Phlickster Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 First let me say that without a doubt, the RCA Dome is the worst venue for a drum corps show imaginable. Hard to make any judgements regarding quality of sound from the stands. I would rather suffer through unbearable temperature, humidity, bugs and rain than to experience the RCA Dome. But drum corps in a bubble is better than no drum corps at all, so like 10,000 + other fans, I went. Sat with a lot of the PR volunteer staff in section 118 near the PR souvie stand (not exactly on the 50 yr line ) Also, whoever designed this place didn't have "midwestern hinders" in mind when they picked the seating Blue Knights - 82.55 (have seen them numerous times this yr.) A lot of cleaning improvements have been made since I last saw them in Denver. Love the new guard uni's. Classy. I think they add much more than the old "dreamcicle" look. Not sold on the "drop & roll" move being made by the sopranos. Magic - 82.95 (2nd viewing) Seems to have been a lot of changes since Denver. Good show. Crown - 83.25 (1st viewing) Crown is back!!! Nice job. Love the uni's. Again - classy look. Nice job all around. Nice to see the ex-PR DM is on staff. Xmen - 83.45 (1st viewing) Good show, liked the music. "Big Ending" on the closer didn't do much for me. Will have to keep working hard to keep Crown from overtaking them. Boston - 85.5 (1st viewing) Somehow was expecting more from the hype I had heard about their show. I like it better than last year's ( I didn't have to read along this year ). Scouts - 85.7 (1st viewing) Welcome back Scouts! Big improvement over last year. New uni's are OK. Guard is doing a great job. You will not be watching finals from the stands this year. Bluecoats - 86.55 (1st viewing) Would like to hear this show outside of the echo chamber. Guard didn't seem to be as prominent as in the last couple of years. Were the guard uni's used by Boston a couple of years ago? Just kidding, but they do look very similar. SCV - 90.55 (multiple viewings this year) Continuing to clean and make improvements. Great job! PR - 90.6 (multiple viewings) I thought they had a clean show. Sound was as good as can be expected in this venue. In checking the recap, guard got hammered pretty hard, but I don't remember seeing anything unusual happen. Oh well, judges have their own opinions, just like we do (only theirs count on the score sheet). I think it has been a challenge for PR to keep the guard from disappearing after the opener this year. They have made lots of changes, and I'm sure there are more to come. I can't believe how many changes have been made to this show in the last 2 weeks. Cadets - 92.05 (2nd viewing) Good show, but not 1.45 better than PR. I think this was my wife's favorite of the night. Cavies - 93.65 (2nd viewing) Didn't seem like the Cavies were "on" tonight. Alignment was bad at times and there didn't seem to be a spark from the horn line (could be an echo chamber fault). Congrats for accomplishing an unbelievable undefeated streak. Blue Devils - 93.95 (multiple viewings) After the Cavies performance, I thought if BD came out and rolled a good show that they would be the winner. After BD was done, I didn't know if they had blown their chance or not. Didn't seem to be as sharp as I have seen them in the past. I thought they were cleaner in Denver. Contra took a bad spill b**bs , but recovered nicely. Could have easily taken out a few more of the horn line with him (block formation marching backwards at the time). Congrats for breaking "the streak". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkolbdvm Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 Thanks for your review. We were 5 rows up from the first row, and the sound was in our faces.....awesome! I think there was less reverberation being closer to the field. We could not really appreciate much of the drill from our vantage, but Phantom's crabwalk was right in front of us. That and the 360 seemed off; not sharp. From our son, they have more changes coming before finals. They still have alot of room for improvement, with cleaning drill, etc. They will be ready for Orlando! :P We had a nice chat with the lady from Michigan (euphonium's mom) who will be joining Phantom in Centerville, will finish the tour as their nurse. All in all, a fabulous evening for drum corp. Congrats to BD :) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ContraRich77 Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 GO BLUE DEVILS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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