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Not really a prop but there will be a zombie show in 2017! With the zombie craze going on, the audience will eat this up. All the guard will be zombies and constantly trying to eat the marching members who spend most of the show trying to march away from them. lol Okay maybe i've seen a little too much walking dead

I know this thread is about the "MOST RECENT" shows where they start loud but the ones i remember most that start loud are Faust and Niagra Falls. When I listen to Faust on my CD, i love how first I hear, "Phantom Regiment may take the field for competition..(FIRSTNOTE)" It seems like only 1 second passes after Crockers announcement that they start playing. I love it. And 2000 Cavies were so in your face with those impact notes to start off Niagra Falls. Classic.

I marched 04-05 and I pretty much enjoy shows from 1986 - current. Anything before 86 I will really have to dig to find something I can enjoy for 12 minutes. But every year its the same, some shows I like and some I don't. Some years I will have 5 shows I like, other years there may be only 1 or 2. And honestly the added electronics, voices, instruments have not had an impact for me one way or another. As long as the arrangers are properly implementing them and allowing the performers to play something that is pleasing to listen to, then i'm all for it. All I want is to get chills during performances. And not because its cold either lol

2005 Bluecoats - Caravan ---> 2006 Bluecoats - Road Trip 2002 Blue Devils - Jazz - Music Made in America ---> 2003 Blue Devils - Champeta- Music made in and around the areas of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia 1995 Cavaliers - The Planets --> 1996 Cavaliers - Pluto 2001 Cavaliers - Four Corners --> 2002 Cavaliers - Center 2004 Bluecoats - Mood Swings --> 2005 Bluecoats - Period (PREQUEL)

Good Thread, interesting in reading the different taste that people have. For me, Blue Devils 2003. I don't know why, but I just did not like it. I LOVE BD 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2004, but NOT 2003. I even watched it again 2 days ago and while i see the awesome talent and execution, I just didn't like the show.

Honestly, its a long shot but i truly believe that with this program, they CAN legitimately win. I am thrilled to even be talking about the POSSIBILITY of them winning. It is very exciting!

I am also curious to know how much, if any, profit dci makes out of this. I used to work at a movie theater and one thing I do know is that the movie theater gets like .1% of ticket sales or some ridiculously small number like that. Most of their money comes from concession sales, hence, that's why it cost $5 for a drink lol so I wonder if the theater gets the same percentage from their ticket sales from the countdown as their normally would

Here are thoughts that I have had that i'm sure are improbable and possibly impossible, but wouldn't mind if they occurred. 1) Getting rid of World and Open class and only having one class with about 20-25 total corps. Quality vs Quantity. 2) Decreasing the length of shows by 1 minute. 3) DCI becoming more competitive somehow. How exactly, I'm not sure. Like, I want corps to hate each other, I want them to want to beat the crap out of their competition. And that anger/competitive streak that they have building inside of them can be used during their shows to help them perform the hell out of their shows. (maybe this happens already i'm not sure). I would love for every single member of every corps to take a defeat PERSONAL. But because this is such a subjective activity, it is harder to get that mean streak going as opposed to a sport to where you are in direct competition with someone else and there are no judges. 4) Just like major league sports, its competition but its also entertainment. In DCI, the majority of the fans go to shows to be entertained, not to actually see who is better than the other, at least IMO. Well, since this is already such a subjective activity, I wouldn't mind seeing fans opinions actually count. Fans who go to shows would vote using some kind of device, and they could only vote once. Obviously they will vote for whoever they want to vote for but it will be suggested for them to vote for who they thought was the "best" corps of the night. And the weight of the vote on the overall placements would be like 30% or 40%, and the other 60% or 70% would be the judging. 5) Increasing the age limit to 25.

Nope. Would like to see Bluecoats with a different ending though.

Should be interesting.

Ok got it fixed. Thanks guys Now i'm happy again.

I'm mad at the fact that I can no longer watch the old shows anymore. Now I have to purchase them to watch them. When I renewed for $59, I thought I was going to get that service again. I was really looking forward to it. But then when I go and try to watch a show from 1995, all I get is audio options or that I can purchase the VPD. Lame... And of course they are not going to have the finals performance from last year. Only the on demand shows that I've watched a million times lol.

I haven't read the other post but I think its lame that we can't see DCI Finals live through webcast or any other source. I know that watching it would not affect my decision on whether to buy the dvd or not. I know its not the same, but imagine being able to watch the NBA playoffs and then when the finals came, you get nothing. Or watching NFL playoffs and then you can't watch the Super Bowl. I would gladly trade all the live streaming that DCI offers right now for a 1 night live broadcast of Finals. In fact, if they ever went back to PBS, how great would it be to broadcast finals live on tv? Including scores and all that good stuff.

We may lose the 17 and younger crowd, but we may gain an audience with the naturist. P.S. No Fat Chicks : )

Bluecoats without a doubt for me. The only show I have liked from Crown is 2006.