LabMaster Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 On 1/11/2022 at 12:50 AM, guard2004 said: Disclaimer: I'm newer to drum corps as a whole (I haven't grown up with it and I only started getting into it during 2020. My section is also color guard so the music aspect isn't my forte) Title Holders: Blue Devils, Santa Clara Vanguard, MAYBE but probably Bluecoats -Reasoning: BD is BD, SCV won in 2018 but dropped to 3rd in 2019, closer to Crown's score than Bloo's. A maybe next to Bloo because they are a top 5 corps but not top 3 consistently (2016: 1, 2017: 5, 2018: 3, 2019: 2). Other top 6: Carolina Crown, Cavaliers, EITHER Cadets or Boston -Reasoning: Crown post 2017 has been 4th since. Top 3 consistency is also not their forte. I honestly don't know a lot about Cavaliers but as far as my understanding goes, they're a balanced and good corps in finals. Boston is very new to top 6 still. Yes they have a lot going for them but as high as they've climbed in recent years, they could fall out of top 6 aswell. Going off of how frankly awkward and weird the 2019 and 2021 shows have been, if they don't get their design together soon they'll start falling. Cadets is a big fat maybe (coming from a newly contracted CBCCG member). We've seen corps jump giant places in recent years. Cadets, if any corps, have the most to make up for and possibly the best potential (Stacktig is back and advising the drill but not writing it. We'll have to see how that plays out. A Bloo brass tech is at CBrass now, and some returning staff from pre-GH chaos is back for both percussion and brass I believe. I can say that guard staff is solid again with Bloo alumni and tons of 2014-2018 cadets alumni being there now) 7-9: Cadets, Blue Stars, Blue Knights -Reasoning: More likely for cadets to place 7th. I don't know a ton about the other two but I can't remember seeing them higher than 7th (again excuse myself still being new) 10-12: Phantom Regiment, Mandarins, Pacific Crest -Reasoning: I hear things are starting to look better at PR, Mandarins just seems to fit right, Crossmen I can see dropping to 13 and after what happened with SoA, they probably won't be top 12 for a bit. Hey don’t sell Boston short. They are climbing and consensus is they are closer to breaking into the top 3 than regressing. As far as newness to top 6, I’ll remind you that Boston since breaking into the top 12 in 99, has been a finalist ever since. A claim only a few corps can make; finalist 21 straight years. During that time Boston has been 5th three times, 6th three times. So they aren’t quite so new as you may think. They put together a show last year with a competitive edge and it was quite successful. As far as show design; I have faith in this experienced design team, musically and visually, especially the guard. Who knows what this year brings for shows. Will last years nostalgia productions continue or just be a one off? Will those who did not participate lose any ground or will those corps who did “tour” gain on them? I predict slight changes in who is in the top 12. But possible significant shifts among the top eight. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFA1970 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Prediction this early are what people want..not what they saw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjeffeory Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 39 minutes ago, DFA1970 said: Prediction this early are what people want..not what they saw. Well, especially when most of us don't even know what corps are playing this summer! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxingfred Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 2 hours ago, LabMaster said: Hey don’t sell Boston short. They are climbing and consensus is they are closer to breaking into the top 3 than regressing. As far as newness to top 6, I’ll remind you that Boston since breaking into the top 12 in 99, has been a finalist ever since. A claim only a few corps can make; finalist 21 straight years. During that time Boston has been 5th three times, 6th three times. So they aren’t quite so new as you may think. They put together a show last year with a competitive edge and it was quite successful. As far as show design; I have faith in this experienced design team, musically and visually, especially the guard. Who knows what this year brings for shows. Will last years nostalgia productions continue or just be a one off? Will those who did not participate lose any ground or will those corps who did “tour” gain on them? I predict slight changes in who is in the top 12. But possible significant shifts among the top eight. Boston definitely has a team to win a championship. Gino {brass} and Collin {percussion} know how to win caption titles, the guard has proved to be the best the last two competition seasons and the visual staff has won a Caption title too. If they put together the right show at the right time, they'll be receiving their first rings. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom56 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Everyone will be chasing Blue Devils, as usual. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poppycock Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 24 minutes ago, Phantom56 said: Everyone will be chasing Blue Devils, as usual. In a few months they will have figured out that the new boss is the same as the old boss. 1 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxingfred Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 16 hours ago, Poppycock said: In a few months they will have figured out that the new boss is the same as the old boss. Or, Maybe not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFA1970 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 22 hours ago, jjeffeory said: Well, especially when most of us don't even know what corps are playing this summer! Not only that but some are writing as to their placements with descriptions. That is psychic ability. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Guns Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 18 hours ago, Poppycock said: In a few months they will have figured out that the new boss is the same as the old boss. Gotta love season predictions. The only place where BD finishes fourth. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjeffeory Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Chief Guns said: Gotta love season predictions. The only place where BD finishes fourth. They can't dominate EVERYWHERE... 😅 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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