This show was an exhibition, but I thought I could comment a little. BANDETTES FEEDER CORPS: I don't think I have ever seen drum corps members so small. Considering their size (both numbers and age), they put out a lot of sound. They have 5 brass, 9 percussion, 6 color guard, 3 banner girls, and 1 drum major. Despite the fact they were out of tune and not together, I enjoyed their performance of "Beauty and the Beast." BLUE SAINTS: This corps is from Sudbury, ONT. I hadn't heard of them before, but they performed well. Another small corps, they, too, had a considerable amount of power. RACINE SCOUTS: Their show was music from Respighi. I've never heard of either the Racine Scouts or Respighi, but they performed well. CAPITAL SOUND: Their show has improved 100% since I saw it in DeKalb. I really enjoyed listening to/watching them. NORTHERN AURORA: Their YANNI show is really exciting. Having really cleaned it up since DeKalb, I think they could have a shot at making finals for Div. III. Their marching is really clean and they play well together. COACHMEN: I think their show could've been better, but since they arrived late, they didn't get much, if any, warm up time. They were scheduled to perform before NA, but went on after due to their late arrival. I still enjoyed their show. BANDETTES: Wow! I saw them in DeKalb, but this was a different corps! They have done an immense amount of work cleaning up their show. Their music from Manhattan Transfer was wonderful. Thanks to Lani A. Weingartner on RAMD for these scores!
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