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Agreed! I think there should be a deduction whenever a corps does this! This year it is a big part of Blue Devils, Blue Coats, and Boston Crusaders. posted from the DrumScorps app

Bring on the teddies and stripper moves! They have an incredible show and sound...why cheapen it? posted from the DrumScorps app

Mandarins has made huge strides, but still just a great open class caliber show-worthy of winning in open class! posted from the DrumScorps app

Me too! I still think most entertaining and out of the box show this year! posted from the DrumScorps app

"SLAM!" posted from the DrumScorps app

Scouts win every time...horn line, percussion, complexity. Feel good and whimsical, then The Academy. posted from the DrumScorps app

Agreed! posted from the DrumScorps app

I thought this show was about the post-apocalypse wasteland of Earth after nuclear war. Tough to find positivity in that, don't you know. Yet the darkest show of the season, Boston Crusaders, that hangs people, burns them and has a guard that is dressed in nighties and pole dances, is not? dci craziness! posted from the DrumScorps app

They are so whimsical, but no where even close on hornline sound and percussion! There's always next year...Scouts just slayed it! posted from the DrumScorps app

Because you wanted to miss the most entertaining show of the season?!!! You should be so glad that you chose wisely! posted from the DrumScorps app

Well said and totally agree! posted from the DrumScorps app

Way to kill it Madison Scouts! Most entertaining show of the season! #stepoutofthebox #securedyourspotinthefinals #waytoprovethehaterswrong posted from the DrumScorps app

I am sorry! I am new to this site and apparently I replied to you instead of the original comment maker. Will exercise more caution going forward.

I am completely in shock at the scores that Scouts have received this season. They really stepped up their game, came up with a completely new concept - something that has never been done before! Seems like maybe the judges are just partial or this is just uber political. Things that really irritate me on scoring: 1. Mandarins are much improved, but, have no where near the sound, or difficulty - music and choreography. Yet - throw in a well known tune - Sound of Silence and watch the scores go high. Not even in the same tier as Madison - not even close! 2. I am a huge Crown fan, however, their show this year is a complete miss and all the singing...ugh! Their horn line sound is still undeniable. Everything else is not of the same Crown caliber. 3. Boston is much improved and has that great horn line. The show is macabre, but very good. Singing here works...but, the stripper-esque guard in babydoll nighties with dances on poles, with rifles, and giving crotch shots to the audience is so tacky and adds nothing to the show in my opinion. If the guard added some class, this would elevate their program. 4. I have had the chance to see each of these shows multiple times - Madison makes more changes and adds complexity everytime - like seeing a completely new version every time. That is exciting! Your eyes don't know where to look! 5. I am a also a huge Bluecoats fan, however, this show seems just like a partial copy of last year - let's put a big huge prop on the field and run and climb all over it. Plus, let's mic strategic places to artificially enhance the real sound (especially when facing back field). Their sound is undeniable and their uniforms are awesome this year! I am ready for them to put a show on the field where they don't have to use the jungle gym effect - Kinetic Noise used huge spheres to climb on. Last year, the slip n' slides, and this year the huge prop in the middle to climb on. I truly expect them to be way more creative then this. 6. And what about the first part of the season with the Cavies throwing in a "dick pic" joke with their audio track? Ugh...really?!!! Cavies have removed it now and I am a huge Cavies fan - they were my first drum corps crush and their show and uniform change is great this year! I am a huge Drum Corps Fan and I am just sick of the nature of the drum corps beast - that judging rarely changes, they are not giving credit where credit is due, they are afraid for drum corps to evolve and move into the 21st century - these corps do NOT have to be your fathers' corps! And they seem to just stick to the same 5 corps at the top. Mixing it up a little - like last year with the Bluecoats winning.