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The ones that are popping up over and over in responses are, of course, on my list. I have to add Madison Scouts 1999, though, just for me. Everybody has that one show that really pulled them into the activity, and that was it for me. I had first seen drum corps in 1998 and didn't really know what I was looking at/for. In 1999, seeing this show live just did it for me. I also saw Blue Devils at the same show, but a lot of what was going on in that show was still a little bit over my head. I would rank it above Scouts' show now, but Jesus Christ Superstar will always have a special spot in my drum corps memory.

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Well, since the question was memorable " shows ", it would seem to me the standard bearer would still have to be the 1994 27th Lancers Reunion show at DCI Championships in 1994. If there has been a louder and longer sustained ovation for a DCI Show after that performance, then I'm not aware of it. The 2nd most memorable show performance might be the Finals performance of the 1995 Madison Scouts , 3rd place being the 2008 Phantom Regiment Finals " Spartacus " performance, 4th place being the 1989 SCV " Phantom of the Opera " Finals show performance, 5th place the 1984 Cadets " West Side Story" Finals show performance, and 6th place being Carolina Crown's " Triple Crown " Finals show performance.

I'd base this on the audience response that I saw and heard to these shows. I do recognize that judging this by audience response is a subjective evaluation. But then again, all judging is subjective anyway when comparing great and memorable shows that audiences seemed to have loved the most.

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Bluecoats 1987, 1995, 2006

Blue Stars 2008

Madison Scouts 1995

Santa Clara Vanguard 1989, 1999, 2003, 2004

Cavaliers 1995, 2000-2004, 2006

Phantom Regiment 1989, 1995, 1996, 2006, 2008

Cadets 1983-85, 2000, 2003, 2005

Star of Indiana 1991, 1992, 1993

Carolina Crown 2009

Many, many more.

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Nine that just popped into my head.

Carolina Crown 2009

Santa Clara Vanguard 2009

Carolina Crown 2008

Phantom Regiment 2008

Carolina Crown 2007

Carolina Crown 2005

The Cadets 2000

Star of Indiana 1993

Santa Clara Vanguard 1989

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Most memorable for me is:

1988 Madison Scouts

1989 SCV

1989 Phantom Regiment

2006 Cavaliers

2006 Phantom Regiment

2006 Bluecoats

2008 Phantom Regiment

2008 Carolina Crown

2009 Boston Crusaders

2009 Carolina Crown

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I started marching in 1983. Believe it or not, I had never heard of drum corps when I attended my first Nighthawks camp. I saw my first drum corps show ever when we went on tour. With that context, my list:

1983 Cadets (Z-pull!!!!)

1983 SCV (first corps I fell in love with during my first year)

1985 Suncoast

1986 Blue Devils (Raw power!!!)

1988 Madison (this version of Malaguena completely blew me away)

1992 Cadets (Loved the silent guard work followed by low brass chord)

1992 Crossmen (amazing power in the drumline, along with amazing writing)

1992 Madison (City of Angels - one of my favorite drum corps shows of all time)

(long dry spell of shows I don't recall because I wasn't as involved in corps at the time, maybe I'll go back and watch some videos online and pick a few.)

2003 Phantom (Harmonic Journey is one of my absolute favorite shows to run to)

2007 Troopers (sure, it placed low, but there was a corps from Casper back in DCI!)

2007 Crown (Triple Crown is just perfect, IMO)

2008 Phantom (no way I'll ever forget Spartacus 2.0)

2009 Troopers (HONK! Western Side Story)

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'75 Madison Scouts

'80 Bridgemen

'81 Scouts

'83 Garfield

'88 Scouts

'95 Scouts

'96 Phantom

'99 Scouts

'05 Regiment

'08 Bluecoats

'08 Phantom

'09 Pioneer (I marched in this show)

'09 Troopers

'09 SCV

'09 Phantom

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Most memorable shows for me:

Madison 99 - first show I saw live

Madison 95, 97

Cavies 02, 04

BD 94, 04

SCV 99, 00

PR 06

Bluecoats 05

Most famous:

Probably Star 93, Cadets 83, PR 96, PR 08....and so on....I don't like any of these shows, and I have a feeling if I keep listing them, I'll find more that I'd rather not even bother with.

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