Cadevilina Crown

All of you are acting as if what Tarpon Springs is doing is brand-new. It isn’t. I’ve seen TV screens used several times before in the marching arts, starting with Ayala HS’s indoor percussion, then spreading to that same school’s band, Blue Springs HS’s Grand National Finals debut show in 2015... The list goes on. It’s actually pretty surprising that no DCI corps have touched it yet. By the way, a couple of the masterminds behind this band’s designs over the years are Kevin Ford and Michael Shapiro, which is why I like to nickname the TSOPE “Blue Stars South.”

The last two shows have been on complete opposite sides of the spectrum. "It Is" was too deep and left me very confused, while "Beast" I felt was too one-dimensional and I got tired of the concept quickly. I hope the design team strikes a good balance between the two sides next year.

Michael Klesch will not be arranging for The Academy in 2019. Instead, Lindsey Vento's husband Steve will take over that position. https://www.arizonaacademy.org/staff/2019-design-team/

Since 2007, the year the Championships were in Pasadena.

Their new brass arranger has me very intrigued. No arranging or even marching experience mentioned (in terms of drum corps), yet already an accomplished jazz composer/arranger. EDIT: Upon further research, he did write for a SoundSport group (Rogues Hollow Regiment) this past summer.

When falling out of the Top 12 also means breaking the third-longest Finals streak in DCI (and the longest by a corps not from California), I’d say that’s a bit of a problem. I have a feeling we’ll be welcoming a certain corps that likes the color baby blue back into Finals over Phantom in 2019.

The company front in the closer, where the two guard members separated at the beginning of the show are reunited, always reminds me of a similar move from their 2004 Scheherazade show.

Well, I'll just say this: How he wrote this message to the public is infinitely more professional than a certain former executive director we know. I would still prefer that they start back up in Open Class after taking next season off to recuperate and rebrand.

Genesis has hired Josh Gall as Artistic Director. http://www.genesisdbc.org/creative-staff.html

The fallout over the Oregon Crusaders organization continues as their indoor drumline, OC Indoor, will be going inactive for 2019. https://www.facebook.com/oregoncrusaders/posts/10160843280900162?__xts__[0]=68.ARAsxg93VXut200ALinK3y3RFypycwy6IfKE0NHrjKSHhEfV0b5Cp6QOhAvdAlydlvnf9qfJ3Rl3UYYrdO8hLuh2_WEFM5tpuTmJNNSSU4jCwDHZ78MUbCOKsOWsO_aws5sTrOTSN_5SG7ajIMgI1gfbKVODR34JdOB7mCbu-oULTVRXQSeGUfg&__tn__=-R

Hearing from Reddit that the Crossmen have decided to cut their cymbal line. :(

One not mentioned yet is Crown 2013 - I was lukewarm when they first added the Also Sprach reprise, but it really grew on me and I loved it by the end of the season. Phantom '03 is the epitome of the reprise closer, though.

I really meant that he is just still in some way tethered to the Pioneer image through the likely notion that he continues to write their news blurbs despite his imminent resignation.

I'm sorry, but at this point I'm ####### sick and tired of seeing Roman have any part in Pioneer's administration, even if it's been reduced to this role of writing news blurbs. The corps has been suspended, they won't be competing in 2019, and Roman has agreed to resign. The bed has been made, and for the good of the activity he should lie in it sooner rather than later. Speaking of administration, that part of the website has now been removed except for the words "To be announced."

5 if you count Spartans and (if they get approved for Open Class next year) Arsenal. I have a feeling he’s going to leave at least one of the corps he wrote for last year.