Coro

If you're going to go D2 and you live in Texas, you ought to go over to San Antonio and march Revolution. It is a great corps and an excellent place for anyone to march. Oh, and its in Texas! Check the website - www.revolution-corps.org

BD has one of its best hornlines ever. Their warmup before the SA show last weekend was incredible. I saw them warm up before finals last year and this one, already, was better. I got mad goosebumps -- it was off the hook. Cavaliers are quite controlled this year, as you'll hear when you check out their 1st sops early in the show. They're good, but I think BD's hornline has it this year, thanks especially to the BD Contra Line, some of whom I and a buddy of mine hung with up in Dallas. Props!

These Cavies boys are always so defensive...

I think SCV can definitely take Cadets but they probably won't touch Phantom. I suppose we can't count them out but I would not put them any higher than 4th.

Underdog picks - PR and SCV...

I'm not saying that Phantom is going to win -- I do think they could. It is within the realm of possibility. Look, I'm not a judge, but you any of you with any connection to the activity know that we are in the midst of big changes in everyone's show. Rewrites, new visuals, and watering down books are de rigeur at this moment. If things go the right way for Phantom, they might do something special this year. Otherwise, it'll be up to BD and Cavies to duke it out. May the best corps win -- I just don't think that the Cavies are the best. They are clean. Very clean. BD's feet are not as clean as they have been lately. Phantom has been helping to develop horns with King -- they have a sweet sound....very sweet! (18.5 for Cavies, 18 for PR, 17.8 for BD) Devs have a killer hornline -- they just need to get their marching book better so that they can bring their lot sound to the field. Also, I think Cavies are peaking right now. I haven't even mentioned percussion, but if you look, the big winner in SA was SCV. Nice work, y'all -- and I'll just say again that the entire corps has awesome feet this year. PLATES --- many props on your final drill move!!! I will say it: that was the best move I saw all last night. (to those of you who haven't seen them or who will soon---the five of them weave down through the corps in the final move jazz running) Your feet were hitting absolutely perfectly on the beat. Very nice! This is going to be interesting to say the least. I'm not here to pin down the captions where one corps could use to make a move. I think though that what PR has is enough to give them a shot and, at this point, makes them worth mentioning as part of the 'top three'.

The ring is way within Phantom's reach. Cavies were pretty flat in SA, better in Houston, but still nothing too great. BD had probably their best hornline warmup of the season in SA, but the show isn't allowing them to win right now. They've got to do something with the ending. Phantom has some of their best stuff in years and will certainly make things interesting. By the way, SCV's feet are sick good. Ron Hardin works magic. They are looking real good and will duke it out with Cadets unless Cadets do something.

...by the way, all those ####'s are nothing bad, just the slightly more forceful way to say "darn."

Ok, so I only saw Devs and Cadets in Dallas...but that was because I was hanging out in the lot all night. Devs hornline is smokin this year. Wow. I caught their warmup at finals last year and this years hornline is approaching that level already. I gotta send a shot out to the Contra line -- #### boys, it sounds good (from both me and Mr. LeGault). Cadets really kinda dumped on themselves in Dallas, I thought. (not so tonight in Houston though their score didn't really show it. much cleaner -- this show just isn't going to do it.) Devs - ####. Awesome --- now all they need to do is revamp the end of their show and they will get the ring they so deserve. Saw Cavies tonight in Houston -- uh, I saw this show already though, last year, the year before that, the year before that, oh, and the year before that. To quote a friend, its Niagara Falls Part 4...or Re-cycle. More power to the Blue Devils (I'll admit I haven't seen Phantom yet, a corps I would really like to see win, so I'll reserve final judgment) and anyone else who we can get to unseat the 3peating Hornline/Drumline/Roller Derby team.