2000Cadet

I'm sure he doesn't regret it. I'm primarily talking about how much fun the 2000 season was at Cadets compared to 1999.

I know exactly who you're talking about. I didn't blame that person, until the 2000 season started.

The staff (at least the Brass staff) was horrible, there were a few fights, among other things, and the corps in general didn't really sync up chemically until finals night. It was my rookie year and it made for a terrible experience at a drum corps I was absolutely in love with. However, 2000 changed my view completely.

I marched 99. I hated 99. I almost didn't go back in 2000 because of 99.

Maybe. But fuel isn't the only thing in which prices have risen. Food prices have gone up as well so that also may factor into the budgets of corps now.

Backfield 1997

I am almost absolutely sure Cadets would have done something like this...if they were still around.

The irony of people who are into DRUM CORPS complaining about their inability to understand the lyrics of music performed during a halftime show is not completely lost on me.

I loved it. It showed what America is supposed to be, and why I gave 20 of the best years of my life serving this country. Later.

Sad to hear about this...

That's one thing about Cadets (and I'm sure many other corps). There were always a lot of cool parts that never made it into the final versions of many of their shows.

It most certainly was not an easy summer, but I learned a valuable lesson that year (though I didn't really understand it until I became an adult).

Completely agree with you on the baritones. I was at finals for all three days and I almost fell out my seat with excitement each time I heard it. ...and to think, I almost quit drum corps after 1999.

1993 was the reason I wanted to march Cadets, but I was only 12 years old, and I had only JUST found out about drum corps. I saw that show for the first time via video in like 1994. I would give anything to see it live.

Cadets 2000 is my absolute favorite show, and not because I marched it. I've watched that show on repeat more times than I've watched any other drum corps show in my life. I've spent hours imagining what it was like to be a live spectator for that show. I've also spent numerous times imagining watching it from field level. I really wish I could find a video of that.