[What is your personal enjoyment rankings for 2019?]

1. Carolina Crown

2. The Cavaliers

3. Blue Devils

4. Boston Crusaders

5. SCV

6. The Bluecoats

7. Blue Knights

8. Blue Stars

9. Crossmen

10. Phantom Regiment

11. Mandarins

12. Pacific Crest

Honorable Mention - Madison Scouts

[DCI World Championship Finals - Saturday, August 10, 2019]

I haven't had chills like that watching from home in years. Completely raw and breathtaking Crown! Watch out SCV....

[Pick Any Show Throughout All Time and Eternity That You Wish You Saw Live]

Phantom Regiment 2010 😢

[In-Person Amp Reviews?]

6 minutes ago, Fred Windish said:

Thanks for your input!

Understandably, my Flo sound experience doesn’t count in this outreach. In fairness, by mentioning Crown I was not dissatisfied by what I heard. Sounded great to me. Actually, I thought Crown was the best I’ve seen/heard them all season. As smr17 notes, the last 3 corps really let it rip! 

I live and die by Crown (so bias), but I couldn't be happier with how they sounded. That pure, natural hornline was the highlight of the night for me!

[2019 "Hot Dog" Corps - Do You Have One?]

Definitely SOA. The costumes alone scared me away last night..

[In-Person Amp Reviews?]

Section 138 about the 25. A speaker was right in front of us for most shows, and I didn't mind it until the final 3. It's quite clear the top 3 are pumping hornline through the speakers, and I found that to be quite distracting. I second that Bluecoats were a little obnoxiously loud with their amplification, especially in the closer. I personally don't think any of the amplification added anything to my experience but I'm more of a purist, so there may be some bias. The top 3 definitely were a problem for me. The amplified hornline sound doesn't compare to the real deal.

[Has Audience Culture Changed?]

1 hour ago, mellojay84 said:

maybe someone addressed this earlier (I haven't read through the entire thread), but in previous decades a MUCH larger portion of the audiences were seeing shows for the first time.  Reactions were raw, and spontaneous..  How many of us now can say we haven't watched/heard/gotten a taste of several corps' shows before we even go to a stadium to see them live? I know a few who make it a mission to NOT watch anything till they can see it live, or on finals night... I surmise that those folks are a minority.  Most of us know whats about to happen before we get in our seats.  I think it's a change in how we "curate" our Drum Corps experience, not that audiences have changed.. 

 

yeah i haven't had a chance to get through it all either (this blew up more than i anticipated) but from what i read this makes some of the most sense. One season I'll have to try it to see if the shows leave any more of an impression on me. Thanks for all the replies guys! heck of a first post

[Has Audience Culture Changed?]

I'm new here so I'm just genuinely curious if anyone agrees, but it seems like watching older videos ('00-'12) there are many instances when the corps would have audiences up and cheering maybe even before the last hit. Now I'm usually disappointed by the lack of excitement in audiences and feel like the standing ovations at the end are weaker and come out of obligation. Does anyone agree and maybe know what has changed? Am I crazy? (please feel free to tell me)