ULMusicMan

yeah the reason the spirit guy fell is because of a shako on the ground. As I've read, the judge even saw and did it move it. Eventually he did, but he could've got earlier and didn't.

I have a few friends that did catch Teal Sound, I will try to get in touch with them and see if they have anything they would share.

It was a great show.....a few comments to add, I also missed Teal Sound due to the parking arrangements. We had good seats though....a little over halfway up on side a 40 yard line. Southwind I agree on this one, nothing very memorable. new unis look pretty good, just such a sudden and drastic change for them. When I hear of Southwind, yellow just comes up in my head. There's no hint of yellow so it's a total departure from the previous image. That's not a bad thing but I just didn't even know who they were when I first saw them. Very nice effort, but the hornline isn't anything like I recall hearing of recent years. Although, I never really could catch them at a good vantage point since I was a marching member of Spirit the last 2 years. Troopers I liked this show as did the audience , but the only thing memorable to me was an impressive drum line. Hornline had some moments, but as said earlier they had some intonation issues. Capital Regiment I was very impressed here. Where did they come from??? Nice full sound mostly throughout the show. Very possibly a new name in top 12 in near future years. Blue Knights I liked this show a bit. Hornline pretty powerful. Overall enjoyable, but it didn't leave anything memorable with me. Seattle Cascades IMHO, they should be a little closer to BK. Others will probably disagree, but I thought there drill was more readable than BK. BKs difficulty is noticeably more also though. Hornline was pretty loud and overall pretty good, it's just to top heavy. The low end needs to put some more air through. They have the numbers from I can recall. Magic Of Orlando I totally agree with the previous review on this one. It is a very crowd-pleasing show, but is very very dirty visually and musically. There having a tough year competitively but I'm sure by now they realize it wont' make finals, so they will just do the best they can with it, and have alot of fun with it. It will probably be a crowd favorite show I'm sure pretty much everywhere. Bluecoats WOW.....very impressive.....this was the first corps of the night that I actually noticed impressive guardwork. THey have an awesome overall package. VERY ENJOYABLE......possibly a contender in top 4 in coming years. Cavaliers Another WOW!!! I have to admit even being a CAvaliers fan, I was skeptical when I heard they were doing James Bond, but after seeing this show I was floored. They really made it a "CAVALIERS" show. The hornline is amazing......THe big chords were great as always, and the releases of a good hornline are so organlike in that stadium. I can't really say enough about this show. Definitely a top contender for the title. The victory concert, we moved all the way down to be in front of them and they blew us all away. It was very very nice. Cadets Definitely the loudest of the night and with an overall good sound. I like the show but not quite as much as I like the Cavaliers. Both shows still have alot of room to grow and it will be interesting to see the results in Denver.

Why does a corps HAVE to have a certain style?? Why is it not good to be different each year? Whether the fans like it or not, education is a huge part of the MEMBERS of a drum corps also. Various musical styles are a good thing people. Second of all, they are not the (Alabama Cavaliers), THey are Spirit. Yeah so the writers are the same. What's so bad about that?????? I know people are entitled to opinions of the show, and that is perfectly fine, BUT bashing the design team and staff is really not very appropriate. So "YOU" might not care for the show, but there are MANY MANY others who really like it.