THeShadeOfNight

Have you seen the Blue Devils this year? You might change your mind on this one.

You mean another season where they win Brass in Quarters and come into finals week in fourth place, and "magically" drop down in Brass score without any reason or rhyme as to why on the judge's tape? And they justified the placement by stating the performance as "flat" from the brass on the ESPN showing? Yeah I hope it's not another 2007.

No negativity in this post, but I find it funny you're making a pro-corps thread when your username is NEUTRALvoice. Not hating, just thought that was funny.

To answer the main question: This is the first time in as long as I can remember where the ENTIRE staff has been retained from one year to the next (in terms of caption heads). The drill writer was given more than two days notice this year (unlike last year), the brass staff is amazing (as always), the drum staff is working wonders, and the GUARD. The guard has quite stepped up their game this year. A pretty even split between vets and rookies, but they're all rocking their work and will continue to "get it". That being said, the kids are loving this momentum, so I don't think the spirit will be on shortage anytime soon. tl;dr - Expect big things.

I see what you did there. But really though, Devils show: Not impressive (just my opinion) These past few years it seems that they keep coming out with weird shows that aren't easily fan-accessible. Sorry, I've always been a "for the fans" guy, which goes against their "for the numbers" approach.

As can be said for any corps.

Noticed some holes in their show from Normal. Are they still looking for that Lead Bari spot?

I actually saw them on unnamed websites. I found that if you were to click the soccer ball at the bottom of the video, you could hear the hornline playing as well

1. Blue Devils 2. Bluecoats 3. Carolina Crown 4. Cadets 5. Blue Stars 6. Phantom Regiment 7. Santa Clara Vanguard 8. Cavaliers 9. Madison Scouts 10. Boston Crusaders 11. Glassmen 12. Crossmen

http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/forums/inde...t=0&start=0 Oh hi there, existing thread :)

I know, I know. "It's only one show/It's early season/The other corps could have been having an off night/blah blah blah..." but you have to give credit where credit is due. Tonight, winning the show and scoring within mere points of the top spot is a big deal for the corps. This corps is working hard, has a great staff, great leadership, and will continue to own this very powerful show. BLOO!!!!

Well good, because I'm not bent out of shape over Drum Corps at ALL. I just got a kick out of the fact that these corps work so feverishly to get the shows out to us, when it would have been so much easier for both them and us to have simply waited until August when they had clarity in the shows... then played it on the field, given that it is a show "nite" when we've all pretty much agreed the Corps and Fans are absolutely meaningless.

I KNOW RIGHT? I hated that when I went there, back when.

WAH! A PERSON WAS WRONG ON DCP! I AM ENRAGED THAT SOMEONE COULD EVER BE WRONG OR PUT ONTO THEIR PHONES THE NUMBERS SAID OVER THE LOUDSPEAKER, VERBATIM. WAH!

If you are commenting on the Blue/Phantom account you are quite wrong. It may be possible that a certain corps, oh I don't know, outperformed the other?

Amen. Now, for the numbers to prove it...

Thisssssssssssss

I have seen and heard things about this show that blow my mind. The design is spot on, since they've had a drill designer that STAYS with them. The color guard looks great, the brass and drums are as rockin' as ever and I have no doubt they will turn some heads. Feel free to share thoughts/comments/pictures/stories about how they melted your face with their sound.