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    Who do you think has had the best hornline in the last 5 seasons?

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    BD easily had the best hornlines in the last 5 seasons. I must say the horn switch this year had definitely made improvements. I just think their books are harder, their balance is always perfect, intonation has been great with the exception of the end of their show in 08. But overall I believe their brass hands down is the best.

    Phantom had a great hornline in 08, but other than that I don't think I could rank them the best in the last 5 seasons.

    Cav's, I personally don't like their bright sound all that much. They have many beautiful moments that fit that sound, but not my cup of tea personally.

    Crown has made huge strides in the last 5 seasons. Last year's brass was much better than this year.

    Cadets, always have a great horn sound, I just don't like their arrangements that much to enjoy it.

    Until the switch to the new horns this year BD's hornlines in my opinion had the brightest sound. Very bright and high end oriented. I've even see people post that on here in other threads. To me they had the "brightest horn sound" much brighter than Cavaliers. Cavaliers just haven't brought the power in some of the last few seasons (Mezzo Forte at the loudest in some shows). Crown and Phantom tie for my Favorite hornlines in the last 5 seasons. Very Entertaining and I walk away humming their stuff the most.

    Asphalt Cocktail - Short Memories?

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    If I had a thought that I would remotely change your mind...I would PM you.

    On the other hand there are still DCP members that are able to decide without an agenda.

    FACT FACT FACT !!!! I Love BD. Didn't like all of the show this year. Didn't hate it either. DID NOT CHANGE MY OPINION OF BD ONE BIT!! Still love BD. Excellence rules. BD could have played ASPHALT COCKTAIL if they wanted to. Corps do it all the time when other corps play the same schtuff. Maybe they'll play it in the future. Who knows. Would it have changed my mind about the show? Again, who knows.

    The 150 member increase.

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    Sigh! Yes, I know. If you read my whole post, you would have seen where I mentioned the "bus seat" reason. Then I said in the very next sentence that I did not intend for this to be another tired old discussion about why we changed the number max. This discussion is meant to be about the success of the change (or lack there of)

    Yeah People don't stick with what the OP intended hardly ever on this forum <sigh> Sorry. But I will.

    I think it has been succesfull. I love the large hornlines. Marching holes is an age old problem. I don't think the

    corps size increase changed this. I always heard discussion of holes even when the rules were 128 members.

    34th season of following drum corps here.

    Who do you think will be the first corps to dispense

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    We've all heard it by now............nearly every top 12 corps with tuba lines numbering 10 to 20 members has someone on a synth on the front sideline pushing a single key and overpowering them.

    Since these synth abilities exist, how long before a corps decides that the extra 10/20 spots are best given to the sop/pit/guard/bari/alto lines since a guy on the front sideline with an electronic toy can completely invalidate their on field contribution with the stroke of a finger?

    As a contra player, I HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE when corps double their bass line with a synth. Makes me wonder, why the F even have a conventional bass line to begin with at all?

    This, when alot of Corps have been EXPANDING there CONTRA Lines LOL :innocent: Some to 20 "Tubas" No worries.

    The problem with the past two Cadets shows...

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    它是否是我或军校学生展示过去二年是有些反军校学生，并且一个人将称什么“保险柜”根据困难？ 这什么我获取，是他们有趣的，并且是他们是困难的，但是创新和推挤成员对他们最大他们真正地不是。 这什么我意味，过去二年他们在您的面孔未安排那狂热更加紧密说2008年， 2007等。 我意味那里更加紧密没有似乎更加接近您典型的军校学生位短小？ 它曾经是展示是很困难的它几乎是硬币的轻碰，如果它甚而是遥远地干净的在夜的决赛(1989年， 1991年， 1996)浮现在脑海，当所有那些有点儿肮脏的，但是您象“哇的毛毡这些是的这样困难的表示，您赞赏了他们什么的他们是” 我意味他们总是有趣的，并且我喜欢除了可能1994年和2004年的每个Hopkins他们曾经是钻子和鼓线人们被支付看的展示，但是人。 Hopkins丢失了他的竞争和创新火？ 他为娱乐价值安定首要？ 2007年可能低贱，但是，但是我认为非常困难，我会是优良有他们在2007年赢取的地狱。 我不打击军校学生，但是象骑士2005年和2007年，您被欺骗的毛毡。 军校学生，做我厚待，给我在您的面孔展示的a象1998年，简单在理论上，但是，因此它不也许艰苦是干净的在8月，象1998年，它是并且是给我其中一个最佳的军校学生展示。

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    FTW!!!

    talent vs vehicle

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    While you're certainly entitled to your opinion, I must disagree. Let me first say that I'm a Cadets homer and have no dog in this hunt. The fact of the matter is that BD had an amazing amount of vovabulary. I was set to believe what we all tend to believe every year which is that BD still does what they did in the 80's with an easy but clean program. That is simply not the case. I saw that show this year from just about every vantage point, and I'm still blown away by not only how difficult it was but also by how amazing their technique was doing it. It was extraoordinary. Frankly, I don't agree with the hypothesis of this thread. No one else demonstrated the thechnique to get this show done at the level of BD. The cleanest corps won. That said, being an admitted Cadets homer, it does not make me happy to admit that> :sad:

    Yeah I have to agree. As much as I was not blown away by this years BD offering It was a VERY difficult show. I must admit BD rolls out drill as hard as anybodys.

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