Slow Adam

Dutch Boy should be 13th

I think the performance quality of brass lines and colour guards drops off faster as you go down the ranks compared to percussion, and therefore the lines are closer to eachother in initial quality. I would think it is due to supply and demand of performers. There are 10 million snare drummers at every audition camp, and 20 million more that have videos on youtube trying to grab a spot. Compared to brass and guard, how often do you see postings on DCP in May or June looking to fill a battery spot? Not nearly as often I would guess.

I really don;t care who pays what...so I am satifisfied already I was trying to provide an example, but I guess I wasn't along the lines you were aiming.

To the better corps go the better deals. Isn't that what you were asking about?

Do you think the Cadets and Cavaliers pay Yamaha the same price for a set of tenors, or a snare drum, as the Racine Scouts have to pay for the same equipment?

Be careful when passing off opinion as fact.

And there is the problem. I am a relative drum corps baby to a good slice of the folks on here, and I started in 1994. You didn't have 10 years (or more) of knowing and loving drum corps, sans voice, casting a shadow on the activity post 2004. You just accepted the activity as it was, which is the same thing I did. I didn't care about valves, and grounded pits, and colour guards dancing. Maybe in the year 2020 you'll be talking about major changes, and someone who just marched 2019 will downplay your opinion.

Neil Peart never marched.

Jim - we also went from 128 to 135 to 150 members.

I don't care what the genre of music is, as long as the visual designer isn't controlling the music arranger. Cavies showed us some cool tricks this decade, but it's a boring approach, for me atleast.

I voted for Bluecoats 2007. It's not my favourite show on the list, but I think it is the best drum corps on the list.

Really? So Open Class / II&III / A&A60 can no longer advance to quarterfinals to compete with the big boys, and now their members can no longer try to knock off a Cavalier or Blue Devil?

I'd take the parking lot at LOS over the dome.

I just work with what I am given.

lol.

On September 19th?

SCV 2005, with BK 2007 as a close second.

I don't understand. What problems are we trying to fix? The judges said last week that the stadium was a great venue, and an even better listening environment than an outdoor stadium.

It has nothing to do with my personal tastes. I much prefer Phantom 2007 over Cavies 2002, but I would have opted for Cavies if I was charged with writing a "Top Ten Performance" list.

How some of those shows beat out Star 1993 and BD 1994 (and a whole bunch of other shows) is beyond me.

2002 Crossmen no contest.

I listen to Glassmen 2004 once in a while. My problem with the show design is this: In 1993, Star spent 8 full minutes teasing, and pulling the audience in then pushing them away before finally hitting that resolve. Glassmen's arrangers decided to use it 4 times. It kind of cheapens the effect of the moment to hear it so soon and often. IMO.

'02 Cascades.