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original choices:

2008 Phantom Regiment

2008 Blue Devils

2008 Carolina Crown

2008 Blue Stars

2008 Glassmen

2007 Santa Clara Vanguard

2006 Blue Devils

2006 Bluecoats

2006 Santa Clara Vanguard

2005 Carolina Crown

2003 Phantom Regiment

2003 The Magic

new choices:

2008 Phantom Regiment

2008 Blue Stars

2008 Boston Crusaders

2008 Glassmen

2006 Blue Devils

2004 The Cavaliers

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my 12

2008 Phantom Regiment

2008 The Cavaliers

2008 Carolina Crown

2007 The Cadets

2006 The Cavaliers

2006 Phantom Regiment

2005 The Cadets

2004 The Cavaliers

2004 Santa Clara Vanguard

2003 The Cavaliers

2003 Phantom Regiment

2003 The Magic

actual 12

2008 Phantom Regiment - Spartacus

2008 Blue Stars - Le Tour...Every Second Counts

2008 Boston Crusaders - NEOCOSMOS

2008 Glassmen - Kar-ne-vel

2007 Carolina Crown - Triple Crown

2007 Bluecoats - Criminal

2006 Blue Devils - The Godfather, Part Blue

2005 The Cadets - The Zone

2005 Madison Scouts - The Carmen Project

2004 The Cavaliers - 007

2004 Santa Clara Vanguard - ATTRACTION: The Music of Scheherazade

2003 Crossmen - Color

Interesting. In common, we have 2008 regiment, 2005 cadets, 2004 cavaliers, and 2004 vanguard. Interesting. I've never seen the countdown before, so I can't tell you which are repeats, but I would think 2006 cavaliers would make it. hmm....

also, my top 6

2008 Phantom Regiment

2008 Blue Stars

2007 Carolina Crown

2007 Bluecoats

2004 The Cavaliers

2004 Santa Clara Vanguard

Also interesting, I voted 2005 cadets in my 12, but not my 6. >_>

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2008 Phantom Regiment - Spartacus

2008 Blue Stars - Le Tour...Every Second Counts

2008 Boston Crusaders - NEOCOSMOS

2008 Glassmen - Kar-ne-vel

2007 Carolina Crown - Triple Crown

2007 Bluecoats - Criminal

2006 Blue Devils - The Godfather, Part Blue

2005 The Cadets - The Zone

2005 Madison Scouts - The Carmen Project

2004 The Cavaliers - 007

2004 Santa Clara Vanguard - ATTRACTION: The Music of Scheherazade

2003 Crossmen - Color

Not a lot repeats!

Eh. Not really digging the list.

I'd vote...

2004 Cavaliers

2005 Cadets

2006 Blue Devils

2007 Carolina Crown

2008 Blue Stars

2008 Phantom Regiment

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Conspicuously absent…. Blue Knights.

True, but let's be honest, they have zero chance whenever the vote is put to nationwide Drum Corps fans. This Corps prepares their program in the off season to appeal to it's members and to the judges. The Program Director and Corps Director has said so numerous times in the past. So if they WERE selected for a finalist with a national poll of national fans, this would probably distract them from their goal for the coming year and I'd imagine be viewed internally by the Corps management as counter productive for them.

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nothing says classic like 2008 drum corps...

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nothing says classic like 2008 drum corps...

It hasn't been called the "Classic" Countdown for two years now. It's now more about a Countdown to the upcoming season with previews of 2009 corps. They previewed Blue Stars and Crown last year. I hear that Jersey Surf is among the corps that will present some of their 2009 show during the event.

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nothing says classic like 2008 drum corps...

It is kind of odd to call something " classic " when the shows all are less than a decade old.

Imagine a TV sport show on " classic " players, moments, or games, etc in baseball, football, basketball, hockey, etc and the " classics " they selected went back to 2000 and onward.

The phrase " classic " refers to it's ability to stand the test of time, ie the show, song, piece, etc performed is considered timeless. The conventional meaning is that there is no loss of appeal over a long period of time and retains it's appeal to audiences despite the passage of time.

These are all fine shows, and are fine Corps. But only the passage of time will we find if sny of these shows will rise to the level of " classic " greatness.

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It hasn't been called the "Classic" Countdown for two years now. It's now more about a Countdown to the upcoming season with previews of 2009 corps. They previewed Blue Stars and Crown last year. I hear that Jersey Surf is among the corps that will present some of their 2009 show during the event.

Fair enough. If they changed the format to " countdown " from " classic " then this would aptly describe these shows as a legitimate " countdown " to the start of the new season. I think changing the phrase once they changed the format of what it is, makes sense. That said, I miss the previous format as it encompassed a wider selection to choose from.

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