pcloaninger17

Well, I’m glad everyone was nice to each other after scores were announced. 🧐 posted from the DrumScorps app

Interesting note: This is could be the first time in a long time (if not the first time ever) that each caption award has a different winner. We could possibly see bluecoats winning GE, Devils winning visual, Boston winning Colorguard, Crown winning brass and Vanguard winning drums. This is going to be an interesting night for sure. posted from the DrumScorps app

Should be a 49.99 per month option. Since there’s only one show left, that would probably be the cheapest route. posted from the DrumScorps app

Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure they livestream the awards ceremony on DCI’s YouTube channel. posted from the DrumScorps app

At least this thread won’t be as toxic as the Buffalo one after the show. posted from the DrumScorps app

Pacific Crest posted from the DrumScorps app

Update from a member: They fully cancelled the show. posted from the DrumScorps app

As far as I’m aware, the misprint was in visual scores. I think whoever posted the recap divided the combined visual score by 3 instead of 2, and that’s where the lowered score came from. I think Mandarins actually scored a 75.7, while Pacific Crest has a 63.95. posted from the DrumScorps app

Which corps are you talking about? For some I’m only counting excerpts that organizations such as Vic Firth have posted on their YouTube channels.

Sorry, I forgot to put drums. I’m predicting that Santa Clara takes another Sanford.

I’ve posted a few predictions on here before, but since it seems we won’t get any more show reveals before the start of the season (rumor has it the Blue Knights are releasing their show after the tour premiere but before their first show), I’m going to make my final season predictions now. I’ll put an asterisk next to corps that I haven’t seen footage from yet. If you have footage from any of the corps I haven’t seen, it would be much appreciated if you would allow me to see it. (send it to my Instagram @patrick.cloaninger) 1. Carolina Crown (Visual, Brass, GE) 2. Boston Crusaders (Guard) 3. Blue Devils 4. Santa Clara Vanguard* 5. Bluecoats* 6. Cavaliers* 7. Cadets 8. Mandarins 9. Blue Stars 10. Phantom Regiment 11. Blue Knights* 12. Crossmen Please don’t just bash my predictions; I’d like to have a serious discussion on why I think my predictions are good while you may think otherwise.

1-3: 1. Santa Clara Vanguard 2. Carolina Crown 3. Blue Devils Vanguard’s show last year was absolutely amazing, and with the staff that they have, I think they make something even better (maybe a new record?). As for Crown and BD, I think Crown’s design team will produce a really good story, and the Blue Devils will try too hard with their design, ending up with a third place finish. 4-9: 4. Bluecoats 5. Boston Crusaders 6. Cadets 7. Cavaliers 8. Blue Stars 9. Blue Knights Not much to say here; Bluecoats are in 4th because of Carolina Crown moving up, and I swapped Cadets and Cavaliers because I think a less dramatic offseason will benefit the Cadets. 10-15: 10. Crossmen 11. Mandarins 12. Phantom Regiment 13. Colts 14. Spirit of Atlanta 15. Academy I truly think any of these corps could make finals in 2019. The spread between 10th and 15th on prelims night was only 2.737 points, which I think could be made up by any of the corps. As for the placement I have here, I think that the Crossmen will have a better overall design and better overall execution, earning them a 10th place finish. I also think that Mandarins are too far up to drop out of finals, but I do predict a drop in scoring. As for Phantom, as much as I disliked the design from 2018, and the questions I have with the 2019 show, they won’t drop out of finals just yet. The other 3 corps were more random placement than anything, as I expect the spread there to be very small. 16-25: 16. Troopers 17. Madison Scouts 18. Music City 19. Pacific Crest 20. Gold 21. Genesis 22. Legends 23. Spartans 24. Cascades 25. Guardians With the absence of Vanguard Cadets, Blue Devils B, and the Oregon Crusaders, this section is definitely the one with the most change. The Troopers are on top here, because I honestly see things getting worse before they start getting better for the Scouts. Music City also swaps with Pacific Crest, as I believe that Music City will create an even more enjoyable and well-designed program than last year. Legends swap with Spartans because I think that Legends will bounce back from being left out of semifinals in 2018. Guardians move into semifinals because I think they can do even better than they did with ###### in 2018. 26-35: 26. 7th Regiment 27. Jersey Surf 28. Southwind 29. Louisiana Stars 30. River City Rhythm 31. Golden Empire 32. Shadow 33. Raiders 34. Colt Cadets 35. Heat Wave Not much but random-ish placement here.

To further my top 15 predictions, here’s the rest of the corps who went to championships in 2018. I was going to do all of the open class corps, but given how their tours ended in mostly mid to late July, it would way to hard to speculate where they would end up if they all went to championships. (Open class corps have their open class ranking in parentheses.) 16. Colts 17. Troopers 18. Vanguard Cadets (1) 19. Music City 20. Pacific Crest 21. Blue Devils B (2) 22. Oregon Crusaders 23. Genesis 24. Legends (3) 25. Gold (4) 26. Spartans (5) 27. Seattle Cascades 28. Guardians (6) 29. 7th Regiment (7) 30. Southwind (8) 31. Jersey Surf 32. Louisiana Stars (9) 33. River City Rhythm (10) 34. Golden Empire (11) 35. Pioneer 36. Colt Cadets (12) 37. Shadow (13) 38. Raiders (14) 39. Heat Wave (15)

This probably won’t happen, but Rick Valenzuela gets fired by Phantom and gets hired by Madison after they fire Dann Petersen.

My 2019 Top 15: 1. Santa Clara Vanguard 2. Bluecoats 3. Blue Devils 4. Boston Crusaders 5. Carolina Crown 6. Cadets 7. Cavaliers 8. Blue Knights 9. Blue Stars 10. Phantom 11. Mandarins 12. Spirit 13. Crossmen 14. Madison Scouts 15. Academy Guard: Blue Devils Visual: SCV Brass: SCV Percussion: SCV GE: SCV 1-5: I’m gonna be honest, I thought 2018 was the year where BD would be outside the top 2. But if it wasn’t 2018, then surely it’ll be 2019. All the signs are pointing towards SCV, and with a corps trending up that close to BD, a lot of the local talent will start to go over to SCV. 2019 may be the year it happens. Also, Boston looks to be even more on the up after the masterpiece that was S.O.S. I see them jumping Crown on finals night. 6-11: Standard rising and falling honestly. There’s not much to talk about placement-wise here, it should be relatively the same as 2018. 12-15: Knock should've been in finals hands-down. Crossmen we’re good, but Spirit was something else in my opinion. I think this is the year Spirit gets back, and the only corps I could legitimately see them jumping is the Crossmen. Also, Madison should noticeably improve from 2018, but I don’t see them improving enough to get back to finals. Reply with any any thoughts or comments!