Super Don-O

My list would have most of the above plus Garfield 87 Vanguard 88/89 Star 90/91

'88 Suncoast Sound '88 Velvet Knights For me, 1988 was in the same category as 2008 and 2024, just stacked with fabulous shows from top to bottom.

Rather than focus on shows about artists, instead show them some shows that are themselves painterly or visually artistic. The first thing that came to my mind was the fan dance from Vanguard's '91 Miss Saigon show

The Troopers presenting their 2025 program "Home on the Range: ballads from the stovetop" Chicken Fried - the Zac Brown Band Beans and Cornbread - Louis Jordan I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts - Danny Kaye Custard Pie - Led Zeppelin

Also, here's the original piece by his band Sungazer that was adapted

Here's a terrific short documentary by Shawn Crowder, a drummer whose music was adapted for a bit of the Bluecoats' show. It's a behind the scenes look at rehearsals and what it means to be in drum corps.

Santa Clara Vanguard: aesthetic interpretation of psychological constructs

Can I buy the tour shirt now? Please and thank you.

Not sure if they are printed, but they were listed on the corps shop before midnight last night.

don't feed the troll 👺

Any corps with a lick of sense not only knows what they intend to play next year but have also begun or maybe even completed the process to get all the necessary rights.

I very much enjoyed the way the Bloo trombone soloist was used near the end of their show. Yes, it was all glissando, but it was very lyrical and really added to the musical atmosphere.

Shows that design with fine details and constructions in support of their theme are great. Details and connections that you might miss even after several viewings, or that really require the designers to point them out in an explanation, can elicit an "oh.... YEAH, I see it now. Wow, that's cool!" But none of that matters, none of it, unless it's in support of a show theme that is also obvious and enjoyable on a very surface level by an audience member with no advanced info or libretto. YMMV

Just thought I'd point out that Chumley gave Bloo a perfect 20.0 tonight, and had Devils in third. Hopefully that puts that argument to bed.