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why surprising? in the last 10 years Bluecoats have only had 1 7th place finish, and 6 medal placements. the other placements have been 4,5,or 6

yeah, I actually thought that would be a better idea right after I Posted that...lol

this is why I think judges should be able to use any hundredth number in their scoring, so it could be possible to see 9.90, 9.93, 9.94, 9.97, 9.99 if the corps are that evenly matched that the differences are so miniscule that a tenth of a point is just too much based on the level of parity between these groups nowadays

yes with the cadets 9th place finish they now have only the 8th place spot to achieve the complete set of all 12 places. it is interesting to compare just 4 years ago when the bluecoats achieved this accomplishment and joined Madison as the only 2 having placed in all 12 spots they were getting that final spot by winning their first championship and completing th climb to the top of the activity they started many years ago. in contrast by placing 12th this year to achieve this collection of all 12 placements Phantom Regiment continues a downward slide which brought them an 11th and 12th place finish over the past 2 seasons. So for the Bluecoats it was a joyous occasion and just one more achievement to celebrate in a year full of achievements, and for Phantom Regiment it is something that they probably wished they had not achieved.

think about it, the semi finals show would be about 6 hours long, even if they charged $25 a ticket theaters would be losing money on a usually busy Friday night because during that 6 hour time slot they could show 3 movies on that screen at $13 a pop. that is why you will never see the theaters give up a Friday or Saturday night to DCI

wrong - Bluecoats became the second corps to do this in 2016 when they won

one I heard from the stands while performing after the cadets had performed was someone in the audience yelled "Bring Back Garfield" that one always stung

Suncoast 1984 - Requiem in particular with the girl dancing around a graveyard in front of the Vietnam wall holding a balloon

First time the corps broke 96 prior to at the finals venue

That was a phenomenal ending to an amazing show, loved 88BD

1986 was a fun show, if you remember the vibe feature in doodletown that was me ;)

I'm trying to figure out where he goes when he wanders and why he felt the need to mention his occasional wandering

yeah, the turd in this sentence is the show not the students.

I think he is commenting on the fact that mandarins go on before the intermission then there are 2 more corps before Cadets. probably doesn't give Mandarins much of a shot of being compared fairly head to head against Cadets so Cadets will probably come out on top in that matchup regardless of whether or not they truly deserve to be. the timing makes it hard on the judges to state confidently that mandarins are better or worse than Cadets

it's funny how everyone last year was complaining about bluecoats focusing on a live singer and this year the complaint is that they aren't using a live singer...

all true statements

you're gonna love it

you know I bet every year you can probably predict who the top 5 or 6 College Football teams are going to be also, and I'm guessing not once does Ball State, Maryland, Rutgers, Duke, or Minnesota ever get mentioned.

my understanding is they beat them more recently like in 2007, 2008, & 2009 or at least around that time if not during all three years

it seems easy because they are performing it so well.

I'm gonna try to get the crowd to do it as the corps enters the field in Allentown instead of the standard blooooo. maybe if we try this at enough shows it will catch on before finals

yeah the article was wrong, because Bluecoats beat BD last year in Katy Texas. and no, it is never over until finals night. we will see if BD can catch Bluecoats or if Bluecoats can do enough to stay on top.

it's already beating BD head to head, and they haven't even added the changes they are currently working on which I hear are fantastic.

they got 2nd - how underrated could it have been?