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The backfield conductor who killed Phrygia was Kyle Nijoka. Koji was the one who killed Will Pitts at the end. Kyle and Koji both returned for 2009 for their age-out.

Crowd Favorites: 05 - Cadets 06 - Regiment or Cavies - it was very close I'd say 07 - Crown (Sorry BD - you may have won but I don't think you were crowd favorite - or even 2nd) 08 - Regiment 09 - SCV (Sorry Crown - I think they were crowd faves this year - you may have won FN voting for who you thought should win - but that doesn't mean it was the fave of the crowd.)

Except for Paul Rennick. I think Regiment got the best Blast! designer of the bunch. :)

I'm a Phantom Regiment Phan but you cannot throw 07 Flower Duet in here. It was shaky and inconsistent all season - a lot of fracks. Even a 1/2 of one at Finals night. No doubt they threw it down the best they had at Finals..........but still not one of the best.

'93 Regiment!!!

Ave Maria from 06 was a far superior ballad (in both arrangement, performance, and original context) than that of Spartacus. I'm going to bet their encore will include some from Spartacus - but not the ballad - I'm guessing it will be the end of the show where everyone yelled I AM SPARTACUS. Just a thought - who knows though.

Rich people will kick in at the very end - BOA will not close down.

Regiment 03, 08 Cavies 95 Crown 07, 08 Favorite all time..................Regiment 06...............Ave Maria FTW! INT 02 as well! :)

No one has anything "to prove" IMHO - and I think that anyone on here commenting and saying things that corps have to prove up on are egotistical. Each corps puts out an entertaining program for the audiences and their staff works 100% to ensure the members have the best educational opportunity possible. So things like this are dumb....... 12 seasons until they are a factor? So is getting 2nd or 3rd not a factor in DCI? Because they had plenty of those before 96, and then have been in the top 5 every year since 2002 (getting 2nd in 06 by less than a point). And let's not forget they have passed up BD in finals 3 of the last 4 years. And whoever said PR has to come out with a show that's awesome to prove BD shouldn't have won last year is completely dumb. You don't win championships based on the corps performance the next year. No one said that Cadets had to come out and win again in 2006 to validate their 2005 1st place. Just accept Phantom was awarded a gold medal and move on. So if there are any corps staff or members reading this - do what you keep doing and keep putting 100% into your shows! Thanks for keeping this activity alive and enjoyable for family fun entertainment and educational success for the members!

This year we had a good Crown v. Cadets Rivalry. The other one was kind of a PR/BD/Cavies 3 way rivalry. Over the years - Regiment vs. Cavies definitely. Music vs. Visual Regiment vs. BD Jazz vs. Classical BD may have finally caught on this year - Regiment has passed them up in finals 3 out of 4 years. 2007 was just a poor year for drum corps as a whole - except for Carolina!

More power to them, and DCI should let them. DCI has no room to be picky with what - 23 World Class Corps (only 21 of which are going on tour again?) I don't think this would ever happen - but if it did - and if DCI was smart - they'd be stupid to not include them. I probably wouldn't accept "donations" from the corps though -- that might be stretching it.

This is great news. Regiment needs an alumni corps for their 60th in 2016!

Yeah........I'm sorry that you are a Phantom hater, but the sound from the crowd reaction WAS much different for them than every other corps. DVDs did the sound justice, and from quality of sound coming from the DVD, doesn't sound like they upped the mic levels or toyed with anything post-production in that respect.

You CAN do Johan de Meij........you will just be charged an arm and a leg to do it. Jay Bocook has an arrangement of his Lord of the Rings Symphony you can find on JW Pepper.

Well Phantom 06 Ave Maria at the end..............technically. They parked the formation - and blew their brains out with an amazing full brass sound! So yes - park and blow there was awesome! How about 05 Rhapsody show during American in Paris? That was one of the first times in some years I actually saw Phantom really having fun with their show! And it's only gotten better since then.