legacy
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This is just such a terrible idea. It really isnt unexpected given the obvious identity issues the corps is having. Would like them to hold on to thier identity.
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Someone wanna be a lamb and post the #### scores please!!!
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Someone wanna be a lamb and post the #### scores please!!!
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If that happens.....that will mean that SCV will take 1st place! :thumbup:/>/>
No they'd be in third... know your rankings.
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90 BK is one of my favorite shows ever. Should have been in really. Freelancers '90 also great and finals worthy.
1990 BK sounded so cadets like to me, great corps though. Really loved 1990 Freelancers made a good run of Batman.
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Madison slaughter or anything Gershwin
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Kiwanis Kavaliers
Les Etoiles
Southwind
Nite Express
Dimension
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This has vastly become more than scv and stars old music, they are making it new and distinctly cadets ( if you go back cadets did on the water front before scv rocked it in 97) this show is a powerhouse. Definitely starting to believe its a four horse race this year!
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Magic of Orlando is not competing.
Had to mention one of the best sections ;) These color guards are fantastic!!! I am absolutely loving Crown, Bluecoats and Phantom! -All very different- Cadets are twirling it out like always and being their amazing Cadet selfs. I saw some clips of SCV and I have never been more entertained by Les Mis in my life! Everything they do is so elegant and perfectly detailed! Scouts are so strong, congrats on 75 years of brotherhood! Cavies... transitions.... you got it! Love their sabre book though. Still haven't seen BD, I'm sure they're giving me fierceness for days, still waiting for Boston to pick it up and pull it together already but I know they'll work it out and be clean, strong and at tape ;) Need to watch BK... Anyone else I need to keep an eye out for?? Yes, this is a great year for drum corps, but it is also a FABULOUS year for color guard!
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Had to mention one of the best sections ;) These color guards are fantastic!!! I am absolutely loving Crown, Bluecoats and Phantom! -All very different- Cadets are twirling it out like always and being their amazing Cadet selfs. I saw some clips of SCV and I have never been more entertained by Les Mis in my life! Everything they do is so elegant and perfectly detailed! Scouts are so strong, congrats on 75 years of brotherhood! Cavies... transitions.... you got it! Love their sabre book though. Still haven't seen BD, I'm sure they're giving me fierceness for days, still waiting for Boston to pick it up and pull it together already but I know they'll work it out and be clean, strong and at tape ;) Need to watch BK... Anyone else I need to keep an eye out for?? Yes, this is a great year for drum corps, but it is also a FABULOUS year for color guard!
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Wheres troopers?
Pure speculation, obviously:
1. Carolina Crown
2. Blue Devils
3. The Cadets
4. SCV
5. Bluecoats
6. Phantom Regiment
7. Madison Scouts
8. The Cavaliers
9. Sprit of Atlanta
10. Blue Knights
11. Boston Crusaders
12. Blue Stars
13. Crossmen
14. The Academy
15. Pacific Crest
16. Colts
17. Cascades
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Yeah this guy was a dce classic.
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There is a two time w.g.i. world champion colorguard from Vancouver, but sadly the decline of the activity in canada is largely due to non existent marching programs in high schools... its a tough sell.
At one several (years ago) there were a couple high school marching bands in Washington who competed in BOA. I don't know if this is still happening. Does Vancouver have potential talent to recruit? Is it possible that the guard and brass line will grow over the summer?
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On what grounds? These three woll be close all year.
Nice job Blue Stars! I think we can throw the Evansville scores out.
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Too soon?
Lost...
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Well said!!
I think what we're seeing is the fact that it's impossible for a judge to fully assess a corps in one viewing with a <5 minute break between corps, and a requirement to turn in the scores before the next corps is rated. They do the best they can and they are influenced by reputation and past scores (as well as the threat of losing their jobs if they disagree with everyone else). The very first show is probably the least influenced by the past, but it can't be entirely so. And in a lot of ways, the first shows are so rough that really the judges are going mostly on design, and the top corps have the staff that are best at designing for what the judges want to see, so they'll get the best benefit-of-the-doubt design-over-execution scores just from the fact that the top corps can get the top staff.
But corps *can* make progress, one way or the other. Crown had a pretty amazing rise from 2006 to 2009 after mostly hovering in the bottom half of finals for years, and they've managed to stay strong since, but it took three seasons to climb six spots in the ranks. But it takes consistency through the season and across the seasons to build up the staff experience and teaching methods and member excellence and general corps culture that cultivate top level programs. Pacific Crest has been rising through the ranks. Blue Stars had a very strong run up to 8th place. They very well could come back. But it's not going to happen in a single show.
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FYI, most of the designers out there will try their cutting-edge ideas with their high school programs before taking those ideas to the "big leagues" of drum corps.
Well before dci killed its own (div ii/iii) designers tried a lot out in div II
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I'd be kinda shocked if the spread (either way) between madison and lacrosse was more than 1.5..
That's pretty close given their placements last year...
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1. Cadets 72.50
2. Phantom Regiment 70.9
3. Madison Scouts 68.75
4. Blue Stars 62.35
5. Pioneer 55.60
6. Colt Cadets 45.0
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how are you pretty sure they are not modern? In regards to the visuals you say you haven't seen?timestamp='1371751303' post='3269783']
Well I heard SCV and their show is very traditional. I have not seen visuals but I am pretty sure they are not too modern. Cadets have a very traditional book but the moving scaffolds are not exactly traditional. Other than that Cadets do have a very accessible show.
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Hahaha... or you were serious?
I wonder when the whole top 12 will score in the 90's.
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Ummmm no
Besides the DM and CG uniforms, the corps uniforms look the same but accessorized nicely. I was hoping the style would return more to the tunics back in the day. The new Bluecoats uniforms would look awesome if converted to Vanguard.
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Blue coats looks hmmmm not made with quality? Why did they leave their old uni? Hopefully its todo with the show
So far, my favorites: Vanguard, Bluecoats, Troopers and Madison. Vanguard is just classy all the way. Bluecoats are very regal looking, Madison still looks very classic and unique...up close, the camo looks a bit strange, but when you are seeing the whole corps together, it looks great! Troopers....love how they've gone back to the 85-ish look....very nice!
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the longer plume makes them look taller - I personally never liked the short squat plume Cadets used for that exact reason. the long plume adds height
Cadets started the long plume trend look at the in 1990 its huge!
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I think it's going to be Spirit Honestly.