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The Blue Devils and The Cadets introduce any-key brass hornlines. The rest of the DCI world will follow suit soon after.

With Niagara Falls, The Cavaliers break new ground on a design philosophy which will win them five championships in seven years. They tie with Cadets, whose visual and musical pyrotechnics are stunning. Nevertheless, ironically, it is The Cavaliers who 'are the future.'

Methods of Madness is one of my favorite Blue Devils shows. Bernard Herrman and (mostly) Hitchcock. Evocative, mysterious, and thrilling.

Santa Clara and the Age of Reverence. Barber's Adagio for (still G bugle) drum corps. Listen to that baritone line. Utterly spellbinding.

After oh so many years out of the conversation, Boston Crusaders opens the broadcast on Saturday night. 'Red' captures the D.C. audience.

Close behind them are the Blue Knights, a strong corps in this era.

Phantom goes beige and modern. Still solid, but the beginning of their rise to the top is a few years off.

Glassmen come home to America and Gershwin.

Crossmen are clubbin', and Birdland is back again.

Madison still with great performers, but design-wise can't make the turn into the new millennium.

Crown and Bluecoats make Saturday night with modern show themes. 

Southwind comes oh so close to making finals; Pioneer places sixteenth (their highest?) and Vanguard Cadets puts two corps from the same organization (YEA! doesn't count) into semifinals.

There's more to talk about I'm sure. But that's your job. Ladies and gentlemen, 2000!!!

 

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I do wonder how things turn out if BDs percussion showed up that year. Finals night, BD tied with Cadets in GE, Took first in Visual Ensemble, 2nd in brass beating Cavies.......they were toe to toe across the captions with Cadets/Cavies.........until percussion. 6th place on finals night. That did them in. 

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2 hours ago, Continental said:

I once drove through Vermont and New Hampshire to visit a client in Portsmouth.

I played Southwind so much I think I blew out the speakers in the rental car.

The ballad is so nice.

Never saw that show before; thanks for posting that.

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