Legolaus Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 SCV 1984. The slow, diminuendo at the end of the show in Copland's "Tender Land" was so beautiful. A wonderful moment. 1983 and 1984 SCV had the guts to pull off a down ending. Awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcsnare93 Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 SCV '84 and '00. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glory Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Not sure how to judge the tag ending, but for "soft" the best has to be Cadets '87. It was honest to the score. It was the perfect ending to the perfect show. HH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alextiger Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Cavaliers Spin Cycle tag/soft ending was brilliant, but the "ending" before the tag was weak. If that had been stronger it would have been perfect. I do not remember seeing Blue Devils original ending to Summer Train, where the train slowed to a halt. but I think it would have been better to reverse the endings. Have the train exit the stadium all summer, then pull into the station and stop on finals. but that's just me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveller30 Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 BD 04 had a better soft ending prior to finals, when the train would slow to a stop as it came chugging into the station. What show was this at? Where did they have the station at on the field? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84BDsop Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 What show was this at? Where did they have the station at on the field? The "station" was the end zone, if I remember correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_S Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Yep. I saw the show a few weeks before Championships in Indy. It was much like the finals ending, except the corps never left the field. Instead, the horns spread out throughout the end zone, leaving one slot in the middle. The drumline formed the train, marching across the field and slowing as they approached the end zone, eventually coming to a stop perfectly in the space left for them by the horns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jplattSCV Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Yep. I saw the show a few weeks before Championships in Indy. It was much like the finals ending, except the corps never left the field. Instead, the horns spread out throughout the end zone, leaving one slot in the middle. The drumline formed the train, marching across the field and slowing as they approached the end zone, eventually coming to a stop perfectly in the space left for them by the horns. They used that ending again after finals on the Champions Tour (or whatever it was called). I liked both endings. Leaving the field at finals seemed appropriately cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllianaLancerContra Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 In the real old days, as the corps was finishing it's closer, near the side-2 goal line (AKA the finish line) the corps would often reprise the loudest part of their best tune (or a tune historically associated with them). And move over the finish line as they did it - everyone had to be accross by the 13-minute gun. Anyway, if you can get your hands on a copy of the 1970 Nesei Ambassadors they did it just about as well as it can be done. 65 Royal Airs as well. In more recent yests the SCV Bottle Dance served the same purpose in 79 and 82, although by then corps did not need to be over the finish line. History lesson over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrlandoContraAlum Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 80-84 BD tag...SOOOOO glad I got a chance to play it. This. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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