KeithHall Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 .....What corps have just put together a show with great music and NO theme? Just wondering why there has to be a THEME! Anyone? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tesmusic Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 A great show without anything holding it together thematically? I honestly can't think of a GREAT show that fits that description. Care to give an example of what you think? I mean, if themes are so bad, what would one be? I can think of many great shows in the last 25 years, but with nothing that ties the show together, I can think of shows, but not great ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrumScorps Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Cadets "Juxtaperformance" in 2001 comes to mind. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 I thought Crown 2010 "A second chance" was an amazing show which really didn't have a pushy overlying theme. Just great great drumcorps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris ncsu Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Cadets "Juxtaperformance" in 2001 comes to mind. Yeah. I suppose some of the 90s Madison shows were pretty a-thematic. Did those late-90s Regiment shows really have themes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31rabbit Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 '96 Madison's theme is pretty loosely defined as 'music we think people will like,' I think that would fall under the parameteres of what you're asking. or some of the solid crossmen shows of the 90's/early 00's were just 'jazz music.' Boston's 2000 show 'red' has a theme on paper, but I don't know if it is there thematically beyond a general flavor. and that would definitely be a Great show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crownisking Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 I thought Crown 2010 "A second chance" was an amazing show which really didn't have a pushy overlying theme. Just great great drumcorps. Using this explanation, I guess I'd have to add Crown '08 to the list as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpenceriEuph Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 We should define "Theme" right off. As far as an underlying musical and/or visual idea which holds the show together, there hasn't been a drum corps show without a theme since the 70s. I don't think shows need "stories" by any means, but even shows like Harmonic Journey have coherency between the movements. If we're talking about "theme" by a strict definition of shared qualities between the pieces or a plot of some kind, these shows seem to be a minority. I personally tend to think of "theme" as the former. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tesmusic Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Every show listed so far has a theme, depending on who you ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quad Aces Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 I realize that the OP asked about shows without themes from the last 25 years, which puts us back to 1989 - however if you go back before that to when themes weren't the norm, there were lots of great shows without themes. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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