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My point was ice skating and gymnastics do it wrong too lol. I'm a firm believer in the KISS rule. You tweek and tweek and tweek the system and the sheets to account for every little thing over the years and it becomes a monster like our tax code. It is not necessary. The placement number the corps gets tells them exactly where they are and they decide where they want to be. Not that I think a corps should go through the season thinking, "gee, I guess we're happy to strive for 15th." They have the judges tapes for specific critique. I maintain my assertion that it does NOT have to be as complicated as it is now.

Sorry, but I don't buy it. Ultimately, everyone just wants to win. If they can judge best in show for dogs this way, they can do it for corps, or ice skating or gymnastics.

Flame away...what's wrong with a judge simply ranking them an overall 1 thru 12 after all of the performances are done. As well, award a first in perc, brass, and guard then call it a day. No subcaptions of ach/perf, no more breakdowns for GE and vizh, no numbers mgmt, just 1 thru 12 and we're done. One judge for the overall award (the one to judge the big picture from the box), one judge each for brass, perc, guard (on or off the field, but I prefer off). I'm always amazed at the need to make things so complicated.

Just. Say. No. Any Andrew Lloyd Webber uck, no! Actually no to any redux of any kind, any old show, any repeat source music. There is a boatlaod of great music that's never been done in corps. C'mon designers/arrangers, you can doooo it.

POW Percussion 2014 "Farhenheit 451" But along the vein of borrowing from WGI and Box 6 Productions (Pulse)....A Danny Elfman show. Yeah yeah, I know Pulse wasn't Danny Elfman source music, but it did have the Tim Burton vibe going on.

Errrrr, I'm torn. I understand where he's coming from and I appreciate the dignity and tradition, but just as the activity has evolved with narration, props, dance moves, trombones, etc, so has the world we live in. The end of retreat marks the end of a grueling wonderful season for all of these performers, many of whom know each other from meeting on tour, marching other corps together, or even marching WGI. It's not the small world it used to be. Kids from Cali march in Canton, kids from Texas march in Cali and so on. Corps are no longer so isolated that performers only know the people in their unit. And really, let's face it - it's a social media world now full of selfies and snapchats and tumblr and facebook. Let them march into the stadium full of pageantry and dignity, but when all is done, give them a chance to move through the ranks to hug and congratulate their friends from other corps and take those all important selfies that capture "that one second" that they will remember the rest of their lives. My age would qualify me as a dinosaur, but what I wouldn't give to have photos with friends from life moments like that.

Sorry, but this remains a fave for me Plus, it was even re-tweeted by Poptarts. Gotta love that.

Never too soon. Bring on the memes.

bwahhhhhhhhaaaaaahhaaaaa. nice.

AGEOUT RAGEOUT

Happens all the time. When the runner up is announced, everyone starts cheering because they know who won Miss America But yeah, I see your point. They performed their butts off and deserve recognition. Hopefully they got enough of that after their actual performances.

Another homage show with tongue firmy planted in cheek done by a corps with nothing to lose. But instead of focusing on one style (ala Surf doing Bridgemen), do snippets of several famous/infamous corps and their styles.

So I guess Phantom didn't pull a penalty, must have been a DCI delay. Bummer for BK, was pulling for them to hold their position. And wow, just wow - what a great year! Congrats to all of those amazing groups. No hatorade here, just a ton of awe and respect. However, I just gotta...BLOOOOOOOOO

Can you imagine losing like the Bridgemen in 1981. From Bridgemen's history page: "In finals, the corps did a lackluster performance losing to Phantom Regiment by .005. The corps had a .1 penalty due to a shoe coming off a member." eta: not for the championship, but for their overall placement