Catan Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I have to say Bluecoats 2000, considering they beat Southwind for 12th place by less than half a point and SW didn't have a single caption lower than 12th place. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Boo Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 This one is easy for me...Crown 1995. I was the the Preview of Champions in Ypsilanti, MI that year and this corps with 110 members show up playing Stormworks, and I didn't think it would be possible for them to hold out and make finals 2 weeks later. They did...and they were great! I hope you caught this article that ran last week on DCI.org about that very show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warsawstory Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Cascades 2002 came as a surprise to me. There was so much movement in the 9th to 15th place corps between 2001 and 2002 that anything could have happened. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mckdan Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 I will say it was very, very hard to be a Trooper at that point. There were some pretty angry people around who said things like "the Troopers killed 2-7." Yes, someone did say that to my face. It was not fun. I had no idea what to say. I didn't know what had happened other than we got tapped for finals and then 2-7 announced they had folded. I was sad, too. I loved that corps and still miss them. I'm so glad someone else in the thread (Brasso) gave some context to the history of that event. Troopers didn't kill 27th, the debts from the Olympics years before crippled them and the higher expenses over the next few years finished them off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRASSO Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 (edited) I will say it was very, very hard to be a Trooper at that point. There were some pretty angry people around who said things like "the Troopers killed 2-7." Yes, someone did say that to my face. It was not fun. I had no idea what to say. I didn't know what had happened other than we got tapped for finals and then 2-7 announced they had folded. I was sad, too. I loved that corps and still miss them. I'm so glad someone else in the thread (Brasso) gave some context to the history of that event. The Troopers didn't kill 27th. Anyone that said that to you was a nitwit. No Corps did in the 27th Lancers. The 27th Lancers succumbed the same way all the other hundreds of Corps succumbed...their financial liabilities exceeded their financial assets. In other words, they went broke. But they sure had a hellava ride. Edited February 1, 2011 by BRASSO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowFarCanOurBodiesGo Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I'd say 1977 Crossmen. Considering the corps was disqualified the year before, coming back and making 11th was quite an accomplishment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fsubone Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I'm going to say either Cascades 2002, or Spirit 2007. Both corps holding off corps that were on fire coming into Finals week, and in the case of the Academy, a corps that was having a monster of a first season, coming off an undefeated Div. 2 season the year before. I still think Academy had the better show to this day. Something about Spirit's rendition of Hide and Seek just does not sit well with me.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 We are all pretty surprised too.We marched prelims, found out we were in Finals, and turned around and did the show again, 1 and a 1/2 hours later! Why there are no prelims on the day of finals anymore. That is amazing. I give you guys all the credit in the world for being able to regroup that quickly and perform again. Talk about tight turnaround times!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 We are all pretty surprised too.We marched prelims, found out we were in Finals, and turned around and did the show again, 1 and a 1/2 hours later! Why there are no prelims on the day of finals anymore. Have seen and experienced that with DCA and glad DCA doesn't make their corps go thru that anymore. Glad I happened to see Frans response or I never would have known this. to the corps...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myopinion Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 It seems to me that since about 2004 the Glassmen would the biggest surprise to make finals, or atleast in the eyes of DCP members. Every year in "prediction" threads, the Glassmen are always the corps that gets the boot in most predictions. Yet, every year they are in finals. This year is no exception in the prediction thread and I'm sure the Glassmen will "surprise" many folks yet again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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