bandman28

i know exactly what you are saying, but it shouldn't be a problem, it doesn't matter how high the scores go for the afternoon show because the top 8 don't perform til the evening show. expect top 4 scores from afternoon to drop in the evening anyway.

Yes, but bluecoats have beaten cadets this season too.

interesting opening night. Scores and captions all over the place. Extremely disgusted with DCI, The web cast was announced as cancelled then removed from the calendar of web cast cause of difficulties which happens. I logged on at 9 30 to check scores and what do i find???? the web cast happened. I am very displeased with DCI for telling us one thing and doing something different. I'm sure a lot of people missed tonight due to DCI's technical incompetence.

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I hope the visual book is good.

i like the uniform in the pictures, Is that the guard ourfit for this show, if so WTG. its perfect for the show, hope to see looks of charecterization.

just found cadets whole show on u tube. and my reaction is ampssuck the whole show seems like a practice, there are some nice moments but non stop naration over what might be a nice music book, guard is incomplete but thats expected. i give it 7th if it dosen't get major revisions.

hey i must say i'm pleasently surprised. I had heard bad things about madison's new unis, but i opened the thread with an open mind and must say i like them good job madison designers.

well this is always fun, but i'll give it a shot. 1st phantom 2nd cavaliers 3rd bluecoats 4th blue devils 5th santa clara 6th crown 7th cadets 8th blue knights 9th glassmen 10th spirit 11th colts 12th blue stars 13th boston 14th crossmen 15th academy 16th manderins 17th troopers 18th-21st who knows 22nd pioneer Thats my story and i'm sticking too it until i change my mind lol

just wondering if anyone went to the blue review and how the show looked.

i saw it on u tube before it got pulled, and the naration is completely pointless and distracting, far worse the even crusaders 2004

why not both??????it only takes 10 extra minutes. but if you have to chose one, based on todays kids, i would go with star. they will be more interested in movie scores then wizard of oz.

hey was doing a u tube search for dci 2007 and came accross this. the performances are done indoor with no lines. and staging is more front to back then long ways. The reason i posted is the performances are quite good and worth checking out. Also to make a point, if DCI is truely international, why aren't these corps getting exposure? There is more to Drum Corps then then North America and Europe.

i'm not going to mention the corps as this person is no longer envolved. but we were practicing in downtown philadelphia, we of course had been given the speech about representing the corps well. then came the last practice run through before that evenings show. then at the end over the loud speaker we get the recap from the program coordinator. Brass needs to watch this and that, same for percussion, and finally GUARD!!!!! for tonight do you think you might be able to hold on to the f%$king equipment!!!!! Guard can you hold on to the f#@king equipment became my favorite staff quote of the year.

guys the last kid out made a mistake, maybe didn't relize they were the last person out. nothing happened, after all we have all forgot to lock the door. The host for the kids ask them to be more careful and i'm sure they will. Can we now drop the kids nodays are so irresponsible act and deciding how we should have punished them? Oh, and good God, how is the corps responsible for the door being open? a mistake was made and corrected guys, get a grip and move on. this was already corrected and should have never been kept alive by making a discussion of it. this is just going to discourage others from hosting kids everywhere and hurting other corps.

Why is that such a surprise, bluecoats have been known for their brass sections for years. until the recent surge in percussion, bluecoats brass is what gave them their name and respect in the DCI organization

dude, come on. lets be realistic, the bluecoats cant even break top 10, let alone top 3. they should just go back to the minors. hmmmmm, interesting karl. have you missed the past 20 years of your life??????? 1987 11th 1988 11th 1989 8th 1990 8th 1991 11th 1992 11th 1993 9th 1994 9th 1995 7th 1996 7th 1997 11th 1998 10th 1999 13th 2000 12th 2001 8th 2002 7th 2003 7th 2004 6th 2005 5th 2006 4th lets do the math shall we? cracked top ten 13 times and 11-13 7 times only a non finalist once in the past 20 years.

i think it is going to be a year of shake ups. 1. Phantom Regiment 2. cavaliers 3. bluecoats 4. blue devils 5. santa clara 6. crown 7. cadets 8. blue knights 9. glassmen 10. blue stars 11. colts 12. spirit 13. boston 14. madison 15. crossmen 16. troopers 17. academy 18 manderines 19. southwind 20. cascades 21. crest 22. pioneer I know some of my predictions look odd, but its just for fun anyway.

don't forget about how entacted the bluecoats staff still is, these people have been together for some time and have made a lot of strides.

Ok Things to consider, West coast scores are most always inflated early. Bluecoats are now taking captions from Cavies and have beaten phantom. Madison has yet to break 70 being the headliner in the shows they have competed in, Cadets are unaccounted for, and Crown is always a Dark horse. So hear goes, if everyone competed against eachother tommorow. 1. Cavaliers 2. Blue Devils 3. Cadets 4. Bluecoats 5. Phantom 6. Crown 7. Glassmen 8. Santa Clara 9 Madison 10. Blue Knights 11. Colts 12. Boston I could be completely wrong, but its fun to try.

Bluecoats are now taking captions from cavaliers and beat Phantom tonight. Congrats to Madison on their improved score tonight, but what does this mean for Madison? They haven't broke 70 yet and they have been the headliner in both shows. Even Santa Clara is over 70 at this point. What will happen when Madison sees Cavies, Phantom, Bluecoats, Blue Devils and Santa Clara not to mention Crown isn't even out yet.

Way to go Blue Question? What does this mean for Madison at this point? They haven't broke 70 yet and they have been the headliner of the shows they have competed in.

the shows are much more demanding musically and visually now then they were in the past, also the corps are not getting their color guard members during spring and winter due to WGI. When the corps only rehearse about one weekend a month until move in it is unreallistic to have a total package on the feild the first shows of june with the quality that we expect from division 1. If you don't want to see an incomplete book, go to later shows but don't boo, that is just rude.

okay, i'll play for fun 1. Phantom Regiment 2. Cavaliers 3. Cadets 4. Bluecoats 5. Blue Devils 6. Carolina Crown 7. Madison Scouts 8. Santa Clara Vanguard 9. Blue Knights 10. Glassmen 11. Colts 12. Spirit of JSU

most improvement is hard to define,especially at the top when you only have so far to go. But based on improvement or score will be madison, bluecoats, and crown. I think Colts might make it to the big dance this year. By the way, Just because Bluecoats almost beat Blue Devils last year has nothing to do with BD having a down year because they didn't. The top three were just a little bit better this year, that dosen't mean blue devils were down, they were as good as always. So now let's give coats the credit they deserve and admit they had an exceptional year.