jwillis35 Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 On 7/21/2020 at 1:08 PM, DFA1970 said: I wonder if BD's European tour for half of the season was a negative but still a fantastic show. That's alot of traveling for one short season. SVC was amazing. I'm still not a huge fan of 2000 Cadets but 2001 is a different story. Now I actually did love Cadets in 2000, but I hated those trumpets. Total garbage for field. Now Cadets 2001 is a different story and you can hear it in the brass line. They had one hell of a brass and percussion line in 2001 as well. Could have won both captions. I think they won high brass all season until Finals, and they did win Percussion. I'll save some of my thoughts on this for the 2001 season thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFA1970 Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 18 hours ago, jwillis35 said: Now I actually did love Cadets in 2000, but I hated those trumpets. Total garbage for field. Now Cadets 2001 is a different story and you can hear it in the brass line. They had one hell of a brass and percussion line in 2001 as well. Could have won both captions. I think they won high brass all season until Finals, and they did win Percussion. I'll save some of my thoughts on this for the 2001 season thread. 2001 Cadets was by far my favorite show. No gimmicks like 2000. Just SOLID great drill and music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Continental Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 I forgot how "happy" the crowd was after the 3rd tie since 1996 was announced. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terri Schehr Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 39 minutes ago, Continental said: I forgot how "happy" the crowd was after the 3rd tie since 1996 was announced. Jesus, make a choice. Lol 😂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Continental Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Terri Schehr said: Jesus, make a choice. Lol 😂 The way Brandt Crocker announced it was really awkward as well. "Receiving the gold medals....." The audience picks up on what he's just said right away and instantly reacts. No mention of a tie, just gold medals. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terri Schehr Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 14 minutes ago, Continental said: The way Brandt Crocker announced it was really awkward as well. "Receiving the gold medals....." The audience picks up on what he's just said right away and instantly reacts. No mention of a tie, just gold medals. It was just as awkward in person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East9900 Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 I chimed in on 1999, so I might as well for 2000 as well. It was my age out year and I think we were all ready to move on from '99. Almost the entire brass staff was new and was Gino's first year. When we were told we were playing Disney, the first reaction was "Oh, great...". But then we found out what it really was. From the moment we heard it, we were all in. There was a completely different vibe that entire year. Gino's approach was absolute night and day from what we dealt with in 99. The overall summer was much more enjoyable. If not for '99, I don't think I would have appreciated 2000 as much. One of the most memorable performances for me was actually early in the season... I believe it was Normal, IL. It was mostly a band crowd. That crowd went absolutely bananas and we ate it up. I just remember almost everything we did they screamed and cheered for. I felt like a rock star haha. I was bummed that we weren't using G bugles as I really loved the sound, but embraced the move to Bb. (Many seem to forget that BD was also Bb in 2000) The instruments were obviously brand new, so that certainly was an improvement. I know many didn't like the sound of the trumpets, and as a trumpet player I understand. I was playing 2nd so I like to blame it on the leads haha. The 2nds were nails (Tek will agree to that!). As for Finals, it definitely wasn't our best show. While coming off the field in 99 felt like magic, 2000 did not quite feel that same energy. I don't think any of us expected that outcome, especially since the previous year had also ended in a tie. Brandt knew that the result would make people angry and his attempt to make it less so only made it more confusing. At the time I thought he just may have forgotten to announce 2nd place, but when he added "..and the Cavaliers" I knew the fans were NOT going to be happy and they weren't. Once the shock had subsided I congratulated the Cavies as well and they did the same for us. They seemed to be just in as much shock as we were. We were both champs (although we were the only undefeated corps that year). The cool part was that we each got to do an encore. We went into the stands and cheered for them and when it was our turn they did the same for us. It was a great night. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFA1970 Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 18 minutes ago, East9900 said: I chimed in on 1999, so I might as well for 2000 as well. It was my age out year and I think we were all ready to move on from '99. Almost the entire brass staff was new and was Gino's first year. When we were told we were playing Disney, the first reaction was "Oh, great...". But then we found out what it really was. From the moment we heard it, we were all in. There was a completely different vibe that entire year. Gino's approach was absolute night and day from what we dealt with in 99. The overall summer was much more enjoyable. If not for '99, I don't think I would have appreciated 2000 as much. One of the most memorable performances for me was actually early in the season... I believe it was Normal, IL. It was mostly a band crowd. That crowd went absolutely bananas and we ate it up. I just remember almost everything we did they screamed and cheered for. I felt like a rock star haha. I was bummed that we weren't using G bugles as I really loved the sound, but embraced the move to Bb. (Many seem to forget that BD was also Bb in 2000) The instruments were obviously brand new, so that certainly was an improvement. I know many didn't like the sound of the trumpets, and as a trumpet player I understand. I was playing 2nd so I like to blame it on the leads haha. The 2nds were nails (Tek will agree to that!). As for Finals, it definitely wasn't our best show. While coming off the field in 99 felt like magic, 2000 did not quite feel that same energy. I don't think any of us expected that outcome, especially since the previous year had also ended in a tie. Brandt knew that the result would make people angry and his attempt to make it less so only made it more confusing. At the time I thought he just may have forgotten to announce 2nd place, but when he added "..and the Cavaliers" I knew the fans were NOT going to be happy and they weren't. Once the shock had subsided I congratulated the Cavies as well and they did the same for us. They seemed to be just in as much shock as we were. We were both champs (although we were the only undefeated corps that year). The cool part was that we each got to do an encore. We went into the stands and cheered for them and when it was our turn they did the same for us. It was a great night. I have no idea but did the Cavies beat the Cadets before finals night? I don't think BD topped the Cadets that year but I could be wrong. I know they did beat the Cavies a couple of times. I was too surprised of a tie. I thought the Cadets had it in the bag. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East9900 Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 10 minutes ago, DFA1970 said: I have no idea but did the Cavies beat the Cadets before finals night? I don't think BD topped the Cadets that year but I could be wrong. I know they did beat the Cavies a couple of times. I was too surprised of a tie. I thought the Cadets had it in the bag. No. We had won Semi-Finals. We didn't lose a show the entire season. Had we lost Semis I don't think any of us would have felt as good about Finals day. Here were the Semi-Final scores for top 12 97.40 The Cadets 96.70 The Cavaliers (0.2 pen) 95.80 Blue Devils (0.1 pen) 94.45 Santa Clara Vanguard 92.05 Boston Crusaders 91.20 Blue Knights 90.85 Phantom Regiment 90.70 Glassmen 88.70 Crossmen 86.05 Madison Scouts 86.00 Carolina Crown 85.15 Bluecoats (0.1 pen) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terri Schehr Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 38 minutes ago, DFA1970 said: I have no idea but did the Cavies beat the Cadets before finals night? I don't think BD topped the Cadets that year but I could be wrong. I know they did beat the Cavies a couple of times. I was too surprised of a tie. I thought the Cadets had it in the bag. So did I. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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