So What are the ageout counts for the top 12?

[xandandl]

11 hours ago, George Dixon said:

Cadets count:

Battery (7)

Brass (20)

Guard (16)

Front Ensemble (5)

Vocalists (2)

Drum Majors (2)

Total age outs: 52

about a third of the mellophone line aged out. Start practicing auditionees.

[George Dixon]

4 hours ago, xandandl said:

about a third of the mellophone line aged out. Start practicing auditionees.

Cadets get tons of mello prospects each off season 

[xandandl]

2 hours ago, George Dixon said:

Cadets get tons of mello prospects each off season 

yes, however there has been a new emphasis on the mellophone in the 2018 season across the finalists; the trick is to draw the best mellophonists and french hornists. After 2014 and 2015 French horn choirs who knows what new presentations we may expect in 2019

Go back through the shows in 2018: SCV had wonderful mellophone work; BD featured two concert French horns down front on side two; Blue had their mellophone feature during the beginning of the show as their full mid voice section did their runs from the chair rungs on side one front. Of course there is Crown. Boston not so much but it definitely was there; Cavies too. Blue Stars, Blue Knights and Crossmen as well. It's no longer the case of what to do with the extra trumpeters these past few seasons. Barbara Maroney and Bonnie Ott set the standards. Several corps have given us classics over the years. The run for the good talent is not without limits. Each of the above corps will at least seek to match the talent on this instrument which was shown in '18. Cadets will really need to recruit on this instrument as they work to deepen the other brass voices as well.

Edited August 14, 2018 by xandandl

[Cappybara]

14 hours ago, xandandl said:

about a third of the mellophone line aged out. Start practicing auditionees.

Cadets seem to have always been a great place to go to as a mellophone player

[bluehull]

On 8/13/2018 at 11:27 AM, BRASSO said:

 According to FloMarching article from Sept, 2017 here were the age out numbers for each of the World Class Divion Corps from LAST SEASON ( 2017 ). Flo research stated the average numbers of age outs for World Class Division Corps was 32. For Top 12 Finalist Corps the average numbers was 42. There were a total of 509 Age Outs for the 2017 season in the Top 12 Corps. Here is the breakdown for LAST SEASON for Corps age outs ( as reported to FloMarching )

 Blue Devils.... 60

 SCV................56

 Crown.............45

Cavaliers........43

Bluecoats........54

Boston.............36

 Cadets............45

 Blue Knights,...35

 Phantom Reg.,,,45

 Blue Stars.........40

 Crossmen........20

 Madison Scouts..30

 Mandarins.........13

 Academy............45

 Colts.................25

 Troopers..........22

 Spirit of Atlanta.25

  Oregon Cru.......22

 Pacific Crest.....17

 Genesis.............9

 Cascades........21

 Jersey Surf......20

 Pioneer............12

 

Mandarins 13....!!!!

[BRASSO]

18 minutes ago, bluehull said:

Mandarins 13....!!!!

 2017.. just so you know.

[BoyWonder1911]

And it's no wonder they made Finals. And this season only 26. I'd say they're the odds on favorites to make Finals again, against anyone else below them. We'll see if they can use this momentum to retain veteran membership. Something I was hoping Academy could have done.

Lots of momentum going from this season to next. Mandarins, Boston jumping higher than ever before, SCV looking capable of winning it again, Cadets standing their ground despite, Blue Stars back in 8th, and Spirit knocking on the door. Pun intended.

 

I wonder if anyone has ever made finals for the first time better than 10th. Or better than 88.15.

Probably back in the 70s when DCI was new and much less precedent to set. 

Edited August 15, 2018 by BoyWonder1911

[craiga]

Boston made finals for the first time in 1999 and came in 9th.  Their score was 88.6 and they came in 5th in 2000.

Edited August 15, 2018 by craiga

[CrownBariDad]

5 hours ago, BoyWonder1911 said:

And it's no wonder they made Finals. And this season only 26. I'd say they're the odds on favorites to make Finals again, against anyone else below them. We'll see if they can use this momentum to retain veteran membership. Something I was hoping Academy could have done.

Lots of momentum going from this season to next. Mandarins, Boston jumping higher than ever before, SCV looking capable of winning it again, Cadets standing their ground despite, Blue Stars back in 8th, and Spirit knocking on the door. Pun intended.

 

I wonder if anyone has ever made finals for the first time better than 10th. Or better than 88.15.

Probably back in the 70s when DCI was new and much less slotting to set. 

Fixed it for you.

[bluehull]

12 hours ago, BRASSO said:

 2017.. just so you know.

Ya, missed that those numbers were 2017. Watched them while driving tour in 2017 and thought they would be finalists. Do think they are in a good geographical position to attract and retain members now..