Jeremy.

BD's brass is having a rough time today o_O

Blue devils!!!! God, they take up soo much field with those poles.

super awkward

:\ I really don't like their show.

bloooo!

No recording allowed, especially on your phones... hokie dokie? Glad to know everyone follows that rule

:( Fan network just tripped out on me yay its back

I think I asked this for every webcast so far but this year I've had no luck... LINK TO THE CHATROOM PLEEEEEAASE!!!!! :) :) :) :)

Anyone else catch this on the DCI website? Just a fun little typo. 7:40 p.m. Bluecoats 7:57 p.m. Blue Devils 8:14 p.m. The Cavaliers 4:16 p.m. – Intermission <------------------------------------- 9:01 p.m. Phantom Regiment 9:18 p.m. Carolina Crown 9:35 p.m. The Cadets 9:52 p.m. Santa Clara Vanguard Times approximate and subject to chang Read more: http://www.dci.org/news/view.cfm?news_id=471c14e6-49b0-4785-a523-8dd10f810406#ixzz2Ylh8pvTn

Medea's Dance of Vengeance (Star '93) Music of the Night (Vanguard '89) Cannon (Phantom '03) Shosty 5, Mvmt IV (Phantom '96) The Canyon (Vanguard '99) Blue Shades (Vanguard '99) Pines of Rome, Mvmt I (Star '91) Anything from Fiddler (Vanguard '92) Candide (Crown '08) Fanfare for the Common Man (Crown '12) Dvorak 9 (Phantom '89)

I feel like you're the only one on DCP who agrees with me. There is a fun back in forth over this on the show thread.

No, I'm saying if you sing a song by Whitney Houston on a talent show, you'll be compared to Whitney Houston. There's a certain level of greatness one must achieve if they're going to tackle an iconic musical selection or three... Ever heard the phrase, "you have some big shoes to fill"? I feel as though it applies. Again... I think The Cadets are amazing and are going to place top 3, I mean no disrespect I'm just voicing an opinion - and their success has nothing to do with my opinion.

BD 2012 was amazing for me! It was probably the best show they've put together since the first 7 minutes of 2007 (the end was a bit stale when preceded by the intense beginning imo). I'll agree that music alone would have made the show choppy or seemingly haphazard, but the narration and visual in addition to the music is what made it one perfectly congruent thought; ergo, world champion GE. The Cadets show still looks like a few pieces of music played masterfully with really good drill, but I feel I could come in or leave at any time and feel as though I understand/haven't missed part of the story or point they're trying to get across. Sooooooo..... I still stand by my opinion that CURRENTLY the cadets music/vis GE < crown or bd's music/vis GE. I also still stand by my opinion that it's not the corps that is less than, but the vehicle at the moment. I could be horribly wrong though, and we'll find out in less than 20 hours.

100% agree.... "but that's the risk they took." Unfortunately, regardless of placement, that's what I'm going to do alllllllllll season.

I suppose this is where we disagree. I believe the musical selections they're playing are each masterpieces in their own rights (and were when arranged in 93 by Star, and 99/00 by Vanguard) but at the moment the pieces seem to be strung together haphazardly. The music is very choppy from section to section for me, though each section is played at a high level. This is why I feel their Music GE will be lacking. This could also be due to the fact that two of my favorite shows are Star 93 and SCV 99 so I have those arrangements permafried in my brain, but that's the risk they took. By the end of the season I see them gold or silver, but right now probably 3rd and followed very closely by SCV. ...but I'm no judge, just my opinion.

I wouldn't. I LOVE The Cadets, and I feel like this show has potential.... but currently their GE (Both vis and music) is lacking immensely compared to BD, Crown and SCV. We can't compare the scores at the moment, but I feel when they're pit against those three their GE scores may be even lower than they are now - or crown/bd/scv will have huge jumps to compensate. However, their whole corps is on crazy wildfire as far as amazingness goes. I just see the current design of their show being a bit of a thorn in their side right now.

Crown - 85.10 (GE Vis & Music/Guard) Blue Devils - 84.85 Cadets - 83.30 (Brass) Vanguard - 83.25 (Percussion) Phantom - 81.75 Bluecoats - 80.45 Cavaliers - 79.00

genius....

omg, anyone else just die inside a little bit because of how AMAZING that transition was into the closer? Wowowowow!

ooh.. I understand the uniforms but I do NOT like them :( ...... Those shoulder tassels have got to go.

Vanguard!!!!!!!! JD's writing is to die for. Haven't seen this show since stanford. SooooOOoOOOoooOOOoo Excited

I was responding to "Hogwash... we want a reahashing of when we marched."

Speak for yourself, I wanna see more crown-like shows.

I'm watching this webcast on my laptop in Flying Star (a restaurant/coffee lounge) by myself and this just made me literally lol.

totally agree with you... and I hope not. I really liked where the Academy was heading with their identity prior to this show. Criticism aside, the brass is doing some good stuff in this show.