Madisonscoutsfan Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 What caused the blue knights to drop from 6th to 14th in one year and stay there until 2004? Did they lose staff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancidrolla Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 BK just baarely missed finals in 2003 after being passed in semi-finals by spirit, who they had placed 2 places and a point+ over in quarters the night before. Even with the dirt I actually liked that BK show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madisonscoutsfan Posted June 12, 2014 Author Share Posted June 12, 2014 ive never seen any of the shows 2001-2003 but I heard a lot about the 2002 show. Do you know of any videos of them on youtube? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdaddy Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 What caused the blue knights to drop from 6th to 14th in one year and stay there until 2004? Did they lose staff? I don't know anything about what happened to the corps between 2000 and 2001. But that 2001 show was a terrible design based on Paul Hart's Cartoon. No variety for much of the 11 minutes of the show, from what I can recall (haven't seen it since San Antonio in 2001). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeN Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 The 2001 show was a complete stylistic change for the corps. (I was at that 2001 San Antonio show too - they drew the final performance slot, after Cavaliers "Four Corners" and Blue Devils "Awayday Blue" - BK got no favors from that.) Kash is right - bad, bad design. Very whimsical, and very flat. Not like BK at all. 2002 was much better design-wise, but not as impressive from a performance standpoint. And it also has one of the greatest musical openers ever. Seriously. 2003 was a *huge* step up and a much more enjoyable show all around. Their closer that year was an original piece that BK winter percussion did. Very cool. Anyways, yeah. 2001 was bad. And the indoor-model snares didn't help. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesleyrp Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Most people forget they were going to make finals in 2002. They were primed- but Magic jumped up to become the first div 2 corps to make div 1 finals... Finished 10th as I remember. '03 Kaval Sviri is one of the coolest openers of all time!!! Just incredible. Staff was told in '00 that the corps was not entertaining enough and they went to the very opposite extreme on '01. Probably the most talented 14th place corps ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RContra Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 2001 was just a complete disaster. It felt like an 88-year-old Cold War-era Russian man attempting to recreate Monty Python. Just stiff, awkward and out of their comfort zone. If anyone remembers the Dana Carvey Show's sketch "German Guys Saying Nice Things," it was pretty much that, only not funny. At all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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