Shows for the week of August 7th, 2023

[bigtrombone]

For the final time this DCI season, here are the shows to look forward to this week! Happy Finals Week!

Monday August 7th:

- DCI Cincinnati presented by DeMoulin Bros. & Co., Cincinnati, OH, Begins at 7:30 PM EDT
- DCI Open Class World Championship Prelims, Marion, IN, Begins at 6:00 PM EDT
- Innovations In Brass presented by Stanbury Uniforms, Canton, OH, Begins at 7:00 PM EDT
- Lake Erie Fanfare, Edinboro, PA, Begins at 7:00 PM EDT

Tuesday August 8th:

- DCI Open Class World Championship Finals, Marion, IN, Begins at 6:00 PM EDT

Thursday August 10th:

- DCI World Championship Prelims presented by Band Today, Indianapolis, IN, Begins at 11:45 AM EDT (The top 15 corps beginning with Spirit of Atlanta will also be shown via Cinemark's, Big, Loud, & Live #18. All corps will be streamed on FloMarching. BL&L #18 begins at 6:30 PM EDT.)

Friday August 11th:

- DCI World Championship Semifinals, Indianapolis, IN, Begins at 1:00 PM EDT

Saturday August 12th:

- SoundSport International Music & Food Festival, Indianapolis, IN, Begins at 10:AM EDT
- DCI World Championship Finals, Indianapolis, IN, Begins at 5:30 PM EDT

Shows that are italicized will also be shown on FloMarching. Shows that are bolded are comprised of Open Class & All-Age Class Corps only.

[marimba11]

Should be an interesting week! I think a lot of groupings will see changes, 1-4, 5-7, 9-11, 12-14 or so

[bigtrombone]

Shows for Monday August 7th, 2023 (1/4)

Event: DCI Cincinnati presented by DeMoulin Bros. & Co.

Location: RDI Stadium @ St. Xavier H.S., Cincinnati, OH

Weather @ Show Start: Mostly Cloudy, 71 F

Broadcast: This event will NOT be livestreamed.

Lineup (All Times EDT):

7:30 PM - Welcome & National Anthem
7:40 PM - Cincinnati Tradition - Cincinnati, OH
7:57 PM - Madison Scouts - Madison, WI
8:14 PM - The Academy - Tempe, AZ
8:31 PM - Blue Knights - Denver, CO
8:48 PM - Intermission
9:05 PM - Colts - Dubuque, IA
9:22 PM - The Cavaliers - Rosemont, IL
9:39 PM - Mandarins - Sacramento, CA
10:04 PM - Scores Announced

Scores will be posted to this thread following the event.

[bigtrombone]

Shows for Monday August 7th, 2023 (2/4)

Event: DCI Open Class World Championship Prelims

Location: Wildcat Stadium @ Indiana Wesleyan Univeristy, Marion, IN

Weather @ Show Start: Mostly Cloudy, 69 F

Broadcast: This event will be livestreamed on FloMarching.

Lineup (All Times EDT):

6:00 PM - Welcome & National Anthem
6:15 PM - Eclipse - Indianapolis, IN
6:27 PM - Les Stentors - Sherbrooke, QC
6:44 PM - Colt Cadets - Dubuque, IA
7:01 PM - Raiders - Princeton, NJ
7:18 PM - 7th Regiment - New London, CT
7:35 PM - River City Rhythm - Anoka, MN
7:52 PM - Intermission
8:09 PM - Guardians - Houston, TX
8:26 PM - The Battalion - Salt Lake City, UT
8:43 PM - Columbians - Tri-Cities, WA
9:00 PM - Southwind - Mobile, AL
9:17 PM - Gold - San Diego, CA
9:34 PM - Spartans - Nashua, NH
9:59 PM - Scores Announced

Scores will be posted to this thread following the event.

[bigtrombone]

Shows for Monday August 7th, 2023 (3/4)

Event: Innovations In Brass presented by Stanbury Uniforms

Location: Tom Benson Stadium @ The Pro Football Hall of Fame, Canton, OH

Weather @ Show Start: 50% Chance of Showers, 69 F

Broadcast: This event will be livestreamed on FloMarching

Lineup (All Times EDT):

7:00 PM - Welcome & National Anthem
7:10 PM - Rhythm in BLUE - Canton, OH
7:27 PM - Music City - Nashville, TN
7:44 PM - Crossmen - San Antonio, TX
8:01 PM - Blue Stars - La Crosse, WI
8:18 PM - Intermission
8:40 PM - Phantom Regiment - Rockford, IL
8:57 PM - Boston Crusaders - Boston, MA
9:14 PM - Bluecoats - Canton, OH
9:31 PM - Encore-Bluecoats - Canton, OH
9:48 PM - Scores Announced

Scores will be posted to this thread following the event.

[bigtrombone]

Shows for Monday August 7th, 2023 (4/4)

Event: Lake Erie Fanfare

Location: Sox Harrison Stadium, Edinboro, PA

Weather @ Show Start: 50% Chance of Showers, 69 F

Broadcast: This event will NOT be livestreamed

Lineup (All Times EDT):

7:00 PM - Welcome & National Anthem
7:10 PM - Spirit of Atlanta - Atlanta, GA
7:27 PM - Seattle Cascades - Seattle, WA
7:44 PM - Jersey Surf - Camden County, NJ
8:01 PM - Genesis - Austin, TX
8:18 PM - Intermission
8:38 PM - Pacific Crest - Diamond Bar, CA
8:55 PM - The Cadets - Erie, PA
9:12 PM - Encore-Pacific Crest - Diamond Bar, CA
9:20 PM - Scores Announced

Scores will be posted to this thread following the event.

[bigtrombone]

Aug 7, 2023 8:29:24 GMT -6 bigtrombone said:

Shows for Monday August 7th, 2023 (4/4)

Event: Lake Erie Fanfare

Location: Sox Harrison Stadium, Edinboro, PA

Weather @ Show Start: 50% Chance of Showers, 69 F

Broadcast: This event will NOT be livestreamed

Lineup (All Times EDT):

7:00 PM - Welcome & National Anthem
7:10 PM - Spirit of Atlanta - Atlanta, GA
7:27 PM - Seattle Cascades - Seattle, WA
7:44 PM - Jersey Surf - Camden County, NJ
8:01 PM - Genesis - Austin, TX
8:18 PM - Intermission
8:38 PM - Pacific Crest - Diamond Bar, CA
8:55 PM - The Cadets - Erie, PA
9:12 PM - Encore-Pacific Crest - Diamond Bar, CA
9:20 PM - Scores Announced

Scores will be posted to this thread following the event.

This show has unfortunately been reduced to standstills only due to the weather.

[bigtrombone]

Aug 7, 2023 8:24:46 GMT -6 bigtrombone said:

Shows for Monday August 7th, 2023 (3/4)

Event: Innovations In Brass presented by Stanbury Uniforms

Location: Tom Benson Stadium @ The Pro Football Hall of Fame, Canton, OH

Weather @ Show Start: 50% Chance of Showers, 69 F

Broadcast: This event will be livestreamed on FloMarching

Lineup (All Times EDT):

7:00 PM - Welcome & National Anthem
7:10 PM - Rhythm in BLUE - Canton, OH
7:27 PM - Music City - Nashville, TN
7:44 PM - Crossmen - San Antonio, TX
8:01 PM - Blue Stars - La Crosse, WI
8:18 PM - Intermission
8:40 PM - Phantom Regiment - Rockford, IL
8:57 PM - Boston Crusaders - Boston, MA
9:14 PM - Bluecoats - Canton, OH
9:31 PM - Encore-Bluecoats - Canton, OH
9:48 PM - Scores Announced

Scores will be posted to this thread following the event.

Standstills only for the remainder of this show as well (Blue Stars onward), though there is a chance that Bluecoats might still march their show.

[bigtrombone]

DCI Open Class World Championship Prelims Scores:

1. Spartans 82.250
2. Gold 80.300
3. Southwind 78.250
4. Columbians 75.825
5. The Battalion 74.975
6. Guardians 74.875
7. River City Rhythm 71.525
8. 7th Regiment 70.525
9. Colt Cadets 68.450
10. Raiders 68.050
11. Les Stentors 65.225

Recaps can be found here: dci.org/scores/final-scores/2023-dci-open-class-world-championship-prelims

Since there are less than 12 open class corps participating this year, all corps advance to OC Finals tomorrow night.

[bigtrombone]

DCI Cincinnati Scores:

World Class:

1. Mandarins 92.225
2. The Cavaliers 91.600
3. Colts 89.000
4. Blue Knights 86.150
5. Madison Scouts 82.800
6. The Academy 82.650

All-Age Class:

1. Cincinnati Tradition 76.450

Recaps can be found here: dci.org/scores/recap/2023-dci-cincinnati

[rickofavon]

Watched Open Class prelims today. Really cool to see the HUGE improvement Eclipse made from the last time I saw them. Very cool to see that growth.

[N.E. Brigand]

Aug 7, 2023 18:46:13 GMT -6 bigtrombone said:

Aug 7, 2023 8:24:46 GMT -6 bigtrombone said:

Shows for Monday August 7th, 2023 (3/4)
Event: Innovations In Brass presented by Stanbury Uniforms
Location: Tom Benson Stadium @ The Pro Football Hall of Fame, Canton, OH
Weather @ Show Start: 50% Chance of Showers, 69 F
Broadcast: This event will be livestreamed on FloMarching

Standstills only for the remainder of this show as well (Blue Stars onward), though there is a chance that Bluecoats might still march their show.

Bluecoats did march, and it rained for half their show. It was disappointing that Blue Stars, Phantom Regiment, and Boston Crusaders didn't do the same. It wasn't raining for most of the time they played. And I have attended drum corps shows in the past where it was raining harder and the corps still marched.

[N.E. Brigand]

Anyway, Boston sounded tremendous, and I'm certainly curious to see what their show looks like at the movie theater on Thursday. And Bluecoats show was great, especially the third movement.

[bigtrombone]

Show for Tuesday August 8th, 2023

Event: DCI Open Class World Championships Finals

Location: Wildcat Stadium @ Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, IN

Weather @ Show Start: Partly Cloudy, 76 F

Broadcast: This event will be livestreamed on FloMarching.

Lineup (All Times EDT):

6:00 PM - Welcome & National Anthem
6:15 PM - Les Stentors - Sherbrooke, QC
6:32 PM - Raiders - Princeton, NJ
6:49 PM - Colt Cadets - Dubuque, IA
7:06 PM - 7th Regiment - New London, CT
7:23 PM - River City Rhythm - Anoka, MN
7:40 PM - Intermission
7:57 PM - Guardians - Houston, TX
8:14 PM - The Battalion - Salt Lake City, UT
8:31 PM - Columbians - Tri-Cities, WA
8:48 PM - Southwind - Mobile, AL
9:05 PM - Gold - San Diego, CA
9:22 PM - Spartans - Nashua, NH
9:47 PM - Awards Ceremony

Scores will be posted to this thread following the event.

[bigtrombone]

DCI Open Class World Championship Finals Scores:

1. Spartans 82.263 (Visual, Guard, GE, Percussion)
2. Gold 80.675 (Brass)
3. Southwind 79.125
4. Columbians 76.388
5. The Battalion 75.475
6. Guardians 72.688 (2 point penalty)
7. River City Rhythm 71.775
8. 7th Regiment 71.313
9. Colt Cadets 70.025
10. Raiders 68.650
11. Les Stentors 65.900

Recaps can be found here: dci.org/scores/recap/2023-dci-open-class-world-championship-finals

[bigtrombone]

Congratulations to the Spartans on their 2nd Open Class Championship!

[N.E. Brigand]

Just got back -- it's four hours each way between here and Marion -- but it was worth it.

[N.E. Brigand]

Aug 8, 2023 20:42:08 GMT -6 bigtrombone said:

Congratulations to the Spartans on their 2nd Open Class Championship!

Strictly speaking, this is correct. But Spartans also were champions in DCI's Division II, which was the precursor of Open Class, in 1997, 1998, 2004 and 2007.

A few other things stood out for me in the recaps:
--The percussion judge had Guardians with the second highest contest subcaption, behind only Spartans.
--The brass judge had Gold ahead of Spartans by just one tenth.
--Eight judges had Gold with higher achievement than content scores.

Also Colt Cadets at 70.025 fell just shy of their highest ever score of 70.100 from 2018.

[N.E. Brigand]

Aug 8, 2023 20:41:07 GMT -6 bigtrombone said:

DCI Open Class World Championship Finals Scores:

...
6. Guardians 72.688 (2 point penalty)
...

I was sitting amongst a bunch of Battalion supporters, and when Guardians' score was announced and was lower than their Prelims score, that made them nervous about what their corps' score would be. The penalty wasn't mentioned in the announcement.

Has anyone heard what was the reason for Guardians' penalty?

And what are folks' thoughts about whether penalties should be announced with scores? I can't remember whether that happens in DCI or not. Does it happen in BOA? I do remember it happening in DCA in 2014 when Hawthorne Caballeros, who had been first in Prelims, dropped to third in Finals because of a one-point penalty. (They otherwise would have dropped to a tie for second with Minnesota Brass, who held their position while Reading Buccaneers jumped from third to first. Coincidentally, I bought Buccaneers' shirt that year and was wearing it last night.)

[N.E. Brigand]

I'm surprised it took 20 years for a corps to play "Such Great Heights."

[18Saxes]

Does anyone know if groups play in Military Park before Prelims or is that only done during finals night?

[paddy]

Aug 10, 2023 6:16:12 GMT -6 18Saxes said:

Does anyone know if groups play in Military Park before Prelims or is that only done during finals night?

Normally they would warm up in Military Park everyday, but with the weather forecast DCI moved all warm ups inside for Thursday prelims.

[aiden]

I was planning to go to DCI World Championships but I chose to go to something more important

[bigtrombone]

Show for Thursday August 10th, 2023

Event: DCI World Championships Prelims

Location: Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, IN

Weather @ Show Start: Partly Cloudy, 74 F, High Temperature of 80 F (Domed Stadium)

Broadcast: This event will be livestreamed on FloMarching. In addition, the Top 15 corps, beginning with Spirit of Atlanta, will also be shown in select movie theaters via Cinemark's Big, Loud, & Live 18.

Lineup (All Times EDT):

11:45 AM - Welcome & National Anthem
12:00 PM - Les Stentors - Sherbrooke, QC
12:17 PM - Raiders - Princeton, NJ
12:34 PM - Colt Cadets - Dubuque, IA
12:51 PM - 7th Regiment - New London, CT
1:08 PM - River City Rhythm - Anoka, MN
1:25 PM - Guardians - Houston, TX
1:42 PM - The Battalion - Salt Lake City, UT
1:59 PM - Columbians - Tri-Cities, WA
2:16 PM - Intermission
2:56 PM - Southwind - Mobile, AL
3:13 PM - Gold - San Diego, CA
3:30 PM - Spartans - Nashua, NH
3:47 PM - Jersey Surf - Camden County, NJ
4:04 PM - Seattle Cascades - Seattle, WA
4:21 PM - Genesis - Austin, TX
4:38 PM - Music City - Nashville, TN
4:55 PM - Madison Scouts - Madison, WI
5:12 PM - The Academy - Tempe, AZ
5:29 PM - Intermission
6:30 PM - Big, Loud, & Live #18 Begins
6:37 PM - Spirit of Atlanta - Atlanta, GA
6:54 PM - Crossmen - San Antonio, TX
7:11 PM - Pacific Crest - Diamond Bar, CA
7:28 PM - Blue Knights - Denver, CO
7:45 PM - Colts - Dubuque, IA
8:02 PM - Troopers - Casper, WY
8:15 PM - Intermission
8:39 PM - Blue Stars - La Crosse, WI
8:56 PM - The Cavaliers - Rosemont, IL
9:13 PM - The Cadets - Erie, PA
9:31 PM - Phantom Regiment - Rockford, IL
9:49 PM - Mandarins - Sacramento, CA
10:07 PM - Carolina Crown - Fort Mill, SC
10:26 PM - Bluecoats - Canton, OH
10:45 PM - Boston Crusadets - Boston, MA
11:03 PM - Blue Devils - Concord, CA
11:30 PM - Last Scores Announced

Scores will be updated on this thread throughout the day.

[bigtrombone]

As an aside before today's event, DCI & VisitIndy announced that the World Championships would be continued to be held in Indianapolis until 2033.

[dbalash]

Aug 10, 2023 8:52:08 GMT -6 bigtrombone said:

As an aside before today's event, DCI & VisitIndy announced that the World Championships would be continued to be held in Indianapolis until 2033.

As I said earlier, I fully expect MFA to do the same soon.

... Just in time for the Colts to start threatening to leave if they don't get a new stadium.

[N.E. Brigand]

One minute into Les Stentors' show and my video froze. Is it my computer? No, videos play just fine on Youtube. Ah, now there's a message on Flo: "This stream is experiencing technical issues. We are working to resolve hem as soon as possible."

[hewhowaits]

Aug 10, 2023 8:28:40 GMT -6 aiden said:

I was planning to go to DCI World Championships but I chose to go to something more important

Didn't get permission from your band director to skip a rehearsal?

[N.E. Brigand]

Which celebrity does the principal narrator of Guardians' show most sound like to you? I think John Goodman.

[N.E. Brigand]

Southwind's "Cowboys of the Sky" feels very familiar to me, as if some other corps or band had done a show with that title or theme before.