MikeN Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 I ended up listening to this show randomly this morning, perusing the Season Pass streaming audio. At the time, I thought it was ... okay. Not as good as the "americana" stuff from the previous years, though. But listening to it today, man that show has aged well. The music really wouldn't be out of place even today, 13 years later. The tempos are right in line with today's music, the structures / melody / etc all seem pretty contemporary, et cetera. Really, I have to give really belated props to their arrangers - they put together a quite nice musical package that had strong performances through every section - there's no weakness in the music book. ^OO^ Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bawker Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 (edited) That's the Cadets I remember ...drill, music...all whiplash and frenetic. As Hop said on his blog in so many words earlier in the season, though, they don't seem to want to return to this type of show. Eh. :) Edited August 24, 2005 by bawker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkS Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 I ended up listening to this show randomly this morning, perusing the Season Pass streaming audio.At the time, I thought it was ... okay. Not as good as the "americana" stuff from the previous years, though. But listening to it today, man that show has aged well. The music really wouldn't be out of place even today, 13 years later. The tempos are right in line with today's music, the structures / melody / etc all seem pretty contemporary, et cetera. Really, I have to give really belated props to their arrangers - they put together a quite nice musical package that had strong performances through every section - there's no weakness in the music book. ^OO^ Mike <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Crazy... I just posted them to the "Best Endings" thread not 30 mins ago. I think this is a year for them that gets overlooked, but it's one of my favorites. Like you this show took a while to grow on me, but the more I watched it the more I realized how awesome it was. Everything was well done... from the airplane at the begining to the follow the leader collapsing into the company front at the end. Simply amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deftguy Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 Thisi is one of my favorite Cadet shows EVER. 1992 and 1993 were my favorite Cadets years. Haven't like them much since then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideways Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 About the only thing I can fault in this show was the out of tune mellos in the beginning. I heard it was quite a cool evening though in Madison that summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Boo Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 A perfect total show concept. It was amazing how they took a limited variety in source material and made it into an entire show...including composing a ballad (with engine sounds) that sounded like Holsinger should have written it to begin with. I do think this show might have won had the corps not gotten it under control so late. Weren't they fourth or fifth at Preview of Champions in Nashville? Oh, and Mike, according to the rules you partially set up, isn't something about 1992 supposed to be in the historic drum corps forum? (Couldn't resist busting you.) Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PR ROCKS Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 They were sixth in prelims in Nashville that year, and moved ahead of Phantom for 5th in finals on Saturday night. Phantom even beat them as late in the season as the Sunday before Finals, but only by .1. Cadets really brought it home that last week and alomst stole a championship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madscout96 Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 About the only thing I can fault in this show was the out of tune mellos in the beginning. I heard it was quite a cool evening though in Madison that summer. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It was a nice cool night. But it didn't stop anyone else in top 12 from being in tune. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildabeast Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 A perfect total show concept. It was amazing how they took a limited variety in source material and made it into an entire show...including composing a ballad (with engine sounds) that sounded like Holsinger should have written it to begin with. I do think this show might have won had the corps not gotten it under control so late. Weren't they fourth or fifth at Preview of Champions in Nashville?Oh, and Mike, according to the rules you partially set up, isn't something about 1992 supposed to be in the historic drum corps forum? (Couldn't resist busting you.) Mike <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Wasn't Holsinger in the stands one, or both, of those years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom&Phitch Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 And its funny how so many people complain about the holsinger era for the cadets.... i thought their stuff was amazing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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