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It seems a little like a visual ticky night for everyone. JBC is a weird place to perform, so you get that from time to time, but it's still weird seeing uncharacteristic drops, little visual errors (late on horn moves, front/backfield turns) and the like.

While I didn't see it live, I did get the honor of performing it live in 2010 with the alumni corps. It was a special moment that I'll remember forever.

I think this is my favorite ballad. Like, ever. Amber Waves held that for a while, but this is so #### good.

I don't care about recap analysis. All I have to ask is: ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!

H A I L S A T A N What a great season for DCI.

http://yea.org/programs/cadets/cadets/news/921-how-can-the-cadets-pull-off-this-new-look-and-not-go-broke Uniform change all but confirmed?

So it really may be a wild one all the way to the finish.

WHAT

This year's ballads are so good.

I've never been an electronics hater, but both Bluecoats and SCV just give me a headache after prolonged exposure to electricity effects. Both are great and perform well, just not for me, I guess. Does this mean I'm becoming a dino?

If they can clean that new drill in the closer and get physically comfortable enough to sell it like the rest of the show, it will be a blast to watch come finals week.

HERE WE GO

I love the red scrim effect so much. Maybe my favorite of the summer.

I hate having to use the phrase "Golden Dawn" because of the hateful "political group" in Greece, but...

I see a new scrim.

That closer drill is getting really, really, really clean. Scary clean.

Dem mellos.

Brass Theater, mostly. The pre-Blast show, 94-97ish.

Yeah, this trumpet section is straight fire. Supa hot fire.

Wow, they sound good, and they've got a dude who can bury the hornline.

Hard to say until August, considering this was about the time that Phantom was being written off that season, too. Even Crown (who wound up fourth) was beating Phantom through July 22. No one predicted that climb over the last three weeks.

If any year is an "outlier" year, this is it. When was the last time the top FIVE was this close with such a significant gap to sixth place?

That's a bold statement to make about anyone in the top 5 with a month to go and everyone seeming well inside of 3 points of each other. See: Tonight's recap and Phantom '08.

For what it's worth, I assumed he was talking about Brass, Percussion and Guard. Kinda like "They didn't have the strongest individual captions that year, but managed to make up for scores elsewhere." GE will do that.

Shiiiiiiiivaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!