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16 hours ago, Liahona said:

These are my top 5 in this order for ME personally

  1. Carolina Crown 2015 - Inferno
  2. The Cadets 2011 - Between Angels and Demons
  3. SCV 2013 - Les Miserables
  4. Blue Devils 2017 - Metamorph
  5. Boston Crusader 2000 - Red

The Cadets 2011 - Between Angels and Demons -- to be competitive these days.....

BUT WHERE ARE THE BIG ### PROPS? 

WHY AREN'T THE MEMBERS RUNNING FROM THE LAST SET IN A SNAKE LINE TO THEIR NEW DOT?

WHY NO SQUAT POSING? NO ONE IS ROLLING AROUND ON THE TURF!

AND, ONLY TWO COSTUMES?????

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"Timeless" and "Shows that can be played today with the same success" are two completely different things.  

My list of shows that were ahead of their time:

Star of Indiana 1991 and 1993

Bluecoats 1995

SCV 1988/1989

Crown 2004 

A number of 80s Cadets shows

BD 08 which laid the foundation thematically for them to undoubtedly become the most successful corps in DCI history. This show didn't win but I feel it's much different than the 1994-2007 Blue Devils and this show could probably still pull a medal in 2022.

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My list of "timeless" shows that illustrate the history of DCI and never get old:

Madison 1975

BD 1976

SOA 1980

27th Lancers 1980

Bridgemen 1980

Cadets 1985

BD 1986

Cadets 1987

VK 1987

SCV 1987

Cadets 1987

Madison 1988

SCV 1989

Phantom 1989

Star 1991

VK 1992

Cavaliers 1995

Phantom 1996

Cadets 1998

SCV 1999

Cadets 2000

Boston 00

All Cavaliers 00-06

Boston 02

Phantom 03

Crown 05

Bluecoats 06

Phantom 06-08

BD 09

Cavaliers 10

Cadets 11

Crown 12

Bluecoats 14

BK 14

BD 14 (not my bag but I can't ignore its significance)

The entire top 6 in 2015

Bluecoats 2016

Boston 2017

SCV 2018

Bluecoats 2019

BK 2019

I don't think we will get another classic this year unless Boston somehow pulls off Gold.

Intentionally left off my list: Cadets 05. I saw this at my very first DCI live show and while the corps talent was amazing the show design is nothing short of bizarre and creepy. I didn't enjoy it then and I still don't get it now. 

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53 minutes ago, ThePlanets said:

I forget how nice of a show Red is. Under the radar.

It was absolutely mesmerizing on finals night.  When they got to the corps singing, everyone hushed each other to listen so it could sound out.  

Then we went nuts for the rest of the show.  It was a great crowd pleaser. 

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I always wondered how my old, defunct corps would have done in modern times had we survived all these years (and the other 6,000 corps didn't ). Given the talent level we had in our best year and assuming the staff we had was able to adapt to today, probably not too bad. Somewhere mid to high Open Class I'd imagine. 

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2 hours ago, ThePlanets said:

My list of "timeless" shows that illustrate the history of DCI and never get old:

Madison 1975

BD 1976

SOA 1980

27th Lancers 1980

Bridgemen 1980

Cadets 1985

BD 1986

Cadets 1987

VK 1987

SCV 1987

Cadets 1987

Madison 1988

SCV 1989

Phantom 1989

Star 1991

VK 1992

Cavaliers 1995

Phantom 1996

Cadets 1998

SCV 1999

Cadets 2000

Boston 00

All Cavaliers 00-06

Boston 02

Phantom 03

Crown 05

Bluecoats 06

Phantom 06-08

BD 09

Cavaliers 10

Cadets 11

Crown 12

Bluecoats 14

BK 14

BD 14 (not my bag but I can't ignore its significance)

The entire top 6 in 2015

Bluecoats 2016

Boston 2017

SCV 2018

Bluecoats 2019

BK 2019

I don't think we will get another classic this year unless Boston somehow pulls off Gold.

Intentionally left off my list: Cadets 05. I saw this at my very first DCI live show and while the corps talent was amazing the show design is nothing short of bizarre and creepy. I didn't enjoy it then and I still don't get it now. 

To me this looks more of a list of crowd favorites at the time rather than timeless shows 

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Some timeless shows for me going way back:

St. Kevin’s Emerald Knights. 1960

Chicago Cavaliers  1961

Chicago Royal Airs  1965

Troopers  1970

Santa Clara Vanguard  1974

Anaheim Kingsmen  1974

27th Lancers  1975

Garfield Cadets  1983, 84,85, 87

 

 

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9 minutes ago, Cappybara said:

To me this looks more of a list of crowd favorites at the time rather than timeless shows 

It's a product of the word "timeless" meaning something different to different posters.

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8 minutes ago, Cappybara said:

To me this looks more of a list of crowd favorites at the time rather than timeless shows 

Lol come on cap. These shows will be treasured forever.

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3 minutes ago, ThePlanets said:

Lol come on cap. These shows will be treasured forever.

And there's the difference.

Cap: Timeless = would be competitive shows today.

TPlan: Timeless = will never grow old to listen to.

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