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1. 99 Scouts

2. 78 B-men

3. 08 Crown

4. 00 Cadets

5. 95 Scouts

6. 08 Phantom

7. 07 Crown

8. 99 SCV

9. 83 Scouts

10. 10 Scouts

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When did shows start having titles?

Late 80s/early 90s. Corps began unifying in the early 80s but didn't start acknowledging it wholesale until about 1988 or so, thnks in large part to Dr. Rosalie Sward's 'What to Listen For' columns in DCW. (Star 88's "Porgy and Brass," etc.) Then comes 1991, with City of Angels, Phantom Voices, The ABCs of Modern American Music, The Cavalier Anthems:An Advent Collection, Miss Saigon, Camelot, and many others. So, like all artistic changes, it happened over time and is hard to pin down but easy to generalize in a time period.

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The rest in no particular order

88 Sky Ryders

Did you really mean the 88 sound of music show or were you thinking 87 when they did west side story?

just wondering

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1. Cavies 06

2. Phantom 05

3. Coats 2010

4. SCV 89

5. Crown 08

6. Spirit 81

7. Madison 08

8. Cadets 2000

9. Phantom 03

10. BD 97

Some Wildcards in there. but still my favorites ^^^^

08 Madison very entertaining show, it gets honorable mention for me.

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Well here is mine

1. 93 Star

2. 95 Cadets

3. 09 Crown

4. 96 Magic

5. 85 Suncoast

6. 93 BD

7. 02 Cavies

8. 95 Scouts

9. 10 Bluecoats

10. 94 Magic

11. 99 Crossmen (because thats the year I marched)

I know its a rather random list, and since Magic is on it twice, its sort of homer, but each of these shows spoke to me in their own ways, these are not the "best" shows per se, but they are my personal favorites.

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Here are mine:

1. 1993 Madison Scouts-first show I saw live, wouldn't have fallen in love with the activity if not for that corps/show, so it's my number 1.

2. 1995 Blue Devils-Brilliant

3. 1995 Cadets-Saw this show over 10 times live, like a fine wine, got better with age.

4. 2005 Crown-Underated hornline

5. 1992 VK-Pure entertainment!

6. 1987 Garfield Cadets-Just brilliant

7. 1990 Blue Devils-Flawless musical writing

8. 1992 Madison Scouts-pure energy!

9. 1997 SCV-Great visual

10. 1989 SCV

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05 BD

95 Madison

06 Academy

00 Cadets

00 Crossmen

04 Vanguard

07 PR

10 Cavies

96 BD

05 PR

Honorable Mentions Bloo 06, Madison 10, Vanguard 00

No particular order here.

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This is no particular order. Also, I'm sorry for being so predictable, and so "new school" :P I've seriously watched stuff from the 80s/90s and enjoy it a lot usually, I just like new stuff more. Probably because I'm a pit person. Also note that qualifying for me as a favorite has about as much to do with show design and music selection as with performance level.

1. Phantom Regiment 06

2. Phantom Regiment 03

3. Phantom Regiment 08

4. Santa Clara Vanguard 99

5. Madison Scouts 10

6. Cavaliers 04

7. Madison Scouts 99

8. Madison Scouts 03

9. Bluecoats 05

10. Madison Scouts 98

Favorite eras: Phantom 89-97; Madison the 90s; Cavaliers the oughts; Cadets consistently on and off; recent Bluecoats stuff (past 6 years)

And I'd say that my favorite show, in terms of design, performance, music selection, etc., is probably Phantom 06.

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