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  1. 73.2 Crown 70.8 Cadets 69.9 Cavies 67.2 Phantom 64.5 Troopers
  2. 12. Blue Knights 11. Troopers 10. Blue Stars 9. Bluecoats 8. Madison 7. Phantom 6. Boston 5. Cadets 4. Cavaliers 3. Santa Clara 2. Crown 1. Blue Devils gap = gap clump = tight scores It's a shake up and probably a stretch, but I do feel movement will happen in the top 12.
  3. Not it. 4th at best, possibly lower. The closer will get the heart racing.. and the drill will most certainly be strong at the end. If Hop does another 20 minute show that needs to be rehearsed all season, doing more harm than good. To early to judge the guard, but they need to be dramatically improved from last season to hold off SCV. I don't think this touches Crown or BD.
  4. Hey guys, I missed all 4 of you. ;-) Bucs dominate early as always. Cabs are more modern in design so GE should be fairly competitive, they will be close in the percussion and guard captions. When Cabs horn line march and play as well as the Bucs, then it will be interesting. C2 will be better as well, not to mention 14 in open class. DCA is actually improving. I'm baffled and excited.
  5. I've believe this is the best open class group in a number of years. Most competitive. For the past few years it's been, Reading and "can MBI beat them". Now it's, who will beat Reading next, C2/Cabs/MBI? Reading is still the standard. I think MBI will come back very motivated. 1. Minnesota 2. Reading 3. C2 4. Cabs 5. Alliance 6-10 the rest still figuring it out I appreciate the opportunities that A class brings for its members. But in my opinion, it's just bad drum corps. No one will convince me otherwise. Sure, some march well, play well, but overall it's similar to the bottom half of 1985 division 3 DCI. Cute, but not the deal. Before the 4 people on here blast me about me about my comments, if you truly get excited watching these groups, then you are an altruistic personality who is better than I.
  6. Many DCI groups have been slammed for poor balance. I have friends working with groups, GE judges constantly calling it out. What you are correct on: There has never been an official training for judges on how credit/discredit balance with amps. I do feel that needs to happen. The issue is trying to have the sound hit the judges with balance, this ultimately takes away from the audiences enjoyment if sitting in the front rows.
  7. You are one of the people who post the most, using yourself as an example just supports my thought. What you did 10 years ago doesn't matter, look what you are doing presently. The "sad" comment was referring to the number of open class corps competing, I should have been more clear. I would never like to discredit members and staffs working hard to perform. Nice try to "call me out". I didn't alienate any class, I spoke about one class of competing corps, and frankly, the class that is supposed to generate the most revenue for DCA. If you were referring to the age comment, you are correct. I am alienating any old die hards who can't let go and are holding back progress to keep DCA fresh, alive and innovative. Stop, think, swallow ego… then post. Note to the 8 old die hards on DCP that will be upset with my post.
  8. Rochester is poor decision and a poor venue. It was good to see DCA actually on a football field. Everything gets boring after years of repetition. Amps = Thanks goodness. To all the "seasoned" fans - your bias and dated outlook will only kill a sad 11-13 open class corps circuit. Can we please get some opinions from people under 35? Anymore stories about the 70's and the way it's used to be is worthless. Start a new thread called, "old stories only 3 people care about". The bottom line, you old die hards will be involved with drum corps as a fan one way or another. Like all of us, it's in your blood. I dread the day woodwinds will be incorporated, but I bet it happens to DCI within 5 years. I will still be watching a production on a football field with musical instruments and color guard. It'll just be a new way to tell the story. Let go. See the light, the idea that the powers that be are looking at a fan base and membership base that is getting too old to support DCA moving forward.
  9. This is fairly ridiculous. T Man, how old are you? I ask because your statements come off as uninformed, uneducated, and incredibly bias to me. 2012 BD = crap drill ... Whoa, you are clueless. The transitions are flawless. You watch that show and tell me your eye doesn't follow where the musical interest occurs. It's so good, that it happens effortlessly. Yes, it was abstract, but that was the intent of the show. The personal taste you present of influential shows are all simple easy concepts. Thats good and all, but thats gets boring too. I am not a huge fan of BD's dark and strange concepts the past few years… but the construction and design is at of the highest level… championship level. These shows seem up your alley… all strong products. Crown - Rach Star Cadets - Angels and Demons Bluecoats - Metropolis Bluecoats - Criminal Madison - 9/11 show
  10. This comment is so dated, I have a hard time responding to it. Lack of attendance: 1. Economy (from outrageous member dues to gas prices, we are all affected, especially a 501c3) - anyone dispute? 2. You also have an incredible amount of new activities for youth to participate in, with fewer corps, fewer mom, dads, and grandmas coming to watch. 3. DCA is horrible at PR, a bad website and 10 people on DCP isn't grabbing any new interest. Broadway at one point and time definitely turned to electronics as well, to help with the overall production and the telling of the story. Ask a designer nowadays, they will tell you drum corps is a production on a football field. Electronics only enhance a production. Now. . . there are and will always be bad shows, bad ideas, areas where electronics can hurt a production. But that's just poor design, not the electronics fault.
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