wilme861 Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Yup. Quite insane. At DCI San Antonio, a drum corps alumni who hadn't seen DCI in a few years went, "Holy crap, that's 40 trumpets..." Crown puts their Tubas and Baritones on trumpets too... Both are great features! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flammaster Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 I would love to see someone like Phantom put a bunch of horns on baritone or maybe Cadets do similar with mellophones for a feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zachariaswmb Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 I would love to see someone like Phantom put a bunch of horns on baritone or maybe Cadets do similar with mellophones for a feature. Check out Regiment 2006. In the ballad, Franz Biebl's "Ave Maria", all of the trumpets play baritone for most of the piece. My favorite Regiment ballad, actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perc2100 Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Shouldn't a perfect score mean perfection? Or as close to perfection as is possible in DCI at the moment? Maybe, but that's not always the case. A perfect caption score means that corps scored that much higher than the 2nd place score. If 2nd place was a 19.9 then 1st place has no choice but to be a perfect 20: they weren't necessarily perfect in their performance & design, but they were .1 better than 2nd. A perfect score tends to happen if a) a judge has not-so-great numbers management (they cluster the top groups so tight and high score-wise they have no choice), or b) the competition is so good that there is no "choice" at the top than to give the top corps a perfect score in that caption. SOMETIMES, though, it could mean as close to perfection as possible. This is what last year's DCI brass judge told me about Crown: that they were the gold standard of modern DCI brass programs, and as close to perfect as he's ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDCorno Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 When someone puts all their horn players on clarinet, I'm out!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cappybara Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Maybe, but that's not always the case. A perfect caption score means that corps scored that much higher than the 2nd place score. If 2nd place was a 19.9 then 1st place has no choice but to be a perfect 20: they weren't necessarily perfect in their performance & design, but they were .1 better than 2nd. A perfect score tends to happen if a) a judge has not-so-great numbers management (they cluster the top groups so tight and high score-wise they have no choice), or b) the competition is so good that there is no "choice" at the top than to give the top corps a perfect score in that caption. SOMETIMES, though, it could mean as close to perfection as possible. This is what last year's DCI brass judge told me about Crown: that they were the gold standard of modern DCI brass programs, and as close to perfect as he's ever seen. Unfortunately, due to the nature of the judging, it will be impossible for crown to get a perfect 20 this year even if they were even BETTER than they were last year only because they'll be performing before 3-4 corps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamarag Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 (edited) Unfortunately, due to the nature of the judging, it will be impossible for crown to get a perfect 20 this year even if they were even BETTER than they were last year only because they'll be performing before 3-4 corps. Yep. At least they still have a shot at the trophy despite where the overall corps is placing. Back in the old days, being best in one caption didn't matter if you weren't in the top two or three overall. Just ask anyone from Suncoast Sound. Edited August 2, 2014 by Kamarag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDCorno Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 "There's nothing memorable AT ALL about this show. I've seen em a couple times and the things that I remember are the trumpets at the beginning and Quasimoto dragging himself down some catwalk." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tad_MMA Posted August 3, 2014 Author Share Posted August 3, 2014 Yep. At least they still have a shot at the trophy despite where the overall corps is placing. Back in the old days, being best in one caption didn't matter if you weren't in the top two or three overall. Just ask anyone from Suncoast Sound. I started this reply by overstating that Carolina Crown has NO chance at ALL of winning DCI (they do not). Then I reread the quoted post and rebuked myself. Sure, CC can win brass. They did it in 2011 as the fourth place corps. And Kamarag, to many of us, Suncoast DID matter in 1986. They were seeded in the 6th spot for finals and still received a ballsy 9.9 (out of 10) in Field Brass. I wonder if Bill Doyle thought he might throw out the first field 10 in history. But nope. Suncoast's problem was that their Stan Kenton show really wasn't very compelling, and their visual program was a snooze. Musically, they were magnificent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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