Which Corps Will Win What Captions at Finals?

[afd]

Are they giving out captions this year? Kinda wondering especially since DCI is not giving out specifics when posting scoring. I really have no idea who is winning aside from the three major caption scoring...GE, Visual, Music.

Edited August 2, 2016 by afd

[Tobias]

GE-Bloo

Music-Bloo

Guard-Crown

[Vdad76]

GE - Bluecoats (Crown/BD close 2nd & 3rd)

Visual - Blue Devils (Bluecoats close 2nd)

Music - Crown (Bluecoats close 2nd)

Brass - Crown

Percussion - Bluecoats

Guard - Blue Devils

1. Bluecoats (it's their year, leading the activity into the future!)

2. Blue Devils (with their system in place, they may never be lower than 2nd, ever and winning every two out of three or four years might get them to 20 titles by the time DCI turns 50!)

3. Crown (this horn line is magic, they seem to be able to play all night with balance, dynamics and beautiful sound - in tune and loud, make chords seem louder!)

4. Santa Clara (most interesting and pleasing visual show, just not clean enough, early enough!)

5. Cavies (are they back? It sure looks and sounds that way - and we all hope it is!)

6. Cadets. (need to get back to being a leader in the activity)

7. Blue Knights (will they be the next group to move into the upper echelon - top 4?)

8. Blue Star (great historical group who consistently entertain)

9. Phantom Regiment (closer just doesn't get it done, This is a composition that works incredibly well on the field and should be something wonderful for PR to put in its cat agony of great closers like - Elsa's Procession, 1812 Overture, Death Hunt, Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah, Spartacus or Beethovens' 9th Symphony, but it just did not get there!)

10. Crossmen (are they finally finding their footing? Texas is a goldmine for HS kids - big time marching bands, lots of kids to recruit from, but can they keep them through their age out to get the maturity you need to get to the top 4?)

11. Scouts (they keep lingering at the 9-12 spots - will they ever get their swagger, sound, attitude and sophistication back?)

12. Academy. (welcome to the top 12, now can you be an upwardly mobile group headed towards the penthouse or are you a one hit wonder?)

[CrownBariDad]

Are they giving out captions this year? Kinda wondering especially since DCI is not giving out specifics when posting scoring. I really have no idea who is winning aside from the three major caption scoring...GE, Visual, Music.

It would be really strange if they didn't since the caption awards are named after Drum Corps legends.

[brians]

the placements will be determined upon who is judging. Just look at how particular judges have been consistently judging particular corps throughout the season, who is assigned as the judge for each caption finals night, and you will know your caption winners. To early to call since who will be judging finals week has not been released yet.

[Jeff Ream]

GE mus Bloo

GE vis BD

VA and VF BD

Guard Bloo

Brass Crown

MA Crown

Perc Bloo

[snare_guy_83]

13 of the past 15 years the Corps that won GE at Finals, won the Championship.

The 2 that didn't...

2008 Blue Devils: Won GE by 0.05, but were 4th in Music (Won Brass but 4th in MA, and 5th in Percussion)

2015 Carolina Crown: Won GE by 0.10, but were 3rd in Visual (4th in VA) and also 3rd in Music (Won MA, but 5th in Percussion)

So what can we conclude?

Winning GE nearly locks a championship, but add in top 3s in all the sub-captions at it will be a 99% lock.

I don't see the Bluecoats lower than 3rd in any sub-caption, so if they can win GE (as 80% of the voters have projected) they will be the 2016 Champions.

[ShortAndFast]

the placements will be determined upon who is judging. Just look at how particular judges have been consistently judging particular corps throughout the season, who is assigned as the judge for each caption finals night, and you will know your caption winners. To early to call since who will be judging finals week has not been released yet.

This has indeed been a good way to predict championship outcomes in the past. This season, there's probably not enough recaps in public to do it.

[barigirl78]

10. Crossmen (are they finally finding their footing? Texas is a goldmine for HS kids - big time marching bands, lots of kids to recruit from, but can they keep them through their age out to get the maturity you need to get to the top 4?)

Yes, IMO, they have gotten their footing. They had record numbers at the camps this year. They also have a significant number of age-outs. If you get a glimpse of the age-out ceremony on semis night, you'll see this. I think the challenge for this corps is for the design to stay ahead of the MM's and to keep progressing.

[D41145]

Obviously, this has been head to head all summer and since Atlanta, we have seen the Coats attempt to run away from the pack. With a new Crown closer on the way, BD putting a closer with tweaks, it should be a good race til the finish. I still see SCV jumping a spot before the end and maybe BD passing the Coats for the championship. Although there are many possibilities during finals week with what could happen, I guess time will tell if any corps decides to pull away.