Fossil50 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 (edited) Radar looks bad Edited August 12, 2012 by Fossil50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted August 12, 2012 Author Share Posted August 12, 2012 Nice to see that the first three corps did get their performances in, and judged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCA1Fan Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 So White Sabres won the show! Congrats!!! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumcorpsaddiction Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Sunrisers SO CLOSE!!!! Class A is looking like a good showdown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted August 12, 2012 Author Share Posted August 12, 2012 Sunrisers SO CLOSE!!!! Class A is looking like a good showdown. I hear ya. Good to see my old team in the mix! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumcorpsaddiction Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 That spread will give them the momentum they need to finish the season out strong!!!! I hear ya. Good to see my old team in the mix! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigW Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Both WS and Sun have decided strengths and weknesses versus each other from looking at the recaps. It'll be a HECKUVA fight to get into A Finals now. A good thing, keeps everyone sharp and ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twillms73 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 What an odd night! No sign of rain all day long, 7pm hits and BAM! Downpour! Oh well. It was tough. The storm essentially surrounded the area. Every time they tried to bring the Bushwackers on, another lightning strike would be seen. The DCA folks had no choice but to cancel. Even an hour after the cancellation, there was lightning seen. It's just not worth taking a chance. Quick review: This is probably the best White Sabers corps I've seen. Visually the best of the 3 that performed. Musically, right there with Sun. The Donny Allen influence is already being seen. Excelsior is very spirited for a tiny corps. I think they are right at the 35 minimum. The soprano/trumpet soloist is being asked to do a lot, and gets it done most of the time but sometimes seems exhausted. One note, if you're going to have 2 knights fight, get some swords. Sunrisers had some fine impacts throughout the show and the crowd seemed to really respond to them. I believe they have the potential to win brass in Class A this year. It will be very tight for the 4th spot come Annapolis. Bushwackers decided to do a stand-still performance under an awning by the school. It was an absolute hype. The kind of moment that will motivate them all the way to Labor Day weekend and beyond. They then invited the alumni in attendance to sing the corps song with the corps. A perfect way to cap off a somewhat imperfect night. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigW Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Why only Swords, Tom? Any dangerous lookin' Medevial weapon can be very entertaining in the right(Or wrong!) hands. Spears, Flails, Maces, you name it! A friend of mine in a mock medevial kind of fight with me back in college knocked himself out with a flail after he swung it around his head growled, charged and the ball at the end swung around and konked him square in the side of the head. Didn't hurt him bad though because the ball was covered in foam rubber, thank goodness for the dumbXXX. It was the kind of stuff people pay good money to see nowadays at comedy clubs. And yes, I used to do mock swordfights in the stairwells with friends with fencing helmets, sabers, and letter openers when bored in college. Lots of fun. Especially when seeing the looks of people in the stairwell windows when they tried to open the door and hears the klink-klink of the swordplay and saw us hlding onto the handrails of the stairs trying to whack the crap out of one another. I blame years of Senior Corps experience by that time in my life for engaging in that kind of craziness. It was nothing compared to a good Westshoremen party. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrappyslap Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 More shows in California!!! No rain in the summer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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