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Crown and Phantom had the best ballads in my book.

I get the feeling that your book consists entirely of Crown and Phantom.

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I get the feeling that your book consists entirely of Crown and Phantom.

For 2009? Pretty much. BD was really good, too. And I liked Cadets.

But on a more serious note, part of the reason why those two had my favorite shows was because they had my favorite ballads. So it makes sense. It's not like a have some sort of ties to either of those corps. Next year it could be Bluecoats and SCV...who knows. Just depends on the show.

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If the beginning of BD's "Mosaic" (opener) counted as the ballad, I'd vote for that.

But my vote definitely goes to Holy Name!

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Crown's ballad didn't really seem to grab me when I saw it live, though when I watched a fan network video, I enjoyed it quite a bit. Maybe it was the acoustics in Lucas Oil, but I really don't remember enjoying it as much there.

I love Sky Blue, of course. Maria Schneider created such a beautiful piece of music that really pulls at my heart every time I listen to it.

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Troopers - One Hand, One Heart - brilliant brass writing, heavily exposed, and played gorgeously. My jaw dropped on the pianissimo entry of the sopranos.

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Crowns Ballad was pretty amazing. I felt like the re-entrance after the hit (started with only mellos, but added other horns later on) was a little risky.

Spirits ballad had that cool steel drum and brass acapela hit.

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