OhioBoy_99

Correct, voting is for the final 2 but I have titled each voting round as the current bracket which is the final 4!

These last few standing have had quite a journey but alas, we have arrived! The Final 4! Remember, the winner of these two brackets will face off in the championship starting tomorrow! You know the drill 😉 vote below! Ends tomorrow at 5pm et Bracket 1: https://www.polltab.com/bracket-poll/RbU8qOxk7UE4 Bracket 2: https://www.polltab.com/bracket-poll/8YlDECekLxBi

2 more hours to get those votes in for the next round!

Not that seeds have any barring on the talent of these groups but for those bracketology fans.... The final 8 corps include: (1) 1 seed (2) 7 seeds (1) 8 seed (1) 11 seed (1) 12 seed (1) 14 seed (1) 16 seed Now that would be a headline...

And then there were 8… Elite 8 voting is now open and as usual will close at 5PM et tomorrow! Cast your votes in the brackets below and any link in this thread! Bracket 1: https://www.polltab.com/bracket-poll/RbU8qOxk7UE4 Bracket 2: https://www.polltab.com/bracket-poll/8YlDECekLxBi

One more hour to get those votes in! 😊

Round 2 voting has closed and we’re officially onto the Sweet 16! Voting ends at 5PM et tomorrow! Vote in each bracket attached! Or any link in this thread including the original post! Bracket 1: https://www.polltab.com/bracket-poll/RbU8qOxk7UE4 Bracket 2: https://www.polltab.com/bracket-poll/8YlDECekLxBi Few surprises I’ll be honest and it’s making it all the more entertaining!

More input the better. I’ve considered doing a decades tournament but have hesitated for the reason that it would divide nicely with 4 decades into quads, but with 5 decades I run into debating how to include that. I ran a tournament a few years ago on here with brackets that were “DCI classics”, “Modern Shows”, “High Scorers”, and “Fan Favorites” with DCI classics housing the 70’s and 80’s and that seemed to be well received. I’d love to do a decades tournament tho! And I didn’t miss Hook’em’s all Cavies suggestion either 😂

Thanks to everyone who’s participated so far! Round 2 voting is still open and ends in 6 hours! You can use the links above to vote! Who do you want to see make it to the sweet 16?

Round 1 voting has closed and Round 2 voting is open! Closes tomorrow at 5PM ET! Remember to vote in each of the two brackets! Bracket 1: https://www.polltab.com/bracket-poll/RbU8qOxk7UE4 Bracket 2: https://www.polltab.com/bracket-poll/8YlDECekLxBi

Round 1 voting ends in 5 hours! Dont forget to vote in bracket 2 as well! https://www.polltab.com/bracket-poll/8YlDECekLxBi

24 hours left until round 1 closes! If you've already voted in Bracket 1, don't forget to cast your vote in Bracket 2 as well! Each bracket has 32 entries to make up the field of 64! Happy voting to all who participate!

I noticed that! I'll use this as a heads up to everyone, if you click the picture associated with each seed, it should expand to show the full show title! Sorry for the inconvenience!

Hello everyone! It's been a while, hope all is well with you. It's that time of year when things are slow in the music world and in full force with college basketball so I figured why not have a little fun and bring back some DCI MARCH MADNESS! This will be a tournament of the top 64 highest scoring shows of all time. The bracket is set up similarly to typical march madness ranking. Top four highest scoring shows are 1 seeds, next four are 2 seeds and so on. 1v16, 2v15, etc. Voting will be open immediately and each round ends at 5pm ET each day. So round one voting ends tomorrow at 5PM, and round 2 will open at that time and end the following day at the same time. I'll attach the brackets below to vote on. There will be 2 brackets each of 32 and the winners of each bracket will face off in the Championship Friday March 17th! CHAMPIONSHIP VOTING IS OPEN! Championship Bracket: https://www.polltab.com/bracket-poll/jZpD-IRVpoRE Bracket 1: https://www.polltab.com/bracket-poll/RbU8qOxk7UE4 Bracket 2: https://www.polltab.com/bracket-poll/8YlDECekLxBi Per usual, this is just for fun! Anyone have any predictions? Round one "upsets"? Let the voting begin! NOTE: Some of the titles are being cut short and not displaying show years. Click the image associated with each seed and the year will be displayed as well! NOTE: Don't forget to cast your votes in each of the two brackets attached!

I’m on cloud 9 getting to see live drum corps again. Everyone did exceptional, I was thoroughly impressed with all of them. Some quick thoughts: - Cadets brass sound is scary good. They could be dangerous with the right show design. Thought the traditional uniforms looked very good on the field. - Boston just continues to get better each year. The screens were more distraction than helpful to me. - Not to ruffle any feathers tho, but as a whole package, the Bluecoats are head and shoulders above everyone else right now and that seemed to be the general consensus of those around me. Just no weaknesses. Safe travels all and congrats to everyone on a magical night!

My mom is coming to town from Detroit for the show as well! Small world

Excited to get back to seeing live drum corps! Wanted to start a thread for tonight’s show! 81 and partly cloudy at showtime All times ET 8:00 - Welcome + National Anthem 8:05 - Rhythm IN Blue 8:20 - Columbus Saints 8:37 - Music City 8:54 - Spirit of Atlanta 9:11 - The Cadets 9:28 - Boston Crusaders 9:45 - Bluecoats

As someone who was just in Italy for the past 2 months studying abroad, it was insane to see just how fast this virus spread in the course of a week. But I can attest the attitude from most people over there was very "we're fine no need to worry" and still is. Insane to see Ohio State and Kent State closing campus but good they're being proactive?

Quick question for those of have gotten the disk or have in the past. Do the performances come as high camera or multi angle? Or both? Thank you advance 😊

My gosh, I just got the other interpretation. Alright just to clarify, I am rooting for a second championship and that is all 😂 I’ll let them worry about their personal issues...

Bloo number 2 if you catch my drift 😁

I think I actually like the excitement of waiting until the premiere to find out what they’re doing. When they announce the show though is not really any of my business or have any effect on how I feel about the show. As long as they keep doing what they’ve been doing on the field I’ll be a happy camper 😊. I don’t know anything about this upcoming season but I’m sure Bloo will make their mark as usual. Premiere can’t come fast enough

It's interesting that you say that because I've always thought the same. I think both parties should have mutual respect and love for one another. When I was in band, I didn't have a great experience with some football players, but I still couldn't wait to get on the field friday nights and play my heart out and cheer my team on, even though I don't think they had the same care for us. And they weren't bad, had decent seasons. Made the playoffs 3 of the 4 years I was there, tho lost in the first round 2 or those 3 times so there's that. And my band also played a "post game" show where we played a standstill run through of our show for the band parents who had to work concessions during games and whoever wanted to stay and here us play again, and there was usually a decent crowd, but no players stayed to watch. The year after I graduated or so the football team seemed to become the band's biggest fans, and even stayed after the game to watch and cheer the band on. And shortly after made it to back to back state title games for the first time in school history. Coincidence? Probably. But to further your point, see what happens when everyone gets along? 😂😉

Fair enough, and I think there has been an obvious shift in show design. Not sure if that is because of Lucas Oil or just part of the times. But let's say finals never stayed stagnated in Indy, would show design still be as evolved as is now? And what corps would be most effected if not? I just always hear about designing the "soundscape" which is probably very much suited for indoor venues. But what if the corps that haven't been very successful with that currently didn't have to worry as much about it? There probably wouldn't be much difference but I just caught myself thinking about it haha.

So it's been a little over 2 months since the season has ended, and all is quiet in DCP world as usual during the off season. I find myself often going back and watching the sparse clips of finals night performances and missing the season all over again. But then that also brought to my attention the many times I hear see people not as satisfied as having finals in a dome, let alone in the same venue year in and out. I know DCI moved championships to Indianapolis in 2008? (Please correct me if wrong haha!) And as far as I'm aware, championships were rotated around the country prior to that yearly in a majority of outdoor venues. So for the past 12 seasons, finals have been in one spot in an indoor stadium. And this started to make me wonder, would competitive results have been different over the years if this weren't the case? I know some corps have lost prominence in the Lucas Oil era and others have gained. I have not been around DCI long enough to know if this has had any profound effect on competitive results or if these are just natural rises and falls that would've happened anyways regardless. So my question to anyone out there is do you think the move to Lucas Oil has had any effect on corps success and if so how do you think results would fare today if they would have continued rotating finals around the country in outdoor domes. Hope everyone is having a great off season! 😁