SFZFAN Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 1979 North Star. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcsnare93 Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 There's plenty of shows I could list, so I'll stick with something recent... Blue Devils 2014. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geluf Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 2003 Phantom at finals in Orlando. So much crowd energy during that ending. 2014 Bluecoats. Saw it in San Antonio, but for better or worse, Drum Corps design changed that day. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tesmusic Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 1997 SCV finals. waiting for retreat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vdad76 Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 If I had to do just one - 1988 Scouts Brasso, I couldn't stop, I had to keep going! Probably too many shows so my brain is solidified in the area that remembers shows, so........... 1973 Troopers 1974 Muchachos 1975 27th Lancers, Muchachos, Scouts 1976 Blue Devils 1977 Phantom Regiment 1978 Crossmen, Bridgemen, North Star, Kilties 1979 Phantom Regiment, Bridgemen, Guardsmen 1980 Spirit of Atlanta, Crossmen, Cavies 1981 Bridgemen, Scouts, 27th Lancers, Blue Devils 1982 Freelancers, Cadets, Scouts, Blue Devils 1983 Cadets 1984 Cadets 1988 Scouts, Velvet Knights, Santa Clara Vanguard, Phantom Regiment, Suncoast Sound 1989 Santa Clara Vanguard, Phantom Regiment 1992 Cavies, Cadets, Crossmen, Blue Devils, Velvet Knights 1995 Scouts 2001 Cavies 2011 Cadets, Blue Devils 2013 Carolina Crown, Cadets 2015 Blue Devils, Bluecoats, Carolina Crown 2016 Bluecoats, Carolina Crown, Santa Clara Vanguard, Cavies 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msumello Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Just picking one isn't possible... .Crown 2013 at finals....there's special about watching a corps win their first title after rooting for them obsessively all season long and hearing the fans around you cheering them on with you. then again in 2014 at finals watching Bloo take the silver...you could feel how much they wanted that spot.... and again in 2014... BD performing a show that was 0.35 points from perfection. I'll carry those memories for the rest of my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vdad76 Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 3 hours ago, gak27 said: My first time attending Finals - 1974 As I recall, we had great seats (35 yd line or so, halfway up - Lord knows how much they would cost today) and the energy in the stadium for the last half of the show was amazing! My dad's cassette recordings that night still sound pretty good and even on those the energy is palpable. My first time was at Whitewater in 73. 74 was an incredible year. The excitement was something that pulsed through the stadium and when the trumpeter sounded the call for the Muchachos, the whole place went crazy and from there on in, it was flat out crazy. The only time I've felt that again - at a Drum Corps show was Madison's performances in Kansas City (when they started Malagueña and when they did the move into the dense triangle for the end push, you could not hear yourself - the crowd seemed to literally pull the sound out of them) and when they announced Santa Clara in second place I've never seen or heard a reaction like that (very close was the WGI Finals in 83 when the Cavies won finals by the slimmest of margins with as close to a perfect show as I've ever witnessed with their James Bond show). Strangers were hugging in the stands, high giving, screaming, it was a pleasure to see and hear! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vdad76 Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 On 4/22/2017 at 4:30 PM, Terri Schehr said: 1972 Anaheim Kingsmen at finals. I wish I could have been there for that! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfield Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Vdad76 said: My first time was at Whitewater in 73. 74 was an incredible year. The excitement was something that pulsed through the stadium and when the trumpeter sounded the call for the Muchachos, the whole place went crazy and from there on in, it was flat out crazy. The only time I've felt that again - at a Drum Corps show was Madison's performances in Kansas City (when they started Malagueña and when they did the move into the dense triangle for the end push, you could not hear yourself - the crowd seemed to literally pull the sound out of them) and when they announced Santa Clara in second place I've never seen or heard a reaction like that (very close was the WGI Finals in 83 when the Cavies won finals by the slimmest of margins with as close to a perfect show as I've ever witnessed with their James Bond show). Strangers were hugging in the stands, high giving, screaming, it was a pleasure to see and hear! Clearly, you were not in Bloomington in 2008. All others pale in comparison to THAT crowd response. My first was 1973, too. Edited April 24, 2017 by garfield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E3D Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 1987 Garfield Cadets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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