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Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 8:16 am
by formermarcher
Never saw nor heard 86
What was their show that year?
Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 9:13 pm
by TMR Quint Kid
Actually I would have to say 3 of my favorites are definitly:
Madison Scout's 95 show - A Drum Corps Fan's Dream
Madison Scout's 96 show - A Drum Corps Fan's Dream (Part Dos)
Santa Clara Vanguard's 89 show - Phantom of the Opera
Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 10:02 pm
by formermarcher
euphman wrote:The show was Channel One Suite. They absolutely killed.
The Blue Devils have a tendency to do Channel One Suite. Three of their championships have had Channel One Suite in there somewhere.
Although, I do think they did it pretty damn well in '76.
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2003 7:21 am
by clusknay
They also had...quite possibly, the best hornline the likes of DCI has ever seen. Period.
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2003 9:06 am
by Spyder
Not to mention the best battery of all time back in 99. CLEAN
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2003 9:07 am
by Spyder
Actually wait, the cadets have always been right up there with the devils percussion. This last year their drums outscored everyone. I saw them in Texas, and man, they were pretty DAMN good. But I'm still sticking with the 99 bd
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2003 10:11 am
by formermarcher
Spyder wrote:Not to mention the best battery of all time back in 99. CLEAN
RYTHMS...that was such a great show. I love the first two movements...Afrocuban/Malambo and Rhumba.
The drumline was so impressive...
99?
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2003 1:18 pm
by clusknay
So what happened to the 99 BD drumline on finals night...Slammin all year...then they drop to 4th or 5th the night of finals?
And yes...Phantoms hornline this past season. Bow, in awe...Finals night, they took it up another notch...What a SOUND!!! The best...hornline that I have ever heard in person.
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2003 6:22 pm
by Hostrauser
Sitting in the stands in Madison in August of 1999, halfway through the Blue Devils' show I said to myself: "Oh! They DO have a battery."
They didn't impress me. After a rockin' opener, the show just becomes BLAH and the battery disappears for several minutes.
I second what everyone else has said about 76 and 86 BD, though. Awesome, awesome, awesome. 1976 Blue Devils is one of the ONLY pre-1980s drum corps shows I enjoy listening to over and over again.