PopcornEater1963 Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 10 minutes ago, DrumManTx said: This is getting hard. 1989 Phantom Regiment is the first drum corps show I ever watched, albeit on video. We did a New World Symphony show my freshman year of high school and our director told us to go watch that. We weren't so hot, but that show has always had a special place in my heart every since. 1993 Star of Indiana for all the reasons I'm sure have been mentioned. The way they place with musical space and tension makes my jaw drop every time I watch that show. It's just unrelentingly interesting to me. 1998 Santa Clara Vanguard is the first in a very long stretch of shows from them I love. Percussion in this one is especially incredible. Love all the atypical picks for a Copland show. 2002 Blue Devils is the first of theirs I ever watched, always though the music was a blast. 2011 Blue Devils I listen to a ton, just a great music program. But if I had to pick one it would have to be Tilt, that show just felt so incredibly fresh and exciting. Here's a show, and everything is tilted. Boom. That also kicked off their trend of picking something for a ballad, and just letting it be what it is. Hymn and every ballad since then takes a break from the very energetic and crazy stuff that is in the opening minutes of the show and lets the audience take a breath. Nothing over arranged or with unnecessary flourish, just a piece of music being what it is in the idiom of drum corps. Doug Thrower does it year after year after year. And of course the pitch bend, which for me was the first usage of electronics in drum corps that made my jaw drop. Seeing that the first time destroyed my world. Loved "Tilt"...was cheering for them to pull out the win. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughesmr Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Star 93 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutasaurus Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Incognito365 said: I thought the audience wasn't supposed to be factored in? I mean, fan favorite isn't a caption... Isn’t audience reaction factored into the General Effect caption? Or is the activity solely geared to the judging panel? Then what’s the point? Whose butts are in the seats? Edited June 20, 2019 by Sutasaurus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajlemm Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 I’m here to clear up the whole “should have won” situation. Yes, in 1989, SCV was unbelievable. But I was a high school student, and they received demerits from me for performing Phantom of the Opera two years in a row. Don’t give me the “but it was superior”, “but it wasn’t the same exact music...” they played Phantom of the Opera two years in a row! (I love SCV, if you didn’t know, but this was highway robbery). i thought both shows were wonderful. But NOTHING delivered like Phantom Regiment did in 1989. It’s the best 2nd place show of all time, because it should have won. They lost by .4. They should have won by that amount. I'm not bitter or anything. honorable mention: 2014 Blooooooooooooooooooo: Tilt Loved it! and 2006 Phantom Regiment: Faust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poppycock Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 My choices are 2001 Cadets Juxtaperformance, 2008 Blue Devils Constantly Risking Absurdity, and 2009 Crown The Grass is Always Greener. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snare80's Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 1979 Phantom Regiment 1980 27th Lancers 1993 Star of Indiana 2009 Carolina Crown 2015 Carolina Crown 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadebe97 Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 This is tough. Here is a list of my favorites. * my top 3. 1989 Phantom Regiment* 1992 Cadets* 2003 Cavaliers 2006 Phantom Regiment* 2007 Cadets 2010 Cavaliers 2012 Carolina Crown 2015 Carolina Crown 2017 Santa Clara Vanguard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hammer Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 1978 PR, 1980 27th, and 1985-88 SCV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 1. From the New World ... into a New Age 2. Juxtaperformance 3. Inferno 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito365 Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 1 hour ago, ajlemm said: But NOTHING delivered like Phantom Regiment did in 1989. I believe the judges would have to disgree. Lol. For what it's worth, I much prefer '88 over '89. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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