3PoC

Drumline sounds crispy playing this wonderful book from Tom Rarick (my favorite current battery arranger). One of my favorite visuals they do is the iconic Ringo goofy grin head bob as part of the opening drum solo (@:28 in this clip). They are really getting into some details with this show. I've found numerous little bits like this as I've watched some of the show clips. The Bluecoats is an amazing production!

I'm thinking the use of the female voice is a call back to Session 44.

The Bluecoatsest of all Bluecoats. It's a bold statement and I think that the designers know exactly what they are trying to do here. It's not really a "Beatles show" after all. Like the title says it's really a show about The Bluecoats that uses the well known history. repertoire, and vibe of The Beatles to make a compelling analogy about the Bluecoats' impact on the marching world. So many great ideas and moments from Bluecoats history are woven together in this show to remind fans of the marching arts that their stylistic, visual, and sonic innovations and bold explorations of new frontiers while maintaining audience appeal and accessibility to fans, like the Beatles in their time, have changed the game forever. Wherever this show winds up on the sheets, I'm sure a great many fans will come together over this production!

Before the 1st downbeat, here's my best guess for DCI 19: 1 Bluecoats 2 Blue Devils 3 Vanguard 4 Crusaders 5 Crown 6 Cavaliers 7 Cadets 8 Blue Stars 9 Blue Knights 10 Phantom Regiment 11 Crossmen 12 Spirit 13 Mandarins 14 Scouts 15 Colts 16 Academy 17 Troopers ... I actually think the season could turn out much wilder than this prediction would make it seem.

DCI Tour Premiere  Corps Score 1 Bluecoats 71.5 2 Boston Crusaders 69.2 3 Carolina Crown 69.0 4 The Cadets 66.7 5 Blue Stars 64.7 6 Phantom Regiment 63.8 MidCal Champions Showcase Corps Score 1 Santa Clara Vanguard 71.2 2 Blue Devils 70.7 3 The Cavaliers 67.4 4 Mandarins 64 5 The Academy 60.5 6 Troopers 57.8 Innovations in Brass: North Canton Corps Score 1 Bluecoats 72.6 2 Boston Crusaders 70.1 3 The Cadets 67.4 4 Phantom Regiment 64.3 Drums On Parade Corps Score 1 Carolina Crown 70.6 2 Blue Stars 65.5 3 Crossmen 63.4 4 Madison Scouts 60 5 Colts 59.7 DCI West Corps Score 1 Santa Clara Vanguard 73.4 2 Blue Devils 73.1 3 The Cavaliers 69.5 4 Mandarins 65.8 5 The Academy 62.5 6 Troopers 59.2 DCI Crossroads Corps Score 1 Carolina Crown 71.4 2 The Cadets 68.6 3 Blue Stars 66.2 4 Crossmen 64.4 5 Madison Scouts 61.4 6 Colts 61.1 Moonlight Classic Corps Score 1 Blue Devils 74.3 2 Santa Clara Vanguard 74.1 3 The Cavaliers 70 4 Mandarins 65.8 5 The Academy 62.9 6 Troopers 60.1

Sunday, July 29 NightBEAT Corps Score 1 Santa Clara Vanguard 94.15 2 Bluecoats 93.35 3 Blue Devils 93.20 4 Carolina Crown 92.10 5 Boston Crusaders 90.55 6 The Cavaliers 90.40 7 The Cadets 88.00 8 Phantom Regiment 85.40

Wasn't able to participate yesterday due to travel and an all day rehearsal - playing a big show tonight in Nashville! I'll try to jump back in later this week. Carry on!

Monday, July 23 DCI Mesquite Corps Score Bluecoats 1 Santa Clara Vanguard 92.9 Santa Clara Vanguard 2 Bluecoats 91.6 Blue Devils 3 Blue Devils 91.4 The Cavaliers 4 Carolina Crown 90.7 Carolina Crown 5 Cavaliers 89.2 Phantom Regiment 6 Phantom Regiment 84.3 Spirit of Atlanta 7 The Academy 80.5 The Academy 8 Spirit of Atlanta 78.8 Troopers 9 Troopers 76.6 Genesis 10 Genesis 68.5 Seattle Cascades 11 Seattle Cascades 65.8

Sorry for being late. I've had a power outage for the last 20 or so hours. As of this minute, only Pio and Surf have played - subtract those if you like but I've seen/heard nothing that has influenced my numbers. Thanks! Saturday, July 21 ☆ DCI Southwestern Championship ☆ Corps Score 1 Santa Clara Vanguard 91.3 2 Bluecoats 90.5 3 Blue Devils 90.25 4 Carolina Crown 88.9 5 Boston Crusaders 88.95 6 The Cavaliers 88.5 7 The Cadets 84.3 8 Blue Knights 84.0 9 Phantom Regiment 83.6 10 Blue Stars 82.9 11 Mandarins 82.2 12 Crossmen 81.4 13 The Academy 79.5 14 Spirit of Atlanta 79.0 15 Madison Scouts 78.1 16 Colts 76.5 17 Troopers 75.8 18 Pacific Crest 70.2 19 Music City 69.7 20 Oregon Crusaders 68.3 21 Genesis 67.2 22 Jersey Surf 65.6 23 Seattle Cascades 64.5 24 Pioneer 59.75

Tour of Champions - Texas Corps Score Carolina Crown 1 Santa Clara Vanguard 91.1 Santa Clara Vanguard 2 Bluecoats 90.4 Blue Devils 3 Blue Devils 90.2 Bluecoats 4 Carolina Crown 89.0 The Cavaliers 5 The Cavaliers 88.5 Blue Knights 6 The Cadets 86.2 Phantom Regiment 7 Blue Knights 84.2 The Cadets 8 Phantom Regiment 83.85 Crossmen 9 Crossmen 82.3

Scratched for no scores tonight!

Tuesday, July 17 Tour of Champions - Oklahoma  Corps Score 1 Bluecoats 88.8 2 Santa Clara Vanguard 88.7 3 Blue Devils 88.5 4 The Cavaliers 86.5 5 Boston Crusaders 86.1 6 Phantom Regiment 82.3 7 Blue Knights 81.4

 Monday, July 16  Drums Across Kansas Corps Score 1 Santa Clara Vanguard 87.8 2 The Cadets 82.6 3 Blue Knights 80.7 4 The Academy 78.3 5 Spirit of Atlanta 77.5 6 Madison Scouts 75.8 7 Troopers 75.4 8 Genesis 66.3 9 Seattle Cascades 63.1 Music on the Move  Corps Score 1 Carolina Crown 86.2 2 Cadets 82.8 3 Phantom Regiment 81.0 4 Music City 67.4 5 Jersey Surf 64.2 6 Pioneer 57.8 Brass Impact Corps Score 1 Bluecoats 87.8 2 Boston Crusaders 86.1 3 Blue Stars 80.9 4 Mandarins 80.2 5 Colts 75.75 6 Pacific Crest 71.2  7 Oregon Crusaders 67.7

 Sunday, July 15 ✶ DCI Midwestern Championship ✶ Corps Score Blue Devils 1 Bluecoats 87..0 Carolina Crown 2 Blue Devils 86.8 Bluecoats 3 Carolina Crown 85.6 Boston Crusaders 4 Boston Crusaders 85.4 The Cavaliers 5 The Cavaliers 85.25 Phantom Regiment 6 The Cadets 82.3 The Cadets 7 Phantom Regiment 79.9 Blue Stars 8 Blue Stars 79.7 Madison Scouts 9 Mandarins 79.5 Crossmen 10 Crossmen 78.6 Mandarins 11 Madison Scouts 77.2 Colts 12 Spirit of Atlanta 76.9 Spirit of Atlanta 13 Colts 76.4 Genesis 14 Genesis 69.7 Jersey Surf 15 Music City 67.0 Pioneer 16 Jersey Surf 65.1 Music City 17 Pioneer 62.7

Saturday, July 14 Drums Along the Rockies Corps Score 1 Santa Clara Vanguard 87.9 2 Blue Knights 80.3 3 The Academy 78.0 4 Troopers 74.4 5 Pacific Crest 69.35 6 Oregon Crusaders 67.4 7 Seattle Cascades 63.3 DCI Northern Kentucky Corps Score 1 Bluecoats 87.4 2 Carolina Crown 85.5 3 Spirit of Atlanta 78.0 4 Music City 67.4 5 Jersey Surf 63.7 Tour of Champions - Northern Illinois Corps Score 1 Blue Devils 86.8 2 The Cavaliers 85.4 3 Phantom Regiment 80.5 4 Blue Stars 80.1 5 Crossmen 79.2 6 Colts 76.8 7 Madison Scouts 75.9 8 Pioneer 57.7

Friday, July 13 Drums Along the Rockies - Casper Edition Corps Score 1 Troopers 75.0 2 Pacific Crest 68.8 3 Oregon Crusaders 67.6 4 Seattle Cascades 64.0 Music on the March Corps Score 1 Cavaliers 84.75 2 Blue Stars 79.8 3 Mandarins 79.7 4 Crossmen 78.5 5 Colts 75.7 6 Pioneer 56.3

A fun little snare/ guard tap dance segment was also added in there after the mello soli.

Thursday, July 12 Drums Along the Smokies Corps Score 1 Bluecoats 85.3 2 Boston Crusaders 83.8 3 The Cadets 79.85 4 Spirit of Atlanta 74.7 5 Music City 65.1 6 Jersey Surf 62.3

Wednesday, July 11 DCI Crossroads Corps Score Blue Devils 1 Blue Devils 85 Cavaliers 2 Cavaliers 83.3 Phantom Regiment 3 Phantom Regiment 78.8 Madison Scouts 4 Madison Scouts 75.2 Corps Encore Corps Score Santa Clara Vanguard 1 Santa Clara Vanguard 85.2 Blue Knights 2 Blue Knights 79.1 Academy 3 Academy 76.5 Pacific Crest 4 Troopers 73 Troopers 5 Oregon Crusaders 68.2 Seattle Cascades 6 Pacific Crest 68.1 Oregon Crusaders 7 Seattle Cascades 63.6 Celebrations In Brass Corps Score Blue Stars 1 Mandarins 79 Mandarins 2 Blue Stars 78.5 Crossmen 3 Crossmen 78.4 Colts 4 Colts 74.5 Genesis 5 Genesis 67.85

Patrick: My entry for yesterday was formatted incompletely - I put my scores for each group but forgot to reorder them in the table. The scores are for the group to the left of number and should have been put in score order (sorry about the confusion, I'm doing this during my short lunch break yesterday and today). Tuesday, July 10 DCI Morningside Corps Score Blue Stars 1 Blue Stars 77.5 Mandarins 2 Mandarins 76.7 Colts 3 Colts 74.6 Genesis 4 Genesis 66.4 Drums Across America - Valdosta Corps Score Carolina Crown 1 Carolina Crown 83.5 The Cadets 2 The Cadets 79.9 Spirit of Atlanta 3 Spirit of Atlanta 73.25 Jersey Surf 4 Music City 64.6 Music City 5 Jersey Surf 57.9

Percussion book is very dynamic, and nuanced and definitely not as ostentatious as the lines in their tier. No ninja slams or ram and stomps as it wouldn't be musical in a jazz show. They're more like cool cats than viscous beasts. They'll need to really polish the clarity of musical intent to get those numbers where they'd like but the caption scores are still volatile and Bloo has topped both BAC and Cadets in perc (beat both last Monday) more than once. They may be quite the long shot for a Sanford, but I don't think they'll be a drag on the overall corps placement. I do hope there is some juicy perc bits included in the stuff they'll add in when they get to Little Rock!