queenanne_1536 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 On 6/11/2018 at 8:08 PM, CrownBariDad said: They went from 16th in 2010 to 12th in 2011, so it's not impossible. True, but I think DCI today is different than 2011. I think it takes a lot more to move up today than it did event 7 years ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Dixon Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 saw the preview video - looking good Spirit!!! 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsoprano Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 21 hours ago, SealsMan said: Just saw a video of their preview performance on YT. I think Spirit is really gonna turn some heads this summer! Having seen last night's preview performance live, I totally concur with your assessment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsoprano Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 3 hours ago, queenanne_1536 said: True, but I think DCI today is different than 2011. I think it takes a lot more to move up today than it did event 7 years ago. I agree, and I marched in a Spirit of Atlanta corps that went from 23rd one year to 6th the next. But, who knows? It seems like every year at the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, there's that one bracket-busting team that outperforms everyone's expectations and predictions. Last year, BAC was what I would call a bracket-buster. Could Spirit be 2018's bracket-buster? I guess we'll all know the answer pretty soon. Should be a fun season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStainGlass Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 1) Why knock when you can see through the doors?! (these is complete sarcasm for those that wont get it) 2) how old is the tenor player that looks 12?? This will do much better than last years show! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queenanne_1536 Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 54 minutes ago, oldsoprano said: I agree, and I marched in a Spirit of Atlanta corps that went from 23rd one year to 6th the next. But, who knows? It seems like every year at the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, there's that one bracket-busting team that outperforms everyone's expectations and predictions. Last year, BAC was what I would call a bracket-buster. Could Spirit be 2018's bracket-buster? I guess we'll all know the answer pretty soon. Should be a fun season. You marched in '77 and '78? That's so cool. Were you all shocked at how good you were in '78? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsoprano Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, queenanne_1536 said: You marched in '77 and '78? That's so cool. Were you all shocked at how good you were in '78? While about 98 percent of the '77 corps had never marched drum corps - and most had never even seen a drum corps competition before joining the newly-formed Spirit, we had a very high return rate in '78. Jim Ott tried to tell us in the spring that we were really good and were in for an amazing season, but we didn't believe him. Until. The. Second. Show. I don't even remember our first show, but I vividly remember our second show in Cedarburg, Wisc., on the old high school football field that was in the middle of a racetrack. The bleachers had an overhang that captured all of the sound, and the crowd went nuts from the first big hit in the show. We began feeding off the crowd's reaction, which raised our energy level about tenfold, I would guess. That night, we beat the Blue Stars, who had finished in 7th the previous year, by 6 points. Yes, we were very shocked. Edited June 18, 2018 by oldsoprano 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyB Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Love 78-87. The glory days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 8 hours ago, queenanne_1536 said: True, but I think DCI today is different than 2011. I think it takes a lot more to move up today than it did event 7 years ago. If you scroll back to some 2011 posts here, I think you'll find people saying, "DCI today is different than 2004; I think it takes a lot more to move up today." That said, both claims could be right! As I have previously shown, there has been a slow trend of the average placement change declining from year to year. But exceptions still happen. For instance, Troopers jumped five spots from 2012 to 2013, Academy jumped four spots from 2015 to 2016, and Boston jumped six spots from 2016 to 2017. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComeHomeShane Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Just watched the preview video... wwaaayyyy better than I was expecting! holy cow that opener is on fire! Looking for spirit to be in the finals fight this year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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