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surprised to see them with only 4 basses

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I luv the show... But what's with the standing still in the begining? But once they start the drill it's like non stop til the end...

It's pre-show that hasn't been added in yet. So they stand and play the pre-show part. Probably is contributing to their lower scores right now, sadly

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Alright, I'm wearing my flame cloak!

Does anyone else feel like they're watching some other corps in Vanguard uniforms?

They use straight up Cavaliers technique (with SCV upper bodies, however- a trademark I like to see), with some very Cavaliers- like drill.

They sound Phantom-esque, with Rennick-Shaw writing (who both wrote for Phantom for almost ten years).

I feel like there's not much left of SCV in there. But then again, when was the last time there was? I miss shows like '08 and '09, where it still seemed like SCV, though with a different staff each year anyway.

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Alright, I'm wearing my flame cloak!

Does anyone else feel like they're watching some other corps in Vanguard uniforms?

They use straight up Cavaliers technique (with SCV upper bodies, however- a trademark I like to see), with some very Cavaliers- like drill.

They sound Phantom-esque, with Rennick-Shaw writing (who both wrote for Phantom for almost ten years).

I feel like there's not much left of SCV in there. But then again, when was the last time there was? I miss shows like '08 and '09, where it still seemed like SCV, though with a different staff each year anyway.

I actually thought they sounded very un-phantom like in regards to the brass book. It almost seems like JD was trying purposefully to not make SCV sound like PR. Coincidently (or un-coincidently), I do not like the arrangement. The planets does not sound true to the original with all the extra stuff going on in it and change of the tonal structure IMO ... I did like the other pieces though.

drums still sound like they should be resonating off white uniforms though.

it may grow on me..

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I actually thought they sounded very un-phantom like in regards to the brass book. It almost seems like JD was trying purposefully to not make SCV sound like PR. Coincidently (or un-coincidently), I do not like the arrangement. The planets does not sound true to the original with all the extra stuff going on in it and change of the tonal structure IMO ... I did like the other pieces though.

drums still sound like they should be resonating off white uniforms though.

it may grow on me..

I saw the video a few times and can't quite decide how I feel - their show looks/sounds complex. I can't wait to see it from above.

Like you I didn't get any sense of Phantom brass/arranging in the brass section either. IMO there were a couple of years at PR where JD's arrangements sounded completely different than anything he wrote before/after.

They still look and act like the Vanguard.

Put me down as someone who loved their show last year - issues and everything. I think I've listened to it over 200 times.

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