Your All-Time Top 12

[tesmusic]

Just wanted to give a quick nod to you. Such an amazing show (I didn't know about all that stuff behind the scenes on Saturday night). I'm often torn which I like more, '97 or '98. So, congrats on both of those!

They were both such fun years! The '97 corps was VERY young. I believe about 2/3's of us in the hornline were new to the corps, so we had to work very hard. At our open house performance in April of that year, we almost didn't play the closer because we simply weren't ready, but pulled it together that weekend. It was also a major departure from 1994-1996 with all the Latin shows, so we had a lot of people to convince. One of my favorite "stories" from that year is that the captain that wins on finals night, and the captain that loses would switch off through the season as to who would ultimately win.

[chrishickie]

1. Blue Devils 1996
2. Star of Indiana 1993
3. Santa Clara Vanguard 2004 (This is a remarkable horn book!)
4. Madison Scouts 1995 (I loved this show and was astonished that it placed 4^th)
5. Suncoast Sound 1986
6. Crossmen 1997 (Toughest one out place but this show should have placed 4^th that year…best drumline I’ve heard out of Crossmen in years!)
7. Bluecoats 2007 (94.050 and in 7^th place…really?)
8. Magic of Orlando 1996 (Marched this show and so it had to make it in)
9. Blue Stars 2016 ( Really like this show a lot)
10. Velvet Knights 1990
11. Spirit of Atlanta 2013
12. Troopers 2009 (This was one of the coolest experiences I’ve ever seen at a drum corps show was them being announced onto the field at Finals)

A lot of these could easily be swayed but this is my list.

[BassClefTristan]

this thread is super old, but it's really cool to me, so here (warning, I'm majorly a fan of the 2010s);

1. 3-WAY-TIE: Cadets 11, Blue Devils 14, and Bluecoats 16

2. Carolina Crown 15

3. Bluecoats 15

4. Carolina Crown 11

5. Santa Clara Vanguard 09

6. Cavaliers 14

7. Phantom Regiment 14

8. Boston Crusaders 13

9. Madison Scouts 13

10. Crossmen 16

11. TIE: Spirit of Atlanta 13, and Academy 16

12. Crossmen 12

[CrownBariDad]

12. Spirit Of Atlanta - ATL Confidential- A Tribute to Film Noir (2011)

Thank you! Back into Finals after a long absence and #TheDaughter's rookie year.