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For quality of sound, I think '07-'09 Crown and 2000s Phantom. I love the writing from SCV and think their brass line consistently gets a great book. Favorite hornlines would probably be '91-93 Star and Crown over the past 4 years (I think they've sacrificed tone a bit, but I've loved their books so much in recent years).

1. Blue Devils 2. Spirit 3. Bluecoats 4. Academy 5. Crossmen 6. Oregon Crusaders 7. Crown 8. Boston 9. Cadets 10. Phantom (thanks to the tassles) If SCV has the same uniforms they had last year, they'd be 1 for me.

reddit.com/r/drumcorps There's also: reddit.com/r/dci, but that has fewer people.

Yep! I-III-IV-iv, the exact same chord progression.

This is like magic! (BUT I won't abuse it, haha).

Not going to lie, I loved SCV's show and think they're going to be a medal contender again for the next year or two at least, but the Cadets just had a better show this year. Thematically, Cadets didn't do much for me, but they had one of the best overall books of the season in terms of music. Regardless of the visual dirt because of the towers they deserved 3rd.

For me, seeing Crown's rise to the top, having begun as a Division II corps, was incredible. It was fantastic watching a new champion, but I think 2013 had some incredible SHOWS this year, a couple of tear-jerkers. This year: Madison, Troopers, Cadets and Crown come to mind. Just a fantastic year for DCI :')

I'm so sorry! I was on my phone and accidentally down-voted you instead of up-voting you!

Crown 2010 is definitely the worst I've heard of or seen. And at finals? He detailed it on his Tumblr page and it just sounds terrible, especially not being able to march the year after. Thankfully he's still helping out with the corps and was a drum major (and timpanist) his age-out year. I'm not sure how accurate this is, but I heard that the guard member who gets her throat slit in Spartacus back in 2008 broke her collarbone when she hit the ground?

Crown - 2013 BD - 2012 Cadets - 2013 SCV - 2012 (can't beat The Planets) Bluecoats - 2012 Phantom - 2012 Boston - 2013 Madison - 2013 Cavies - 2013 (I just want them to go back to early 2000s or 1990s Cavies) BK - 2012 Spirit - 2012 Bluestars - 2012 Crossmen - 2012 Troopers - 2013 Pacific Crest - 2013

1. Carolina Crown 2. Cadets 3. Blue Devils 4. SCV 5. Phantom Regiment 6. Bluecoats 7. Madison Scouts 8. Boston Crusaders 9. Cavaliers 10. Spirit of Atlanta 11. Blue Knights 12. Troopers

I said this same thing and got heavy criticism, but I do agree, haha. I also heard that Crown has a lot of age-outs this year, so depending on a lot of other factors it can help or hurt them. All other things constant, however, I think this holds true and will definitely help Crown out in the future.

You don't sound very apathetic...

Crown - I'm a HUGE Crown fan and hated their show and music announcements, but it was surprisingly superb. The uniforms were also a shock D: Spirit - didn't expect to like this show nearly as much as last year's based on Premiere, but holy cow, loved it! Great show and REALLY good soloists! Troopers - EIGHT POINT JUMP FROM LAST YEAR. Wow. Phantom... bahahaha, just kidding, they were probably least-surprising. Love the storytelling, but they've to reinvent themselves.

Any news if Teal Sound's returning?