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Just for my own personal interest, does anyone know what chorale this is? Thanks guys.

Thank you all! I'll test things out with Prelims today! Getting things hooked up to the big screen!

Hey all. I'm new to using the Fan Network, and I just wanted to double check on something. Will semi-finals be broadcast live, or will it be a similar situation to Allentown? I'm near positive that it's broadcast live, but i'd hate to get everything set up and find out that it's not. Thanks

Normally I'm a "Phan" and quite biased towards Phantom, but it's shaping to be a very new kind of year. My top four shows in order: 1.) SCV-The arrangements, the brass, the tight drumline, and the return of the "Vanguard!" yell make for a phenomenal experience. 2.) Crown- Toughest drill (very well executed), toughest music (very well executed), and and in my opinion, the best brass line this year. I just love hearing the "Common Man" played so well. 3.) Phantom- Just a beautiful show. Guard uniforms are outstanding, drill is very clean, I love a lot of the Asian influence in the music, and it ends with Nessun Dorma. 4.) Madison- Very fun to watch. Was at first very skeptical of Pictures, but they've really done something great with it. I love the return of the rotating company front at the end!

This is the first video that captures the sound that they had when I hear them live last week! So good! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AHefr1J-ZI

Although intervals are still noticeable, the drill looks very nice from higher up. Gotta love that brass! Beautiful arranging!

Wow! What an arrangement! I also have no clue what this is though.

If you ask me, it's awful intervals that are killing Vanguard right now.

Hi all. This is my first time posting in DCP. Seeing how many people are curious about Vanguard, I figured I'd at least right some brief reviews on the corps in Albuquerque the other night. Take my opinions for what they are, opinions. I'll write Academys and Vanguards tonight, and write Phantoms and Blue Knights tomorrow. -The Academy I'm sure seeing their score of 54 was quite disappointing to many of the fans who have not yet seen the show. However, don't be too discouraged. Academy is going for quite the dark fast pace show this year and should prove to be an exciting and demanding show for the corps throughout this season. Academy started off with the Stravinsky and made their impact on the fans quickly! If there is one thing they new how to do, it was their holds. They had the audience yelling and standing many times within the first movement. However, individual music performance outside of the holds was quite poor, not terribly surprising though I suppose. They did however have a Baritone soloist who was very pleasant to listen too. The drumline was very exciting throughout as well and considering that it was their first show, pretty clean. The second movement definitely was not as polished as the first movement, made apparent by the falling Contra and weak solo trumpets and individual playing in general. I must say though, they carried a confidence throughout the entire show that you don't see from all of the lower end corps. Now, for those of you wondering why they scored so low, it would be because they marched a 7 min show and played the rest in arc. I feel like they were more than likely penalized quite heavily for this. Criticism asside, I feal as if this could be the show that bumps them into finals. -Santa Clara Vanguard Being a long time "Phan" I must say, I was pulling for Vanguard when it came score time. Boy did they perform! The new staff changes have really done something for that brass line. They started with a gorgeous rendition of the ballad section of Jupiter. I've never heard a June brass line sound so clean, balanced, and polished. I feel like they do have something visually planned for this section, because it was about a minute and a half stand still. (Honestly it could stay just how it was and be just as phenomenal). They then go into a frantic Mars/Leonardo rendition and get things going. Being vanguard, individual basics where quite good throughout. The show had a number of exciting tosses as well (maybe it's due to me being a brass player, but I didn't notice any obvious drops either). The guard uniforms seemed a bit "cheap looking" in my opinion, but stood out well on the field. What hurt Vanguard throughout the evening was intervals in the drill, particularly in the Contras. It was blatantly obvious at times. Yet, you could tell they've worked on many of the difficult drill moves, and therefore the more demanding sets were much cleaner. After the first section, they really showed off their talent and control in the Blue Hour. Wow, how beautiful! That will be one of THE moments come finals! Mellophones really stuck out as impressive to me, particularly in the ballads. Very nice. Percussion throughout was as you'd expect from a Rennick line. Clean, crisp, and well blended. After the ballad, the lead Baritones performed a very demanding feature and executed it near flawlessy. The rest of the corps then followed with the main mars impact with a fantastic unison rifle toss. They then go into a very Cavaliers like drill cross-over pattern which was quite clean considering it being so early. To close things off, they mixed through various parts of their pieces in a well arranged closer and finish off strong. What an applause they received afterwards! I must say, although it's still early and the drill is dirty, they may be the underdog coming into the later season.