Bronte44

I guess I was in the wrong section because there was very little love for BD where I was sitting. But that doesn’t stop me from showing my appreciation to all of the corps. Great night for drum corps!

Blue Devils were magical tonight! Someone noted that the response to Blue Devils was muted tonight… it was because people started leaving right after Boston! People just want to hate the Devils.

Phantom always performs beautiful and classic drum corps shows, but you do know that any of the top five ranking corps could learn their show in a week and perform it at an extremely high level in two, right?

Yes, yes, yes! Thank you for expanding on my thoughts so eloquently 😁

Just one very small person’s opinion here (not worth a whole lot), but I think that as far as content, the Blue Devil’s show has the potential to score the highest, especially musically. That’s why they are able to be a little dirty at times and still score higher than the other corps. Boston, for instance, has to be completely clean to beat a slightly dirty Blue Devils. I haven’t seen a completely clean performance from Blue Devils yet, but the level of show design difficulty keeps them ahead. I know, I know…some of y’all are impressed by flashy apps and narration, but it’s the meat and potatoes that count. Substance over style, if you will. Blue Devils has the substance. Overall, a very enjoyable season. Lucky us! Oh, and sometimes it really hard to tell when you are watching from home if sound issues are the corps or have to do with Flo. I’ve been to 3 live shows and it’s a completely different experience. I’m going to be at Indy and I just can’t wait 😛

No, I think this is an important topic! Some of the content in this show is definitely pushing the limit of good taste and being family friendly. I feel uncomfortable watching certain parts of this show and I would have been really unhappy with the subject matter had I brought my son when he was a middle schooler falling in love with drum corps to see this performance. Not to take away from the performers who perform at such a high level one and all.