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Let me break down the partial ignorance to that comment . . . . . i love DCI for every year its existed. i just love the conceptual changes and increased difficulty of the newer years (2000's). the sound of the 90's i prefer, the start of the innovations of the 80's i love and the originality and superb sound of the 70' is unmatched. That has nothing to do with the age. I personally love the 90's and 2000's way more simply because they are more cutting edge, alot more difficult and incredibly visual! so Everyfan......... i encourage you to state your favorite shows. i can say like BRASSO my favorites change every day because i find new shows to watch and admire. i finally got to see SCV 2000 today and i absolutely loved it! I also saw Bloo 95 and it was incredible to me. so . . . . . . wheres your top 10? Can you guess my age?

The question is are you the exception or the rule? That's the real debate; yet you seem to want to state your opposing view to the OP's view as fact.

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This is impossibly hard, but here's my Top 17 (I'm cheating), with HMs underneath.

Harvey

17. Boston Crusaders 2000 (Red)

16. Crossmen 1998 (Wonderful Matheney Show)

15. Cavaliers 2000 (Niagra Falls)

14. Star of Indiana 1991 (Roman Images

13. Blue Devils 2000 (Madness show)

12. Phantom Regiment 2006 (Faust)

11. Madison Scouts 1995 (the Bullfight Show)

10. Phantom Regiment 2010 (Into the Light)

9. Phantom Regiment 1993 (Modern Imagination)

8. Carolina Crown 2007 (Triple Crown)

7. Phantom Regiment 1996 (Defiant Heart)

6. Cadets 1992 (To Tame the Perilous Skies)

5. Phantom Regiment 2003 (Harmonic Journey)

4. Santa Clara Vanguard 1989 (Phantom of the Opera)

3. Blue Knights 2014 (That One Second)

2. Phantom Regiment 2007 (On Air)

1. Phantom Regiment 2008 (Spartacus)

Honorable Mentions

Phantom Regiment 89, 90, 91, 95, 97, 00, 01, 04, 11

Santa Clara Vanguard 88, 90, 91, 99, 04, 10, 13

Cadets 87, 89, 93, 95, 00, 05

Cavaliers 92, 95, 04, 06

Blue Devils 88, 89, 90, 99, 04, 06

Carolina Crown 95, 04, 05, 06, 08, 09, 11

Blue Knights 92, 06, 07, 12

Crossmen 91, 92, 97, 98, 12

Colts 95, 99

Madison Scouts 88, 97, 99, 11

Bluecoats 91, 95, 06,14

Magic of Orlando 02, 03

Star of Indiana 90, 93

Velvet Knights 92

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9. 1995 Magic of Orlando - Danse Animale

7. 1996 Magic

Thanks for the Magic props, guys! I marched these two summers with Magic, and they were two completely unique seasons. 1995 was trial after trial...bad busses, tough situations all summer (we didn't make finals of DCI Midwest...terrible performance that afternoon in Ypsilanti...) and finally got it together for finals. Barely. I think the show maxed out way, way early in the season, and we struggled to make it great by the end of the year. We actually won DCI South that summer...

1996 was incredible. We teetered on the edge of inconsistency all summer long until Robert Smith rounded us up after the Clifton, NJ show and asked us if we REALLY wanted to be great. He told us if we were going to be great, we'd work harder in the last two weeks of tour than we ever have in our lives. Of course, we all said, "yes, we want to be great..." The next two weeks are a total blur to me, but we pushed ourselves SO hard, and maxed out a pretty challenging show. We rehearsed nonstop. Unfortunately, we peaked on Semi's night, with the highest score the corps would receive (prior to the 2002 DII group...which was outstanding). Our Finals performance was good on energy but not our cleanest run. I'm still desperately trying to find a video of our semi's performance from 1996! Still, the two best summers of my life.

My top 12 favorites:

12. 1983 Cadets

11. 1985 Suncoast

10. 1991 Star

9. 1999 BD (a ton of my Magic pals moved on to BD this summer)

8. 1990 SCV

7. 1987 Cadets

6. 1988 Suncoast

5. 1990 Cavaliers

4. 2014 Bluecoats (innovation at it's finest, I think)

3. 1993 Star (see above)

2. 1996 Magic (biased!)

1. 1987 Cadets

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Tonight's top 12 (no particular order)

-Phantom Regiment 2008 Spartacus

-Madison Scouts 1995 A Drum Corps Fan's Dream

-Blue Devils 1980 La Suerte de Los Tontos

-Garfield Cadets 1984 West Side Story

-Carolina Crown 2009 The Grass is Always Greener

-Cadets 2000 We are the Future

Blue Devils 1982 T.O./Pegusus

Santa Clara 1989 POTO

Cadets 2011 Angeles and Demons

Santa Clara 2013 Les Mis

Carolina Crown 2013 E=mc2

Carolina Crown 2007 Triple Crown

Tonight's Semi Finalists:

-Phantom Regiment 2011 Juliet

-Phantom Regiment 1996 Defiant Heart

-Phantom Regiment 1991 Phantom Voices

-Garfield Cadets 1983 Rocky Point Holiday

-Blue Devils 1988 Happy Days are Here Again

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1987 Phantom Regiment
1987 Santa Clara Vanguard
1988 Madison Scouts
1988 Suncoast Sound
1989 Cadets

1989 Star of Indiana
1991 Blue Devils

1991 Crossmen
1991 Phantom Regiment
1993 Phantom Regiment
1993 Star of Indiana
1997 Cadets

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Based purely on each show's emotional effect on me, whether this is derived from performance value, show design, or sheer sentimental value.

1. BD 2014
2. Bluecoats 2011
3. Troopers 2011
4. BD 2013
5. SCV 2011
6. Crown 2009
7. Blue Stars 2010
8. BD 2011
9. BK 2013
10. BAC 2014
11. BD 2012
12. Phantom 2003

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Putting together an accurate list of top 10 favorite shows is too hard. There's a lot of criteria one could go by when deciding favorite: guard, percussion, theme, music, emotional moment, et cetera...

There are moments in every show that are great, and there moments in every show that are not so great.

I think it's been interesting to see that the newer members favorite shows skew to more recent shows, and the less new or well established members favorite shows tend to skew older, and even all over the place.

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I think it's been interesting to see that the newer members favorite shows skew to more recent shows, and the less new or well established members favorite shows tend to skew older, and even all over the place.

Yes... I think this could naturally be expected to be the case too. For some of those that have been following Drum Corps for many years, as several others have said here, its really impossible to pick just 10 -12 favorite shows.

Also, if the question was " 10-12 best VISUAL shows", this would be a different list ( for me anyway ) than " 10-12 best MUSICAL shows ".

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Yes... I think this could naturally be expected to be the case too. For some of those that have been following Drum Corps for many years, as several others have said here, its really impossible to pick just 10 -12 favorite shows.

Also, if the question was " 10-12 best VISUAL shows", this would be a different list ( for me anyway ) than " 10-12 best MUSICAL shows ".

Yup, I agree.

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