Bones758 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 We had best drumbreaks now lets hear best pit features. The intro to Phantom 2007 immediately comes to mind. Very captivating and beautiful. Phantom 2006 after the opener. The musical nuances are just amazing. Phantom 2005 pit accelarando. BD 2000 pit accelarando. One of the first pit featured moments and definately one of the most memorable. Phantom 2008 pit stuff with the mello solo. Just gorgeous. I think the way Paul Rennick and staff over at phantom are using the pit these days is remarkable. The pits at phantom are always extremely musical, and they are featured in the most musical contexts. What are your favorites? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Phantom 95 had a big pit accelerando that drove the crowd wild. I vote BD 00 as the best, though. Cavies' 00 pit has some pretty mind-blowing moments, too. Triplets, wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bawker Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 BD 2000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slow Adam Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 BD 2000 Cadets 1998 had a bunch of good ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstdrumn Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 89 BD - beginning of show - WOW!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageJoe Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 I like the accel. in BD 2000, however i don't know that i would go as far as saying it is one of the best front ensemble features. I think it is one of the most prominent in recent history. The placement and purpose of the fetaure was spot on, however it is not that groundbreaking or technically demanding. Single lines like that accel. are easy to teach and clean. BD's front ensemble has played much more challenging music than the one feature the the whole drum corps world knows. The material in the begining of their 07 show was infinetly harder from a musical and technical standpoint. I have to agree with the opening material from Phantom 07. The source material is great. Chirstopher Deane's "Verspertine Formations" is an amazing piece. I don't think it has been recorded yet. But check it out if it is being performed at a local university. They also bring it back at later parts of the show with great success. There is a break in the Cavaliers 02 show around the 4:40 mark that I enjoy. Not technically demanding. It is musically simplistic with great results. The Cavaliers front ensemble from 2000-2006 had an incredible amount of projection. They added alot of contrary motion even when not featured. The year the Blue Knights did the Piano Concerto and featured the front ensemble as the piano soloists contains some cool ideas. The front ensemble writing during Cadets 05 Ballad is quite good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jthomas666 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Let's face it--all of PR 2005 was a pit feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_S Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 The year the Blue Knights did the Piano Concerto and featured the front ensemble as the piano soloists contains some cool ideas. That was 2006, and the pit feature while the corps proper is swirling around the guard soloist definitely deserves its place in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Boo Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 BD 2000 was the first thing to pop into my mind, and then I noticed I was far from alone. It's still incredible. And PR 2007 is the next one that instantly comes to my mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memphomello08 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 I'm surprised nobody has said Cavies 2003 yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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