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Coming out of the ballad hit in the corner, I wonder if anybody gets the "East of my past and West of my future" with the guard person representing the East/Past?

Exactly! You can't be good on the field, if you don't tour right. Ron knows how to do that.

The drill tech in me came out when I heard they were switching to black that year. I thought, "it will make them look small and accentuate intervals more" and it did. Those maroon and gold uniforms are the perfect tick hiders.

I'll keep saying it. Doc Stratton and his staff are creating a top 5 brass line at The Cadets. Will it be this year? Who knows, but if their retain and don't lose as many members to corps above them (compared to any other year) and attract more mature talent, they will be on their way. I know for a fact that there is a 15 year old "legacy" euph who's dad marched in the 80's that is already a complete stud. Imagine when he matures? 8 Year vet? The Cadets are growing. They need to reestablish the brand. Stay close to their traditional roots, but be innovative, get the talent to get to the top 6, stay true to their brand for one more year after that... then they can innovate! Rebuilding the brand is super important right now. Bluecoats and Crown are the perfect examples of this.

The uniforms are sponsored.

The "look Beatniks!" and "New York City" along with "My East...and West..." among other lines are great! You need the other narration to make those iconic lines work. I am not a fan of the total narration shows (BD said they learned their lesson after Yowza Yowza Yowza!") but it seems to work with this Cadet show.... for now.

2018 they were 7th and closer to 6th then to 8th if I remember, but still on an island.

Any reason why the DCP and DCI ranking features are not working? Anybody? Bueller? Bueller?

Power of 10 was a very good show. To be honest, so was the Christmas show. I know more than a few "drill guys" that when we saw the double blind backfield reshapes during the mello solo "Do you hear what I hear?" We turned to each other and said that was by far the hardest transition of the summer. But all of you are right... The brand has not been right for some time. Hopefully, this show, design team, and educators can start to lay the new foundation with this show. I marched Cadets 81-84, so I would like to think the bricks those corps laid down set the tone for some time after us and then the other years that did well, projected the brand further down the road. And yes, when I marched in the 80's, I thought the guys that marched the early 70's were ancient. The 60's? They were already ghosts to me... LOL but they were all around those years and some of them still are. But some of those earlier shows? On the bus we talked about a lot of historic corps from Garfield and many other corps... and we didn't have YouTube, DCP, or the internet to find them. LOL

The Cadets need to reestablish the "brand." The year off for covid and a few years of bad design choices post Sacktig, Gino, and McNutt have taken a great brand and diminished it. It will take a year or two to rebuild that brand, so that a single show (product) or two don't affect the brand again, along with poor financial choices out of desperation. The Cadets need to take the Bluecoats approach. Be "who they are" attract new members and retain the ones they have (don't lose them to Boston, Crown, Bluecoats) and build the beast... put all of your investment there.... Then, get into the Top 6 and then "be yourself" one more season before you start to explore and attempt to innovate. Sure and steady wins the race. Ask the Blue Devils, Crown, Bluecoats, and SCV... even Cavies. (3 of these corps have bingo, but two still do it the old fashioned way and raise money however they can, but every corps needs a side hustle these days). Boston is the exception to this rule, but they did that with a huge cash infusion and complete organizational overhaul, which is not impossible to do, but the Cadets do not have that type of financial donor firepower cultivated the past few years. When I marched the Top 6 was the Country Club and nobody wanted to be booted for another corps to get in. Members just don't want to make Finals ... or win... but they also want to march in a Top 6 Corps. That might mean at local shows that the corps you are in goes on last a lot before regional season starts... and that has some prestige. I have faith in these educators at The Cadets that they can get the most out of these members.... and budget. March straight and true to victory.... FHNSAB!

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SCORES https://dci.org/scores/final-scores/2022-east-coast-classic

The Cadets are very good this year. The hornline is back and far better than a few years ago. TY Matt Stratton / Jay Bocook and the brass team.

Yes. Jay came back after the 2019 season.

There is more to them.... patience.

What is the significance of the tassel?

Bluecoats

Boston

Crossmen

Pacific Crest

Colts

Mandarins

SCV

Madison Scouts

Post the name of the corps and a photo of what they are wearing this summer!