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Reawakening a years-old thread. Here's my top 15:

15. Boston Crusaders 2017 - "Wicked Games"

14. BK 2014 - "That One Second"

13. Blue Stars 2014 - "Where The Heart Is"

12. Carolina Crown 2009 - "The Grass Is Always Greener"

11. Boston Crusaders 2013 - "RISE"

10. Bluecoats 2013 - "...To Look for America"

9. Cadets 2011 - "Between Angels and Demons"

8 (Tie). Madison Scouts 2013/Cavaliers 2002 - "Corps of Brothers: 75 Years of Survival"/"Frameworks"

7. Garfield Cadets 1983

6. Bluecoats 2014 - "T\LT"

5 (Tie). Santa Clara Vanguard 1989/2009 - "Phantom of the Opera"/"Ballet for Martha"

4 (Tie). Star of Indiana 1991/The Academy 2016 - "Roman Images"/"Drum Corpse Bride"

3. Phantom Regiment 2011 - "Juliet"

2. BD 2011 - "The Beat My Heart Skipped"

1 (Tie). Carolina Crown 2013/BD 2014 - "E=mc^2"/"Felliniesque"

Honorable Mentions:

Star 1993

SCV 2013

Cavaliers 2010

Cadets 1987

Bluecoats 2011

BD 1996

 

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@Blooo

Thanks for digging up this thread! I have seen threads like this while lurking and have been thinking about this for a long time. 

The majority of my "all time favorite" shows are more recent which can be credited to three factors. 1. The progress of the activity where in theory each year you strive to be better than the last. 2. Higher quality recordings of recent years AND recent years being closer in recent memory. 3. I found out about DCI in 2000 and didn't see my first live show until 2005.

Also I don't think I can pick a singular favorite show as there has been no true perfect show for me personally. 

1988 Madison Scouts- Malaguena is my favorite performance of an individual piece

1996 Phantom Regiment- favorite show musically of all time

2000 Cadets- what I personally think is the best show of all time. It doesn't steal my heart like most shows on my list but it's my gold standard DCI show... besides Cadets 05 was bizarre.

2005 Blue Knights- the show that made me love DCI. Saw a recording of it again recently and still loved it. Just my kind of show.

2010 Cavaliers- The best and most complete show from the Cavaliers. THIS IS MY RIFLE

2014 Blue Knights- this show makes me cry, contemplate life, get mildly annoyed with the poor sound quality and presence of singing, then cry again.

2015 Santa Clara Vanguard- great music from start to finish, one of my favorite ballads of all time, and a nice mix of late 90s/early 00s drill and modern GE.

2015 Bluecoats- The show I watch more than any other. It's so intriguing to me. The perfect blend of art, math, and science.

2015 Carolina Crown- Powerful and amazingly talented horn line. Great dark music with a show design that is easy to get yourself vested in. Oh and it was a total beast of a show live.

2017 Bluecoats- yes. The jagged line. The opener, the athleticism, the solos, the fun. 

That's 10. HMs for Madison Scouts 75, BD 76, SOA 80, Cadets 85, SCV 87, VK 92, Bluecoats 01, Phantom 08, Crown 08, Crown 12, Bluecoats 14

 

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21 minutes ago, ThePlanets said:

1996 Phantom Regiment- favorite show musically of all time

2010 Cavaliers- The best and most complete show from the Cavaliers. THIS IS MY RIFLE

2014 Blue Knights- this show makes me cry, contemplate life, get mildly annoyed with the poor sound quality and presence of singing, then cry again.

I think we'll have to agree to disagree on Phantom '96, but I think had I been thinking about them more when I was creating my list, BK '14 and Cavs '10 would definitely be higher on my list than they were. They're both such amazing shows, and I think BK '14 is extremely underrated.

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I can't put this in order. But 10 of my favorites (not most excellent but favorite) -

88 Blue Devils

76 Blue Devils 

79 Phantom

87 SCV

91 Cavies

06 Cavies

85 Cadets

79 27th Lancers

16 Bluecoats

15 Crown

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1. Star of Indiana 1991 - Roman Images (tied)

1. Phantom Regiment 1996 - A Defiant Heart (tied)

3. Bluecoats 2010 - Metropolis

4. Boston Crusaders 2000 - RED

5. Carolina Crown 2012 - For the Common Good

6. Blue Stars 2010 - Houdini

7. Star of Indiana 1993 - The Music of Barber and Bartok

8. The Cadets 2000 - We Are The Future

9. Suncoast Sound 1988 - Symphonic Dances for the Contemporary Child

10. Santa Clara Vanguard 1999 - Inventions for a New Millennium

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Here is my most current Top 15:

1) Carolina Crown 2009 - The Grass is Always Greener, 2012 - For the Common Good, 2013 - E=mc2, 2014 - Out of this World, 2015 - Inferno, 2016 - Relentless, 2017 - it is …

2) Carolina Crown 2008 - Finis

3) Santa Clara Vanguard 2009 - Ballet for Martha

4) The Cadets 2000 - We Are The Future

5) Star of Indiana 1993 - The Music of Barber and Bartok

6) Santa Clara Vanguard 1989 - Phantom of the Opera

7) Phantom Regiment 2008 - Spartacus

8) Madison Scouts 1995 - A Drum Corps Fans Dream

9) Santa Clara Vanguard 2016 - Force of Nature

10) Carolina Crown 2011 - Rach Star

11) Santa Clara Vanguard 2012 - Music of the Starry Night, 2013 - Les Misérables

12) Blue Devils 2000 - Methods of Madness, 2003 - The Phenomenom of Cool

13) Madison Scouts 2013 - Corps of Brothers: 75 Years of Survival

14) Santa Clara Vanguard 2015 - The Spark of Imagination

15) Santa Clara Vanguard 2017 - Ouroboros

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In chronological order........

75 Scouts

78 SCV

80 BD

80 Crossmen

81 27th

81 Crossmen

88 Scouts

88 BD

91 Crossmen

92 Crossmen

95 Scouts

02 BD

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"Oldies but Goodies":

1961 TIE: St Catherines Queensmen  & Caimbridge Caballeros

1962 Madison Scouts

1963 Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights

1964  St Kevins Emerald Knights

1965 TIE:  Vasella Musketeers  & St Josephs of Batavia

1966 Casper Troopers

1967 Boston Crusaders

1968  TIE: Chicago Vanguard & St Josephs Patron Cadets & Blue Rock

1969  Racine Kilties

1970 Santa Clara Vanguard

Elphaba    :flower:

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