2010 Bluecoats Show Review

[kevingamin]

Show Theme:

Metropolis: The Future Is Now

Show Music (from corpsreps.com):

Asphalt Cocktail by Mackey, John

AHA! by Heap, Imogen

Metropolis by Thrower, Doug; Rarick, Tom

160 BPM from Angels and Demons by Zimmer, Hans

If you had told a member of the 2000 Bluecoats that their corps was going to contend for the title in a decade, you would have seen a look of disbelief and skepticism in return. After all, the corps was coming off of a 13th place finish in 1999 and had to fight to get back into Finals in 2000. That decade has passed and, after breaking the coveted Top 6 in 2004, the Bluecoats have consistently hung with the big boys of DCI since. What they had not done, though, is break into the Top 3, what some consider a prerequisite for winning a championship. That prereq is now met and the Bluecoats are ready for the advanced course in being a champion.

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[N.E. Brigand]

Camera placement is... well, not everything, but a lot. Again and again the synthesized bass accounts for way too much of the corps volume--at least as heard from that position.

[kevingamin]

I have to make a correction.

Bill Hamilton was director of the Bluecoats in 2000 and had been for some time, hardly a rookie. I've edited that sentence on my website and am doing so on my initial post above. Apologies for the incorrect information and thank you for reading.

[BlooContraGuy]

Great review! Thanks for writing it Also the Metropolis (movie) video is great. I've heard its not an easy movie to watch, but I'm thinking of renting it from the library sometime soon.