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You have clearly written the team off from Ft. Mill. Not so fast.

Also, was it a full panel?

Scores anyone? Wish I could have been there tonight. With a son aging out this summer, the tickets to Atlanta and Indianapolis were costly enough. So glad drum corps is back in FL!

Well . . . actually it's called . . . .We were 2nd last year and pretty much go on last at every show!!! They can afford to sleep in that late AND what they do now is much more demanding physically then what I did in the 80's by far!

The movie premier was a wonderful visual experience, but the audio stunk. Had to ask the theater manager 4 times to turn it up. Plus, those movie system are set to bring out the spoken voice frequencies. I'm with you, not sure if i'll go back to the theater. A waste of $$. Never captured the power of the audio with any corps.

Had the same issue tonight. Found a little "work around" Instead of watching "live" scroll back a couple of minutes and the feed was buffer free and the broadcast was enjoyable to watch. Hope this helps!

I'm in agreement with your comments. However, I thought on finals night BD was an equal and could have beaten Crown. Prelims and semi-finals though . . . . No. Crown should have at least walked away with a shared piece of that hardware from championship week!!!

BD from a show construction standpoint was amazing and the performance level speaks for itself. With that said I understand the perfect scores for GE, but in the performance/execution subcaptions - especially visually, I don't buy it. Visually I'm not referring to the Color Guard (OMG they were on fire all Finals week) . . . . . the corps proper . . . . not everything was perfect. How could it be?

While BD may be better with their feet, I think Cadets are the strongest visually. IF BD had the cream pants I don't think they would be able to hide some of the form development distortions that occur in their show. Funny it's more in the early to mid stages when the visual demand is not great, the hard stuff the last four minutes is champion caliber for sure. That angled straight line is amazing every night. Cadets look amazing all the time and still March and play the whole show. With that said I do think that BD should be winning both music and GE captions, no arguments there although that could change in a week. You never know, It's not over yet.

I just wish they would call it GE visual and GE music like the old days. Plus would love to have more brass judges seeing that over half of the drum corps is in the hornlines.

They had kids out right after ATL sitting out of rehearsal and actually ordered to rest! My son was one of those members affected. I just think many of the kids were run down, but yes they had quite a few kids sick, not sure if it was 20 but it was a sizable number. Hopefully all better for one last week of pushing to the end.

Um...... The brass line struggling? Uhhhhh ...... NO! You insinuate the staff is not capable. Three Jim Ott trophies in a row ....... They probably know what they are doing. Also, why does the largest section on the field only have one judge for the caption when the percussion have two?

Sound was better tonight than last night for me.

Funny thing, the kids in Crown and the brass staff thought it was their strongest performance of the year.

I love the Fan Network as well, unfortunately the mic techniques used at time is suspect. I would just like it if they are only going to use one set of mics, to place them further back to capture everything on the field.

Thank you so much for this. Looking forward to meeting you and Ken at Semi-Finals!

Totally agree my friend. It's really cool to see the kids mature over the course of a season! I trust you are at the show in Allentown?! If you're their tomorrow, stop by to see my son with Crown. He loves it when he gets a chance to meet old 'Coasters like us! His name is Matt and marches soprano . . .sorry trumpet! :-)

I realize I'm a Crown homer . . . . however I call it like I see it either way. With that said, the Blue Devils hornline is absolutely luscious in all aspects!! It's just that the talent level at Crown in the hornline is the best in this day and age. The brass staff at Crown has been together for numerous years and are meticulous in all details of brass playing and have a formula that works! Blue Devils are obviously still bringing it! Their program this year is amazing and the Color Guard is on a performance level all to themselves and the drumline is an asset as well that could easily win drums. Clearly the Blue Devils are the overall best top to bottom at this point in the season they perform with that Blue Devil swagger that is unparalleled, except for brass. Case in point, let's take two different features for both corps . . . . BD's all high brass feature in the beginning of this years program , very impressive from a tone quality and intonation standpoint however as soon as they have to articulate it's good BUT it is not at the clarity level of Crown, Sorry! and to my recollection it is the only truly exposed articulation passage in the Blue Devils program this year. On the flip side, check the link below from ATL . . . the ENTIRE hornline is on trumpet except for Mellophones and the spread from L to R and front to back sideline of the brass is at least three times the demand and difficulty to line up. Crown's low brass articulate better on the trumpets than BD's mellophones on trumpet. The clip is sooooo crystal clear, it is scary. This might be the best hornline ever!!? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCdUQNo5XQU The following clip has Crown, BD and SCV back to back . . . . . . Um, you just need to check it out. Vanguard is not even in the same league as BD and Crown. BD struggles when they have to articulate, Crown does not in the least AND all section are beasts with articulation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKCBCcGuhMk Again, Blue Devils have an amazing brass program with a consistent amazing level of performance for the last 40+ years! Were they better the other night, probably and I'm glad Albert Lo called it as such that evening. Are they the best brass line this year, NO! Looking forward to watching BD tonight!!!

Did you see my number in your inbox? Thanks Bill

Exactly!!! . . . . and the '88 Madison Scouts or even the '96 Phantom Regiment or 2013 Carolina Crown. Crown lost to BD last year in Prelims at Championships and the prior two regionals that year. You NEVER give up in this activity!!!!

Thank you! In fact the corps hall was only about 10 min. from my house. It was a special time when most of our members were from the Central Florida area. My HS band director was Robert Smith and I was in all-county jazz ensemble with Frank Williams, so I was spoiled.

A little crazy tonight for both teams . . . . numbers management was an issue for sure!

A friend of his from high school is marching in the tenor line for Cavies!

I really appreciate that! Would love to think that everyone associated in this great activity has scruples. Just wanting to see my son. :-)

Would you edit your reply post as well? Thank you for the heads up!