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After seeing the Blue Stars and Crossmen compete neck and neck with eachother all season this year, I began to wonder which corps might be in that same situation next season where they are right next to each other in terms of scoring and placement. My tight grouping predictions for next season are the following: Blue Devils v.s. Santa Clara Vanguard Santa Clara Vanguard v.s. Carolina Crown Bluecoats v.s. Cavailers Cadets v.s. Blue Knights Phantom Regiment v.s. Blue Knights Blue Stars v.s. Crossmen Madison Scouts v.s. Mandarins Troopers v.s. Colts Blue Devils B v.s. Vanguard Cadets Gold v.s. Golden Empire Seattle Cascades v.s. Jersey Surf Jersey Surf v.s. Pioneer Music City v.s. Genesis Battalion v.s. Columbians Impulse v.s. Shadow Shadow v.s. River City Rhythm Les Stentors v.s. Impulse Pacific Crest v.s. Oregon Crusaders Colts v.s. Academy Oregon Crusaders v.s. Spirit of Atlanta Again, these are just my predictions. What are your predictions? Do any of your predictions match any of mine? Do you agree or disagree with my predictions? Please comment in this thread and we will find out!

Who knows what scoring lurks in the minds of judges? Here's the lineup for tonight's show in Oregon, Wisconsin (times are Central): 7:26 p.m. -- Guardians 7:42 p.m. -- Louisiana Stars 7:58 p.m. -- Colt Cadets 8:14 p.m. -- Gold 8:34 p.m. intermission 8:50 p.m. -- River City Rhythm 9:06 p.m. -- Blue Devils B 9:22 p.m. -- Vanguard Cadets 9:38 p.m. -- Shadow That's one interesting performance order; by the current standings it would be: 10th > 9th > 12th > 8th > 15th > 1st > 2nd > 13th -- it's almost like a TOC show!

Here are the schedules for tonight's two shows. A Blast in the Burg -- Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania 7:08 p.m. -- Impulse 7:24 p.m. -- Stentors 7:40 p.m. -- Raiders 7:56 p.m. -- Music City 8:12 p.m. intermission 8:37 p.m. -- 7th Regiment 8:53 p.m. -- Legends 9:09 p.m. -- Spartans (all times Eastern) Percussion on the Pearl -- Muscatine, Iowa 7:18 p.m. -- Guardians 7:36 p.m. -- Louisiana Stars 7:54 p.m. -- Colt Cadets 8:10 p.m. Intermission 8:26 p.m. -- Gold 8:42 p.m. -- Vanguard Cadets 8:58 p.m. -- Blue Devils B (all times Central) Guardians' position in the schedule will throw off the judges a bit, I would guess. Genesis, River City Regiment, and Shadow have the night off.

"March On!" starts in less than a half-hour in Minnesota, with this line-up (times are Central): 7:10 p.m. Colt Cadets 7:26 p.m. River City Rhythm 7:42 p.m. Genesis 7:58 p.m. intermission 8:18 p.m. Vanguard Cadets 8:34 p.m. Blue Devils B 8:50 p.m. Govenaires (all age) 9:06 p.m. Minnesota Brass (all age) There is a slight chance of thunderstorms, but I don't see anything too close on the NWS radar. If you're there, please post here!

The show begins at 4:00 p.m. (PDT) at Bellflower High School. DCI shows the line-up in alphabetical order, which seems dubious to me. It would likely give an edge to SCVC over BDB, though. Here I order them by most recent score, lowest to highest: Incognito (40.800) Blue Devils C (46.750) Thunder (49.700) Impulse (53.150) Watchmen (54.500) Golden Empire (58.300) Gold (59.050) Blue Devils B (65.750) Vanguard Cadets (66.700) Will Thunder break 50? Will Impulse catch Watchmen? Will Golden Empire overtake Gold? Will Blue Devils B come out ahead of Vanguard Cadets? If you're there, please chime in!

http://www.scvanguard.org/programs/vanguard_cadets/news/?uuid=2472716e-e9b2-4382-af2f-49f510109a51

The Vanguard Cadets Brass and Visual Staff will be hosting their annual clinic/workshops on November 16th & 23rd for all local prospective or returning brass players looking to audition for either the Santa Clara Vanguard and/or Vanguard Cadets this December. The schedule for both days is 9-12:00PM visual time, with 12-1:00PM lunch on your own, and the 1-4pm brass. Trumpet players will need to bring their own instruments as none will be provided and it is recommended that other instruments do so as well. We will though have some mellos, baritones, euphoniums and tubas on hand but you will need to bring a mouthpiece (ONLY LARGE BORE mouthpieces for baritone or euphonium). You will also need to bring a music and a water jug. Since you will be marching, proper clothes and shoes for this are essential. Also make sure you've had something to eat that morning. Administration staff will be on hand to answer any questions you may have regarding this season. Event Schedule: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16 9:00a – 12:00p Visual Workshop 12:00p – 1:00p Lunch (on your own) 1:00p – 4:00p Brass Workshop

Hello. I am having difficulty coordinating a ride to Vanguard Cadet auditions in San Jose (December 19 - 21). If there is anyone from the southern california area (or if you know anyone from the area) that is auditioning for SCVC, it would be awesome to find someone to carpool with. Thanks!

Hello there, I am a new member on the forum. I hope I am posting this in the right area. Hopefully a forum moderator can help me if I am posting this in the incorrect part of the forum. I am 17, and from Southern California. I have been playing sax for 8 years and just picked up baritone at the start of this summer. I really, really want to make Vanguard Cadets for the 2015 season and was looking for some tips and help to achieve my goal. First of all, is it a reasonable goal to audition for Vanguard Cadets with only a few months' experience on the horn? Also, I am aware that I am posting this a few months earlier than most would start considering auditions, but I really want to maximize my chance of making the corps. What can I do to help make it at auditions? Would it be possible to find a carpool to get to auditions in San Jose? Thanks in advance for the help!

SoCal Classic Open Class Championship Rants Stadium at Gahr High School 11111 Artesia Blvd. Cerritos, CA 90703 Sunday, July 13 -- 4:00 p.m. PDT According to DCI, this is the performance order, to which I append yesterday's scores: (Edit: see below.) I'm surprised they don't use yesterday's order to determine today's. In any case, why is BDC on second-last? Why is SCVC fourth in the order? NWS says upper 80s and sunny. - - - - - - - - - - Update: given what cgmomma and OCGroupie report below, apparently the schedule is approximately as follows: 5:00 p.m. -- Incognito (45.05 7/12) 5:15 p.m. -- Blue Devils C (48.15 7/12) 5:30 p.m. -- Watchmen (49.55 7/12) 5:45 p.m. -- City Sound (50.90 7/12) 6:15 p.m. -- Golden Empire (57.60 7/12) 6:30 p.m. -- Impulse (58.05 7/12) 6:45 p.m. -- Gold (62.65 7/12) 7:00 p.m. -- Vanguard Cadets (67.70 7/12) 7:15 p.m. -- Blue Devils B (68.55 7/12)

Gold Showcase at the Ranch Longhorn Stadium at Rancho Buena Vista High School 1601 Longhorn Dr. Vista, CA 92081 Saturday, July 12 -- 6:30 p.m. PDT Show Site According to the site this is the performance schedule: 6:37 p.m. -- Golden Empire 6:52 p.m. -- Watchmen 7:07 p.m. -- Incognito 7:22 p.m. -- SoCal Dream 7:37 p.m. -- Blue Devils C 8:07 p.m. -- City Sound 8:22 p.m. -- Impulse 8:37 p.m. -- Blue Devils B 8:52 p.m. -- Vanguard Cadets 9:07 p.m. -- Gold Is SoCal Dream (a DCA corps) really performing? In a normal season they would, but earlier this year, I thought they said they were taking a year off, and I see nothing about tonight's show on SCD's website or Facebook page. And yet, Gold today posted to their Facebook page that "all ten Open Class corps in California would be appearing", even though there are only nine. Very confusing. From the Pressbox does not show SoCal Dream appearing, but times there look suspect, since neither the first nor last corps' time is changed: instead FtP shows Blue Devils C performing in the middle of two intermissions. NWS says low 70s, partly cloudy, light breeze.

Organized by latest score, on the model of Spandy's DCA thread. For a weighted list of all DCI corps for the past week, see hostrauser's threads in the W.C. forum. For comparative graphs of any two corps over time, select DCP's "Scores / Stats" button above. 1. 82.325 - Blue Devils B (8/8 Indianapolis, IN) [+1.525 8/7] 1st at O.C. Championships; Season Complete (at 1st [15th W.C.]) 2. 80.200 - Vanguard Cadets (8/8 Indianapolis, IN) [+0.900 8/7] 2nd at O.C. Championships; Season Complete (at 2nd [18th W.C.]) 3. 74.075 - Genesis (8/8 Indianapolis, IN) [-1.100 8/7] 3rd at O.C. Championships; Season Complete (at 3rd [23rd W.C.]) 4. 74.050 - Spartans (8/8 Indianapolis, IN) [-0.375 8/7] 4th at O.C. Championships; Season Complete (at 4th [24th W.C.]) 5. 71.575 - Music City (8/7 Indianapolis, IN) [-1.400 8/5] 8th at O.C. Championships; Season Complete (at 6th [27th W.C.]) 6. 71.475 - 7th Regiment (8/8 Indianapolis, IN) [-0.875 8/7] 5th at O.C. Championships; Season Complete (at 5th [25th W.C.]) 7. 71.250 - Gold (8/7 Indianapolis, IN) [-2.875 8/5] 6th at O.C. Championships; Season Complete (at 7th [28th W.C.]) 8. 71.000 - Legends (8/7 Indianapolis, IN) [-2.675 8/5] 7th at O.C. Championships; Season Complete (at 8th [29th W.C.]) 9. 66.250 - Raiders (8/7 Indianapolis, IN) [-2.850 8/5] 9th at O.C. Championships; Season Complete (at 9th [31st W.C.]) 10. 65.450 - Louisiana Stars (7/21 Lafayette, LA) [+3.450 7/15] Season Complete (at 7th) 11. 63.150 - Colt Cadets (8/7 Indianapolis, IN) [-2.850 8/5] 10th at O.C. Championships; Season Complete (at 11th [32nd W.C.]) 12. 61.275 - Guardians (7/19 San Antonio, TX) Season Complete (at 10th) 13. 60.625 - Coastal Surge (8/7 Indianapolis, IN) [-4.350 8/5] 11th at O.C. Championships; Season Complete (at 13th [33rd W.C.]) 14. 58.300 - Golden Empire (7/13 Cerritos, CA) [+0.700 7/12] Season Complete (at 8th) 15. 57.950 - Impulse (7/13 Cerritos, CA) [-0.100 7/12] Season Complete (at 10th) 16. 57.425 - Stentors (8/7 Indianapolis, IN) [-3.800 8/5] 12th at O.C. Championships; Season Complete (at 16th [34th W.C.]) 17. 55.600 - Racine Scouts (8/7 Indianapolis, IN) [-3.250 8/4] 13th at O.C. Championships; Season Complete (at 17th [35th W.C.]) 18. 55.400 - Columbians (7/6 Tri Cities, WA) [+3.200 7/5] Season Complete (at 10th) 19. 51.250 - Blue Saints (8/7 Indianapolis, IN) [+0.325 8/4] 14th at O.C. Championships; Season Complete (at 19th [36th W.C.]) 20. 50.450 - City Sound (7/13 Cerritos, CA) [-0.450 7/12] Season Complete (at 13th) 21. 50.050 - Watchmen (7/13 Cerritos, CA) [+0.500 7/12] Season Complete (at 14th) 22. 47.150 - Blue Devils C (7/13 Cerritos, CA) [-1.000 7/12] Season Complete (at 18th) 23. 46.375 - Patria (8/7 Indianapolis, IN) [+2.425 8/4] 1st in International Class at O.C. Championships; Season Complete (at 23rd [37th W.C.]) 24. 45.650 - Incognito (7/13 Cerritos, CA) [+0.600 7/12] Season Complete (at 19th) 25. 43.700 - Eruption (7/6 Tri Cities, WA) [+2.400 7/5] Season Complete (at 15th) Final scores for all corps.