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Crown says, “hold my beer.”

All the shows seem to be on YouTube right now. I am sure they will not stay up there long.

In 1975 everything was pretty literal.

I am admittedly a Blue Stars homer but I can be critical when necessary. The corps continues to improve design-wise year over year. Tonight's show was hands down the best Blue Stars production I have seen. Last year the percussion seemed invisible the first few weeks of the season, tonight they were featured and were very good. Traditionally the guard is messy early, understandable considering the work they do, tonight they looked like they were in mid-July form. The brass improves every year. But the biggest thing for me was the flow of the show and the look on the field. It was superb. The colors were excellent, the transitions all worked, and I never found my attention wandering, which in previous years it has. This is going to be a very special year for the Blue Stars. They clearly want to move into the top five and I think they have a good shot to do so. No other show on the field tonight has the growth potential that the Blue Stars show does. This is a show written to be added to and to peak on August 12. I am happy for them.

Stars did have a marijuana leaf form in their 1975 drill thanks to Bobby Hoffman.

Blue Stars are fielding a big corps show this year. This is a very well designed show that will score great come August. They look and sound better than they ever have in June. Really good in all captions.

Phantom is great. I love everything about that show. Now let’s see if the Stars can respond.

If they cancel for air quality reasons this is just as much for the fans as the corps. If it is canceled I am sure everyone hits the road home or to the next show site.

My app says to move on to Muncie where air quality should be fine by Friday.

The air quality in Rockford, MI is better than in Detroit and is expected to improve throughout the day. However, how much it improves is a crap shoot, so the show might be canceled. Has DCI ever had an air quality cancelation?

I will keep them in 10th right now. 🙂

Troopers like finals so much that they decided to do it again in 2023. This show will be a crowd favorite. I love the wind spinner.

Scores from this show on June 28 last year: 1) Bluecoats 71.7 2) Boston 69.45 3) Cavaliers 67.60 4) Phantom Regiment 65.75 5) Blue Stars 65.15 6) Crossmen 63.35 I doubt any corps scores a 70 tomorrow night, but it will be interesting to see if Blue Stars and Phantom get a bump. I would not be surprised if we see a grouping of corps in the 67-68 point range. I also will not be surprised if the finishing order matches how they placed in relation to each other at finals last year.

Thanks, Brian. Of course, since we once marched together, I know you are a first-class homer. 🙂 I look forward to seeing them in Indy again. Last summer the percussion caption was not a strength, especially early in the season. I somewhat blamed that on the staging. Has there been a step up in that area?

I agree. I don’t think an anniversary year motivates the corps to put on a better show. It might bring more alumni and fans to Indianapolis and crowd reaction can take a performance up a notch.

Has anyone posting here viewed a full run through? If so, what are your thoughts?

1) BAC 2) Bluecoats 3) Devils 4) Crown 5) Stars 6) Cavies 7) Cadets 8 ) Phantom 9) Mandarins 10) Troopers 11) Blue Knights 12) Colts

When is the new ending going to be added? 😀

Nice sounding brass. Wow. They have really upped their game the last two years.

Blue Stars have been in the top five three times in their history, but I know what you mean, modern times.

19 mellophones and 26 trumpets as well.

“After the first glass of absinthe you see things as you wish they were. After the second you see them as they are not. Finally you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world.” ~ Oscar Wilde

I like the Moby Dick metaphor, chasing a championship and all. I hope it ends better for Boston than it did for Ahab and his crew.

My wife and I were in London this past week and got to the procession route at 5:30 AM Saturday morning. The band on horseback sounded good, but maybe 60% were actually playing at any one time. I saw one tuba player with a skittish horse who never made an effort to put lips to mouthpiece. I agree with previous posters who said the British know pomp and circumstance. We attended the sung Eucharist at St. Paul’s Sunday morning and they closed the service with the organ playing Crown Imperial. Memories of my drum corps years in the 70s came rushing back.