if you are a real fan it won't.

I see major re-writes in the future...if not, the product they have RIGHT NOW will have them middle of the pack top 12. Crown, Phantom, Cadets, Bluecoats all have (in my opinion) better products to work with... then throw in SCV and BD and it's tough.

Agree on all accounts! We must have very similar views on what our idea of drum corps should be!

From what I saw in Akron...I completely agree with everything said here!

I saw the same thing! To me it looked like a push to the right spot to get him back into formation. I think they were trying to be more helpful than anything else.

Sure they do...Antarctica is the pit!

Wow...Cadets, Cavies and Crown are all pretty far from the show site. I can't believe that there is nothing closer. Especially for Cadets clear up in Lake County.

sounds like it can be a great show...though I agree, it probably would have been more appropriate for the 50th!

Anyone know how the drill camp went this weekend?

Anyone know if the first 15 seconds is from the show?

wow...you need to check them out 97-02 are epic in Glassmen history. Awesome music, powerful hornlines, top tier drumlines and eye popping visual and drill!

I realize that Crossmen aren't really in the East but they were placed there to even out the amount of corps in each region.

Were the flags made of foil? Anyways, what ever they were made from...it was very effective and cool!