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How did Troop do? I hope they pop a big score tonight!

At the Cavaliers, we respect our drill writer and actually march the dots he has provided us to perfect. Each year I marched, I believe the minimal amount of sets I ever had was 211 and went as high as the 230's or 240's. The theory of writing in quotes to march in a rotating box formation is called form drill. Those pesky corps never have a consistant form from show to show! I think SCV is the latest "dot" marching corps just like the Cavaliers are and both corps need these short 4 step dots in order to create a consistent picture on the field. Otherwise you learn the dots early season for the purpose of knowing where on the field you need to be then you just kinda wing it in that general area all season. Blue Devils are a perfect example and it is no surprise that they are successful at it even with never have consistent forms. So, depending on your philosophy on marching drill I could easily estimate that most world class corps march anywhere from 150-250 sets minimal, and 150 is a very small amount of drill. It really isn't as hard as you may think. These kids go out and march ALL DAY LONG EVERY DAY!

Is there a history behind this? I love Troop but the DM walk drives me nuts! Every time I had a show with them I knew score announcements were gonna be delayed by a lot.

Ah yes, I enjoyed being apart of the corps that year, ending undefeated streaks is loads of fun! When the show was over, BD members took tin cans and started walking around our food truck area tapping their 2007 WC rings on them to taunt us I guess. We laughed it off but you gotta love good sportsmanship. Grats to BD for their incredibly long run though, I hate them more than a lot of things but I cant argue with perfection. Bravo!

1) Cavaliers 2) Madison 3) Cadets 4) Blue Coats 5) Crown 6) Blue Stars 7) Phantom 8) Troopers 9) Teal Sound 10) Pioneer

Grats to the Cavaliers on a great season. Also, grats on getting second in brass, it looks like the staff changes were effective, you guys sounded great. Even better Cavies beat Crowns so called best hornline in the history of DCI, that was the highlight of the scores IMO.

BD is not going to break 99 this year, ill be surprised if they break 98.

no they are getting a bit too much credit for that easy book, don't confuse entertainment with difficulty.

There is no way in the world Bluecoats have even a remote chance of winning, they have a very nice drum corps but nothing they are doing is innovative. Blue Devils are too good this year, believe it or not the mirrors are innovative and the music they are playing and how they play it is innovative. Crown and Cadets could maybe pop up but I doubt it. Cavaliers are the only corps that could have a shot. The crowd has loved them all season long, plus the rifle stuff and the way they use the electronics this year is really pushing the envelope.

Why does it seem like Allentown has the worst crowd of the season every year. Top 3 last night got some big crowd response at times but no going nuts for anybody. Every year I go it seems like this crowd sits on their hands.

Nope, Cavaliers had the highest score the week before at Allentown.

Nope, Cavaliers had the highest score the week before at Allentown.

Blue Devils have an ok show. The mirror effects are really pretty cool but I dont really understand whats going on especcially with the brass book this year. Also, yet again they are choosing to run to their sets instead of marching a lot of the time so judging their marching has to be tricky. I like Cadets show, its on of their more entertaining shows to me in the past few years, I think if they have a mind blowing but clean ending to tag on to this product they will be top 3 otherwise i think they will drop to 5th. Im sorry but Crowns show is boring, the big hit right when "Carolina Crown" is announced is about the only time they can force some emotion into me other than that they need to march. The body movement can be cleaned easily. The lack of drill in this show is gonna hurt them, changes wont really help eather this late in the season. Bluecoats have cool music...thats it, they will probably start peeking this week before San Antonio. Like others have said I agree Cavaliers have the most room to grow, their show isnt that dirty anymore either. IF they are able to keep their pace going and clean, clean, clean, I easily see them in the top 3 again this year.

Dear god! I dont even wanna think about how dirty that would be! That would be awesome though.

You dont like Cavaliers we get it, I laugh at your prediction though, never gonna happen.