KeyboardGuy

That was, musically and conceptually, the most beautiful show I have ever seen!

The next step - Guard?:

I clap as Bottle Dance is about to start...

I stand corrected. Since the cadences and playing off the field have pretty much gone away, I guess I was thinking about "modern retreat" - the color and sound of the top 12 being on the field during announcement of the scores. I would like to see the rest of it added back to the activity. I know full retreat takes a long time, but you have already paid a lot for the tickets, so you should get your money's worth. If you want to beat the traffic, then you can leave early... When was the last full retreat in DCI?

This year, we DID have full retreat in Atlanta...

In the "olden days", corps also banded together to assist the less-fortunate corps in their organizations. If the G-7 goes through, there won't be any less-fortunate corps, thus no reason to help...

... and the dismantling of DCI can now begin...

I don't want to see them perform the 1976 show. I would like to see what they could do with the same music with today's corps.

This year, Madison showed that an updated program from the past can play extremely well to drum corps audiences. What other shows from the past would you like to see updated and back on the field? At the top of my list would be Blue Devils 1976.

Of my ten favorite shows of all time, the Blue Devils hold probably four or five of the slots. I think dissonance is cool! I LOVE discomfort! As someone posted previously, BD's playing and what drill they did was AMAZING! That being said, no one in the theater really knew what to think of them. And it's not just Blue Devils, but the entire direction of drum corps. One guy said that twenty percent of the show was enjoyable. He felt like his money was wasted on the other eighty percent. I won't go that far, but the loudest ovations came during the Madison and Blue Devils flashbacks and during Madison's "classic" show. That says something. Maybe they are defining a new musical genre.

Evidently not... It doesn't show up on the schedule.

They are taking the recent past champions and high-finishers, plus the recent "contenders". In other words, as Dusty said... "who they want"...

In the 45 pages of this thread, this might have already been mentioned, but if folks are hell-bent to form an "all-star" group, it seems to me like it would be more fair and agreeable to more of the DCI membership if they formed a "G-whatever" group each season from the top finishers from the previous season. Sure, many of the same corps would be there year-to-year, but it would provide some variety and still provide more incentive for all corps to excel. This does not mean I approve of the idea, only that there might be a more equitable means of achieving the same goal.

Vanguard changed pants colors while going through a tunnel. I watched the video last night, but I'm not sure what year - maybe 1992?

I think they are just in a kind of funk right now. Atlanta was not their best performance.