Jim Schehr Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 47 minutes ago, N.E. Brigand said: So what should Crown do, if they wish to remain competitive for the rest of the season? Go back to the old formula like prior to 2017. I loved those shows. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NakedEye Posted July 9, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 9, 2018 I was at the show, and will have more thoughts tomorrow, but here are a few: Music City was fantastic. We loved them. A great deal of thought is obvious in all the detailing of their show, and the kids looked like they loved performing every minute of it. Fantastic World Class debut. I think they may scramble the eggs in the 13-20 basket even more. What was the difference between them and several other recent WC newbies? PERSONALITY. Their show oozed it. Jersey Surf had a good idea and then didn't max it out. You can't do a show about Mondrian and then have your entire drill be soft curves... Spirit seemed to have a modern version of the jazz sass they used to have in the 80's, and it was a treat to see. Another well-detailed show. Doors seemed to create a lot of clutter, but I had rather a low vantage point. Cadets: horns and drums quite good. Guard not at the same level. I was with Cadet alums and went to the pre-show tailgate where it was told to us that the 8 girls with the yellow rope on side one represent "the 8" women who came forward. The show still seems to have a lot of chaos and not much unity. I'll be glad when they are able to get a different uniform next year. This one is just, so, so busy. It reminds me of the dazzle painting that was applied to ships in World War I to fracture the mass and make them hard to distinguish as a ship from a distance. All the fracturing on the uniform weakens the readability of the forms, as good spacing and technique fuzzes when you can't clearly define individual legs. They are likely to end up on the Island of 7th Place, but it's a good start for the future. Boston was the surprise of the night. I absolutely hated this show in the theater, but they were fantastic this evening. Thankfully, they threw the neon green 70's rock musical headband back into the ocean, and while there are a lot of aesthetic choices I would not have made, the uniform is enormously better without it. Guard was absolutely fantastic. Horns absolutely fantastic. Drums absolutely fantastic. Marching and movement technique absolutely fantastic. They tied Crown and I expect them to be in Boston's rearview mirror at their next meeting. Also expect them to take out the Cavaliers. Higher than that? Likely not. Bluecoats is pure magic. It is a truly impeccable design. I teared up at one point because the detailing was so pure. The uniforms/suits are so expertly balanced with slight color variations and patterns that each individual has a unique look, but they completely hold together with a consistency that never comes off as busy. Same for the guard. Singer fantastic and the pacing is a joy. The drummers looked really happy with their performance, so perhaps that explains their scores. I'd be quite happy if this took the big prize. Crown: great corps saddled with an over-designed show. The visual is just so overbearing. Everything has so much extreme detail and texture on it that your eyes have nowhere to rest, even for an instant. If just the flags were brighter and simpler there would be some clarity, but no, dark colors, animal prints, teeth, texture, texture, texture. My goodness they play well and with such power. Guard very good, but it is all just buried. Teeter totter? Not needed. One of the more bizarre moments of the (very long) evening was the excellent Voices of Liberty-esque vocal group singing "Let's go fly a kite" from Mary Poppins....accompanied by musicians dressed to resemble cockroaches in evening gowns... They get credit for really going for it this year, but I hope they dial it back a bit in 2019. 20 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 16 minutes ago, NakedEye said: Spirit seemed to have a modern version of the jazz sass they used to have in the 80's, and it was a treat to see. Another well-detailed show. Doors seemed to create a lot of clutter, but I had rather a low vantage point. Great report! From the high camera view, Spirit used the doors well, I thought. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakman7 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 5 hours ago, Liahona said: As of about 10 minutes ago... Love the fact that you used a VFR Sectional to illustrate the weather. I smell a fellow aviation geek. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flammaster Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 The Spirit costume was fodder for a lot of joking but their show was really good. It does look like a 70's pimp who had to teach aerobics to make ends meet. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liahona Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 1 minute ago, blakman7 said: Love the fact that you used a VFR Sectional to illustrate the weather. I smell a fellow aviation geek. yeah..I'm a pilot...haha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakman7 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 2 minutes ago, Liahona said: yeah..I'm a pilot...haha That makes two of us 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higgy Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 5 hours ago, Jim Schehr said: Go back to the old formula like prior to 2017. I loved those shows. IMHO I don’t think they can. Keith Potter who I feel was the top main driving force behind show theme, story boarding etc. decisions prior to 2017 is no longer there. He’s at Boston now of course and I think it’s quite obvious that the high energy, fan friendly type of show Crown was known for, Boston is doing now. And quite well I might add. IMHO 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 6 hours ago, BoyWonder1911 said: Hasn't Crown been kicking Bloo's butt in percussion all season? And now all of a sudden they beat them? Who was the percussion judge? This doesn't make sense. I'm not a homer of any of these corps but it still makes me wonder about some things when we get scores that don't make sense. Way to go, BAC! Looks like Eddie Argenziano was the percussion judge, according to the recap. He has been a DCI percussion judge for decades. I did not know he is still judging. He did GE 2 the other night in South Carolina too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbeau Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 I’ve been lucky enough to spend multiple days at BAC rehearsals over the last month. The work ethic of this corps is incredible. They don’t waste time and they are on a mission. The results were evident on the field at Orlando last night. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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