[Assembling a top 12 to watch Saturday]

This was fun, but quite difficult because there are some shows I really hated to leave out!

1. Santa Clara Vanguard 2018

2.  Phantom Regiment 2006

3. The Cadets 2013

4. Blue Devils 2005 (not a typo...)

5. Carolina Crown 2014

6. Blue Knights 2015

7. Bluecoats 2007

8. Madison Scouts 2003

9. Boston Crusaders 2004

10. Blue Stars 2017

11. Magic of Orlando 2002

12. Crossmen 2012

[Which Phantom Regiment championship show do you prefer?]

If I'm going to watch: Spartacus. If I'm going to just listen: Defiant Heart.

Exactly the same for me...I could listen to Defiant Heart on repeat all day, while I could watch Spartacus all day and be perfectly happy. Both absolutely fantastic shows.

[How would you rate the judging this year?]

oh boy, another thinly veiled BD-bashing thread....lemme guess, all those that voted judging was poor are really saying how they feel about BD and their show and how it is scored:BARF...(Thanks ATLvet, too hilarious to not steal !!)

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Umm...no one bashed the Blue Devils, in fact, YOU were the one that brought it up. It's really getting annoying how you try to turn every thread into a "Oh my, another way for people to bash BD" and I know that I'm not the only one around here that's getting annoyed by your attitude lately.

[A question on yall's thoughts]

One "down" year and everyone writes off Regiment as not being in the top 8, lol. Murf will be G7 + 1, probably Blue Stars.

I kind of thought this was funny, I'm surprised how many people are writing Phantom out of the top 8 after one down year, after being top 8 for 22 consecutive years (I had to go check lol). But, everyone has their own opinions.

[Chase Community Giving (again)!]

I'll be voting for each of these just because you said this.

Same here!

[DCP No Longer Important?]

You speak with scorn about the current DCI activity. If you do not respect those of today, why should they respect you?

:thumbup:

[What makes Phantom '06 so special?]

Faust was one of my favorite Phantom shows, up until 2008. They are both two of my favorite drum corps shows of all time...both were fantastic shows.

[05 to now]

The Academy - 2009 - First show since moving to world class that really stood out to me.

Blue Devils - 2005 - Yeah, I'm in the minority that really likes this show.

Blue Knights - 2006

Blue Stars- 2008

Bluecoats- 2009 - Had a hard time on this one. 2007-2009 were all great.

Boston Crusaders - 2009

Carolina Crown - 2009. Another hard one. I've loved every one of their shows from the last 6 years.

Cascades - 2005 - Other than 2009, I'm not very familiar with their other shows.

The Cavaliers - 2009

Colts - 2007

Crossmen - 2006 - Very entertaining show.

Glassmen - 2008

Cadets - 2005

Jersey Surf - 2009 - Only show that I really know that well.

Madison Scouts - 2008

Mandarins - 2008

Pacific Crest - 2007

Phantom Regiment- 2008 - 2006 a pretty close second

Pioneer - 2007

Santa Clara Vanguard- 2008

Spirit- 2009

Troopers- 2009

[Favorite Cadets Show in the Past Few Years]

2000 Cadets = one of my favorite drum corps shows of all time.

2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, and 2009 are great shows as well.

[Best Undefeated Corps]

how many people voting actually witnessed 1982 Blue Devils ???

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Never in person (it's a few years before my time) but I've seen it several times on DVD.

Oh, and I voted for 2000 Cadets.

[Rate on a Scale of 1 to 10: Part 1]

Carolina Crown was my favorite for 2009 hands down !

Same here...fantastic show, and one that I will watch and listen to many, many times in the future.

[Rate on a Scale of 1 to 10: Part 3]

I had to give each show an 8...they were each great in their own different ways. It was hard to pick a favorite among these three.

[Top Storylines of 2009]

1) "America's Corps" Captures Hearts: The Troopers, in only their third season back in action after a year on the inactive list, make Finals for the first time 1986. If not the top story of the year, this has to be the top "feel-good" story, IMO.

This was one of my favorite things from this season. I didn't start following drum corps until late 2005, so I wasn't incredibly familiar with the Troopers when they came back in 2007. I quickly became a big fan of them and went back and watched and listened to a lot of their older shows. I was pulling so hard for them this year. I was thrilled to see them back in finals, and hope that they continue to climb.

[Best of the Decade - Bluecoats :)]

2007 is my favorite, I was a big fan of this show from the first time I saw it.

2008 is a close second, another great show.

2009 I've only seen this show on the fan network, but I really like what I see and hear this year.

2006 took a little time to grow on me, but in the end I really liked it.

2005, same as 2006.

I haven't seen any shows before 2005 enough to rank them...I should go check some of those out.

[Best of the decade- Blue Devils]

I'm also not very familiar with 2000-2002, so I'm just going to rate the other years:

1. 2003

2. 2004

3. 2005 - I actually loved this show...I'm pretty sure I'm one of the few lol.

4. 2006

5. 2008

6. 2009

7. 2007

[Best of the Decade - The Cadets]

1. 2000 - One of my favorite drum corps shows of all time.

2. 2005

3. 2009

4. 2001

5. 2002

6. 2007

7. 2003

8. 2004

9. 2006

10. 2008

[Best of the Decade - Carolina Crown]

Crown has consistently put out incredible shows every since since 2003, IMO. They are one of the few corps whose shows I seem to like every year.

1. 2007

2. 2009

3. 2005

4. 2008

5. 2006

6. 2004

7. 2003

8. 2000

9. 2001

10. 2002

[Best of the Decade]

1. 2008

2. 2006

3. 2003

4. 2007

5. 2005

6. 2009

7. 2001

8. 2002

9. 2004

10. 2000

[Favorite shows of the Year]

So many good shows this year...hard to choose just three, but these are the shows that I really enjoy this year...

1. Holy Name Cadets

2. Carolina Crown

3. Phantom Regiment

4. Bluecoats

5. Santa Clara Vanguard

6. Boston Crusaders

7. Blue Stars

8. Blue Devils

9. Troopers

10. Cavaliers

[12th Place Upsets]

How about a three way tie for 12th between Troopers, Academy, and Colts

I really, really want to see Troopers make finals this year, but honestly, I believe it could be any of these three.

[Make Your Best Case....]

Troopers.

Why? 'Cause it would be hella cool, and 1986 was a long time ago.

Agreed!

[Would you be OK with Phantom Regiment winning DCI this year?]

I don't think this is a bad show at all. Sure, it's definitely no Spartacus, and it's not one of their best shows to come around in recent years, but I think musically they are fantastic. It is one of my most played shows on my ipod from this year. I'm no visual expert, so I really can't comment too much on that. I do think though this this is one of the best top 12 from top to bottom that I have personally seen in quite a while. There is not one show in the current top 12 that I don't really like. Regardless of where PR ends up finishing on finals night, this will be one of those shows that I enjoy listening to for many years to come.

[Atlanda VOD is up]

Boston Crusaders and Bluecoats are now up.

[Atlanta's Brave New World]

I love the synth and how they use it. Very well done! I guess we are all different on this!

[Murfreesboro, Day 2]

I'd like to see Cadets beat BD, but I'm not sure if that will happen tonight. As for Phantom and Boston...I'm really hoping Phantom starts to turn it on and start moving up closer and closer to the top 6, but Boston has an awesome show this year. As much as I love Phantom, I am loving Boston this year and am glad to see them doing so well. I think it could go either way between the two of them tonight, but it will be very close either way.