Who Has The Best Guard, In Your Opinion?

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Who Has The Best Guard, In Your Opinion?

Post by Guard Boi N Bama » Mon Jul 07, 2003 2:57 pm

wHO DO YOU THINK HAD THE BEST GUARD IN DCI? I PERSONALLY LOVE THE CAV.! I GUESS BC THEY ARE AN ALL MALE CORPS! TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK!
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Post by Tyler » Mon Jul 07, 2003 4:55 pm

i like blue devils' guard. cavaliers dont impress me too much

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Post by Lizzy05 » Mon Jul 07, 2003 6:25 pm

I'm still gonna stick with Esperanza. They're guard is great this year...
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Post by Hostrauser » Mon Jul 07, 2003 6:51 pm

Year in, year out: the Blue Devils and Cadets. The Cavaliers guard is good, but overrated. No way they should've scored as high as they did in 2002.

Phantom Regiment and Carolina Crown also have really strong guards this year.

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Post by guardguy18 » Mon Jul 07, 2003 7:25 pm

I also feel that Cavaliers colorguard is SOOOOOOOO OVERATED! I do like that they are masculine in there work! But Blue Devils have the best guard overall! i mean they actually dance extremely well and use alot of really great movement (FOSEE) that enhance there shows tremendously! not to mention there weapon abilities!

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Post by Hostrauser » Tue Jul 08, 2003 12:41 am

euphman wrote:Yeah, do you think they really earned that 99.15 as an ensemble? I thought they were a tad overscored.
Well, let's see here...

ACTUAL JUDGES:
Visual GE: 20.0 --- Music GE: 19.9 --- TOTAL GE: 39.90
Performance: 19.8 --- Ensemble: 19.7 --- Guard: 20.0 --- TOTAL VISUAL: 29.75
Brass: 19.7 --- Ensemble: 20.0 --- Percussion: 19.3 --- TOTAL MUSIC: 29.50
TOTAL SCORE: 99.15

PHANTOM'S THOUGHTS:

Visual GE: 20.0 --- Music GE: 19.7 --- TOTAL GE: 39.70
Performance: 19.9 --- Ensemble: 19.9 --- Guard: 19.6 --- TOTAL VISUAL: 29.70
Brass: 19.9 --- Ensemble: 19.9 --- Percussion: 19.2 --- TOTAL MUSIC: 29.50
TOTAL SCORE: 98.90

So, no, not quite, but they were damn close. Reasons FOR the high score: it's by far the best visual design and execution I've ever seen, and the brass line (normally a Cavalier weakness) was simply amazing. Reasons AGAINST the high score: guard wasn't as good as their score indicated, and the percussion wasn't as clean as you would expect from the Cavaliers (listen closely to that snare line solo in the last movement, "Rhythm"; sounds a little phlegmy to me).

I *DO* think it is one of the Top 10 (probably even Top 5) shows of all time. But the VERY BEST? Nah. That title's still held by the 1994 Blue Devils... followed by the 1993 Star of Indiana, 1989 Phantom Regiment, and 1999 Santa Clara Vanguard... those are the top 4... I'd say fifth place is a fight between 2002 Cavaliers and 2000 Cadets.

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Post by iminguard » Tue Jul 08, 2003 3:16 pm

Vanguard always seems to impress me..

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Re: Who Has The Best Guard, In Your Opinion?

Post by DJ-PsiLon » Tue Jul 08, 2003 5:10 pm

Guard Boi N Bama wrote:wHO DO YOU THINK HAD THE BEST GUARD IN DCI? I PERSONALLY LOVE THE CAV.! I GUESS BC THEY ARE AN ALL MALE CORPS! TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK!
i think all caps makes you sound like YOU ARE SHOUTING

Back to the topic at hand. Esperanza always has great guards mainly cuz they're in the same umbrella organization with Esperanza de Luz.
Formerly known as [UCI]-Mike

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Post by Cole167888 » Tue Jul 08, 2003 6:56 pm

I love Blue Devils guard....they are really entertaining. I don't know all the technical stuff, but Blue Devils seems to be exteremely clean and have great rifle work.
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Post by Hostrauser » Tue Jul 08, 2003 7:20 pm

euphman wrote:
I *DO* think it is one of the Top 10 (probably even Top 5) shows of all time. But the VERY BEST? Nah. That title's still held by the 1994 Blue Devils... followed by the 1993 Star of Indiana, 1989 Phantom Regiment, and 1999 Santa Clara Vanguard... those are the top 4... I'd say fifth place is a fight between 2002 Cavaliers and 2000 Cadets.
Thats a nice list man. Mine would be:

1. 1986 BD
2. 1976 BD
3. 1974 Muchachos
4. 2002 Cavies
5. 1989 SCV
6. 1989 Phantom
7. 1996 BD
8. 1999 SCV
9. 1999 BD
10. 1995 Cavies
Well, as of right now, mine would be...

1. 1994 Blue Devils
2. 1993 Star of Indiana
3. 1999 Santa Clara Vanguard
4. 1989 Phantom Regiment
5. 2002 Cavaliers
6. 2000 Cadets
7. 1996 Phantom Regiment
8. 1990 Star of Indiana
9. 1986 Blue Devils
10. 1993 Cadets

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Post by Hostrauser » Tue Jul 08, 2003 7:22 pm

Oh yeah, 1976 Blue Devils, 1973 Vanguard, 1982 Phantom, 1984 Cadets, and 1985 Cadets were all great shows, too.

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Post by MalletMusic » Tue Jul 08, 2003 11:24 pm

Div 1:
1. Blue Devils
2. Vanguard
3. Phantom

Div 2:
1. Esperanza
2. Patriots
3. Revolution

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