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That's like the guy who came to the audition for this year playing Godfather and another kid with Elsa's Procession. They weren't auditioning for Phantom or Blue Devils.

1) SCV 2) Cadets 3) Phantom 4) BD I still abide that 2003 Cadets is the cleanest 3rd place show ever.

That is my exact love for hornlines who can do something like that. Playing is fine, marching is fine, two doable things for any division 1 drum corps. Now where does my admiration kick in? Marching AND Playing. I don't mean to offend anyone, I think that the Cavaliers in 2006 are great, they had a good sound, great technique, but out of the top corps out there, they had their horns down the most. Many moving lines were played standing still. All, which is totally fine, just something I don't acknowledge as much as corps who are risking motion and music simultaneously. 2002 and 2006 Cavaliers had amazing hornlines, I know, but after watching the videos, I feel that the top 6 other corps challenged more finger dexterity and motion simultaneously more. This is not to say who I thought should have won high brass or anything. For me, I just admire great multitasking. Anyway... 1993 and 1990 Star impress me for that very reason. My jaw was on the floor for the dual and simultaneous demands that were placed on these members from top to bottom. They were doing crazy drill yes... they were playing crazy runs yes... but wow they were doing that throughout the entire show. 1993 Cadets, tenor and snare features were completely on the move while other corps today won't dare to play that except standing still.

Good Points, I would disagree with you here and there. I wouldn't say "wouldn't stand a chance against The Cavaliers of Today" for the Brass Statement. Yes the Cavaliers are very clean, yes they sound great, but in 2002 and 2006 when they won high brass, they didn't exactly leave 2nd and 3rd place brasslines in the dust. So I think it's a bit of an exaggeration on that. In today's guard sheets, spatial movement of the guard receives a good amount of credit. Star of Indiana's guard was good, but they did not move their location and spin at the same time like the Cadets did back in 1993. Plus, Star's guard did not do as many unison tosses or feature weapons, which are considered standards of today. Though they had poles, they again did not feature them as greatly in the show.

This is not an absolute case though. Look at what Zingali did with Visual Design. There was a shift into the whole abstract and non total symmetrical drill once that precedent was shattered by Garfield in the mid 80s. Now look at the creativity that ensued because the boundaries for design were expanded. Not to say that the shows before weren't creative, but you can definitely see explosions of a new style once something unseen has been added.

is this the same kid who got interviewed last year?

Beyond underwear, beyond the t-shirts, beyond the shorts... NOTHING is nastier than dirty socks.

It's definitely on my top 5 list. Absolutely fantastic, I melt to the Simple Gifts melody every time.

Or the first weekend camp. For many no one is used to working that hard.

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I like this list. My favorite Phantom Regiment show 1st place. Gotta love Faust.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA I need to stop taking these ridiculous classes... Whew! I would just type and .... go back and question what I was on. Disregard me as much as you please, do yourself a favor. Some of you probably have for 100% of my posts haha. I probably I don't know what I'm talking about 90% of the time.

Haha I don't even know what I'm talking about. I just came off doing a crazy 25 page report, my brain is fried. Ignore me :P

Sure, either way, but it's just what I hear. Volume wise I though there were some flares as though some mellophone's were bringing out their parts out as if they were carried away. Sure. Again I don't have any validity to my statements so I can't really say much to that. I'm not a judge but don't get me wrong I've heard spatial orchestration and regional musical focal points many many many times, so I'm not really copying any terms here. They're just commonly used when people talk about design. All it means is "where you're playing from". I'd appreciate you not trying to make this a personal discussion. I don't know very much about that hornline, I thought the Baritone line was great, again I didn't march the corps, I only saw them 3-4 times live, so again whatever I say really doesn't really have that much validity. I'm just saying things here. You know things about this topic way better than I do, so I'd probably take your word over mine at any second. :P But I can say that the Bluecoats didn't explore as much as the other corps of Madison's newly enclosed stadium. Crown with their back field little feature pointed at corner of the stadium to resonate their sound diagonally. Phantom Regiment with their Ave Maria and Mahler Material stretched their entire sound from end zone to zone. The Cadets started their opener from left and right responses way back in the field after turning around from playing backfield. There wasn't as much of this with the Bluecoats. Oh and, The Music GE judge doesn't have to really "turn his head" but his focus can move from points to points. 2003 Cadets' Malaguena with the Trumpet and Tenor Feature is a great example. I just stated that the Bluecoats often were straightforward and direct, right in front of the box.

Oh. :P