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Could you imagine if they didn't win? That crowd was so hyped up on Phantom. BD had a decent show too...but still. Everyone thought they were Spartacus... haha

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The crowd's solemn hush and explosion of affirmation as the Cadets entered "the zipper" in 2011 "Angels and Demons" until the performance was completed.

Echoed again when second place score was announced.for the demons' cousins.

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A negative highlight was when in 2007 Hopkins pulled the corps off the field for hash-gate; the lack-of-class reactions from some very "high" spectators in Pasadena was. DCI drum corps' lowest moment in its almost fifty year history of championships. DQ of certain corps for over-age members comes in second.

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1972...DCI's first Finals night. Warhawk Stadium, Whitewater, Wisconsin.

The announcer was down to the final three corps when the tornado thundered its force. The winds drowned out the announcement of the Blue Stars in second place. The order was given for all corps to evacuate the field immediately, leaving equipment if necessary. A four foot high chain link fence surrounded the field with only two small gates at the corners of the backfield. The order also called for the evacuation of the 15,000 members of the audience who had already begun to flee the non-protected grand stand bleachers (that is, no sky boxes, domed roof, or any cover.)

The nearest building at that time was 1/4 of a mile across open fields. Many, many of the audience and corps were from areas unfamiliar with tornadoes. This was the night that running was invented as DCI's principal training exercise.

That no one was killed or seriously hurt stands as a miracle even to today.

No one heard the Anaheim Kingsmen announced as the first winners. This was an age before cell phones, internet, no texting, and no protection to score sheets.

That DCI survived its first championship is quite the highlight.

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1972...DCI's first Finals night. Warhawk Stadium, Whitewater, Wisconsin.

The announcer was down to the final three corps when the tornado thundered its force. The winds drowned out the announcement of the Blue Stars in second place. The order was given for all corps to evacuate the field immediately, leaving equipment if necessary. A four foot high chain link fence surrounded the field with only two small gates at the corners of the backfield. The order also called for the evacuation of the 15,000 members of the audience who had already begun to fled the non-protected grand stand bleachers (that is, no sky boxes, domed roof, or any cover.)

The nearest building at that time was 1/4 of a mile across open fields. Many, many of the audience and corps were from areas unfamiliar to tornadoes. This was the night that running was invented as DCI's principal training exercise.

That no one was killed or seriously hurt stands to today even as a miracle.

No one heard the Anaheim Kingsmen announced as the first winners. This was an age before cell phones, internet, no texting, and no protection to score sheets.

That DCI survived its first championship is quite the highlight.

Wow...simply, wow.

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The 1996, 1999, and 2000 retreats with the announcement of ties. 1996 was actually quite positive, while 1999 and 2000 weren't as much.

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The crowd's solemn hush and explosion of affirmation as the Cadets entered "the zipper" in 2011 "Angels and Demons" until the performance was completed.

Echoed again when second place score was announced.for the demons' cousins.

That was a glorious championship show. Crown 2013 was too. Great shows that we're going to win and you wanted to win.
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