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Well there is your Jim Ott winner! Absolutely INSANE. I cannot wrap my mind around that ballad, insanely exposed, insanely difficult, and they absolutely nailed those finals chords

Do you have anything else to say in rebuttal other than sarcastic one liners?

Fantastic energy, incredible hornline sound, and just overall amazing show concept! Im still having a hard time getting behind this show musically for some reason, but it is an incredible vehicle

Uh oh Tom Blair

Those mandarins contras are AWESOME. I can hear them in almost all these chords

But what I’m saying is that if it was the case that it is affecting the overall effect of the music, the judges would mention it during critique. It doesn’t seem like the judges agree that it is affecting the clarity of the show

If it was as unbalanced as you say, don’t you think that this would be the first thing the judges mention during critique after each competition? What makes you think they wouldn’t correct it if it was truly a problem expressed by the judges?

Wow. I've liked this show from the get-go but it has improved SO much. I would not at all be surprised to see them place 5th

This Cadets percussion and brass sounds exactly like traditional Cadets holy moly. How are the arrangements so similar in sound and the hornline and percussion themselves playing in the same tone and aggression of Cadets of old with a completely new staff? Goosebumps

The boys have a good one this season, I'm rooting for them 🙂

Wow so many thoughts. I trashed on this show around the beginning of the season. It was disjointed, extremely dirty, and the hornline just was not anywhere close to playing the potential of the book. This show has grown incredibly, it is so clean and it is by far the most traditional show this season. I want to get a 2 more reads on the show during semis and finals but this may turn out to be one of my favorites

This snare line is RIDICULOUS

HOLY #### THIS CLOSER

I will eat my sock if they fall out of finals

I would like to preface that the rest of my opinions tonight are while I'm high as a kite

I'm breaking out some of that puff puff magic now 😉

Troopers just showed Madison what they could be What a FANTASTIC show, and I’m mad at myself for not adding them to my signature earlier. The design direction for this corps just gets better and better

Just my opinion but the ballad would be so much better without the trumpet soloist. they seem to be having some mic and sound issues this run

That Troopers prop has to be one of the coolest props I’ve seen This music book feels like the antithesis of a Michael Klesch book and I mean that in a good way Love a corps that can make dissonance sound good

Those gold contras are awesome. Such a great combo with these uniforms

Rumor has it Trooper’s DM is still walking from the Steak and Shake to the dome

Fantastic show Colts!! I have no idea who designs them but they need to keep those visual designers forever

Is that a bass guitar I’m hearing??

Okay Blue Stars did this better (one of my favorite shows of all time) but this arrangement is beautiful in its own way. Just could do without the narration

This Colts show is a visual treat. Using color so well