Thanks to Jeff Wise on r.a.m.d for this review!
Well, I'll warn you now this will probably get quite long after a
bit...
Up front, this was my first viewing of each corps excepting G'men,
in which I previously saw them at the Preview DCM show in Toledo way
back when.
Weather-wise it was windy, but died down a bit as the night went
on. The stadium was friendly to drum corps and detailed an very, vey
nice field for marching. The scores have been posted elsewhere as I
had nothing to write with. In order of performance...
North Shore
I caught them from the tunnel and was impressed with what I saw and
heard. A division II corps these guys have talent and desire. A
Gershwin show that encountered a battle with the wind at times, these
guys seem to like the show and seem to like performing the show. I
know nothing about this corps other than they hail from Canada.
All in all a very nice show. Only Div. II corps so they win.
Kavaliers
Hey now, hey now, if I had to hedge what Canadian corps was going
to be the next up and coming DCI corps, it's Kiwanis, hands down.
Their West Side Story show was exquisitely well designed and pleasing
and offered a wonderful 11-minutes of entertainment.
The opening segment easily compares with the best WSS openers from
any other corps. I'm telling you guys, this show has integrity and
great design written all over it. The members, while young, showed
excellent command of playing (and spinning) techniques. These guys
know what to do and do what they're taught well.
The garbage can bit was fantastic and provides more pure
entertainment in a 30-second segment than a few other of the shows I
saw this evening. It's always a pleasure to see a corps where the
members enjoy the show and exude that on the field.
I think Kiwanis has a better overall show in all areas than Pioneer
and could make some noise on Friday night in Orlando. If your local
show has Kiwanis in the line-up try to catch them no matter what time
of day their performing.
Kiwanis caught up with Boston this evening and placed above them by
around a half a point for I believe fifth place.
Glassmen
Because of the non-DCE affiliation, G'men pulled a rotten step-off
time -- must've affected the performance, because I liked the show
better over a month ago at the DCM Preview.
Hey, I'm from Columbus and the OSU marching band goes after that
precision marching stuff with the hands and tight snap turns. And they
do it skads better than Toledo with much less practice time. The vocal
commands and the turns are actually okay, but the hand stuff -- either
bag it or get it right, it's annoying otherwise.
I've said this each year and I continue. A marching warm-up is
dangerous because it send a message to everyone before the show starts.
G'men continue to execute poorly in the warm-up and it pulls people
down. Musically though, I'll give them the warm-up "trick," it is
entertaining.
Last year, Jordesterr helped me "figure out" some of the subtle
nuances of the G'men's Bach show and Toledo indeed has gone for the
subtle alternate interpretation of their music. Okay fine, I accept
that. However, G'men now sport these great big honkin' white flags
with all sorts of red and blue and an Eiffel Tower on them. Either be
subtle throughout or don't. Giving in at the end of the show to gain
some (much needed) GE points just kills the previous 10 minutes worth
of work.
For the first third of the show apparently the hornline and
drumlines are not allowed to play together -- I wish I knew why. The
Ives piece, well I understand it, I think there's even a few parts that
make sense and work well (now add in some percussion). The placement
of the beginning soloists in the Gershwin stuff is effective
(performance problems aside).
Execution of visual technique is somewhere down the road I guess.
Marching in time and in step must not be in vogue this year and many
corps still have this problem and it's mid-July (HELLO!). Most of
G'men's drill seems to have been written for another show. And while
the body sculpting works well in American in Paris, it continues to
miss in the other parts of the show (um, how does a member down on all
fours and then raising their feet to be held by another member in
mid-air fit into this theme?)
Again I'm missing interpretation. During American in Paris, the
corps is going through an angular drill and playing angular music (one
of the few times drill matches mood), so the color guard picks up those
famous 3D "spheres" and goes through a series of very smooth and fluid
moves. Really, the whole G'men show is about angularity and hard edges
and so forth, the introduction of these spheres completes invalidates
that theme and exploration. It doesn't fit.
Performance wise, Toledo's hornline was a lot stronger last year I
think. The percussion seemed to be at their usual level and the guard
had a few good moments, but constantly seemed to be misplaced and
misused.
Toledo finished around a 74, a few points below Canton and about 10
up on Kiwanis, which I think makes them fourth.
Boston
I have very little about Boston this year. They come on the field
with props and go after the patriotic vein. The first 30 seconds of
the show is excellent and well executed. The next few minutes fade out
musically and visually. The guard uniforms really miss the mark except
for color choices. The whole corps looks extremely young, much more so
than previous editions of BAC.
The music is good and the members appear to have a good
understanding of it (the arragnements or nicely done as well).
Visually the corps comes across incredibly stiff. Much of the movement
incorporates little, if any, movement from the knee. The initiation of
the step-off is from the whole leg and consequently there is much
phasing on the step-offs. The backwards movement was equally stiff and
a few people feared some of those BAC people were about to fall over.
This appears to be a compeltely different visual style from
previous years and right now it is sorely the weak spot of this corps.
It's hard to run when you can't walk; it's hard to march stiff-legged.
Parts of this show come across very well and appear to be either
parts the members really enjoy or the most-practiced parts. The ending
large American flag idea is cool and should look very nice from a
higher stadium pressbox.
Boston with heavy improvements could make the 13-17 race look very
interesting. Tonight, they fell behind Kiwanis by a half point in the
lower 64 points range and were sixth.
INTERMISSION (the bathrooms in Dayton are missing doors on the stalls
and utilize individual paper squares, enough to give anyone stage
fright, me included)
Crossmen
Okay guys, this is the one. Right before the show I took a breath
and wiped my glasses and attempted to lay aside all the debate that's
go on here in the past few weeks.
Opening move out of Crossmen was the best moment so far of the
evening. Visually appealing with excellent percussion. From the get
go, the percussion section screams "LOOK AT ME!" and really don't let
go for the whole show. Yes, I agree the percussion section is a
killer.
The guard from the opening move was equally on. These people are
well taught and execute well, extremely well. They also have the
luxury of excellent staging throughout the show and their features are
nothing but strong.
The other (hornline) people spinning flags leave much, much to be
desired. All color guards know that unison parts mean the flag is at a
certain point on count 1, a certain point on count 2 and so on. X-men's
hornline doesn't understand this principle yet, both in flag spinning
and in marching.
I didn't bother counting how many horn members there were because
it is unimportant. The hornline is decent in terms of sound and
quality. They don't match up the previous excellent horn years of
X-men jazz (yet?).
Now, I have a quibble with anyone out there who's going to tell me
that Crossmen's visual book is demanding. It's not. Again, it's not.
What appears to be difficult are a bunch of visual cover-up "tricks"
that help to hide a lack of a visual program. I know because I've been
both a member and teacher to programs of this nature.
At no point during the show, did the entire horn ensemble march in
step -- this is easily discerned thanks to the white pants. See if
they're all marching in time, then this wave of white stuff flaps
around at the same points and the same time (much like sync'ed flag
spinning). I never saw it once. I did see a clear disregard to visual
intervals between any five people at any given time (keep in mind that
effective judges on the field use the smapling technique where they
look at a group of people at once and check out what they're doing in
relation to each other).
I saw many forms appear to click in only to have some cutesy
"trick" used to masquerade the lack of a clear form.. From posing, to
an instant scatter to other things, the X-men's visual program is
almost a shamble (again, the opening move is great, I really liked it,
but that appeared to be the peak).
This statment is a complete and pure opinion and riposte of you
will, but both Glassmen and Crossmen play the soft, ballad-y parts of
tune about as senisitive as a Mack truck running over a slug. The
ballad, Nightengale is well done by the guard, again very strong. The
"acting" or role playing by the horn and drumlines though look like a
group of varsity football players thrust into a production of Emnily
Bronte. Again, that thing about sensistivity. To their defense
though, no one really plays roles well outside of the guard except for
Cadets these days (why is that?).
Hey Birdland is definitely cool. It's definitely long. The broken
up section with the snares over here and the tenors over there and the
basses in the middle is extremely cool, especially if just the
percussion played. That moment actually works well musically, visually
and GE-wise. X-men need many more combinations like that.
Overall, the Crossmen have a wonderfully strong guard. An
exceptional percussion section that maybe evey corps except for 4 or 5
would kill to have. A hornline that can play well. A visual program
that could be beat by non-Finalist corps possibly (not likely). This
evening's panel of 5 judges, including a field percussion judge who sat
in the pressbox (huh?) helped keep the Crossmen over a point above the
Bluecoats and in second place with a 77-something.
Bluecoats
HEY! The helmets are back, yea! I'm not sure about the guard
uniforms, they seem a bit neutral and get a little bit lost in the
field sometimes. An excellent salute by the DM leads into the
countdaown to Auld Lang Syne and immediately this becomes the best
hornline of the evening so far.
They're tuned well, balanced extremely well and play with excellent
support starting from a wonderful contra section. The drill flows well
and harks to a bit of old BD days. Immediately I notice the entire
horn line being in step as their pants ruffle at exactly the same
moments, something I had not seen previous during the evening.
There were glitches here and there, and depsite a nice visual start
there is still a lot of muck to be raked out of the drill. The drum
line definitely is not a strength at this point, but they aren't a
dentriment either.
The Valentine's segment was bouncy and crates a nice little groove
that gets matched well with the drill. A point here: many people have
exclaimed how this show seems to be four holidays slapped together. IN
essence it is, but think of last year's WWII show. Canton did not (to
use the pseudo-intellect term) literally interpret the songs from WWII
either musically of visually.
Now, think of this show's in the same vein. The corps is not going
after Valentine's, Labor Day, Christmas and New Year's in the way most
people would expect. There are plenty of subtle things going on
(still, more obvious hits would be nice). Maybe it's all in the eye of
the viewer, but I thought the show stuck together rather well.
This corps is definitely louder than the previous few years of
Bluecoat hornlines. Quite possibly this hornline is of an even better
quality than most any previous Canton line. The Grand Ol' Flag
segments backs up my thoughts on that. And with all the patriotism
floating around this year, the Bluecoats make a really neat move and
unfurl a silk that uses a purplish/lavender color instead of the normal
red stripe with a star on a blue field. To me, it makes you notice and
draws your eye.
I can't quite compare this year's guard to last year's since all I
recall of last year's is there incredible finish to the year. This
guard is very young, but they seem to be able to match last year's
accomplishments.
Especially into the closer, but before I hit that. The labor day
part is intriguing to say the least. To me, it smacked much like those
bombing raids of the WWII show (similar rhythms maybe?) I think the
members are having a bit of trouble locking on to some emotional anchor
to use to help portray the emotions of this segment. Remember I said
no one does role playing like the Cadets, Bluecoats certainly don't.
In fact they do some of the body stuff and running here and jumping
there and frankly, I tried to ignore it, but I couldn't. It's there
and it seems out of place, well no, I think it is out of place. Of
course I have no idea what kind of body movements (aside from picket
signs) would help to further the ideas from the labor movement
struggles.
The drum solo didn't quite line up. I'm told this is slowly
getting better and that the drumline is very adamant about working hard
to get things right. In fact, Canton has averaged around 20 ageouts in
the past however many years, I'm told this year has less than 10.
The Christmas portion begins with an absolute gorgeous guard
feature that slowly adds on members doing a ballet-like dance
(Nutcracker moves maybe?). Wow, this is my favorite guard stuff up to
this point in the evening. Extremely lyrical and well balanced by a
wonderful arrangement of Merry Little Christmas from the hornline.
Tonight's soloist had a few problems, Canton's had a checkered history
of really good soloists and a few average ones.
The entire guard pulls out a snowflake flag at a push point in the
music, and I readily wished these flags were twice the size and the
effect would have been mesmerizing. The hornline and drumlines are in
the back right corner of the field and as they step off again the
contras in the front of the form have a large step size and have many
problems achieving it and they stick out noticeably.
The ending finished quietly and someone had to start the clapping
to tell eveyone else that the show was over. But I am told that as
over Wednesday a new louder ending is being implemented, so expect more
changes from Canton.
Overall this show has moments of much demand drill wise that
actually fit into the musical flow (unlike previous corps), however for
just a few of those moments did the Bluecoats execute. Cleaning will
be the catch word from here on out. The hornline is strong, real
strong. The show has enough to please everyone, I believe even more so
on multiple viewings and if the viewer does not expect the usual trite
holiday fare in musical interpretations. The drumline has work to do
and as does the ending of the show.
Canton's drum scores, as usual, were below Crossmen and helped keep
them behind but comfortably above Glassmen (where do Colts fit into the
fray?) around a mid-76 and third place.
Cadets
Well, for the first third of this show I really believe that
Phantom's entire show compares favorably. But then Cadets continue with
the other two-thirds of the show and the contest is over. Tonight's
wind kept the top half of the props from being utilized (I'm informed
there is a scientific process used to determine that).
The female color guard uniforms start out real cool. The overall
guard outfit is fitting. The entire guard for that matter excels in
every stage of the drum corps arena. They're well-staged, they're
well-rehearsed, they're talented, they role play well, they spin well,
they dance well, heck they even march well. Okay I take back part of
that. There was once or twice when they did some hip stuff way, way
back field, which I couldn't see too easily, but I'm sure my 2nd-level
seats in Orlando will clear up that concern.
Hey the hornline, what about them? The opening of the Tender Land
(the favorite Copland piece of this writer) was excellent -- for me it
will never be able to compare to '85 SCV, but maybe there will be some
kid out there who sees and hears that at Finals in Orlando and lets it
become one of hers or his most favorite drum corps moments. In other
words, I'm biased on that section, because it is wonderful.
The first third of drill doesn't hit you on the head, but then
there is guard to watch and drums to be awed by. Once more the
percussion section grooves, rocks and kicks some heiny. Then almost
out of nowhere there was the best moments or extended phrase of drum
corps marching and music that I've seen in many a year. The blazing
drill was the capper to it. Boy, they do seem like they're motoring
along, eh?
An interesting note. The backdrops effectively cordone off the
field which makes the area of movement be limited to somewhere in front
of the backhash and in between the 20's. If that's going to be a
sticking point, then it is that Cadets don't cover the entire field
during the course of the show (then again, Neil Armstrong didn't go
over to the dark side of the moon either -- there was no reason to).
The Hoedown/American Cattle Farmer's section complete with the
drunk dude was really just entertaining and well done. I could go the
whole show watching only the guard, ot just the drumline or just the
hornline (that's what videos are for) so I tried to keep moving my
focus around.
The "tap-dance" floors from last year are there and don't get usd
to a great deal, but they make for nice props. The drill in hoedown
again is just really, really nice. They play it really, really well.
The featured percussion breaks are really, really excellent. The
superlatives really, really don't carry the weight I'd like them to.
Basically and I'll cut this short I guess. Cadets have a show to
be beaten, unless they do actually spike the moonshine jug and feed it
to the corps (or if Hopkins breaks out them cows). The only negative
on the whole night was that the drunk guy didn't play an effective
drunk (maybe he's never been drunk?) in possibly the only bit of role
playing Cadets did not pull off well.
I've seen Cavaliers and Phantom a few times. I think Phantom has
the better overall show of the two and I had hopes that maybe this was
their year since I really like the Shostakovich. Upon seeing Cadets
though, Phantom's show is just not enough. Which is too bad,
especially if Phantom pulls another 1989 and scores a record high 2nd
place score (again).
Of course Cadets won, but with just an 86 (apparently they
previously had an 88) and were preparing to embark on an arduous
journey out to Denver by Saturday. That trip should be their only flaw
in taking that show and scoring a 90 or 91 on Saturday.
Yes this post has been unruly and long, I'm sorry but I wanted
those of you who braved reading this to get a good picture of what I
saw tonight. Obviously, some if not many of you, will disagree with me
on a number of points in here and that's fine, let's discuss and
debate. To open with a salvo, of the corps I've seen now (which
disincludes Crown, Magic, BK, SCV and BD) I believe that:
Colts and Bluecoats will be competitve around the 7 to 9 slots.
Crossmen have a chance to be in the same area, but only if the visual
program takes on some form of clarity (then again, Bridgemen made
middle of top 12 with low non-top 12 captions). Glassmen might have
some struggles getting above the double-digit placement, but it was
said in another post that they have had strong finishes -- I hope so
for their sake.
Cavaliers might be able to drop into third, I don't think they
have a show better than PR which I could see in 2nd. Either BD or SCV
could pop into 3rd as well, maybe even 2nd. Madison's show (spelled
Bolero) might end up not peaking at Finals. I still like the show, but
there seems to be improvements needed, they could go from 6th up to
maybe a 3rd.
Again, to reassure anyone out there, this is all my opinion and my
mind is wide open with much free space.
Jeff Wise
Thanks to Jonathan Willis on r.a.m.d for this review!
Hi everyone,
Just got back from Dayton, Ohio this morning. What a great show. The
weather was perfect except for a little wind which was nice considering
how hot the afternoon was.
Welcome Stadium in Dayton is an excellent place for drum corps. Although
the filed is a little far from the stands, the view is excellent no matter
where you sit. Tonight's crowd was very much pleased with all the corps.
Even the Bluecoats and Glassmen, who I have been concerned about, provided
some good entertainment.
As for the scores, here they are:
see scores
The Cincinnati Glory performed in exhibition.
I did not get to see the performance of the Glory, but I heard their
rendition of "Battle Hymn of the Republic" from outside the stadium. It
sounded very nice. I'm not sure if this is a senior corps or a Jr. Corps,
but they had a very nice makeup. I think they had about 20 brass, 12
percussion, and 16 guard. Very nice uniforms also. By the way, I believe
part of this show was sponsored by the Glory Drum and Bugle Corps. I do
know that some of the funds went to helping those that would normally not
be able to march corps do just that.
In terms of entertainment I gave each corps a rating of 1 to 5 stars (5
being the most entertaining).
Northshore:
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When I see the name Northshore, I always think of the old North Star drum
corps from Northshore, MA. I miss them. Anyways, I am not sure where the
Northshore corps is from since I was too cheap to buy the program, but I
sure liked their show. They are a rather large Div. II corps. I didn't
get a good count on this corps, but I think they had 34 brass, 12 battery,
5 pit, and 14 guard. The sound of the horn line was a little ragged at
times, although some of this was due to the control (or lack of) in their
marching style. I think that once they master the drill a bit more, the
music will take shape nicely. I hope to see them again so that I may
further review the show in more detail.
(3 stars)
Boston:
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I had heard some negative things about Boston this year, but I have to say
I was very surprised and delighted to see their fine July 4th Celebration
show. At least that is what I call it. I am not aware of the real name
of the show, after all, I was too cheap to buy the program. Boston is a
good size corps this year, with 44 brass, 14 battery, 10 pit, and 20
guard. The show includes patriotic tunes such as America The Beautiful
and the Star Spangeled Banner. It also includes a couple of works by
Copland and Bernstein in the form of Grover's Corners and On The Town
respectively. The show is performed with 4 large art backdrops on the
field. Each backdrop has its own picture. They are:
1. A picture of the Statue of Liberty with an American Flag in the
background.
2. A picture of rural farm land, or Appalachia as I called it.
3. A picture of several couples of people of all races celebrating their
independance and right to live amongst each other.
4. A picture of New York's Skyline with fireworks going off in the
background.
Read into these what ever you want to, but I think they add a lot to the
show. As far as the performance captions go, I think the percussion is
pretty solid, but the horns need more work in tone quality and balance.
Contras played a bit too loud. The guard is doing an excellent job of
selling the show, and the drill is quite difficult. Once mastered, this
should be one fun show for all who witness it down the road and at finals.
(3 stars)
Kawanis Kavaliers:
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WoW!!! This is all I can say about Kawanis. They are one of the more
entertaining corps going at the moment. With 42 brass, 16 battery, 12
pit, and 26 guard, they are a very large corps, and very GOOD! The near 3
standing ovations during their show was evidence of that.
Performing the music to Bernstein's "West Side Story", which never gets
old on the field as far as I'm concerned, the show is absolutely
wonderful. They have done what a lot of small drum corps should try to do
more often, and that is blend together succesfull ideas from other corps
with their own ideas. Much of the show is remeniscent of the old Garfield
'84 presentation. Very demanding drill, difficult horn runs, subtle
nuances, and a large guard doing beautiful choreographed moves. During
the percussion feature, the battery makes great use of Trash Can Drums in
a segment that will remind you of the Cadets' "Pokey Stomp" from last
year. It also reminded me of the group "Stomp" and of the early 90's
Cavalier drum features where they would use those big toms to create a
groove. The audience was on their feet after this.
From start to finish, this show is high class, loads of entertainment, and
a great combination of the old and new. If you can get somewhere to see
the Kawanis Kavaliers, DO IT!!!
(5 stars)
Glassmen:
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- 52 brass, 15 battery, 9 pit, 27 guard -
The Toledo Glassmen have finally showed me that they can turn this show
into an entertaining one, and even place well into the top 12. The
beginning of the show, with all the marching band-like drill and Sousa's
"Stars and Stripes Forever", is still my favorite part of the show. The
show went down hill for me after that at my first viewing in Toledo in
early June, but not so tonight. I felt as if my attention had been drawn
to each different segment of the show, allowing me to better understand
what they are trying to do. Kudos are in order for the excellent guard,
which tonight helped to captivate the audience like few Glassmen guards
have ever done. In my opinion, the show still needs more defined drill.
There are lots of times I, nor the crowd, could follow the designs. It
seemed like mud through a lot of it. However, the "Rhapsody in Blue"
segment is starting to take shape. It just needs a more definitive
ending. As of now the end seems to run on and lead nowhere. If they can
add a couple of high general effect type hits in both the drill and music,
then they could be on their way to another top 12 performance.
(2 Stars)
Bluecoats:
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- 60 brass, 16 battery, 9 pit, 30 guard -
The Canton Bluecoats are another of those corps I had a hard time reading
the first time I saw them. Their show, which celebrates music of our
national holidays, is a little too dry for my tastes. I like the count
down (5,4,3,2,1) spoken out by the corps at the beginning of the show
which leads into Aulde Lang Syne. From there it goes down hill until the
middle portion of the show. The strikes up a neat arrangement of "This
Grand Old Flag" at mid field in parade formation. This section was
cluttered at my first viewing, but was really solid here tonight. In
fact, that was the high point of the show for much of the crowd, as the
end is still a bit flat. Just before the corps introduces "Have Yourslef
A Merry Little Christmas" to close the show, their is a drum feature in
which the guard walks on the field with trash cans and starts banging
them. HELLO! I don't get it!!!! What Holiday is that? Especially as a
lead in to Christmas music. Hum!!!
Interesting show, but one that will keep you thinking. "About what I have
NO idea!" (as Rodney Dangerfield would put it).
(2 Stars)
Crossmen:
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- 46 brass, 17 battery, 11 pit, 5 cymbals, 17 guard -
Yep, the Crossmen are back, real good, and REAL ENTERTAINING! Their show,
which features music of the "New York Voices" and "Manhatten Transfer", is
filled with lots of energy, groove, and visual flash. From the opening
silent drill, to the percussion intro and flag routine done by the entire
corps, you know that you are in for a treat. Although some sloppy brass
playing is still evident in the opener, it is to be expected considering
the difficulty of the drill design. WOW!! They are flying out there (and
I thought they did their "Superman" show in the early 80's). The
arrangement of "When a Nightingale Sang in Berkely Square" was one of the
more beautiful moments on the field tonight. Here the horn line shows
much more control than in the opener. Very expressive playing. The
closer of "Birdland" was again a joy to watch. I first saw their show in
Butler, Pa. and it was incredible then. It is now rocking! "Birdland" is
such a driving arrangement (done I believe by Jay Bocook, who also wrote
the Cadets brass book), that it absolutely rivets the listener all the way
through, and then knocks you out at the end. A Big Time production.
Don't miss this show!!!
(5 Stars)
The Cadets of Bergen County:
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Tonight's crowd was treated to some pretty good entertainment, and then
the Cadets had to walk on the field and simply put the crowd into
histerics. This show may well be the most entertaining, difficult, and
innovative show of all time. ALL TIME!!! They are simply unreal in every
respect. I've never seen drill that hard in my life, and I have been
attending DCI shows since 1978. I haven't heard a horn book like that
since Star's incredible '92 and '93 books. If you haven't seen this show,
you need to. For all of you on the West Coast, if you can, go to DATR in
Denver to see the Cadets. I promise you it will be worth your money.
This is quite simply one of the great shows in the history of the
activity. Whether it wins or not doesn't really matter, the show is
magical in every respect and needs to be celebrated by all the fans of the
activity.
As far as I'm concerned you can mail them the trophy now. Am I saying
it's over? Yes!!! I figure, why not be bold, make a statement - heck,
I've been wrong before! However, IMO, the Cadets will win DCI Finals.
They may not yet have enough to beat BD at DATR. I know how the Blue
Devils are in early to mid-season. Very Clean and, as always, VERY GOOD!
Of course, BD is this way all year long. I guess the Vanguard is back so
you can never count them out, nor can you ever count out the defending
champs, the Cavaliers.
However, if the Cadets clean this show, the other corps will need the help
of GOD to beat them come finals.
(6 Stars) - Yes, I know, 5 stars was the limit, but this corps deserves 6.
Jon
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