Gloryah Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 1) Blue Devils are going to win this year by a landslide Possibly by 1.5 pts. I just hope that their show will be enjoyable. I have heard that the visual drill will be a little more accessible than the last few years. I hope so. 2) Cadets got 3rd last year with a boring, hard to understand abstract show, with no emotion. This year, their show will have emotion. And they will win drums. Silver medal for The Cadets. 3) Bluecoats - it's about time they go back to something like 2010, with a powerful, in your face show. 4) Crown. Sequels don't work in DCI very well, except for 1989. 5) SCV. Traditional worked well for them last year, but this year there will be less emotion. I can't see this show medaling. 6) Cavaliers. A show back to their roots, they've hit rock bottom and they are going to climb back into elite status starting this year. 7) Blue Knights - new uniforms, drum looks, emotional theme, The staff here has been really trying hard to find that one moment in a show that makes people say "wow, this corps has it going on". This show will be dynamic and powerful, and they will deserve every bit of the 7th place they get. 8-10 BCrusaders. Sorry, I just don't think Animal Farm is going to work out in a marching music medium. This music and drill won't work well. They could even end up in 9th. Phantom. They're doing another ballet-opera-storybook type thing, and it's getting old now. It's not going to work this time around. Spirit. Going back to roots, this show is going to melt your face off, and it will probably be a crowd favorite. They're going to have it going on, and they could even pass up Boston and/or Phantom. 11) Blue Stars. They are bringing some minimalism, positive feelings, and raw emotion back into their program. It's going to work, and it's going to propel them into the future. 12) Scouts. Same show, same music, 5 years running. They are going to get punished for not doing something new, and will get jumped. I certainly hope you are correct about BK. Heck, I think they had the show you are talking about the last 2 years running. However...I just don't think the judging community will give them 7th this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quietcity Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 BoyWonder's post makes ME wonder: do judges really "punish" a corps for doing the same type of show year after year? And reductio ad absurdum, would the judges punish a corps for doing the EXACT same show year after year? What if SCV did nothing but Phantom of the Opera for the last 15 years, same drill, chart, everything (assuming they could get any marching members to perform it)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRASSO Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 (edited) 8-10 BCrusaders. Sorry, I just don't think Animal Farm is going to work out in a marching music medium. This music and drill won't work well. . . Could be right, who knows. Whats their music selections for this season that you're basing your assessments on that " the music and drill won't work well " ? Just curious what you've heard about their music selections, as I'm completely in the dark on what their music is to go with their theme to make an assessment that " it won't work well ". I thought Boston has been uncharacteristically slow to release their music selections, but this goes to show you how out of the loop I can be on the previous press release of this Corps music for this summer's season that you've apparently gotten.. Edited May 29, 2014 by BRASSO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Could be right, who knows. Whats their music selections for this season that you're basing your assessments on that " the music and drill won't work well " ? Just curious what you've heard about their music selections, as I'm completely in the dark on what their music is to go with their theme to make an assessment that " it won't work well ". I thought Boston has been uncharacteristically slow to release their music selections, but this goes to show you how out of the loop I can be on the previous press release of this Corps music for this summer's season that you've apparently gotten.. Incoming!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRASSO Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 would the judges punish a corps for doing the EXACT same show year after year? What if SCV did nothing but Phantom of the Opera for the last 15 years, same drill, chart, everything (assuming they could get any marching members to perform it)? .... The jDCI judges won't punish such a Corps if you believe that the judges would still enjoy eating bread that has an " August 7th, 1999 " expiration date on the bread package wrap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRASSO Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Incoming!! ....... BOOM !! ( Oh stop it.. you bastardian profligate... haha!) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HornTeacher Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 BoyWonder's post makes ME wonder: do judges really "punish" a corps for doing the same type of show year after year? And reductio ad absurdum, would the judges punish a corps for doing the EXACT same show year after year? What if SCV did nothing but Phantom of the Opera for the last 15 years, same drill, chart, everything (assuming they could get any marching members to perform it)? According to the "2-day, Beginning of the Year" thread, judges never take an individual group's identity, history, or reputation into account when judging such groups. Therefore, I'm sure that there is nothing to fear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HornTeacher Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Sorry. That sounded rather bitter, didn't it. Oh, well.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRASSO Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Sorry. That sounded rather bitter, didn't it. Oh, well.... You got spunk though.. I like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HornTeacher Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 (edited) You got spunk though.. I like that. One man's "spunk" is another man's "idiocy." If it's all the same, I'll gladly take you as the first man... Edited May 30, 2014 by HornTeacher 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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