behold888 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Sorry for the repost, but: Along with FaustianMachine's topics, I had a question spark into my brain: Between Cadets 2007 and Crown 2009, both 2nd place shows, who would have won? Two shows I adore, one I played in. I think both corps were powerhouses. If these corps went head to head, who would have come out on top? I know this is completely useless to ponder, given different years and what not, but maybe this could be a fun topic trend... different corps and different years competing. What say YOU? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general_tsos_chicken2 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 cadets 07 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxfreq1128 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 (edited) Cadets. But that narration... It's not the fact of narration that bothers me. I thought BD's mc in 2005 played the part fantastically, and that the stuff was well-written. But Cadets 07 (and 08) simply didn't have compelling voice performers, imo. And the writing was dreadful. The only part I kind of found entertaining eventually got cut -- during the second number, when the mock-instructors were originally pretty mean to the guard and running drills... Hi-larious (and truer to life, let's be honest). Anyway. The actual show? Beast. If the narration hadn't added an extra level of thematic development that the show itself couldn't actually compellingly fulfill, I think they would've won. Edited July 10, 2011 by saxfreq1128 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
behold888 Posted July 10, 2011 Author Share Posted July 10, 2011 Cadets. But that narration... It's not the fact of narration that bothers me. I thought BD's mc in 2005 played the part fantastically, and that the stuff was well-written. But Cadets 07 (and 08) simply didn't have compelling voice performers, imo. And the writing was dreadful. The only part I kind of found entertaining eventually got cut -- during the second number, when the mock-instructors were originally pretty mean to the guard and running drills... Hi-larious (and truer to life, let's be honest). Anyway. The actual show? Beast. If the narration hadn't added an extra level of thematic development that the show itself couldn't actually compellingly fulfill, I think they would've won. Narration, I know I know! I could give a dissertation about how 2007 differs from 2008 and the success vs. failure and all... and in some ways I wish I could apologize to the drum corps community for the whole narration thing. I always hated it because they would always talk through the PIT FEATURES!!! (I was in the pit) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general_tsos_chicken2 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 (edited) i should also add that I enjoyed crown 09 WAAAAYYYYYY more than cadets 07. I'm sorry but I can't even watch cadets 07, the narration is just ... gross. that being said, still... cadets 07 would win i think. Edited July 10, 2011 by general_tsos_chicken2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCImonkey Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 This is easy! Blue Devils 08! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2000Cadet Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Cadets 2007. That is all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris ncsu Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 I think Cadets. But it's tough, both definitely had their weaknesses. For Cadets, it was visual performance (incl. guard), percussion, maybe music ensemble. For Crown, it was almost entirely the effectiveness and execution of their visual. So, maybe Crown would win brass and percussion (and music overall), but Cadets would probably win GE and overall visual, for the win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
behold888 Posted July 10, 2011 Author Share Posted July 10, 2011 bump (because i posted this at 3am!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuphMMXI Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Crown 09. They got beat out by one of the best corps ever. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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