hhssousa15 Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 Ok so this is my first DCI show review so sorry if it isn't that good..... Boston Crusaders: The Promise of Living My score/Placement:80.65/3 Actual score/Placement:79.9/2 Okay so I wasn't too excited about the show, I thought that this would be one of those dramatic style shows with the guard having flags saying like life, birth and death and all of that other stuff. But, this show was actually one of my favorites, when they got to there first big hit my face was blown off.......The drill was pretty cool too, some challenging moves...but the thing i liked most about this corps was the low brass sound wow! it was so dark and symphonic and the balance was good also....this show will be really good in august. Southwind: A Distorted Imagination My score/Placement:71.35/5 Actual score/Placement:69.85/5 Okay Southwind was up next.....interesting first set with all the different positions that some of the members had, i even heard one guy in the stands say wow i didnt know you could do that which was funny......Drill was pretty challenging but not too clean, brass wasnt balanced that well......the drum feature was amazing when the snares went to the tenors and played with the tenor players omg the crowd went crazy.......interesting guard uniforms some nice spots with the guard yet some not so nice spots. Spirit from JSU: Spirit of Broadway My score/placement: 78/4 Actual score/placement:76.45/4 Like BAC I wasn't looking forward to this show very much but once again I was surprised....the hornline had a great sound and had some nice trumpet solos i really like when the trumpet plays music of the night from Phantom of the Opera it sounded awesome.....the drill was pretty cool as well, the closing set was awesome....guard didnt really catch my eye with this corps....percussion was good too. Carolina Crown: Angelus! My score/placement:81.35/2 Actual score/placement:79.4/3 Ok here comes the corps that i have been waiting for.....they had some cool movement in there drill moves opening set was one of them......the intro was awesome it had big round chords and then comes GLADD which was very clear and once again the brassline played there typical big chords and they had a dark sound.....the chorale was nice but wasnt what i expected from it i thought it would be more beautiful and some louder hits in it but i was ok.......then i learnt before the show from a couple of friends that march Crown that they redid there entire closer just a day before but it was still pretty good although there were a couple of individual issues two trumpets almost fell over but had some stellar saves......balance was there but the baritones over did it in my mind.......awesome drill and i liked the set of the angels wings...the have an amazing show this year, picking up right where they left off from last year. this was my favorite show of the night Bluecoats: Caravan My score/placement:84.35/1 Actual score/placement:83.5/1 Okay so now this show just made no sense to me at all.....the brass was good and percussion also especially when the snares changed to the smaller snares they looked like practice pads sorta.....there was a spot in the show when the members did some chanting which was just weird.....there were a couple of baritone and soprano solos and balance was pretty good.....guard was awesome there was a spot where the corps stopped and turned to the guard who then did a flag spin while the corps was silent when they finished it the corps came back in just as they left off which was cool but this show didnt appeal me that much......drill was pretty good but i didnt think there that many hard movements. So that was what i thought of the corps performances tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimedrummer Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 Nice review. Thanks for taking the time, well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueR36 Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 Ok so this is my first DCI show review so sorry if it isn't that good.....Boston Crusaders: The Promise of Living My score/Placement:80.65/3 Actual score/Placement:79.9/2 Carolina Crown: Angelus! My score/placement:81.35/2 Actual score/placement:79.4/3 Bluecoats: Caravan My score/placement:84.35/1 Actual score/placement:83.5/1 Okay so now this show just made no sense to me at all.....the brass was good and percussion also especially when the snares changed to the smaller snares they looked like practice pads sorta.....there was a spot in the show when the members did some chanting which was just weird.....there were a couple of baritone and soprano solos and balance was pretty good.....guard was awesome there was a spot where the corps stopped and turned to the guard who then did a flag spin while the corps was silent when they finished it the corps came back in just as they left off which was cool but this show didnt appeal me that much......drill was pretty good but i didnt think there that many hard movements. So that was what i thought of the corps performances tonight. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Interesting that you said the Bluecoats' drill wasn't that hard. Just about every other review said they have some of the best field coverage in the activity this season. I haven't seen anyone yet, so I can't directly speak to it, but it's interesting to see different opinions. I guess, from my angle as a Bluecoats' alumnus and fan, it's also interesting that you said the Bluecoats' show made no sense and didn't appeal to you that much, but you still had them in first place by three points, which almost matches exactly what the judges said. Thanks for the review!! - R - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuCharlie Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 That Seiverville field has a very high crown to it, so that makes marching towards the center more difficult. Bluecoats had a pretty decent show last night. I thought their run though during practice was maybe a little better though. 7-0-9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notelvis Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 That Seiverville field has a very high crown to it, so that makes marching towards the center more difficult. Bluecoats had a pretty decent show last night. I thought their run though during practice was maybe a little better though.7-0-9 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> True regarding the field. I mentioned this in a review I just posted but the Madison Scouts used to double the podium height when they performed in Sevierville for this reason. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GmenBari78 Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 Carolina Crown: Angelus!My score/placement:81.35/2 Actual score/placement:79.4/3 Ok here comes the corps that i have been waiting for.....they had some cool movement in there drill moves opening set was one of them......the intro was awesome it had big round chords and then comes GLADD which was very clear and once again the brassline played there typical big chords and they had a dark sound.....the chorale was nice but wasnt what i expected from it i thought it would be more beautiful and some louder hits in it but i was ok.......then i learnt before the show from a couple of friends that march Crown that they redid there entire closer just a day before but it was still pretty good although there were a couple of individual issues two trumpets almost fell over but had some stellar saves......balance was there but the baritones over did it in my mind.......awesome drill and i liked the set of the angels wings...the have an amazing show this year, picking up right where they left off from last year. this was my favorite show of the night <{POST_SNAPBACK}> When I saw the clip of Crown in Season Pass doing The Reason and A Mighty Fortress from Glad I was very impressed - Glad is a favorite group of mine. I always thought their gospel acapella arrangements would be awesome on the field. Glassmen did A Mighty Fortress a few years ago, and I am looking forward to hearing Crown doing it in person. It looks and sounds impressive on the clip! multiple are given! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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