dasboot Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 (edited) Hey, I don't know if anybody else saw this, but the Cadets are doing a march madness style bracket on all their shows from 1980 to 2011. I think it is a really good idea, and their are some really good match-ups. *EDIT* Forgot to put in the link http://public.bracketeers.com/matchup.php?id=901 Edited March 14, 2012 by dasboot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarOrg Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Very cool. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hostrauser Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 This is brilliant. Here are my picks for the first round... 99 over 82 09 over 04 00 over 88 92 over 87 (every bracket has an upset) 90 over 81 94 over 03 (toughest pick for me) 05 over 97 83 over 86 98 over 80 85 over 02 96 over 07 93 over 01 11 over 91 10 over 06 84 over 95 89 over 08 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liahona Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 (edited) I rather enjoyed making my picks earlier today for round #1... My choices:(in bold) Pick #1 - Garfield Cadets 1982 - Piano Concerto in F, Rocky Point Holiday, Cuban Overture OVER Cadets of Bergen County 1999 - "The Big Apple" The Big Apple (Symphony No. 2), Theme from City of Angels Pick #2 - Holy Name Cadets 2009 - West Side Story: Celebration and Conflict" - Rumble, Prologue, A Boy Like That, I Have a Love, Cool, Tonight OVER - The Cadets 2004 - "Living With the Past" - Aqualung Amazon, Living in the Past, Thick as a Brick, Bouree, Locomotive Breath, Songs from the Wood, Mother Goose, Cross-eyed Mary Pick #3 - The Cadets 2000 - "We are the Future" Millennium Celebration OVER Garfield Cadets 1988 - Copland's Third Symphony (It's too late now...but I've changed my mind ) Pick #4 - Cadets of Bergen County 1992 - "To Tame the Perilous Skies" OVER Garfield Cadets 1987 - Selections from Appalachian Spring This was by far my hardest PICK of the day. Pick #5 - Cadets of Bergen County 1990 - "A Bernstein Celebration" - Overture to Candide, Mass, Somewhere (From West Side Story), Fancy Free Ballet OVER Garfield Cadets 1981 - Adventures in Time, Egyptian Danza, Fire Dance, The Elks Parade, Pieces of Dreams Pick #6 - Cadets of Bergen County 1994 - "West Side Story - Hot and Cool To Go" Dance at the Gym, Mambo, Cool, Prologue/Rumble, A Boy Like That, Tonight, Finale OVER The Cadets 2004 "Our Favorite Things" - Fanfare and Allegro, Malaguena, Rocky Point Holiday Pick #7 - The Cadets 2005 - "The Zone [Dreamscapes in Four Parts with a Door]" - Twisted Nerve (from Kill Bill), Liquid, Overture to a New World (from Dancer in the Dark), Cvalda (from Dancer in the Dark), Vertigo, False Mirrors OVER Cadets of Bergen County 1997 "Celebration" Celebration, Year of the Dragon Pick #8 - Garfield Cadets 1983 - Rocky Point Holiday, In Nomine Patris (from Bernstein's Mass), Almighty Father (from Bernstein's Mass), Sanctus (from Bernstein's Mass), Agnus Dei (from Bernstein's Mass), God Said (from Bernstein's Mass), De Profundis, part 2 (from Bernstein's Mass), Simple Song (from Bernstein's Mass) OVER Garfield Cadets 1986 - Christopher Street (from On The Waterfront), Wonderful Town Pick #9 - Cadets of Bergen County 1998 "Jan Van der Roost's Stonehenge" Stonehenge, Canterbury Chorale OVER Garfield Cadets 1980 - Once Voice, Evening Concert, Fernando's Fantasy, Fire Dance, The Elks' Parade, Through the Eyes of Love Pick #10 - Garfield Cadets 1985 - Jeremiah Symphony, Overture to Candide Amazon, Make Our Garden Grow (from Candide)OVER The Cadets 2002 "An American Revival" - Times Square (from On the Town), The Place Where Dreams Come True (from Field of Dreams), Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, New York Memories, The Beautiful Pick #11 - Cadets of Bergen County 1996 "An American West" The Promise of Living, Tulsa: A Portrait in Oil, Gunfight, Hoedown, Happy Ending OVER The Cadets 2007 "This I Believe. Truth, Value and the Personal Experience Called Drum Corps" - Symphonic Movement, Blue Shades, Adiemus: Cantata II Pick #12 - The Cadets 2001 "Juxtaperformance" - A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Moondance, Vide Cor Meum (from Hannibal), Farandole OVER Cadets of Bergen County 1993 "In the Spring, At the Time When Kings Go Off to War" In the Spring, When Kings Go Off to War, Ballet Sacra, On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss Pick #13 - The Cadets 2011 "Between Angels and Demons" - Angels in the Architecture, 160 BPM from Angels and Demons, Doxology, Amazing Grace, Angels in the Architecture OVER Cadets of Bergen County 1991 "ABC's of Modern American Music" Short Ride in a Fast Machine, Letter From Home, Prelude Fugue and Riffs Pick #14 - The Cadets 2010 "Toy Souldier" - Procession of the Nobles, The School for Scandal - Overture, Prelude to Act II and Maypole Dances from Merry Mount Suite, Children's Dance, Dance of the Tumblers, March of the Toys from Babes in Toyland OVER The Cadets 2006 "Volume 2: Through the Looking Glass" - History Repeating, White Rabbit, Pollock, Original, Selection by the Propellerheads, I Am Your Shadow, Diaspora Dances (from Concerto for Orchestra) Pick #15 - Garfield Cadets 1984 - West Side Story - Selections from West Side Story OVER Cadets of Bergen County 1995 "An American Quintet" The Reivers, Born on the 4th of July, Blowing Off Steam, Swing, Swing, Swing, Land Race Pick #16 Cadets of Bergen County 1989 - "Les Miserables" - I Dreamed A Dream (from Les Miserables), At the End of the Day (from Les Miserables), Look Down (from Les Miserables), On My Own (from Les Miserables), Attack on Rue Plumet (from Les Miserables), Bring Him Home (from Les Miserables), One Day More (from Les Miserables), At the Barracades (from Les Miserables) OVER The Cadets 2008 "Pursuit of Happiness" - Appalachian Spring, American Elegy, Nitro, Round 4, Vesuvius, Apollo Unleashed Edited March 13, 2012 by Liahona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranintothedoor Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 On first scan, I dismissed this as similar to the basketball bracket thing that President Obama is doing: http://www.barackobama.com/obama-bracket-challenge?source=ObamaBracketChallenge-20120311-HP But I didn't realize that they were doing CADETS SHOWS!!?!?!!?! Genious idea! :) Wish the marketing was just a shade clearer. Every corps should do this (regular season/conference tourneys), then send shows with best "records" to DCI(re: NCAA) Tournament! Every year would change because shows would be paired differently and have an addition of 20-something new shows every year! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrlandoContraAlum Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Wow, you definitely have some "1 vs 16 seed" matchups (89 vs 08 ) but there were some grueling choices! (Having to pick between 87 and 92 or 93 and 01 in the first round! Wow.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarOrg Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Mine.. 1982 over 1999 (love the 82 opener) 2004 over 2009 (there is only ONE WS show) 2000 over 1988 1987 over 1992 (seriously?? first round matchup? who seeds this thing? haha, 87 in Overtime!) 1990 over 1981 2003 over 1994 (again there is only ONE WS show) 2005 over 1997 1983 over 1986 (interesting their first championship against show that ended the streak) 1998 over 1980 1985 over 2003 (more Cadet magic in the day when we all went...how do they do that?) 1996 over 2007 1993 over 2001 2011 over 1991 2010 over 2005 1984 over 1995 (tough cause I liked the 1995 show and would have picked over a bunch) 1989 over 2008 (1989, love the opening phrase) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadets98 Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Mine.. 1982 over 1999 (love the 82 opener) 2004 over 2009 (there is only ONE WS show) 2000 over 1988 1987 over 1992 (seriously?? first round matchup? who seeds this thing? haha, 87 in Overtime!) 1990 over 1981 2003 over 1994 (again there is only ONE WS show) 2005 over 1997 1983 over 1986 (interesting their first championship against show that ended the streak) 1998 over 1980 1985 over 2003 (more Cadet magic in the day when we all went...how do they do that?) 1996 over 2007 1993 over 2001 2011 over 1991 2010 over 2005 1984 over 1995 (tough cause I liked the 1995 show and would have picked over a bunch) 1989 over 2008 (1989, love the opening phrase) I had the same problem with the seeding. Seems like they should have seeded it by placement to avoid the 87 vs. 92 in the first round. You would still get some upsets like a 1st place year going up against 89. If you seed it by placement and break the ties by the score, the seeding would have ended up like this. Seed 1 2005 vs. Seed 32 1980 Seed 2 1984 vs. Seed 31 1981 Seed 3 1998 vs. Seed 30 1991 Seed 4 2011 vs. Seed 29 2006 Seed 5 1984 vs. Seed 28 2008 Seed 6 1987 vs. Seed 27 2010 Seed 7 1990 vs. Seed 26 1989 (upset alert) Seed 8 2000 vs. Seed 25 2004 Seed 9 1993 vs. Seed 24 1986 Seed 10 1983 vs. Seed 23 1988 Seed 11 1994 vs. Seed 22 1999 Seed 12 1997 vs. Seed 21 1982 Seed 13 1995 vs. Seed 20 2002 (interesting since similar shows) Seed 14 2007 vs. Seed 19 1996 (tough call) Seed 15 1992 vs. Seed 18 2003 (kinda tough call) Seed 16 2001 vs. Seed 17 2009 (really tough call) All of the tough match-ups would of course be in the middle seeds where they are supposed to be. Then you would some better "games" in the second round. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
contrajedi8 Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 82 over 99 09 over 04 00 over 88 87 over 92 90 over 81 03 over 94 05 over 97 83 over 86 98 over 80 02 over 85 96 over 07 93 over 01 11 over 91 10 over 06 84 over 95 89 over 08 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Boo Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Who thinks up this stuff? The organization keeps coming up with brilliant ideas. We should try to list them all, knowing we won't remember all the special fund-raisers and other promotional things the corps' organization has thought up. I'll start...The fund-raiser to get George Hopkins to stay completely off the Internet last year when he went to Clearwater, Florida for baseball spring training. What did they raise on that one alone...$10,000? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.