jwillis35 Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 My scoring tonight: 1. Blue Devils 85.25 2. The Cadets 84.80 3. Bluecoats 83.85 4. SCV 82.90 5. Carolina Crown 82.75 6. Phantom Regiment 77.50 7. Cavaliers 77.10 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Carolina Crown No duts in the opener, please! it ruins the silence between those brass hits. The black "Abandon All Hope" banner appeared to be cut off at right. And didn't there used to be a bunch of tosses as the members were revealed under the banner? Did they not do that tonight? Clean the prism! The drum break still feels long, which means to me that it's not interesting enough. However, the visuals might help, if the camera showed them. The first hit of the Verdi seemed a touch off. I love their swaying leg drill move in that number. The sit-and-turn routine reminds me of Cavaliers' "Spin Cycle", in a good way. What on earth is this school's red logo? It works pretty well with this show. Crown's brass book is just incredible. The guard is doing all sorts of crazy stuff just before the ballad. One of those tosses took forever to come down. The synthesizer at the start of the ballad seemed slightly off tonight. A tiny error as the flugel soloist began might have been a microphone issue; I couldn't tell. The red scrim section remains wonderful, and that's with the brass clearly having room to grow. As many have said, the transition to the finale seems unmotivated, even as pure concert music, but they do play it great. I see they've changed the ending some, albeit probably not for the last time. Earlier in the season, they emphasized one last moment of musical darkness before resolving more than they did tonight. They should bring back some version of that--ask me about the goblins in Howards End. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeDz Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 IF I had my way, just on impression from tonight and all my own prefs. aside, I would like to see it: 1. BD 2. SCV 3. Cadets 4. Bloo 5. Crown 6. Cavies 7. Phantom But any of the top 5 I listed winning would be OK with me...... What a show !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KVG_DC Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Phantom and Cavies may be within a hair's width. I think Phantom's guard will make the difference there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Cadets are a great corps, however it feels like they are trying to do more in 11 minutes than anyone else. A bit frantic. Maybe even...frenetic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superOOk Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 So how long after bloo doesn't get first does someone reference guard judging as the reason? Only if that is the actual reason ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbeau Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Cadets probably take it tonight but my favorite shows Bloo SCV BD 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughesmr Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 1. Cadets 2. BD 3. Crown 4. SCV 5. Bloo 6. Cavies 7. PR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwillis35 Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Also, for those all up in arms over the name of the Cadets program, I have a solution: New show name for Cadets 2015: "F***ing awesome music and drill...thanks! Bye Bye" (in an SNL kinda way) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinetic inferno11 Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 1. Cadets 2. BD 3. Bloo or SCV 4. Probably SCV 5. Carolina crown 6. Phantom 7. Cavies 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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