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No Love for '01 Spirit? Ghost Train anyone?

Congratulations Spirit! Awesome competition this year with some fine corps. Blue Stars, Academy, and Spirit made an exciting story this season. Great job to everyone!

OK...please post as soon as you got them the unis for Spirit, Troopers, Blue Stars, etc! Colts have new unis too? Is it just me or is this an unusually large number of new unis this year?

If you have a pic of any new uniforms post them here!

The current Wii browser is a trial beta version so there may be some loss of functionality. A more up-to-date version I think will be released in March.

Freddy Martin...that man knew how to run a rehearsal Jason Dyhouse...ripped me a new one many times

All camps were at JSU and rehearsals were at JSU in 2000 as well.

It has been said before that Madonna marched drum corps and her bio on imbd.com says she marched with the Bridgemen. I think someone else said in an old thread that this wasn't true. Just out of curiosity, has anyone ever confirmed that she did or didn't march?

Only one corps for me...SPIRIT!

Go Spirit! GOT Some!

Crossmen's ballad gave me goose bumps lol! Awesome!

I totally agree...I really like Southwind this year and their placement in no way is a reflection of their success this year. What a great corps!

In 2000, the one-armed bandit took off and left Spirit of Atlanta in turmoil. Steve Brewster filled in that summer and he is one of the BIG reasons Spirit is alive and well today. Spirit owes him a huge debt of gratitude for what he sacrificed.

I think he is right and it has always been obvious, the judges are more interested in getting the spreads and placements correct than they are getting the number to match the criteria sheets. That isn't necessarilly a bad thing however since I think the placements are more important anyways...and usually they get these right. As far as corps that are very close to each other, they should conceivably flip flop in placements more often. Corps A who has been beating Corps B, can have a bad show one night while Corps B has a great show the same night. In this scenario, does Corps B win? Most often not, unless it happens regularly. Hopkins and the Cadets should know this well since there are plenty of nights when the Cadets have bad shows and still get the good numbers. For instance, Cadet's guard was one of the dirtiest of the night in Birmingham, AL earlier this season from what I witnessed. They still got a better score and for what reason? Reputation...they are The Cadets, defending champions. I have seen plenty of corps getting box five numbers one night, deservedly, and the next night still get the box five numbers even though they did not perform to the standard set by the criteria for getting box 5 numbers. In the words of a wise old drum corps instructor known as Freddy Martin, "there is no numerical sense to drumcorps." Forget the judges and just enjoy the performances.

Boy, I miss the days when drum corps played music with a melody...... Got Spirit?