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Dang, you marched 2000-2007??? Thats crazy! And you have 2 championships under your belt. I'm Impressed.

YES!

Now I'm pretty sure I'm not the one worried about being slapped around a bit, lol .

Really? Then why do so many people argue that the great DCA corps of their time compete with the top 12 DCI corps? I've heard countless amounts of people say that the 2007 Reading Buccaneers could easily be in the top 12 of this years DCI standings?

Really, because when I heard them play Scheherezade, the only thing I thought of was wow, didn't SCV play an almost exact arrangement of this not more than 2 years ago? I truly believe that the Buccs choose the shows they perform because they know the crowd will like them. And how do they know they like them? Because they've witnessed the crowds reaction to the pieces within the last few years with some amazing DCI performances. Thats great that your past generation remembers the 1970 blah blah blah, but the generation of today remembers 2004 SCV, 1996 Madison, or 2001 Cadets. Someone mentioned before that Innovation lead to 1993 Star of Indiana, and 2006 Cadets. Well personally, even though I didn't like the talking in the Cadets, I loved the performances given by both of these corps. The talent required to play half the stuff in these shows would amaze anyone. If DCA put out anything even close to some of the innovative performances, then maybe they would receive a larger crowd base. By this I dont mean adding woodwinds, or microphones. I mean push the box and see what drum corps can really do in DCA. Give DCI a run for their money. I think that would be extremely exciting.

Im not assuming that DCA corps sit around and figure out how to copy DCI programs. However I am pointing out that in the past 3 years, the Buccaneers, and the Buccaneers only have performed complete shows made up of fan favorite DCI shows in the past 10 or so years... Don't believe me? 2005 Buccaneers- Farandole - 2001 Cadets A Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra- 2001 Cadets Adagio For Strings- 2000 Santa Clara Vanguard String Quartet No. 4- 2000 Santa Clara Vanguard 2006 Buccaneers- Bolero- 1996 Madison Scouts Capriccio Espagnol- 1982 Santa Clara Vanguard (still a fan favorite to today) Claire de Lune- 1994 Phantom Regiment Scheherezade- 2004 Santa Clara Vanguard 2007 Buccaneers- New Era Dance- 2001 Santa Clara Vanguard The Promise of Living- 2005 Boston Crusaders, 1996 Cadets Danza Final- 1993 Phantom Regiment Rhapsody in Blue- 2005 Phantom Regiment Don't get me wrong. I love what the horn staff is doing with the Buccs hornline, and the percussion amazes me for DCA, but I believe that the show design team should look into a little more variety.

Woo Hoo! Wonderful that the arrangements of the openers were similar. If only it was the same as having a whole show be a compile of other corps shows. Then you might have a good point.

But entire shows with the same songs as top dci shows in the last 10 years? Yeah if they played one piece in their show that was similar to another show, I doubt anyone would be upset, but when whole shows become a mixture of dci favorite shows, then I believe its crossing the line

The gauntlets were black...

I hear that a corps (thats not phantom) is looking to go with 16 contras...

They probably did get the idea from buccs... the thing is, when buccaneers play arrangements that are almost identical to top 5 dci arrangements, and win championships from them, not many people are going to say anything, but some are. SCV's Scheherezade is one of my favorite shows ever. When I first heard buccs play "their version" of it, it basically sounded like a watered down version of Key Poulans arrangement of SCV's Scheherezade. This past year, at the end of their show, they had the mellophones do the octave thingy exactly like phantom regiment does it, which as most of you should know, thats one of their signature things. Buccaneers must be listening to alot of DCI shows that didn't quite make it to a championship when they decide what shows their gonna do. I love their hornline, and drumline, but their show design seems to be lacking in the since of originality

Personally, I found my first DCI corps on DCP... Memphis Sound said they needed a tuba player, and I ended up marching most of the 2006 season there for only $200. We were such BAMF's lol

Id have to say either Cru's, or the Buccs.

I think Ohio could use another corps or two... maybe california too...

Were those the same gates that Syracuse Brigadiers used in 06?

I think theres a lot to complain about Academy's touring schedule... As a member of a corps who competed against them a lot last year, I found it ridiculous that their first show was San Antonio. What this told me is that while we were on the road and performing, they were still at their home base having another round with move-ins. No wonder they were so good for their first year, they had much more time to practice their show before performing it for the first time. I'm sure if every corps stayed in their home base for 2-3 months, they would be amazing, but thats not what drum corps is about. Drum corps is about going on tour around the country, and giving people performances, while competing against other corps. I think their should be a rule with a minimum tour schedule around 25-30 shows. This will give the corps who actually go on the road a better chance against the guys who would rather get more practice time in.

i love how everyone is saying "oh well i would much rather see a perfect triple than a messy 7" how about a clean 7? which one would you rather see? a clean triple, or a clean 7? I know which one id vote for. and dont even give me that "oh well most drum corps today cant do clean 7s" well first of all, the top corps of today can pull off clean 7s, and the lower corps of yesteryear couldnt do clean triples.

WOW! Congrats cru, I hope this season is just as good, if not better than the last. Things are looking really good for this organization in the future

Oh! This sounds awesome! I cant wait to see what they've got this year.