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Great night of drum corps! No rain, only a light wind, packed full house (arrive early, lots of folks with reserved tickets had trouble getting to their seats as everyone "spread" on the bleachers and some spots seemed to dissappear). This is the grass stadium where the MN Vikings have training camp, no track-grass right up to the bleachers-the crowd is so close some drum majors conduct from the stands. My hometown and most fav stadium to play in! Some totally biased thoughts from last night: (i have not seen much of anything live/video/etc for this season, have not even had time to read much) Govenaires: classic show for them, entertaining music choices and they performed the heck out of it. Contra (tuba?...I might be old...) solo with the gold flags is a great design choice. I suspect the closer has not been on the field long, but it is going to rock by August. MN Brass: this show is already looking polished-great guard coustuming and flags, loved the music. Great solo work in the hornline, everything looks and sounds like another DCA-sweep for MN this year :) RACINE SCOUTS: props to the 4 kids in the brass line (yep, 4). Of course there are balance issues with the full drumline and out, but they hung in and did a nice job in the ballad. Nice vocal solo, and the guard work that was ready for the show fit well. Horns were staged near the pit for most of the show. COLT CADETS: my kiddos-great job!!! Full show marching on the field, some guard works needs to be added in places yet. Big sound, then when the shakos come off you remember that many are only 12 years old...yikes! Members are very animated and selling the show, soloists did a great job, so proud of you guys! Pioneer: my vote for "most improved", but I have been out of the loop the past 2 years with the baby...anyway, wow! Big corps in all sections, lots of volume, entertaining show. The costumes and flags fit the theme great, it was easy to follow the story. They are not moving as fast or playing as many notes as the big guys, so I know they are not likely to hit top-15, but they should be very proud of this show. VIP to the cymbal line-lots of effects, good marching and visuals COLTS-Go Red Team! Love the show, set #3 grabbed the crowd great and the wall of sound on the first big hits got them roaring. Trumpet solos rocked, vocal solo was great, and lots of little details on the front sideline with pit and voice actors that added a lot (popcorn...lol...) I can't wait to see how the ending changes in the next few weeks. Narration was a bit hard to hear due to the stands so close to the pit, with speakers aimed right at the wall, but this stadium is unique, so it should not be an issue most other places. Love ya lots guys-keep up the great work! MADISON SCOUTS-love the 1990s uniforms, the whole show has the 90s feel with jazz and screaming sopranos (trumpets....). Big wall of sound was the loudest of the night. Fun, happy show. BLUECOATS-after reading a bit on this show before seeing it, I knew some things I wanted to watch for. I think they maybe the used the silver atom things more then in the first couple of shows, but I don't have any prior viewings to go on. Guard was in and on them quiet a bit, they moved around, etc. The speaker effects are very cool, I loved the muted trumpets being bounced around the field. We were sitting right on the 50, so the best possible listening point. I hope folks further out near the end zones will be able to get the same show we got. But, as cool as that was, I was the most impressed with the crazy body work the corps is doing. Is it required to take years of ballet to be in the 'coats horn line? Slow motion running...crazy cool.... I have never had a good handle on scores, so I won't go into that. Placements were as they performed, and I agree with those 100%....but I hope the COLTS overtake Madison with some crazy cleaning and a few tricks up their sleeves.... I will try to add some photos soon.

I didn't experience the Kiltie Klassic from the stands. Any ticket holders out there planning to do a writeup?

North Iowa Festival of Brass Forest City High School Stadium 206 N. School Street Forest City, IA 50428] Friday, August 1, 2014 -- 7:00 p.m. (CDT) Corps in performance order: --Blue Saints --Racine Scouts --Colt Cadets --Gold --Music City --Spartans --Blue Devils B --Governaires (all age) --Minnesota Brass (all age) More information, including rehearsal sites, can be found here.

A Knight of Music in Motion Bakken Field Harding High School 1540 East 6th St. St. Paul, MN 55106 Wed. July 30 -- 6:00 p.m. (CDT) Corps in order of appearance: Governaires (all age) Blue Saints Racine Scouts Colt Cadets Gold Music City Spartans Blue Devils B Minnesota Brass (all age) The show website also says that all-age corps Chops, Inc. is performing, presumably in exhibition. It appears that Chops is the event host. The show should be a half-hour underway; NWS radar indicates good weather.

Rhythm Across Rice Lake Friess Family Community Campus Rice Lake High School 30 S. Wisconsin Ave. Rice Lake, WI 54868 Monday, July 28 -- 7:00 p.m. (CDT) Corps:--Blue Saints --Music City --Racine Scouts --Spartans --Blue Devils B So last night's Greendale lineup, but with Music City in for Colt Cadets. Another show for which DCI says "ticket information ... will be available soon". No rain in the NWS forecast; temperatures expected to be in the upper 60s when the show starts. Can Spartans cut into BDB's lead? Or will BDB pull farther away? How close can MC get to the leaders? And will Saints be able to pass the 50 mark before the season ends?

Greendale High School 6801 Southway Greendale, WI 53129 Sunday, July 27 -- 7:30 p.m. (CDT) This is the line-up: Kilties (All Age) Blue Saints Racine Scouts Colt Cadets Spartans Blue Devils B NWS says scattered showers this evening. Radar indicates they've been cycling through for a few hours now.

Fiesta de Musica Clem Lemire Sports Complex Memorial High School 1 Crusader Way Manchester, NH 03103 Saturday, July 19, 2014 -- 5:30 p.m. Performing corps: Defenders (in exhibition) Muchachos (in exhibition) Racine Scouts Legends Stentors 7th Regiment Spartans How will les Stentors do in their 2014 debut? Will 7th Regiment stay ahead of Spartans? After a couple weeks off for both corps, will their scores show enough improvement to put them ahead of Blue Devils B's, Vanguard Cadets', and Genesis's scores? And bravo to Legends and especially Racine Scouts for traveling farther than they usually go.

... "weasel"? Whatever the answer, there's a show there tonight, and I don't see a thread for it yet, so... Cavalcade of Brass The Sports Complex at Benedict University 5700 College Road Lisle, IL 60532 From the Pressbox gives times as follows: 6:15 p.m. - Racine Scouts 6:32 p.m. - Troopers 6:59 p.m. - Blue Stars 7:16 p.m. - Madison Scouts 7:53 p.m. - Phantom Regiment 8:10 p.m. - Blue Devils 8:27 p.m. - Cavaliers Remember that's Central time.