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Lol I want to change my vote 😋

Good points... especially since finals was in Cali.. I am not a judge though haha I am sure BD won on the sheets.

my Ultimate Finals: (going to limit this to one show per corps) Venue: Buffalo NY Weather: Clear skies to partly cloudy skies. 79 degrees at 700 PM, calm wind, 35% humidity, 70 degrees by 1130. Before the Show - Future Corps outside the stadium 7:00pm - National Anthem - US Marine Drum & Bugle Corps 7:06pm - 2018 U.S. Marine Drum & Bugle Corps (Exhibition) 7:30pm - 1992 Velvet Knights 7:47pm - 1976 Blue Devils 8:04pm - 1991 Star of Indiana 8:21pm - 2014 Blue Knights 8:38pm - 1980 Spirit of Atlanta 8:55pm - 2018 Santa Clara Vanguard 9:12pm - Intermission - Bridgemen Alumni Corps 9:35pm - 2010 Cavaliers 9:52pm - 1988 Madison Scouts 10:09pm - 2015 Carolina Crown 10:26pm - 2015 Bluecoats 10:43pm - 1996 Phantom Regiment 11:00pm - 2000 Cadets 11:25pm - 2006 Madison Scouts Alumni Corps (Exhibition) scores announced and the Bluecoats jump from 3rd to first and the top 12 are the closest in scores in DCI history. I am delighted that they have heady topper on tap at the stadium and I watch a kinetic noise encore. And just for the heck of it here is the semis order from the night before 200 PM 2002 Seattle Cascades 217 PM 2001 Colts 234 PM 2012 Jersey Surf 251 PM 2016 Crossmen 308 PM 1980 27th Lancers 325 PM 1997 Mandarins 342 PM 2018 Music City 429 PM 1985 Suncoast Sound 446 PM 2011 Blue Stars 503 PM 1973 Troopers 520 PM 2016 Academy 537 PM 1980 Bridgemen 554 PM 2017 Boston Crusaders

Might be tough to do 12 but I will do my best. 1. 2000 we are the future. This show is my gold standard for drum corps. I can't say enough good things about it. I honestly still think this is the best DCI show of all time. It defines an era where complicated drill was pushing it's limit but overall music and entertainment weren't sacrificed in the name of having better visuals. 2. 1985- Jeremiah. I find this to be the best and most entertaining in their threepeat. Besides... it's the championship show from the year I was born. 3. 1993- In the Spring when kings go off to war. This is just a great, entertaining, well executed show from its time. 4. 2010- Toy Souldier- I think this is where I will lose all credibility but I am just a sucker for this show! It's so endearing and fun. 5. 2011 Angels and Demons- really cool concept with great execution. I would have loved to have been on the demon side playing all of this music. 6. 1998- Stonehenge- This is one of those extremely crisp, clean Cadets shows that makes you say "wow" when you listen to and watch it. Conceptually it was a little flat though 7.2007- This I believe: I think this show should have won and didn't because of the controversial overuse of narration. This was a great performance year for the Cadets and they passionately delivered their message WITH WORDS...and like it or not this show set trends that are still commonly used in DCI. 8. 1984- West Side Story. Played a major role in defining the Cadets greatness and much less boring than it's 1983 sister show. 9. 2012- 12.25. I saw this show live from the nosebleeds at finals and thoroughly enjoyed it. Goes really well with drinking Christmas beers in July. 10. 2003- Our favorite things. Any show with Malaguena in it gets a vote from me. 11. 2016- Awakening. Although this year was quite a disaster for the Cadets the trombone opening for the pines of Rome was very robust and powerful. This was actually my husband's favorite show in 2016... because while a weird show...the musical talent and marching execution of the Cadets was still there. 12. Okay okay here it is.... 2005 the zone. I find this show to be very creepy...on so many levels...but it's undeniable how special of a group and performance this was.

Voted. As with most brackets there were a lot of matchups where I really like both shows or disliked both shows...so certainly some tough choices.

I'm in. I love this idea and this should be pretty fun. You could probably pretty easily expand this to 64. I'd like to see SCV 99, BD 86, Crossmen 92, Cavies 06, Star 91, Bridgemen 1980, VK 92, 27th 80 For reference- here are the winners for my all time favorite shows per corps.

This is my personal favorite memory... because it was the first DCI show I saw live from up high....2012 Crossmen Fragile when they hit their insignia out of nowhere and floated it across the field. I am of the opinion that the best drill in DCI has to be any one of the many moments from the cavaliers 00-06 shows. They really pushed drill to the limit and it's the gold standard to me. Maybe because 99-07 was my high school college days and those guys were on top the whole time.

99 won my SCV poll for best show last year. FWIW. I didn't see '99 live so I can't really say. Both are special shows with exemplary performances but with the exception of '99s opener and '18s front ensemble both were a little too sterile for me to get REALLY attached to. I get more pure enjoyment out of 87-89 SCV. I would say the best group to perform would be a toss up between 99 and 18 though.

Here is my updated realistic top 25... really hoping things settle down from this hectic week...not encouraged by what's going on currently. 1. BD. This is going to happen unless another corps can step up and break the mold/pattern BD has had going since 07. Finish range 1-4 2. Bluecoats- they will fix their short term percussion issues and make a run for gold. Finish range 1-7 3. Boston- I feel like they weren't quite with the top 4 in 2018 but they were darn good and are trending up...finish range 2-7 4. Carolina Crown- I loved 18 but their shows just haven't had that freshness in a few years. With long term percussion issues fixed and a very competitive hornline I think they could finish 1-7 5. SCV- This is completely based off of the 07-18 pattern and the bottom range for them. 2018 was a special show and otherwise they typically finish in the 4-5 range. But this is one Corp that could break the mold....BUT 09 PR finished 9th, 11 Cadets finished 4th, 14 Crown finished 5th, 17 Bluecoats finished 5th. Realistic finish range 1-5. 6. Cadets- slow regrowth. They rise from all the craziness. Realistic range 5-10 7. Cavaliers- they have been somewhat of a dark horse the past few years and O think they could do better this year but they can also get stale. Range 3-10 8. BK- I love BK and there is so much potential for this group but they never seem to make the top tier cut. Here is to hoping BK moves up and not down this year. Range 6-12 9. Mandarins- Are they for real or was 2018 special? Realistic finish range??? 10. Blue Stars- range 7-12 11. PR- Oh how I long for the PR of old. There were some really nice moments in 18...but... Finish range 9-14 12. SOA 13. Academy 14 Crossmen 15 MCDC 16 Madison 17 Troop 18 Colts 19 PC 20 OC champ 21 Genesis 22 OC 2nd place 23 OC 3rd place 24 Cascades 25 Surf

Nooooooo.... nothing is better pedigogically than a nice, big, full tuba line for the big bass voice. I know- the visual analysis and the fact that everyone is using amplification anyway...and BD wins all the tine with as little as 10 tubas but COME ON!

Cool! I have been thinking of doing a show that should have placed higher thread. I am just going to post a handful of years that I am more familiar with and who I thought should get it(some won brass some didn't).... keeping in mind that I was born in the 80s...so most are not live judgements 1975- Scouts 1976-BD 1980- SOA 1985- Cadets 1988- Scouts 1989- PR 1996- PR 2000- Cadets 2001- Cadets 2002- Cavaliers 2003- PR 2004- ... 2005- cadets 2006- PR 2007- PR 2008- PR (hm for Crown) 2009- BD (I fell there was a little too much to tweak with Crown in 09 but their performance was very nice). 2010- ... BD I guess...meh... 2011- PR 2012- Crown 2013- Crown 2014- Crown (hm for SCV). OOTW was one of the most mind blowing shows for brass to me. 2015- Crown (Cadets book was more difficult but their hornline didn't sell the show musically like Crown) 2016- Crown (HM for SCV) 2017- ... Crown had the best line but I didn't like the book 2018- Bluecoats 2018 was the best year for brass live for me...any of the top 4 could have won and had great books and lines.

Sorry to hear this news. OC show concepts have been among my favorites in recent years.

Congratulations to him! BK is great!

Great topic! My first live DCI show was 05 Pittsburgh and the top of the crop was really clean but I just wasn't feeling it emotionally. So let me answer your question in a few ways. -PR in general has been the gold standard for expressive/emotional shows but PR 08 at finals probably wasn't only the Pinnacle performance for them but I think it helped define today's DCI shows. - My favorite thing about the bluecoats even before they won a medal is the way they convey expression and emotion in their show designs, given I generally attend their home show in Massillon. I'd like to throw an honorable mention on for the Boxer in 08. That was just moment in a show though. - I have to put in a word for BK 2014. The design itself brought a ton of emotion. One of the most emotional moments I have witnessed live was Boston 2017 in Massillon. You could see the pride and achievement on those MMs faces and feel it. The crowd went wild! My winner for live moments is 2012 Crown at Finals. The score might not say so (percussion) but that show won. the performance was eneretic, emotional, and it was really a moment of awe for me

I will hopefully be attending Akron for the first time. We try to sit front and center in Massillon and since the show was moved I am wondering how the acoustics will be.

Merry Christmas! Want to add SCV 87 And BK 09

Remember that Phailing Phantom thread? Starting to look like that. Patternwise since Spartacus every winnwe other than BD has fallen out of medal contention the following year and has not won again since. I really think SCV had the pendulum momentum and they were able to top it off in 2018 with staffing and design that just happened to be remenescent of Spartacus. Really fantastic shows on SCVs part since 2014 though. Keep in mind SCV has spent some time in the bottom half of the top 12 before rising again too. SCV seems to be a lot stronger in pit percussion while phantom in brass up until recently when phantom fell. So many great brass moments in 2018...the show just wasn't there. Phantom is still Phantom and I agree that with a better design and pit writing team they could climb significantly... maybe even compete with Cavies.

So I broke down last year and bought the DCI essentials DVDs which is a nice well rounded best of collection from the 1970s to Spartacus. The problem is you know as you get into it more that you love a lot of shows that aren't part of this collection and don't like some that are but C'est la vie.

V for Vendetta. Some nice insturmental works by Dario Marienelli and phrases from 1812 to open. Vigilante justice with knife fights Throw in some music from Muse for an extra Anarchy feel Showcase atrocious government coverups Cry me a river by Julie London for the ballad with an etheral trumpet solo Big finish with the 1812 overture (featuring bass bones!)and blowing up government buildings. Remember remember the 5th of November. I really like this for the Cavaliers...but they might need to feature a female guard member to pull it off. No one has ever done 1812 right?

Does this include Stockholm Syndrome by Muse?

Entrance: Music City HM Cadets, troop Opener: the Crossmen HM Crown SOA Movement II: SCVC HM BD Ballad: Crown HM Bluecoats I am really in love with Saro but am using Bluecoats elsewhere. Closer: Bluecoats Drill: Boston with some SCV staging Exit: Boston Uniforms: Troopers The MMs Front Ensemble: SCV Drumline: tie Crown and Boston Color Guard: Mandarins HM Boston Drum Major: Troopers HM Bluecoats, PC Trumpets: Bluecoats Mellos: Cadets Baritones: Crown Tubas: Phantom Regiment

I just ordered the WC corps since this is the WC forum I will say 5 open make semifinals and the 22+ miss. Didn't want to make a full prediction including prelims

This thread is exhausting. Any chance an OP can be updated with changes as they happen like the show announcements? Or someone can update a spreadsheet? this way everyone can BS as they please but all the announced changes are in one place?

How about BD doing the works of Andy Warhol? Visually starting very colorful and moving to oxidation paintings. Featuring free form jazz and compositions of Pauline Oliveros.

Come on KK are you saying that there shouldn't be 5 young men in the corps unable to stand on a stage and sing live music. I Want It That Way not with pre-recorded vocals. It would be a great way for Bluecoats chair props to be recycled