Cadets of Bergen County..86.7 Crossmen.................82.1 Bluecoats................78.4 Carolina Crown...........73.1 Spirit of Atlanta........68.1 Kiwanis Kavaliers........60.7 Lone Star................31.9 Volunteers...............30.8 "* Lone Star and Volunteers were not given Performance scores resulting from the late arrival of a Judge. The scores for these two corps above reflect the combined total of the General Effect & Ensembles scores only. See complete recap for details." - DCI Thanks to DCI for these scores!
WOW.. it is 4:30 here in the morning. I just got in from a 6 hour drive to watch drumcorps. I am tired. Man.. Ok here is the best review I can come up with.. First off congrats to the Sullivan High School for a good show. Great corps great ticket prices (8 bucks for 50 yard line seats right in the middle) and a great time. There were a couple of thousand people there and it was perfect weather (70 or so and slightly raining which I could have done without).
Volunteers -- This show did nothing for me. It was played decently but the music is way to odd ball for a 18 member hornline. Bernsteins "Mass" would probably not be attempted now-a-days in a 60 member hornline. But they did have their moments.
Lone Star -- Well, hmm... Drumline was smokin'. This is a drum corps show that features a good drumline. The hornline is very weak. And they only had 3 guard members. This was strange. The John Tesh music worked ok. Not much going on visually just a good drumline. They had good moments and they had plenty of rough ones too.
Spirit of Atlanta -- WOW!!! This is some improvement from All Days. WOW!! What a hornline.. Man they were sooo loud. It was really nice to see some Sops letting it hang out. Well, now to the problems. They played really out of control in spots. They were just loud, sometimes kinda out of tune, and also very out of control. Very nice effects by being so loud at times though.The drumline had a good show tonight, they were really on. Visually this show doesn't have top 12 material but man the horns sound like they are ready for top 12.
Kiwanis Kavaliers -- This show did absolutely nothing for me. Way to dark. The to little to late attempt to add some color at the end was sorta lost in the darkness. The music was well played it is just so visually boring that you lose interest in the music. I don't know if it was more colorful if the music would stand out more or what but it is just kinda dark. Heck sometimes dark works (PR 96) but this is not PR's hornline. They had a good sound throughout and they were very well in tune but you just lose interest very quickly.
Bluecoats -- WOW WOW WOW!!! This was really cookin' tonight. Man, the hornline was even louder than SOA but yet they were more controlled. This is one heck of a hornline. The last chord of the show should have a patent put on it and never let anyone else do it. THIS IS ONE LOUD CHORD!!!!!! But summertime was my favorite. I loved the singing. They did a great show tonight and the scores showed it.
Carolina Crown -- This show is very crownish, this is very sophisticated and very well played. This hornline isn't the biggest but man they can play. The guard is HUGE!! 38 people is a lot of guard. But they were very good. Only a few times did it get really involved and it get distracting from the music. The drumline played a good amount of notes in this show. They were very clean also.They had a great show. The only problem is that they don't look like they are really getting into this music. Kinda drags it down emotionally. Really nicely done though.
Crossmen -- This was an interesting show. They had so many holes it was distracting from the drill. Very strange to see that many holes in one show. They did a great job though. The music is so clean and the drumline plays a bunch of notes. I love the drumline's (touch) technique. Really nice effect. This was a good show. I don't think they are 4 points from Cadets, but Cadets didn't have a good show (I will get to that later). Anyway Xmen had a great pit and very good guard. Also very big. The closer seemed to end kinda sudden (do they have the full ending on?) It was loud and then it just sorta quit. Leaving you with the wondering if they were finished.
Cadets of Bergen County -- This is interesting. This is a great show. Very very clean. They weren't into the music as much as they were during rehearsal this afternoon, I think that is why they didn't jump as much in their score. The main thing to this show is the Ballad. This is soooo beautiful. This is such a wonderful movement to the piece. The movement before (drum solo) is really good. The drumline was amazing. These guys were playing so many notes above their ears it was absolutely amazing to watch them play. The drill is typical cadets with very fast moves and very clean feet. Great show guys.
Well, I am tired. The show started 45 minutes late due to the judges being late. Also the first two corps weren't judged due to the fact that the judges were still not there. Oh well.. this ends a great DCI day. Can't wait till Alton, Illinois!!!
Michael Bell
Timpanist
Jacksonville St. University
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