HashBrownJM Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 I was going to start disagreeing with your post about cavaliers pulling away in texas - mainly because they never beat us between san antonio and quarterfinals - but since you said "started to pull ahead of Cadets and Crown" I decided not to. I know there are good reasons why we came in 3rd. No big deal. Also, I don't think we should have won. I think we could have won. If a few things went differently, then its not so far fetched. Like I said before, the season is over and I'm looking forward to 2011 a whole helluva lot. You're right. Finals night 2010, we didn't deserve the gold and we didn't get it. That doesn't mean we didn't believe it was a possibility earlier in the summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hostrauser Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Disclaimer: I just decided to place everyone according to what my favorite shows were, in order. Yes, I know that many of the placements make no sense comparing technical aspects of different corps, but so what. Oh, and I also really liked most of these shows so this really is not an insult to the corps but I can only put one corps in a spot, so here it is: Excellent idea. In this case, my Top 12 would be... 1. Carolina Crown 2. Blue Stars 3. Cadets 4. Santa Clara Vanguard 5. Madison Scouts 6. Cavaliers 7. Phantom Regiment 8. Bluecoats 9. Blue Devils 10. Blue Knights 11. Boston Crusaders 12. Glassmen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72Bach Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 ???? Did you guys really think you had a chance of winning last year..? most corps go into the season liking to think they could win, no matter how unrealistic it might be. and for the bluecoats last year, i thought they could do it and thats just based off of score watching, since we were rarely at shows together or i was more interested in getting something for the bus at a nearby store, so for the members to think it was a realistic chance shouldnt be too far-fetched... or bad troll Nope, bad troll. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoSurfBass Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 (edited) My take... 1. Blue Devils I didn't like the show. Not one bit. That doesn't mean it wasn't the cleanest, best performed show I've seen in a long time. 2. Bluecoats A pounding, loud, amazing show that has stuck with me since the first time I saw it. Currently my favorite show I've ever seen. 3. Cavaliers Why Bloo over Cavies? Simple. I only remember certain moments and pieces of "Mad World." I can't get a single second of "Metropolis" out of my head. Bloo made a more lasting impact on me, and that gives them an edge. 4. Cadets Why Cadets over Crown? See Bloo over Cavies. Also, a fun fact: the guard member who gave Geoffrey his shako at the end is a DR at a dorm at my college, and I march with a Cadets mello in said college's marching band. 5. Crown Pass 6. Phantom I've listened to "The New Moon in the Old Moon's Arms" and must say that Phantom did great justice to the source material. The most emotionally powerful show I've ever seen. 7. Blue Stars Not much to say. Liked the show, and our bass line was always jealous of their line's drums; a beautiful red shell with great heads (foam-dampened, not PowerMax like we used at Surf). 8. Santa Clara Just a shocking turn-off of a show for me... A stark contrast from "Ballet for Martha," a favorite of mine. Not that I don't like Bartok, but it just didn't work. T9. Madison Scouts T9. Boston Crusaders I can't decide between these two. Power vs. Finesse, Theatrics vs. Storytelling, Green vs. Red. These two corps are almost polar opposites. I loved both shows, and thought they were both executed brilliantly. 11. Blue Knights Would have been a third tie for 9th, but not as much reaction out of this show as the other two. Still, I never thought I'd say that BK had a streak of shows that I enjoyed. DISCLAIMER: The rest of these placements are placed mostly on hearsay, since as a marching member of a corps I did not have a chance to see most of these shows. 12. The Academy Who should go here? Certainly not the Glassmen, who I will discuss later, but from what I hear this was the most enjoyable show of this tier of corps. 13. Colts The Colts may just buy a lease on this spot, since it seems like they never leave it. 14. Glassmen Wanna know how boring this show was? At Atlanta, the thing my group and I noticed the most was how often the bass drums dropped their puffies during the show. Naturally, they were at most of our shows in the second half of tour, so it became a running joke among us. I'm trying to remember ANY Glassmen show I've ever seen. 15. Troopers The gap spacer between the top 14 and bottom 8. Much closer to the 14 than the 8. 16. Spirit Our touring buddy in the 1st half of our tour. A solid show that was solid, but unspectacular. 17. X-Men Watched them on a TV screen in Atlanta. The circle drill wasn't too circle-y, but the music was good. 18. Pacific Crest Don't know anything about this show. 19. Mandarins Surf coulda beaten them in drums (they did in Allentown, IIRC) 20. Jersey Surf Ah yes, my show. I will argue to this day that we should have beaten Teal Sound. Our biggest downfall this year (and -spoiler- next year at this rate) is that we had a VERY small horn line. It's our catch-22... we need more horns to be competitive, but we need to be more competitive to get more people to join our horn line. 21. Teal Sound Guard outfits for the pit... electric guitars as a primary instrument... god, I do not like this corps. 22. Cascades Ironically played "The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow" just before a large rain storm in Fairfax, VA once... that's all I know about the show. 23. Pioneer Below Cascades only because I have an idea of what the Cascades' show was like. Edited March 12, 2011 by UP Drumline 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRASSO Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 My take... 1. Blue Devils I didn't like the show. Not one bit. That doesn't mean it was the cleanest, best performed show I've seen in a long time. . Then... what WAS it ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 ???? Did you guys really think you had a chance of winning last year..? why wouldn't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoSurfBass Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Then... what WAS it ? Doh... I'll fix that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumcorpsfan11 Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 1-Bluecoats 2-Cavaliers 3-BD 4-Cadets 5-Crown 6-SCV 7-Blue Stars 8-Phantom 9-BK 10-Boston 11-Madison 12-Academy 13-Glassmen 14-Colts 15-Troopers 16-Crossmen 17- Spirit 18-Pacific Crest 19-Teal Sound 20-Jersey Surf 21-Cascades 22-Mandarins 23-Pioneer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornandsoccer Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 DISCLAIMER: The rest of these placements are placed mostly on hearsay, since as a marching member of a corps I did not have a chance to see most of these shows. 14. Glassmen Wanna know how boring this show was? At Atlanta, the thing my group and I noticed the most was how often the bass drums dropped their puffies during the show. Naturally, they were at most of our shows in the second half of tour, so it became a running joke among us. I'm trying to remember ANY Glassmen show I've ever seen. right. ok. see the following shows and get back to me: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002. not addressing the rest of the implied meaning of the comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterA Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 1. Cavaliers 2. Blue Devils 3. Bluecoats 4. Carolina Crown 5. Cadets 6. SCV 7. Blue Stars 8. Boston Crusaders 9. Phantom Regiment 10. Madison Scouts 11. Blue Knights 12. Glassmen 13. Colts 14. Academy 15. Spirit 16. Pacific Crest 17. Crossmen 18. Teal Sound 19 Troopers 20. Mandarins 21. Jersey Surf 22. Pioneer 23. Cascades Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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