Orwellian Wiress Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 I audibly gasped when Cavaliers played the Niagara Falls riff at the end, then was immediately shaking my fist at the screen when it just ended there 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidWAmericanArts Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 BD not blowing anyone out of the water. That lead looks comfortable, but only because they edged someone by a hair in 6 of the 11 judges. 2 of those slip and it’s going to be TIGHT. Finals panel looks a bit friendly for Crown, right? I still take BD, Bloo, and the Crown, but it’s going to be tighter than I’d thought. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 (edited) 1. Blue Devils (handedly) 97.688 I guessed they would win relatively big. I found myself head nodding on many of their tunes, what a groove they have. They sounded great on the big speakers tonight. 2. Bluecoats 96.688 * (3rd) I was not an early fan of that off-beat show but I am now as this show has really grown on me. I had them in 2nd tonight. 3. Boston Crusaders 96.3 * (4th) I thought I heard some sections where the horns and drums did not sync well which I thought put them in 4th. The snares sounded crisp! 4. Carolina Crown 96.975 * (2nd) Lush horn line and I think I am beginning to follow what the prancing guys are doing. BTW, I thought King Arthur got stabbed, but he seemed to be OK by the Crown set. Can somebody tell me the story? 5. Cadets 93.688 I love the opening hit and ballad. Their opening circle drill had two lines which merged while circling finally had some coherence so you could see what they were trying to do. That had to help them with GE. Drums and horns are my favorite of 5-6-7 with the ballad being my favorite. 6. Mandarins 93.363 Fantastic show, I thought they might have won this block for the night. 7. Phantom Regiment 92.675 Splitting hairs of course but I thought what they lacked were big moments. Lots of great chords, almost a little too much and I never thought I'd say that about a drum corps show. 8. Cavaliers 91.788 This is another show that has really grown on me. The secret that everybody knows is that Cavies percussion is king of the hill. I don't know if anybody predicted that coming into the season. Edited August 11, 2023 by wvu80 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squarepush Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 6 minutes ago, Vuitton said: To have Cadets 5th? I'm actually surprised Mandarins were so close. To me, Cadets were clearly the 5th best corps tonight, but I'm not a judge. Love Cadets, Mandarins and Regiment. All three have great shows. Agreed. Also LMAO your pfp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkHornGA Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 1 minute ago, Orwellian Wiress said: I audibly gasped when Cavaliers played the Niagara Falls riff at the end, then was immediately shaking my fist at the screen when it just ended there I just laughed with joy...we played that show my freshman year of high school. So awesome. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidal28Rdg Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 2 minutes ago, wvu80 said: 1. Blue Devils (handedly) 97.688 I guessed they would win relatively big. I found myself head nodding on many of their tunes, what a groove they have. They sounded great on the big speakers tonight. 2. Bluecoats 96.688 * (3rd) I was not an early fan of that off-beat show but I am now as this show has really grown on me. I had them in 2nd tonight. 3. Boston Crusaders 96.3 * (4th) I thought I heard some sections where the horns and drums did not sync well which I thought put them in 4th. The snares sounded crisp! 4. Carolina Crown 96.975 * (2nd) Lush horn line and I think I am beginning to follow what the prancing guys are doing. BTW, I thought King Arthur got stabbed, but he seemed to be OK by the Crown set. Can somebody tell me the story? 5. Cadets 93.688 I love the opening hit and ballad. Their opening circle drill had two lines which merged while circling finally had some coherence so you could see what they were trying to do. That had to help them with GE. Drums and horns are my favorite of 5-7-7 with the ballad being my favorite. 6. Mandarins 93.363 Fantastic show, I thought they might have won the night. 7. Phantom Regiment 92.675 Splitting hair of course but I thought what they lacked was big moments. Lots of great chords, almost a little too much and I never thought I'd say that about a drum corps show. 8. Cavaliers 91.788 This is another show that has really grown on me. The secret that everybody knows is the percussion is king of the hill. I don't know if anybody predicted that coming into the season. For crown: have you not watched Shrek 3??? He should’ve gone for the head🙃🙃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAtenhut Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 21 minutes ago, mboogey73 said: Going to be a nice Cadets/Mandarins slugfest for 5th. I'm not sure Phantom will catch Cadets but Mandarins will have to fight to hold them off too if they don't catch Cadets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cellano Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 19 minutes ago, 27Socal said: There goes Blue Stars dropping another spot with troopers only .2 behind. What going on with them? Technically the Troopers beat the Blue Stars in their last head to head in Allentown, so the Blue Stars beating Troopers in prelims wasn’t a drop. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkbass98 Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 3 minutes ago, wvu80 said: Carolina Crown 96.975 * (2nd) Lush horn line and I think I am beginning to follow what the prancing guys are doing. BTW, I thought King Arthur got stabbed, but he seemed to be OK by the Crown set. Can somebody tell me the story? oh it’s just a flesh wound 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 14 minutes ago, Waxman said: 15 minutes ago, MarkHornGA said: DCI won't load. What was the top three in percussion? Cavaliers, Boston, Blue Devils I thought Bostons snares were really together tonight. I could really hear their great sound from the home theater speakers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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