just_another_fanatic

i saw two weapons drops... if BD gets 10s in the CG caption, i'm going to be ######

if BD gets 10s in visual again, i'm going to be ######.

the tempo is much faster

#### were cavies clean tonight. i don't think phantom will catch them, but i pray i'm wrong. with crown at 96.7, i wonder how high the top scorer will be....

the trumpet solo ALWAYS screws up on that one note!!

we've got a winner... WE'VE GOT A WINNER!

WHOA, did anyone see that guard chick right before the ballad??

Uhhhh... SCV's bread and butter is the GE visual caption.

SCV widens the lead over Bloo.

argh, the echo.

wait, what???? There is talk about the BOTTLE DANCE COMING OUT??

First time I've been impressed with their closer; they really sold their show tonight. GO SCV!

Blue Stars over Blue Knights?? YES!!!

music was performed well; but Bloo is still dirty visually. We'll see what SCV brings tonight.

coat's pit is too loud!

scv's percussion cleaned it up these past couple weeks; i remember them trailing the leader at SA by nearly an entire point.

Does the OP's remembrance of the past hold true for all corps? That is, were the kids more talented, the shows more creative, more demanding, ACROSS THE BOARD, not just the cream of the crop? The OP references shows like BD 1994, Star 93,91 as proof that Old-school shows were superior to contemporary shows. To use those shows as comparison is unfair and invalid. The OP makes it seems that corps like those mentioned were the norm, which they clearly weren't. BD 94, Star 93/91 were special, truly classic, for-the-ages shows; we'd be hard-pressed to find worthy comparisons to these shows from ANY ERA, let alone the last 5 years. It would be only fair to compare these shows to other classics: SCV 81, Cadets 83, SCV/Cadets 87, SCV/PR 89, Cadets 93, PR 96, SCV 99, Cavies 00, Cavies 02, Crown 07 (sorry, I'm not too hot on pre-80s shows). My point is that you can only compare classic shows with other classic shows. A good measure to see if the activity is going in the wrong or right direction is to compare the middle corps of today with the middle corps of the past... not the top 7 but those below it. I'd venture off to say that, in recent years, our 8th to 17th placing corps are at their strongest, most competitive they've ever been. All these corps produce more demanding and creative shows, and the kids are more talented than in the past. Looking at it like this, I say our activity is not just healthy, but lively and growing.

yeah.. I agree with the sentiment here: SCV still extremely dirty-- straight lines were rare-- lots of brass problems tonight... but the worst of it.. IT LACKED ENERGY. SCV was dead tonight... I will not be surprised if BK or Crusaders can close the gap tonight. Boost the morale people, you're SCV for pete's sake!

Schwantner and Glass are hacks compared to Mahler!! I didn't care for PR 06; definitely digging PR 08 though.

PR winning GE Music and sweeping the music caption is so impressive! Wow...... SCV a full point from 6th place in drums???

things are a lot closer now than they were in 05. i don't think anyone in the top 7 is having an "off" year... heck the top 16 is really competitive this year.

whoa phantom! poor scv... and crown is awfully close to PR and Cavies.. if there's a BD, PR, Crown top 3 tomorrow night, i'll be ecstatic!

This is true. Did Gino leave or was he asked to leave??

I hate to see SCV in 7th, but it's tough competition out there. A fine night for us drum corps fans. This season got a whole lot more interesting!

77.275 Crossmen 79.950 Glassmen 80.675 Blue Stars 82.450 Boston Crusaders 82.700 Blue Knights 86.425 Santa Clara Vanguard 86.650 Bluecoats 88.725 Cadets 89.775 Phantom Regiment 90.025 Carolina Crown 90.975 Cavaliers 92.375 Blue Devils