Overview of Top 8 Corps (Early Season)

I totally forgot to talk about the other corps!!! Haha...you know how it is, you start thinking about your man and it gets difficult to focus on anything else... ;D

ANYWHO.

Here's my overview of the night (in order of appearance):

• Blue Devils were boring. Did not like the music and there was only one moment in the drill where I was like "Ooooh!"...didn't get the show. They were clean though and played very well...which I guess is why the judges scored them well.
• Cavaliers were awesome. The drill was SO clean. And there was so many little moments...like every ten seconds I was ooohing or aaaahing about something in the drill or musically.
• Bluecoats were amazing. Drumline was INSANE, and the brass balance was just phenomenal. Had my favorite opener too...crazy dancing and then "Creep" was beautiful.
• Carolina Crown was just insanely entertaining. SO much energy, and I really liked the arrangement of some of their music. A lot of moments where I laughed cause it was just crazy fun. Ex: the drum major swings his arm around like he's strumming an air guitar while the brass move their horns in circle and make a distortion sound. FUN STUFF.
• The Cadets were (surprisingly) really good. I didn't want to like them but the show's great, some really cool moments, RIDICULOUS drill, and cool concept---Demons and Angels, half the corps is in white, the other half is in red so it's a very visually-fascinating show.
• Phantom Regiment's show was...pretty. Nice moments, nice music, nice drill...they walked off the field and I was just like, "That was pretty." Not a huge standout for me. They have a GORGEOUS sound, but I didn't completely follow their show...didn't quite get it. But it was pretty.
• Santa Clara Vanguard was INTENSE. The basic show concept is that their brass members are trying to escape from hell. CRAZY. A bit repetitive at times, but overall I really enjoyed their show.
• Blue Stars had some of my favorite music. They took some scores from the "Bourne Ultimatum" movies and it was really cool. Didn't completely love their drill design, but it was a fun show to watch.

If I got to judge the performances, this is how I would rank them:

1. The Cavaliers
2. The Cadets
3. Bluecoats
4. Carolina Crown
5. Phantom Regiment
6. Santa Clara Vanguard
7. Blue Devils
8. Blue Stars

And here are the actual results from Sunday night:

1. The Cavaliers
2. The Cadets
3. Blue Devils
4. Carolina Crown
5. Bluecoats
6. Phantom Regiment
7. Santa Clara Vanguard
8. Blue Stars