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Love hearing ‘Crazy Train’ on the field! Ozzy and Metallica in DCI the same year, what is the world coming to?

Contra section leader, I believe...how very sad.

Honestly watching this it strikes me as a total culmination of all the advances in the activity in the past 25 years, all the way back to Star ‘93...from BD’s staging, Crown’s brass demand, Bluecoats props and electronics, and of course you have the Cavies genius drill writer from back in the day. SCV has taken all this and given and added their unique sense of grandeur for something utterly breathtaking from start to finish. Can’t imagine what it will be like come August. Go Vanguard!!!

Wicked cool vibes from BK...

Great show PC! La-La Land music is a winner...

Really appreciate the expansive field coverage and big ensemble brass moments in Academy...could easily see this landing in finals

Wow, 0.7 down in Vis Analysis...there’s your gap right there. Man I wish BD would get dinged for that annoying synth bass, just don’t get that aesthetic! Show is way cool, tho’. Going to be quite a season!

It will be interesting to see the overall point spread between the top 4 groups tonight (assuming those would likely be Crown, Coats, Cavies, Crusaders as they all have been hyped to varying degrees and all the pre-season teasers seem to bear that out.) Any bets? I’ll say 2.5 for the over/under between 1st and 4th. I’m not going to risk predicting the actual order...regardless this looks to be an outstanding season. Best of luck to all performers.

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Wow, that closer harkens back to 1992...thanks for the heads up

1989 - the show that made me want to march them 2015 - jawdropping from beginning to end 1993 - one of the great ones from the swing days 2016 - Great Gig and finest collection of soloists 1987 - Autumn Leaves w/expanding snare line! HM 1990 - the year I marched :) 1986 - first show I saw at a finals 2006 1997 Least fav 1992

1987 Florida Wave (though not at the Sky Ryders' expense that year) 1991 Dutch Boy (the best iteration of their Vegas productions) 1993 Freelancers (Bill Chase!) 1997 Colts (Blood Sweat & Tears)

Is this the same piece that SCV used as the opener in '82 and '83?

Now that shows are mostly announced... 1) Devils 2) SCV 3) Bluecoats 4) Cavaliers 5) Crown 6) Cadets 7) Phantom 8) Blue Stars 9) Blue Knights 10) Boston Crusaders 11) Crossmen 12) Academy 13) Madison Scouts 14) Colts 15) Troopers 16) BDB 17) Mandarins Shows I am most curious to see: Cavaliers, Phantom, Cadets, Academy

Caught some rehearsal footage on Periscope and I'm sure they were playing The Canyon...

Snarky Puppy in drum corps, yes!!! It's about time!

My bet for the Steve Vai... Previously used as the basis for the Blue Knights' percussion feature in 1993 (kudos Ralph Hardimon) Looks like a home run in terms of programming...can't wait to get a taste.

1986 Suncoast Sound 1987 Madison Scouts 1997 Colts (Blood Sweat and Tears!)

Somehow I missed hearing where Mapes and Grom are headed...has that been officially announced?

What about hostrauser? He did a great job with his rankings page for many a season!

I have the $99 subscription but can't seem to get access through the website, although it is showing up on my iPad (same as jwillis reported). Here's the response from the live chat support: EmilieHi Jay. Did you purchase the PPV for tonight's show? The show tonight is available only as a PPV as it is a fundraising event for the corps. $30 of your purchase will go directly to the drum corps of your choice. This is a special broadcast an not available as part of any of the DCI Live! Subscriptions. You can find more information here: http://www.dci.org/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=33500&ATCLID=211085600

Thanks y'all...

I feel really stupid posting this, but here goes... So I installed the DCI.org app on my iPad, logged into my account, all good. On the "Featured" tab I see the listing for the DCI Southwestern Championships. I click on the "Watch Live" link and it just pops up a box with the event and ticket info...what else is there to do to go to the video feed? I don't see it when clicking on the "Video" tab under the Main Menu either. Thanks for any and all assistance...

Any chance you could make the ranking pages rotatable? Great app, thanks...

Showing my age here, but the pit writing at the top of the show takes me back to the wonderful Ralph Hardimon percussion feature in 1984...