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    Blue Devils
  • Your Favorite All Time Corps Performance (Any)
    Blue Devils 1995
  • Your Favorite Drum Corps Season
    1999

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  1. Interestingly enough, a thread about 3 weeks ago asked if you would boo the Cadets. I will be honest in saying I am very far from being a Cadet fan. But with that sad, quarterfinals was a very sad day for the drum corps activity. I can't begin to think about what the members of the Cadets felt like that night. There should be no place for booing. But with that thread from 3 weeks ago, I wonder how many people said they would never boo the Cadets, and then on the night of Quarterfinals, booed them anyways. It should never happen in this activity. Each member of each corps works way too hard to be put down like that. It wasn't Hopkins fault, it was the fans fault. They should have the intelligence to first understand the situation before they make rash actions.
  2. I just watched the Cadets show again. It has to be my least favorite show ever. It is sad, because the music is awesome. But I can't get around that high schoolesque dialogue. I hope this doesn't turn into an epidemic.
  3. You wouldn't be able to pay me to go to another drum corps show if that happened.
  4. Okay, I'm glad I am not the only one. I just sent an email also. They better fix this, cause I am not paying for another Bluecoat APD.
  5. 1. Blue Devils 2. Cadets 3. Cavaliers 4. Bluecoats 5. Phantom Regiment 6. Carolina Crown 7. SCV 8. Blue Knights 9. Boston 10. Colts 11. Glassmen 12. Blue Stars
  6. I am probably one of the people who dislikes the Cadets the most. Each year, I see a Cadets show, and I usually never enjoy it. I don't know why, I just don't like the Cadets. There are some years that I like from them, but most of them I don't. With that being said, if they won, there is no way I would boo them. It's such a lack of respect to the kids that put their heart and soul into the show. Anyone that boos any corps on the field should be ashamed of themselves.
  7. I must say, I'm rather torn over this topic. I loved the stuff that BD did in the early years, but I also enjoy what they are doing now. I think DCI has just changed so much that in order for BD to win, they can't do what they did 15 years ago. If they resorted back to their roots in full force, they probably wouldn't be in the top 3 or even 5. I can imagine that it would be extremely entertaining, but it wouldn't be enough to win the gold.
  8. I think the Blue Devils will win. Out of all the corps, I think they have the full package to win. Cav's show does not flow very well, I don't think the Bluecoats have enough in GE to take it, the Cadets show seems to be the only one that will give BD a run for there money, and Phantom is still 2 points behind. But, anything can happen, so we'll just have to wait and see.
  9. My gut says that BD will win, but I'm going to guess that the Cavaliers are going to cut away at the lead BD had at Allentown.
  10. I'm going to go with 96 or 99, I love both of those shows. I wish I could say 95, because that was just a bad ### show and is and will always be my favorite show of all time.
  11. So here's my short review from Allentown for Sunday. Crossmen was very entertaining, they used a little bit of Birdland in their show, and their show is much better than last years. Their improvements need to be made in their sound, they're just not putting in a big enough sound compared to other corps. Blue Stars had a very nice full sound and overall nice show, I had them just above the Crossmen. The Colts were much stronger than I expected. I was amazed at how this corps has grown since last year. Each area of the corps seems to be improving each year and I hope the trend continues. The Glassmen were ok, I had the Colts over the Glassmen, which was the outcome. It seemed like I was hoping they would play Malaguena throughout the whole entire show, but it never came. The show was just uninteresting from start to finish. For those of you who are Glassmen fans, I mean no disrespect, I just didn't like their show. Blue Knights, well.....I loved their show last year, and this year, I love their show. The sound from the hornline sounds very mature. My only gripe about the show is that they're sitting on the ground just as much as their marching on the field. If they would lay off the kneeling and move a little more, I think they would be higher in ranking. But regardless of that, i still loved their show. Blue Devils, my favorite show of the night.......were great as I expected. Their drumline was smokin as usual and the hornline was loud and more powerful than any corps on the field tonight. It's interesting when they're playing backfield, and you can still tell they're playing loud. But overall, a great show. I do have to agree with a lot of other reviewers that they need to beef up the ending to their show. If they change it, it could make this show much better than it already is. Bluecoats were my 2nd favorite show of the night. This show just had fun written all over it. It's also the first time that I felt narration was used in a tasteful and fun way. I would tell you about it, but it's something you need to witness for yourself. It's just a fun show to watch. After reading plenty of reviews, I now understand what the buzz was about Bluecoats show this year, and it the buzz is well deserved. Finally, The Cavaliers marched on the field. I had very high hopes for them, they haven't been a disappointment over the past 6 years, and I was expecting a great show from them. The visuals were great, but the music wasn't. I was left bored throughout most of the show. The only thing that kept me interested was the drumline. The Cavs drumline is always a joy to watch. Unfortunately, I was just unentertained throughout the show. My rankings afterwards were... 1. Blue Devils 2. Bluecoats 3. Cavaliers 4. Blue Knights 5. Colts 6. Glassmen 7. Blue Stars 8. Crossmen Sorry, I don't have a review for the Cascades or Pioneer b/c I got there late. I was also mad at the end of the show because The Cavaliers did the encore. Since BD won, I was really hoping to get a chance to hear it again. Unfortunately that did not happen. I stayed and listened to the Cav's show, and the second time around did not make me feel any better about the show. I'll still give it a chance come finals weekend when I get the APD's. Also, for those of you who don't know, the Cav's marched their entire show tonight.
  12. Yeah, great show. I've listened to the APD about a billion times now. And I'll probably listen to it another billion. I just can't get enough of it.
  13. Madison 97 and 99 definitely. Jesus Christ Superstar was easily a crowd favorite that year.
  14. Yeah, I doubt they fear anyone. To be honest, the top 3 was up for grabs. It was very very close. The only consitency was the Cav's on top for the last few weeks. I wasn't expecting them to be topped by either BD or Phantom. And why would BD fear anyone. They're the most consistent drum corps out there. They haven't been outside the top 5 in 32 years and haven't scored under a 95 in 15 years. I mean, that just automatically puts a bulls eye on their back. But should they fear Phantom, no. You look at Phantom, and they haven't been consistent. Some years they're good, some years they're bad. I do hope they stay within the top 5 for a while now. The past 3 yrs have been good entertaining shows. BD should be more worried about the Cav's. I mean, they've been the powerhouse since 2000. Yeah, BD has 11 championships, but since 2000, the Cav's have been on a roll. We're all just goign to have to wait until next year to see what happens.
  15. I saw them at Allentown. I loved the blend that the brass had. It was just gorgeous. A lot of people around were kind of bored with the show, but I enjoyed the entire show. I wasn't expecting such a good show from them. I think i might go buy that APD.
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