We had a decent food truck when I marched decades ago at Regiment. BD and Madison were sorta the standard though back in those days. How about today?
My favorite food truck meal was chicken parm.
My least favorite was “Brown”. “What is it? No one knows, all we know is it is brown” (theoretically It was perhaps Salisbury Steak)
My favorite show of all time is probably kinetic noise and was wondering is y’all knew any others with a similar vibe. I specifically really enjoyed the opener and how dark it sounds in general. I didn’t really keep up with it this year but last year I also liked Crown’s closer arrangement of “o fortuna” (idk spelling). Any show recommendations with similar sounds to these two would be greatly appreciated😊
It’s 2026.
We have new age uniforms that are created to be movement friendly but we are sending kids out there popping forced arches back and forth like it’s 2010.
I know we are limited with what we can do with a horn.
But we can do better right?
Openclass and all-age never seem to give enough credit. I want to see what yalls favorite Openclass or All-age shows are (Or some you just really like)!!
For me?
Squatting in horn arc to set down your instrument and ripple up.
Stupid.
People who came up with that have groins and knees of steel.
Even in my marching days, it was so painful to squat that low, my legs, knees, and groin can’t handle that deep of a squat.
Just pick up your damn horn. I really tweaked my groin and had to take a year off because of these STUPID SQUAT RIPPLES.
(i havent looked at many non top 12 corps so my opinion is probably a bit biased)
Blue knights
Never thought my favorite part of a drum corps show would be the woodwind soloist, this one was pretty good overall
Troopers
Committed so hard to the show theme they forgot the show had to be good, really cool show but it deserved the placement it got imo
Spirit of atlanta
Really cool brass book, cool uniforms, I liked this one
Colts
Probably the best colts show in recent history although an america show that's just fluffy hope for the future with no statement is a choice, I wish the blatant AI ballad flags/uniforms were different too
Cavies
There was cool moments but I didn't get it overall. Cool uniforms though
Phantom
I really didn't like this show it made no sense, how does any of this relate to a bloodline/a legacy?
Blue stars
Really good show, deserves all the praise it's getting
SCV
The drumline was absolutely on fire, I wish they did more with the hornline having their horns chained to them
Boston
Show made to be posted in 30 second clips on youtube shorts, didn't like this one
Crown
holy shit, my favorite show this year
BD
Feels like a 2010's bd show again, I like this
Bluecoats
I get why they won, it's really clean and really well performed but it's just not for me, I miss precovid bloo
I have never done DCI before as I never had enough money, but I really respect the grind and push that everyone gives day in and day out. My only question is this: when you get back to your own bed, how good do you sleep right after you’re back home and all done? What does it feel like to do nothing for several days and not have so much exertion?
It's that time to start preparing for the next season, and I'm a little lost on where I want to march next. I marched this past season with the Cascades on contra, and am considering going back, but I am mostly leaning towards moving to another group. My goal is to march Bluecoats, and will audition as soon as the packets release, but I know its extremely difficult to get into the top groups. So I'm looking towards the lower of top 15 to march. The main groups I'm looking at is BK, Scouts, and Mandarins once they come back, What are your past experiences with these groups? What was the staff like, both visual and brass? How was tour and how were members taken care of?
I know this post is super basic, but I want some feedback from members who have marched these groups, or any other corps really.
Bluecoats this year put the 7th largest gap ever between themselves and 2nd place with a gap of 1.6 points, the largest since 2014 (which amazingly is not #1, although scoring changed a lot since the 70s). It's funny how there are two huge outliers near 2.5, both from completely different eras, and then the rest are clustered at and below 2. I don't if we'll ever see another >2 point gap, it doesn't seem impossible but it also doesn't seem particularly likely to happen soon.
Soooo… does east coast coming west = champion?
The coincidence is funny ngl
Edit: I am specifically asking about the member handbook and any rules/notes around the subject, not necessarily the opinions of members (though I do also enjoy that conversation haha). I am already familiar with all the risks that come with getting tattoos, I am only asking if other member handbooks have guidelines around the amount and content of body modification!
I took a season off from marching and plan on going back for the 2027 season. However, since I’ve last marched, I now have a half sleeve and will likely have nearly a full sleeve by move-ins. When I marched Colts, I vaguely remember the member handbook making a comment about tattoos, something along the lines of “Tattoos must be minimal, tasteful, and may not contain obscene imagery” (current Colts members feel free to correct me if that’s changed since then). I’m wondering if vets from the top 12 corps over the last few years can weigh in on this. If a lot of corps (especially ones I plan on auditioning for) have strict guidelines surrounding body modification, I’d like to cancel all future appointments while I can. I know this is kind of a weird question, but TIA! I don’t want to ruin my chances at top 5 over some stupid ink that can totally wait until after I age out :)
I fixed that hangover towards the end
Crown 2009 and Coats 2010 come to my mind. Both seem to not get much attention nowadays.
I’m seeing a lot of “favorite ___ lines” (must be an off-season thing) so let’s show some love to our favorite/best mello lines!!
My favorite by far is SCV 2017. Everyone says 2018 was basically a mello feature but I would argue 2017 is even more so. (SCV always seems to have insane mello lines so it could probably be any year!)
I think Bloo 2018 has such an underrated mello line. So aggressive and harsh but at the same time one of the most beautiful melodies in the ballad!
Honorable mention to BK 2014, I swear the mellos play the entire time it’s impressive.
What are your favs??
My personal list
Cavaliers 2000 (Not the most crazy stuff, but really helped revolutionize the transition of quads into the modern era)
Cadets 2000
Boston 2023
Bluecoats 2012
Crown 2009
BD 1995 & 1996
Cadets 2005
SCV 1992
Phantom 2010
SCV 2004
