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  1. 3 hours ago, Tommeee said:

    Where’s the 2024 thread?  I kinda still wanted to discuss 2023, but it looks like you all have already moved on!

    The more I think about it, I believe 2023 might be my favorite Crown corps ever!

    It is currently on page 2. will be bumping it momentarily. And I love this show, so I see your perspective here. 

     

  2. Thought I would be the one to make this thread for the second year in a row. 

    Reflecting upon how I opened the thread this past season, the performers were indeed finally handed a product that in my eyes knocked it out of the park. It just so happened there were three other shows around them that were also amazing. The design staff is definitely learning from the past. The new percussion staff really meshed well with the design team and brought a whole new sound to this corps that works really really well. I am excited to see what a whole year worth of recruiting will do to this line. Now that the other captions have caught up to the brass, I think that if next year the "students" are handed a show that is very cohesive and powerful...look out. Because a crown that is consistent across all performance captions is a VERY scary crown. 

     

    Anyways, here is to winning the show thread caption once again, let's do it again this year!

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  3. 3 minutes ago, nsxanax said:

    No Rentless or Inferno?!

    Actually, with those years stated, you make a good case👍

    ‘23s certainly now on my personal, CrownRUSHMORE.

    Now, who do I bump…

    I personally don’t think the 2016 line was among their best. In fact, of the last 10 years I think it was their weakest. No where near bad, it’s just the others were better 😂. Inferno is my all-time favorite show, and that was a great hornline, however they didn’t quite have the cleanliness and sonority of the lines in my top 4. You might notice that three of those four shows in my top four are heavily orchestral sounds. Extremely well balanced sound with a focus on tonal centers and balance within orchestral chord structures, incredible dynamic control, and pure overtones with a stronger weight in the bass than other lines have (tuba section). The ballad in 2018 is a vast majority of the reason why that line is on my list. These lines handle subtle yet incredible difficulty from a soundscape standpoint with absolute class and clarity. 

     

    For reference, 2015 would be fifth on this list. You might notice by now I have a specific taste in sound 😂. Warm, deep, dark sounds with an emphasis in the low voices. I’m very into orchestral pieces written in minor keys, with dark, mysterious, or very powerful emotional undertones. These lines really pull at my heart strings. 

    2013 was just the cleanest hornline to ever touch the field, so of course it would be on my list 😂 

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  4. Haha was watching the semis run from last night. It seems there was a brand new “mute feature” in the show. 

     

    Go watch the video up on the popular site. You’ll see in the fourth movement around the 30 yard line on side one 😂. There’s an audible cheer from side one when it is kicked to the sideline. 

  5. What’s crazy is this show can still grow a lot before finals night too. So much potential this snow has. They have added and cleaned literally every show since Atlanta. 
     

    Also I hate that Flo changed camera angles literally as soon as the purple silk came out at the end. That was meant to be seen from the high cam perspective. 

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  6. 35 minutes ago, Grandpa Joe said:

    EXTREMELY rough edit of what I want in that final Crown set. The guard standing there is good for now, but I want the center of that sucker to SPARKLE!

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    The guard has plenty of time to stage and open a silk like that. I could definitely see that happening. It would bring the house down for sure. They held that final note out *very* long last night. Almost too long. I have an odd feeling there’s going to be another moving line musically there to finish the snow out come Indy. 

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  7. Love the standing ovation Crown got as soon as the crown snapped in to place. 

     

    All of these changes made in the last week and a half have really added so much momentum to the show. It’s all starting to tie together really well. 

     

    Also noticed they added some drill in the other movements that aren’t the closer too. Awesome. Cleaning it really well too. 

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  8. You know, it’s amazing how much they’ve changed in the last week and yet they have cleaned it *so much* that’s like the fourth new ending and it looks like it’s been in for a while. Makes me wonder how long all of these changes were being worked on in rehearsal before they went in in a show. 

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  9. 6 minutes ago, BWise said:

    The guard is almost already in position so easy to get there and the show literally has a crown in it .. the rumor on the ground was they were not happy with it and pulled it out for tonight. 
    also heard rumors of a C2C .. 3 more shows til Indy so .. they better get busy if it’s coming. 

    Mind reminding me what C2C means? 

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