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For Bloo, with the style of music this year, expect lots of small additions like tonight's. and then of course the entire closer was already written at the beginning of the year and they haven't even rolled that out yet!
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11 minutes ago, BlooBill said:
Haven’t been to finals since it was at the University of Maryland in the late 90’s. Driving the 13 hours to get to Indianapolis this year.
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If you're only going Saturday night you could ride aboard BlooForceOne!
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Great changes with the transition into Saro tonight
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I understand the competitiveness, I'm not really about that, I'm just happy that the Bluecoats are fielding a killer show again this year!
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20 hours ago, Jim Schehr said:
It's a dream; she is dreaming until the very end of the show; when her dream becomes real and she finds herself in reality. She's made it.
I believe this is/was the intended storyline. :)
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If the brass scores start creeping up like they are look out everyone else
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3 hours ago, Jake W. said:
Ok. It took me a lot longer than the past few Bloo years (I'm usually hooked right away), but I'm finally on board with the show. There's a ton of energy and a spectacular visual package --- never doubted that at all --- just haven't been all the way on board with the music yet. Now that I've familiarized myself with the source material and realize how well their music book has been put together, I'm all in. It just took a bit of research and a few rewatches to absorb & appreciate all that's happening musically. I will say that "Session 44" doesn't initially read as musically audience-friendly as the last four years or so --- let me add a bold-print caveat of *initially*, meaning the one fresh chance an audience member has to take in the entire show for the first, and often only, time. It took a bit of digging and a few rewatches to really get into it for me ---- something I haven't been used to doing the last few years when they grab you right away and leave you humming various earworms after they've finished performing.
The opener is complex as hell, I think much more so than the last two years especially where the openers were so melodic you could pretty much hum along. But I'm embracing that change; it's tons of notes coming at you nonstop, and I appreciate the challenge they're giving themselves in the first few minutes.
Now that I've familiarized myself now with Saro, I've gotta say, Bloo's rendition of it is pretty #### magical. Again, I feel like this ballad is different than the hummable Hymn of Acxiom, Woods, Great Gig...this one is more about the chord progressions and the ethereal mood it creates as opposed to an earworm ballad. And I like that, a lot. It's a different approach for Bloo, and the mood the corps creates in Saro is just...uplifting, wistful, moving, almost mournful...seriously perfect. Almost the manifestation of what Grow Till Tall always wanted to be but never quite was.
And now that I've listened to the original Dry Cleaner From Des Moines a few times, Bloo's arrangement of it is pretty spectacular, not to mention dripping with authenticity. It goes without saying that the singer is beyond talented.
So, my early season thoughts on the show are that it's obviously gold medal worthy, and is yet another stellar, top-notch creation from the staff at Bluecoats. The music book is unquestionably a solid step up in complexity from the last few years. It doesn't get in your head right away; however, now that I've given my brain a few chances to absorb all that's going on, there's so much fantastic stuff happening. Just a deeper music book that takes a few listens to really get into. I truly appreciate the step out of the comfort zone the music designers took this year; this is a deep & challenging music book that sends the corps into new territory and should turn out to be another one for the books by the season's end.
Only thing I disagree on is SARO not being hummable. I have to warn you. After the 4th or 5th viewing, I developed a serious problem where I just can't stop humming it. It's a real problem.
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Just now, PamahoNow said:
Well, the Corps got 4 more spots this year. For whatever they wanted.
Sshhh you are ruining this guy's hypothesis
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Allentown
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Just watched Allentown performance. Bloo absolutely destroyed it. SARO is ungodly.
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Undefeated
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I think the percussion score is world class, and is getting beat by fractions of a point by a few other world class groups.
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50 minutes ago, MidWAmericanArts said:
Bluecoats- The show was outstanding. I think that their performance level is the only thing keeping them near Crown.
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22 hours ago, queenanne_1536 said:
BD is just BD (and that's a compliment). They are so #### good. Dazzling. I think them, along with Santa Clara, are just simply out-designing everyone else.
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12 hours ago, Precious Roy said:
So, after 3 nights, out of all the corps that have competed, only one is currently undefeated.
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Bluecoats 2018-LETS GO BLOO
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The biggest changes were the transition into Saro tonight. Also some minor changes in various parts of the show musically