I checked times and there was to be a delay - I get tired of the times being all over the place - so I am watching Mandarin - and they weren't even scheduled to be at the contest - at least not on my list.
Probably not good that the two shows today were in Belton and Denton - Texas - how confusing - I am bummed because I wanted to see the "other corps" tonight rather than the corps I keep seeing. Oh well and so because I had the wrong part of the state I missed the first two corps - Tonight I am watching from the High Camera - usually I watch from the mixed. I just tried to switch to multi and found out there are two shows on tonight - man I am a real dumb shit to have missed this. Tickets for this show were $50.00 at the gate - Maybe this is why the crowds are small??
Guardians Score: 59.15 Place: 1
Pacific Crest Score: 67.85 Place: 9
Mandarin - looking pretty good tonight actually. I feel badly for the solo dancer who just runs around the entire show - she has probably run several marathons by now. Sometimes I think she is more distracting than beneficial. Score: 70.15 Place: 8
The Academy - A Drum Copse Bride - Whew it takes along time for them to set up - Wow - loved the opening drill so cool and ended in a heart. Timing was not good turning the chairs around - Nice grab rifle soloist!! Love the bones on the bodies ... very cool - nice resolution of drill into the cross and another messed up heart - The intro of the red flags found th drill forms quite a mess - need to work that section for sure - rotating boxes cool into resolution of rectangle but it was not really clean - What I do love about this corps is how clever they are with drill and visual - Circle at beginning of Unchained Melody - tough very cool - was not set well at all - There are quite a few not so very pretty moments with drill sets and form maintenance - Much easier to see why they are scoring where they are - Last heart movement into it was cool - but once set - there were distance issues within - Score: 75.15 Place: 7
Santa Clara Vanguard - A Force of Nature - I admit - I am excited to see this show from the high camera vantage. Odd - there is no area for a drum major podium - They are standing in the bleachers! - Love the bird chirping - The original recordings of these songs are really cool too - DAMN - that opening circle is so simple but soooooo effective - Wow - the storm number was on fire tonight! Earth Songs gave me tears it was soooooo beautiful tonight - Love the snow flakes made by the corps lying down on the field - This has to be one of my favorite shows and Earth Songs the way the Vanguard plays it - one of my favorite SCV ballads of all times. I am fairly sure they won't win - but would love to see them in third or fourth - the show is so visual and enjoyable compared to others - Score: 83.15 Place: 4
Blue Knights - The Great Event - I like the Moonlight Sonata part and the reversing - OK so maybe after the sun goes down and everything is reversed - the colors come out and things are bright - the backdrops are now very colorful as are the flags The music now is less dissonant than the beginning - and as much as I think they are doing a cool show and how much I love the Blue Knights - This reminds me of their space show from years ago that never did too well either. It will be interesting to see where they score tonight for sure. Score: 79.2 Place: 6
Cadets - Awakenings (honestly I still like Stoned) Not liking the opening - Love the violin - Yikes rifle drop off the platform and had to bend over and pick it up and then he/she bounced a toss off the amp - that's not good either - I think another disconnect for me is that the Pines of Rome - is happy and bright and they are dark and cold - The number after the tan body suits makes more sense in terms of the music to me - but the movement is kind of a mess in a lot of spaces - circles aren't and forms are really breathing - Wow - just didn't enjoy this show at all - it all most seems like they are trying too hard. Score: 83.35 Place: 3
Carolina Crown - Relentless - There drum major is very pleasant after her salute - Ok so the corps members are cactus - I get that now - well certainly way better than the Cadets - Still don't like the stage coach reversing - The color guard looks like it has a couple holes tonight - The corps movement is really cool - I admit that I like the show more from the high camera because you get a better feel for how the show evolves - but I still feel like they kind of missed the mark with this show - they just don't seem to have a clear vision - But it will be fun to see where this goes because it is clearly moving forward. And man do they play!!!! They have a beautiful sound!! Score: 85.61 Place: 1
Blue Coats - Down Side Up - Holy Cow - That show is a visual feast for the eyes - first time I saw it from High Camera and ..... They are amazing - the things they do while playing an instrument is amazing - the contrast of the white/red/ green and then the yellow/red/green make it so nice to watch - they have some visual moves that just blow the roof off the place. And the color guard is the un-sung heroes - Score: 85.25 Place: 2
Cavaliers - Propaganda - Who would have ever thought that small megaphones would make wonderful color guard props?! I thought they were more visual white than red - but you also saw more errors with the white ones. I think this is just a classy well thought out show - A show for our time - Kudos to the Cavies for showing us that our lives today are filled with propaganda though that is not how we view it - Love the pass through move that ends with the bell - so cool - Wow rifle work during drum feature is amazing - We have lost the way - like the Reagan/Trump sound bite - I like the ending with the signs - not sure if they did that before or not - but I like it - There seemed to be some breathing in the forms and some odd individual errors that I hope they can fix - I still like the show a lot because it teaches a valuable lesson - that we live in a world filled with propaganda - Score: 81.45 Place: 5
Wow - Coats undefeated streak is over - I would love to see the actual breakdowns so I could see how this happened and then how the Cadets squeaked by SCV.
I would be remiss not to make my usual closing statement - The kids work so hard to make this happen - More kids need to be involved in something like this - it teaches you many things you will never learn playing a sport or in a classroom. Congrats to all that performed tonight because - the fact that you were on the field and finished the show means you are a winner!!
Here are a few pictures I took during the event last night
Probably not good that the two shows today were in Belton and Denton - Texas - how confusing - I am bummed because I wanted to see the "other corps" tonight rather than the corps I keep seeing. Oh well and so because I had the wrong part of the state I missed the first two corps - Tonight I am watching from the High Camera - usually I watch from the mixed. I just tried to switch to multi and found out there are two shows on tonight - man I am a real dumb shit to have missed this. Tickets for this show were $50.00 at the gate - Maybe this is why the crowds are small??
Guardians Score: 59.15 Place: 1
Pacific Crest Score: 67.85 Place: 9
Mandarin - looking pretty good tonight actually. I feel badly for the solo dancer who just runs around the entire show - she has probably run several marathons by now. Sometimes I think she is more distracting than beneficial. Score: 70.15 Place: 8
The Academy - A Drum Copse Bride - Whew it takes along time for them to set up - Wow - loved the opening drill so cool and ended in a heart. Timing was not good turning the chairs around - Nice grab rifle soloist!! Love the bones on the bodies ... very cool - nice resolution of drill into the cross and another messed up heart - The intro of the red flags found th drill forms quite a mess - need to work that section for sure - rotating boxes cool into resolution of rectangle but it was not really clean - What I do love about this corps is how clever they are with drill and visual - Circle at beginning of Unchained Melody - tough very cool - was not set well at all - There are quite a few not so very pretty moments with drill sets and form maintenance - Much easier to see why they are scoring where they are - Last heart movement into it was cool - but once set - there were distance issues within - Score: 75.15 Place: 7
Santa Clara Vanguard - A Force of Nature - I admit - I am excited to see this show from the high camera vantage. Odd - there is no area for a drum major podium - They are standing in the bleachers! - Love the bird chirping - The original recordings of these songs are really cool too - DAMN - that opening circle is so simple but soooooo effective - Wow - the storm number was on fire tonight! Earth Songs gave me tears it was soooooo beautiful tonight - Love the snow flakes made by the corps lying down on the field - This has to be one of my favorite shows and Earth Songs the way the Vanguard plays it - one of my favorite SCV ballads of all times. I am fairly sure they won't win - but would love to see them in third or fourth - the show is so visual and enjoyable compared to others - Score: 83.15 Place: 4
Blue Knights - The Great Event - I like the Moonlight Sonata part and the reversing - OK so maybe after the sun goes down and everything is reversed - the colors come out and things are bright - the backdrops are now very colorful as are the flags The music now is less dissonant than the beginning - and as much as I think they are doing a cool show and how much I love the Blue Knights - This reminds me of their space show from years ago that never did too well either. It will be interesting to see where they score tonight for sure. Score: 79.2 Place: 6
Cadets - Awakenings (honestly I still like Stoned) Not liking the opening - Love the violin - Yikes rifle drop off the platform and had to bend over and pick it up and then he/she bounced a toss off the amp - that's not good either - I think another disconnect for me is that the Pines of Rome - is happy and bright and they are dark and cold - The number after the tan body suits makes more sense in terms of the music to me - but the movement is kind of a mess in a lot of spaces - circles aren't and forms are really breathing - Wow - just didn't enjoy this show at all - it all most seems like they are trying too hard. Score: 83.35 Place: 3
Carolina Crown - Relentless - There drum major is very pleasant after her salute - Ok so the corps members are cactus - I get that now - well certainly way better than the Cadets - Still don't like the stage coach reversing - The color guard looks like it has a couple holes tonight - The corps movement is really cool - I admit that I like the show more from the high camera because you get a better feel for how the show evolves - but I still feel like they kind of missed the mark with this show - they just don't seem to have a clear vision - But it will be fun to see where this goes because it is clearly moving forward. And man do they play!!!! They have a beautiful sound!! Score: 85.61 Place: 1
Blue Coats - Down Side Up - Holy Cow - That show is a visual feast for the eyes - first time I saw it from High Camera and ..... They are amazing - the things they do while playing an instrument is amazing - the contrast of the white/red/ green and then the yellow/red/green make it so nice to watch - they have some visual moves that just blow the roof off the place. And the color guard is the un-sung heroes - Score: 85.25 Place: 2
Cavaliers - Propaganda - Who would have ever thought that small megaphones would make wonderful color guard props?! I thought they were more visual white than red - but you also saw more errors with the white ones. I think this is just a classy well thought out show - A show for our time - Kudos to the Cavies for showing us that our lives today are filled with propaganda though that is not how we view it - Love the pass through move that ends with the bell - so cool - Wow rifle work during drum feature is amazing - We have lost the way - like the Reagan/Trump sound bite - I like the ending with the signs - not sure if they did that before or not - but I like it - There seemed to be some breathing in the forms and some odd individual errors that I hope they can fix - I still like the show a lot because it teaches a valuable lesson - that we live in a world filled with propaganda - Score: 81.45 Place: 5
Wow - Coats undefeated streak is over - I would love to see the actual breakdowns so I could see how this happened and then how the Cadets squeaked by SCV.
I would be remiss not to make my usual closing statement - The kids work so hard to make this happen - More kids need to be involved in something like this - it teaches you many things you will never learn playing a sport or in a classroom. Congrats to all that performed tonight because - the fact that you were on the field and finished the show means you are a winner!!
Here are a few pictures I took during the event last night
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| Relentless |
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| Relentless |
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| Down Side Up |
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| Down Side Up |
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| A Drum Corpse Bride |
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| The Great Event |
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| The Great Event |
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