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I noticed that too though I've never known BD to preview show music this early on. So who knows if this will actually be in the show or not. Mandarins may also be playing this piece this year. Either way, it's a beautiful piece!

If Agape is their ballad this year, there's a good chance I'll find myself in tears as well. 🥹

If memory serves, their jackets were about the same shade as most other schools that use gold. I believe Gaffney HS uses the Vegas Gold now but in years’ past they went with a shade closer to what some would consider to be yellow. LOL, you didn’t go to Byrnes or Dorman (or one of the other upstate high schools Gaffney used to routinely terrorize on the football field) did you?

Gaffney HS in South Carolina wore a black and gold version of The Cavaliers’ uniform for many years. Panther Creek HS in North Carolina wore a black and Columbia blue version. I’m sure there are plenty of others. I’m not mad about it. At least we can still see that iconic look somewhere since we’ll probably never see The Cavaliers wear the look again for an actual competitive performance.

It would be a real shame if Greater Houston doesn’t get a drum corps show this summer. Almost unfathomable. That would be letting down a whole lot of high school band kids.

You’re not wrong. Wishful thinking, I guess but not based in reality. Hell, the last time BD placed lower than 2nd was nearly two decades ago. 😳

I’m sure most posters will place Crown fourth (or lower) in the predictions thread. But I’ll be honest and say last season was significantly more enjoyable for me because I tuned all that stuff out for the most part. I can only speak for myself but obsessing over scores, placements and spreads kinda kills the fun.

If memory serves, they used University of Houston’s stadium one year recently. I wonder if that would work again this summer? OAN: It would be nice if one of the Dallas area shows were actually in Dallas but I get it. The band kids mostly live out in the suburbs.

Ok so this is random but it popped in my head today. How cool would it be to see the Crown DMs use batons this year? Some may not remember but Crown has used them in the past. You'd have to go back about two decades to find it though.

The Bluecoats respect their members’ gender identity. This is not a new practice for Bloo.

One year I’m going to make the trip up to Allentown myself. From what I’ve heard, it’s the coolest drum corps experience there is. I guess I should probably go sooner rather than later. You know, just in case…😔

It is but I can definitely empathize with you as well. Before I moved to Texas, I lived in the drum corps desert known as Florida. Before that, I lived in South Carolina where shows got rained out all the time.

You’re probably right but I would argue that the Charleston area is more deserving of a drum corps show. Larger population and there are a number of strong high school band programs in the greater Charleston area so it could serve as a recruiting tool as well.

I’m appreciative that the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is still getting three shows next summer. Even if the third show is a little slimmer than usual. I’m definitely disappointed that the Blue Devils are once again skipping the Dallas area on their Texas tour.

Yeah but it was really cool of Bloo to do their full show in the rain last year.