charlie1223

I think a score of 99.65 is refreshing! It makes 100 feel that much more possible and can't wait till a corps can muster the talent and design to achieve it! Congrats BD. You've set the bar higher for execution, precision, and effect. I can only expect bigger and better things from DCI next year!!

I don't think young kids/future MMs think the Cadets are "cool" with their past 3 showings and that's probably something to worry about.

Judges don't mind abstractness. We know this to be true with past BD shows. The problem is that when designers want to introduce a narrative and they try to do it an abstract way the judges play dumb. Suddenly they think the corps' intentions are not clear enough and it makes you wonder why the corps even decided to have a narrative in the first place. With Crown, I think they were trying to justify their poor design and music/visual motivation with an on-the-nose narrative line to help reel the judges in. Cadets are playing to the judges sensibilities with a literal narrative (as opposed to an abstract narrative) and Phantom is struggling GE wise because they are too abstract in their narrative intentions (according to the judges). Bloocoats don't have a narrative but they have a strict concept that is very on-the-nose and GE wise that can be presented to the judges as a lack variety. The same issue the cadets had with their "Side by Side" concept last year. BD rightly stays away from pure concept or pure narrative and the intentions of the corps can be less scrutinized by the judges giving them more punch, variety and clarity in the GE caption. After all, a corps gives the judges what they want to be judged on.

That was BD's prelims score not semis.

I agree, for some reason they are the softest pit of the night... Not sure its because of where they are placed??

The Camera Guy got into it!!!! He tilted!!! LOL!

A show about mortality followed by a show about immortality!!

Why doesn't DCP doesn't like Phantom this year?....... They have a great program!

He was a very animated performer and I didn't really MIND the narration through out but the one part that was just bad was the part where he goes... "Beware of the Shadows... B - B - B - Beware! - B - Beware! - SHADOWS! - SHA - SHA - SHA - SHA -SHADOWS! beware of the shadows - Beware Of The Shadows - BEWARE OF THE SHADOWS!!!!" That part was cringe worthy.

"you had 90 rookies in the corps!? Man that must have sucked!"

Cadets dig. nice.

I am usually the one to defend the idea that corps do not all do a "chop and bob" style of arrangements. But I will say that Spirit this year is the epitome of the "Chop and Bob" with the phrases constantly only lasting 2-4 bars before being interrupted or changed.

not in WGI!

so you are absolute in your subjective refusal that subjectivity is not absolute. :)

At scores over 99 they have to input the score into a reciprocal function to avoid the calamity that would ensue if a DCI corps ever got 100.

SCV percussion will not let that happen lol

No, just possibly score higher. What's better is your own opinion.

99.149

Bloocoats score just got tilted a bit is all

This is the world of consistent performances by the best drum corps in the world.

Yeah, don't EVER speak in absolutes!!!!! :P

Blue Devils have an amazingly designed show! The music and visual coordination is impeccable! LOVE IT!

I can only feel delighted by such an honor!

that ipod has a touch wheel so he isn't one to sigh...