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Crown has such an amazing horn line. It's way past time to get someone with color coordination and good taste in uniforms. The past years have been pretty bad, but these . . . Who knows? Wouldn't it be incredible if they look amazing on the field?

BD 86.2 is ahead of the pack now

Ooops I think you are wrong - BD just got an 86.2 on July 3 - highest score of the season. I guess the judges do like it. Hmm. . . interesting. I guess you are wrong.

The red accent on the uniform is going to look really cool with the red tambourines they are using. I can't wait to see what the guard is wearing. Looks like there may be costume changes again this year, but I am guessing it is only the guard that changes, but who knows. Haven't seen it yet. The music is AWESOME though.

OH! Good point - I think you are right. I just hope the corps members do not feel badly.

No DCI corps earns booing either. Just sit quietly if you do not feel like applauding, but booing is rude and shows poor spirit. If this is the first time you heard about the riots - I hope you are joking here - if not, please just google the history.

Listen to the Fan Network recording of the Score Announcements and you will very clearly hear booing. How sad.

Please stop booing = Please cheer for everyone! When Crown was announced 2nd - everyone around me started booing and that made me feel very sad. I LOVED Crown's show and thought it was really well done, but all the young people in DCI work really hard and do not deserve to be booed. I'm a big Blue Devils fan, so it was really upsetting to me to hear the crowd react that way. Being in Drum Corps is very difficult work and we should cheer for everyone, even if we have favorites. Btw - SANTA CLARA = AMAZING show!!! I was so happy that they have such a great show this year. It reminded me of their glory days long ago when they were at the top of their game. I hope they do well also. Remember that people rioted after the Premier of the Rite of Spring, so that is kind of what the audience did tonight. History is repeating. GO BD - AMAZING & CREATIVE & WONDERFUL show!!!

Blue Devils have an amazing show this year. I really love the music, the colorful uniforms, and the show concept. If you haven't heard about Da Da - please read the description at this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dada You will be amazed at how the show designers were able to express the revolution of art through this BD show. The music is amazing to hear live. I know they have already won 14 times, but this show is incredible

I have to agree with you as tonight we really saw the total package come together with the AMAZING MUSIC and the uniforms and the guard package. Really fantastic ideas. I loved the Jazz & how exciting the music was tonight.

It sounded much better tonight than on the recording. I think already they have improved it. The covered up parts were not there anymore and it was much cleaner. But you are right they will change it over the season - just think of how the 1930 show changed. Most of all the MUSIC PLAY GREAT - it is so jazzy and sounds so great and the big loud endings and enthusiasm from the corps really comes through on the field. It is very exciting.

I saw the show tonight & the flash of color & sequins on the all the uniforms is AMAZING. Just standing still the photos may not look so great, but when the corps & guard are dancing & turning and moving across the field the uniforms are INCREDIBLE!!! The horses arrive and then the corps very cleverly puts on their newly designed uniform jackets with silver sequins and their hats. They look amazing and it happens without notice until all of a sudden you notice that the corps has on a different uniform. BEST OF ALL = THE MUSIC is really AWESOME!!! When you hear the enthusiasm of the corps and JAZZ is incredible. I can't wait to hear the Rhapsody in Blue Finale - it is not in the show yet. I took pictures but my iPhone takes terrible pictures, so i can't post them.

Anyone going to the movie theater this Monday? I decided not to go this year because the quality was so bad last year. The colors of the uniforms were wrong. When I saw it the Troopers were dressed in hot pink - I was shocked that they had changed their uniform color (but they really hadn't changed it - the color was just wrong). The cavaliers were in red & the Blue Devils were in Green and the Bluecoats were in green too. Then to top it off - we lost the sound for a big chunk of it and they tried to rewind it (while we had to watch it run backward) to show us again, but still no sound for about 30 minutes. Plus the shows were in the beginning stages and did not come off on the screen so well. Plus I'm a Blue Devils fan and they aren't in it. I was surprised they were showing it out here around Concord in Blue Devils' territory - I doubt they'll make much money on it. Does anyone else have an opinion about this? Two years ago - the prelims were amazing to see on the screen as the quality was top notch. Not sure what happened last year.

Everyone has missed a very key fact about the Blue Devils recording they released: It is short on minutes & their repertoire lists: "Rhapsody in Blue" by George Gershwin as the finale - I expect an amazing ending using this piece!!

No - it is actually much more creative than that - a little surprising actually

Wait till you see the field show. It is really innovative and the new props that move about the field are pretty incredible although I am not quite sure what everything is - I guess we'll see as the season goes along. I saw an earlier post that said there were no props, but that is the innovative part about these = they are very subtle and you don't see them at first and then all of a sudden they appear. Of course that could change as the season goes along - who knows. The work with hoolahoops that the guard does is really fascinating and creative. At first they just fly all over the field and it looks really random and then you see the organization of it all and how amazing the work is. Pretty fascinating stuff.

I just saw Blue Devils run through their show tonight and all I can say is WOW = innovation, something never seen or heard before and creativity that sets the DCI standard. Looking like here comes #15!!!! Go BD

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? The guard is what makes this activity so beautiful and amazing!GUARD Cadets & SCV look really good this year & Phantom. Blue Devils are slow to jell this year. I think their show is still developing and has so many difficult elements. Cavies on stilts? Don't think so

We are being blown away on the West Coast by some amazing performances, so here are my perdictions: Cadets Blue Devils Phantom Reg SCV Cavies Crown Madison Scouts Blue Coats Blue Stars Blue Knights Boston Crusaders Academy

WAIT - Please hold off criticism of BD's new uniforms until you see the show on the field. They make sense there and they look amazing and classy with this particular show. I'll bet you'll change your mind once you see it.

I just saw the BD Family Day performance and those uniforms look really classy on the field. I can see how you would not like them up close in that picture, but on the field - they look amazing. The guard uniform is sheer genius this year as they are black in front with one white leg - some white legs are stripped with black and then they are two tone on the back with dark red bottoms & sparkly yellow gold tops. These four colors flash in & out during the show and it is gorgeous!!

I was at BD Family Night and it was amazing - the Hornline & percussion were out of this world. The music is incredible and especially what they do with those familiar tunes. The visuals are indicators that BD will go undefeated this year. The guard uniforms are really classy & yet very colorful. The bright flashes of color that appear suddenly on the field against the 12 foot white pillars are really amazing. This show has a lot of surprises and I am sure they are just getting started. I can't wait to see this show again and I can't wait to see how it grows over the season!! BD is going to be loved by audiences this year!!

1.Blue Devils (This is after seeing their Family Night show - AMAZING - definitely undefeated this year) 2. Bluecoats 3. Cavaliers 4.Carolina Crown 5. SCV 6. Cadets 7. Phantom 8. Blue Stars 9. Boston 10. Blue Knights 11. Troopers 12. Scouts