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Wasn’t Katie just also announced on Phantom’s staff?

Up-to-date with all announcements/repertoire I'm aware of...can't wait for more to be announced!

Updated -- thanks for sharing their announcemnt!

Updated with Blue Knights' 2023 program announcement, "Unharnessed": Requiem - Giuseppe Verdi Break on Through - The Doors Fly Away - Lenny Kravitz Freedom - Pharrell Williams

Updated with Seattle Cascade's 2023 program announcement, "Revival": Bad Moon Rising - Mourning Ritual Stained Glass - David R Gillingham Angel in the Architecture - Frank Ticheli Revival - Eminem

2001 was an amazing show that slips through the cracks compared to the ‘96-‘00 seasons, thanks for putting it back on my radar. I’m curious though, ‘01 was the last year Bocook and Sacktig both wrote for Cadets until ‘04; with Sacktig returning to write drill in ‘03: anyone know why they had left?

That entire Goat Rodeo album is a masterpiece.

What if staff were integrated into the buses, section staff with each respective section, and admin/support staff split across all 3? 3 55-passenger buses allows for 165 seats, and with a generous 40 staff on tour at any given time, this still allows for 125-member corps. Cut one whole bus, plus one whole semi (props) and we start to see some real savings in the transportation budget. AND hopefully better visibility and accountability to member safety/experience.

I'm loving this slate of proposals: 1] Yes, but I agree with others if MA2 is dedicated to "holistic brass ensemble", percussion deserves its counterpart -- let's shift altogether MA to "music ensemble" and in setting with double panels, split into "brass ensemble" and "percussion ensemble" 2] Yes for 15 minute intervals but have show lengths 9-11min or 10-12min -- preferred outcome would be faster overall show flow while maintaining performance content 3] Yes, for clarity 4] No, the west coast is already disadvantaged by early season-only shows -- don't take the thrill of competition away, too 5] Yes, this helps improve parity 6] Yes, this helps improve parity

Updated to reflect SCV's announcement. 😢

With auditions around the corner and the dust settling on recent leadership/staff shakeups, figured it was time to get a new Cadets 2023 topic going since the last one went off the rails. 2023 Staff: https://cadets.org/staff 2023 Tour: https://cadets.org/2023-cadets-tour-announced 2023 Program: TBD

It wasn’t my intent to minimize the abuse that led to them taking the season off. There’s an entire thread dedicated to that conversation.

Troopers are first out of the gate with what seems to be their 2023 show announcement, "To Lasso the Sun", so figured I'd get this season's programs and playlist topic started. Excited to also see Spirit of Atlanta and Seattle Cascades planning to return to the field after taking 2022 off.

This post serves as the master list of 2023 show announcements and will only be updated after official announcements from corps' websites or social media. Credit to frontensemble.com for the corps' logos used below. ======================================== The Academy - "Sol et Luna" Repertoire: Sun & Moon - Ryan ErickAdamsons & Fred Emory Smith Can't Help Falling In Love - Luigi Creatore Fate Written In the Stars - Ryan Erick Adamsons & Fred Emory Smith Rocket to the Moon - Thomas Bergerson Announcement: Academy embracing new characters in celestial-themed 2023 program (dci.org) ======================================== Bluecoats - "The Garden of Love" Repertoire: Eleven - yMusic The Garden of Love - Jacob TV The Woods - Chick Corea Finding and Believing - Pat Methany ____45____ - Bon Iver Bump - Anna Meredith So Many Layers of Color Become A Deep Purple Heart [To Steve Reich] - Edda Magnason Announcement: https://youtu.be/q9MJVUxy7ms ======================================== Blue Devils - "The Cut-Outs" Repertoire: The Rise - Dave Glyde Caves - Cody Fry Jojo's Bizarre Adventure - Tominaga, Fujibayashi, Tanaka Stardust Crusaders "Jotaro's Theme" - Yugo Kanno Resistance - Dave Glyde Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell Of Energy - TesseracT Incident in Jazz - Bob Graettinger Grand Canyon Fanfare - James Newton Howard Announcement: https://bluedevils.org/programs/a-corps/seasons/ ======================================== Blue Knights - "Unharnessed" Repertoire: Requiem - Giuseppe Verdi Break on Through - The Doors Fly Away - Lenny Kravitz Freedom - Pharrell Williams Announcement: https://ascendperformingarts.org/the-blue-knights-drum-bugle-corps-is-thrilled-to-announce-our-2023-production-unharnessed/ ======================================== Blue Stars - "In ABSINTHEia" Repertoire: Featuring the music of Overfish, Micael Torke, Orville Peck, Symbion Project featuring Melissa R Kaplan & Jim Wunderlich Announcement: https://bluestars.org/latest-news/2023/blue-stars-present ======================================== Boston Crusaders - "White Whale" Repertoire: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - Ralph Vaughn Williams Out to Sea - Ryan George, Colin McNutt, Iain Moyer & Mike Zellers The Whale - Colin McNutt, Iain Moyer & Mike Zellers Swallowtail Jig - Traditional The Wellerman - Traditional Show Me the Way to Go Home - James Campbell & Reginald Connelly Shipping Up to Boston - Dropkick Murphys On the Waterfront - Leonard Bernstein Announcement: https://bostoncrusaders.org/2023/05/2023-production/ ======================================== The Cadets - "Atlas Rising" Repertoire: What Are You Going to Do When You Are Not Saving the World - Hans Zimmer Immortal - Paul Lovatt Cooper Defeat - Lee Beddis & Andrew Monteiro Corynorhinus - Hans Zimmer Announcement: https://cadets.org/mgday ======================================== Carolina Crown - "The Round Table: Echoes of Camelot" Repertoire: The Night Window - Thomas Newman Bachelorette - Bjork String Quartet No. 2, Mvt. 2 - Bela Bartok Requiem in D Minor [Lacrimosa] - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Stampede [from Australia] - David Hirschfelder All Is Full of Love - Bjork Tristan and Isolde - Richard Wagner Manifest 3 - Elliot Goldenthall The Wounded King - Michael Klesch, Michael Martin, Kevin Shah & Mike Jackson Dido's Lament - Henry Purcell Announcement: https://www.carolinacrown.org/index.php/news/item/92-the-round-table-echoes-of-camelot ======================================== The Cavaliers - "Where You'll Find Me" Repertoire: TBD Announcement: https://www.facebook.com/TheCavaliers/posts/pfbid02xCRKJaj1rBvqTiwTCi3trBNdmrmZr254Zb5RkePk5SYFpcUnPBFPVVp4fuTqsdWSl ======================================== Colts - "Where the Heart Is" Repertoire: Motley Crue, Pat Methany Group, The Cinematic Orchestra, Randy Newman, Mason Williams & Pink Floyd Announcement: https://colts.org/news/2023_399 ======================================== Crossmen - "Meetings at the Edge" Repertoire: The Long and Winding Road - The Beatles Meetings Along the Edge - Philip Glass, Ravi Shankar Letter From Home - Pat Methany The Windup - Keith Jarrett The Yellow Jacket - Shaun Martin Announcement: https://fb.watch/kXERd7dhJB/?mibextid=Nif5oz ======================================== Genesis - "Symbio.sys" Repertoire: Firebird Suite - Igor Stravinsky Firebird Suite - Isao Tomita Imogen Heap John Mackey Additional Works by Key Poulan & Mike Huestis Announcement: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=238486635286134 ======================================== Jersey Surf Repertoire: TBD Announcement: TBD ======================================== Madison Scouts - "The Sound Garden" Repertoire: Rusty Cage - Chris Cornell/Soundgarden La Mer - Claude Debussy Hold Music - Jacob Mann Black Hole Sun - Chris Cornell/Soundgarden 23 Degrees North, 82 Degrees West - Bill Russo/Stan Kenton Announcement: https://www.forwardperformingarts.org/news/madison-scouts-present-the-sound-garden ======================================== Mandarins - "Sinnerman" Repertoire: Sinnerman - Nina Simone Take Me to Church - Hozier Smile - Nat King Cole Swing Symphony [4th Movement] - Wynton Marsalis Présage - Univers Zero I'm Tired - Labyrinth and Zendaya Announcement: https://www.mandarins.org/programs/mandarins-drum-corps/2023-production/ ======================================== Music City - "Violent Delights: A Rose and its Thorns" Repertoire: TBD Announcement: https://musiccityyouth.org/news/violent-delights-a-rose-and-its-thorns ======================================== Pacific Crest - "Goddess" Repertoire: Featuring the music of Vienna Teng, Debussy, Hellmesberger, Ito and Prokofiev Announcement: ======================================== Phantom Regiment - "Exogenesis" Repertoire: The 2nd Law: Isolated System - Muse Supremacy - Muse As If a Voice Were In Them - Oliver Waespi to wALk Or ruN in wEst harlem - Andy Akiho Piano Concerto No. 2 - Sergei Rachmaninoff Announcement: https://regiment.org/introducing-exogenesis/ ======================================= Santa Clara Vanguard INACTIVE FOR 2023: https://www.scvanguard.org/vmapa-announces-cessation-of-operations-for-the-2023-season/ ======================================== Seattle Cascades - "Revival" Repertoire: Bad Moon Rising - Mourning Ritual Stained Glass - David R Gillingham Angel in the Architecture - Frank Ticheli Revival - Eminem Announcement: https://youtu.be/I2nQbEV6hVQ ======================================== Spirit of Atlanta - "Up, Down and All Around" Repertoire: Route 12 - Thomas Newman What Goes Up - Alan Parsons Metroliner - Eric Andrew Hirsch Stuff We Did - Michael Giacchino My Human Heart - Coldplay & Jacob Collier Announcement: TBD ======================================== Troopers – "To Lasso the Sun" Repertoire: L'Ultima Diligenza di Red Rock [from Hateful Eight] - Ennio Morricone Harrison's Dream - Peter Graham Main Theme [from Once Upon a Time in the West] - Ennio Morricone As If a Voice Were In Them - Oliver Waespi Final Duel [from Once Upon a Time in the West] - Ennio Morricone Announcement: https://www.instagram.com/p/CjvtEj6LC99/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D

The Cadets have had me sitting on the edge of my seat for the past 6 years in the worst possible way. And the past 4 have been real nail-biters in terms of if they’d even field a corps.

2019/(2020)/2021/2022

Would have saved a lot of angst, and a lot of Aungst…

Thanks for sharing this! While I knew Fanfare & Allegro and Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra were SCV hallmarks [I'm familiar via 2003 and 2001 Cadets, respectively], I'm not sure I'd ever heard these SCV performances until now. Still impressive 49 years later!

@Orwellian Wiress, as one of those performers from the mid-00s, thank you -- and I also have a question: why do you call drum corps "band"? I promise this is an honest question not intended to pick a fight or derail the conversation, I'd just like to understand your point of view as you've now referenced this several times and it seems a conscious choice. In the fifteen years since my ageout, the activity has evolved tremendously, with much of that change continuing to blur the lines between corps and band. But while you're far from the only person to call corps "band", I'm curious why, for something that brings you so much joy, you choose to not refer to it by that which makes it unique amongst the other marching arts...are indoor drumlines and winter guards also "bands" to you? It's clear that in 2022 this activity has far greater concerns to address than a potential identity crisis, but thanks for humoring me! 🙂

Infuriatingly, as it relates to Nick Angelis, many posters saw the writing on the wall as early as March this year as to how this season seemingly played out under his leadership/instruction. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck…

This didn’t age well… 😔

Who are you talking about?

2000 - 2008

Listening to this, I’m impressed at how much less “brass support” there is written in than I’d assumed. I unfortunately never saw this show live but it wasn’t always clear from Flo or YT if certain moments the brass were playing or front ensemble was providing backup/effect like in 2015 and 2019/2021. Now clearly hearing what is what makes both front ensemble and brass even more impressive. Way to go, Bloo!

From the outside looking in, 2022 was not the competitive or organizational success one might have hoped or even expected from this corps. Covid/sickness and meal issues seemed to plague the corps for parts of the season, leading to a flurry of social media posts from members heading into finals. Some staff have already indicated they are leaving, but so far the biggest announcement is that corps director Mark Richardson is stepping into a strictly executive director role, and is looking for a new corps director to manage the day to day: https://www.arizonaacademy.org/now-hiring-corps-director/ I've always been impressed with The Academy and it's methodical rise to where it is today. Hoping for the best for all and a smoother 2023 ahead!