What's your favorite show?

[dullbanddad]

On 11/13/2025 at 3:06 PM, anotherbandmom said:

Not so much a show, but a moment in Flower Mound's show this year. That moment in their closer where the yellow flags ripple and peak along with the music made me want to jump out of my seat. This is all around a beautiful show and high on my list of overalls, but that moment in particular had me like 🤯💀

 

Vista Ridge's Our Journey of Hope had me nearly in tears. Just beautiful. Moe and Gene 2021 has my favorite music and I loved the theme. I still watch that show from time to time. 

Just giving you more background on Vista's show (it will likely make you cry more when you know the backstory)

 

“Our Journey of Hope” is about the practice of folding 1,000 paper cranes in an effort to find inner peace and hope. It is based on the story of Sadako Sasaki, a victim of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. 

 

Sasaki was diagnosed with leukemia and while in the hospital set herself a goal of folding 1,000 paper cranes. Different versions of the story have conflicting information as to whether she completed the task or not, with her brother saying she exceeded her goal, while another version says her friends completed them for her and buried her with them.

 

The ballad, “Song of Hope”, is dedicated to Ryan Anthony, former principal trumpet of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and his organization Cancer Blows/The Ryan Anthony Foundation. Part of a larger work, the movement was originally called “Song”, but upon hearing it, Ryan asked if it could have a more uplifting ending and be titled “Song of Hope”. 

 

In 2012 Ryan Anthony was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma, a terminal and incurable form of cancer in the plasma cells of the blood and unfortunately passed away in June of 2020.

 

The show is in four parts which could be summarized as Stillness, Rage, Hope, Conquering. Even the titles of the music chosen are apt to the experience.

 

Part one (“Down in the River to Pray”): The show features a character who we call the “Hope” solo, a loose representation of Sasaki, but a girl on this journey. The show begins with having the idea to start the journey of folding 1,000 paper cranes with the soloist holding up a single sheet of unfolded paper. The wind musicians representing a path with a large unfolded piece of paper on the left side of the field towards a large completed crane that Hope soloist is going towards. The movement ends with her completing the first crane. 

 

Part two is all about rage. (Stephen Melillo’s “Without Warning”. A perfect title for a sudden and shocking diagnosis as well.) The soloist crushes her paper in frustration, overcome by rage, anxiety and frustration.

 

Part three (“Song of Hope” by Peter Meechan): Our Hope soloist refocuses on her task, successfully completing more of the cranes and begins to share her sense of hope outwardly with others, moving around the field and culminating with her holding up one of the cranes while the entire wind section creates large wings behind her.

 

Part four (“Thy Kingdom Come” by Jacob Remington. A piece featuring the hymn “How Great Thou Art”): A joyous celebration of overcoming or a celebration of life. Our soloist is smiling, moving around the whole field accompanied by the spirit of the crane. The show ends with cranes everywhere on the field, each musician holding up their own personal crane while more appear from the back and surround the field. The completion of the 1,000 cranes.

[anotherbandmom]

4 hours ago, dullbanddad said:

Just giving you more background on Vista's show (it will likely make you cry more when you know the backstory)

 

“Our Journey of Hope” is about the practice of folding 1,000 paper cranes in an effort to find inner peace and hope. It is based on the story of Sadako Sasaki, a victim of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. 

 

Sasaki was diagnosed with leukemia and while in the hospital set herself a goal of folding 1,000 paper cranes. Different versions of the story have conflicting information as to whether she completed the task or not, with her brother saying she exceeded her goal, while another version says her friends completed them for her and buried her with them.

 

The ballad, “Song of Hope”, is dedicated to Ryan Anthony, former principal trumpet of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and his organization Cancer Blows/The Ryan Anthony Foundation. Part of a larger work, the movement was originally called “Song”, but upon hearing it, Ryan asked if it could have a more uplifting ending and be titled “Song of Hope”. 

 

In 2012 Ryan Anthony was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma, a terminal and incurable form of cancer in the plasma cells of the blood and unfortunately passed away in June of 2020.

 

The show is in four parts which could be summarized as Stillness, Rage, Hope, Conquering. Even the titles of the music chosen are apt to the experience.

 

Part one (“Down in the River to Pray”): The show features a character who we call the “Hope” solo, a loose representation of Sasaki, but a girl on this journey. The show begins with having the idea to start the journey of folding 1,000 paper cranes with the soloist holding up a single sheet of unfolded paper. The wind musicians representing a path with a large unfolded piece of paper on the left side of the field towards a large completed crane that Hope soloist is going towards. The movement ends with her completing the first crane. 

 

Part two is all about rage. (Stephen Melillo’s “Without Warning”. A perfect title for a sudden and shocking diagnosis as well.) The soloist crushes her paper in frustration, overcome by rage, anxiety and frustration.

 

Part three (“Song of Hope” by Peter Meechan): Our Hope soloist refocuses on her task, successfully completing more of the cranes and begins to share her sense of hope outwardly with others, moving around the field and culminating with her holding up one of the cranes while the entire wind section creates large wings behind her.

 

Part four (“Thy Kingdom Come” by Jacob Remington. A piece featuring the hymn “How Great Thou Art”): A joyous celebration of overcoming or a celebration of life. Our soloist is smiling, moving around the whole field accompanied by the spirit of the crane. The show ends with cranes everywhere on the field, each musician holding up their own personal crane while more appear from the back and surround the field. The completion of the 1,000 cranes.

Wow, thank you for ruining my day. 🥺😭 (jokes)

Seriously though they did a great job of conveying this story. The purpose of this show landed as intended on me.

[SharksAreCool]

My Favorite UIL Shows have to be this:

1. Hebron 2021-PenStriped

2. Marcus 2023-Above the Noise

3. FloMo 2018-POP

4. Ceader Park 2025-Listen

5. Rouse 2023-Requim

 

My Favorite BOA Shows are:

1. Woodlands 2022-Mad,Mod,Go

2. LD Bell 2023-It all begins with a Dot

3. Vandergriff 2019-Aria, Queen of the Night

4. Forney 2025-The Unforgiven

5. FloMo 2024-Textures and Tones

 

My Favorite DCI shows are:

1. Phantom 2008-Spartacus 

2. Boston 2025-BOOM

3. Crown 2013-E=mc^2

4. SCV 2018-Babylon 

5. Blue Coats 2023-Change is Everything 

[bassboneman]

On 11/30/2025 at 12:44 AM, SharksAreCool said:

Woodlands 2022-Mad,Mod,Go

I remember seeing this live my freshman year. This was one of my fav shows of all time 

[caravansolo181]

Well... This is gonna be a long one...

 

HS Shows 

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• Hebron 2019 "Among the Stars" 
• Hebron 2021 "Penstriped"
• Vandegrift 2024 "Chasing Infinity" 
• Vandegrift 2023 "Spotlight" 
• Vandegrift 2019  "Aria, Queen of the Night"
• Vista Ridge 2024 "Our Journey of Hope" 
• Woodlands 2022 "Mad, Mod, and Go"
• Flower Mound 2024 "Textures and Tones" 
• Flower Mound 2025 "MultiFACEted"
• Broken Arrow 2024 "First Light" 
• Broken Arrow 2025 "A World at Play"

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• Cedar Park 2023 "Belle Mechanique"
• Cedar Park 2024 "The Cutting Edge"
• Wakeland 2024 "Where the Heart is" 
• Lone Star 2023 "Gridlock"
• Lone Star 2024 "The Other Side" 

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DCI Shows

• Bluecoats 1987 
• Bluecoats 2007 "Criminal"
• Bluecoats 2008 "The Knockout"
• Bluecoats 2009 "Imagine" 
• Bluecoats 2011 "Brave New World" 
• Bluecoats 2014 "Tilt"
• Bluecoats 2016 "Down Side Up"
• Bluecoats 2017 "Jagged Line"
• Bluecoats 2018 "Session 44" 
• Bluecoats 2019 "The Bluecoats" 
• Bluecoats 2022 "Riffs and Revelations"
• Bluecoats 2023 "The Garden of Love"
• Bluecoats 2024 "Change is Everything" 
• Bluecoats 2025 "The Observer Effect"
• Blue Devils 1996 "Club Blue: A Gangster Chronicle" 
• Blue Devils 2011 "The Beat My Heart Skipped"
• Blue Devils 2013 "The Re:Rite of Spring"
• Blue Devils 2014 "Felliniesque"
• Blue Devils 2017 "Metamorph"
• Blue Devils 2022 "Tempus Blue"
• Blue Devils 2023 "The Cutouts"
• Blue Devils 2024 "The Romantics"
• Carolina Crown 2010 "A Sec2nd Chance"
• Carolina Crown 2011 "Rach Star"
• Carolina Crown 2012 "For the Common Good"
• Carolina Crown 2013 "E=mc2"
• Carolina Crown 2014 "Out of This World"
• Carolina Crown 2015 "Inferno"
• Carolina Crown 2016 "Relentless"
• Carolina Crown 2017 "It Is..."
• Carolina Crown 2018 "Beast"
• Carolina Crown 2022 "Right Here, Right Now!"
• Carolina Crown 2023 "The Round Table: Echoes of Camelot"
• Carolina Crown 2025 "The Point of No Return"
• Cavaliers 2002 "Frameworks"
• Cavaliers 2010 "Mad World"
• Seattle Cascades 2025 "Primary"
• Phantom Regiment 2008 "Spartacus"
• Phantom Regiment 2023 "Exogenesis"
• Phantom Regiment 2024 "Mynd"
• Phantom Regiment 2025 "" 
• Boston Crusaders 2014 "Animal Farm"
• Boston Crusaders 2016 "Quixotic"
• Boston Crusaders 2017 "Wicked Games"
• Boston Crusaders 2023 "White Whale"
• Boston Crusaders 2024 "Glitch"
• Boston Crusaders 2025 "Boom!"
• Mandarins 2023 "Sinnerman" 
• Mandarins 2024 "Vieux Carré"
• Mandarins 2025 "If I Must Fall..."
• Troopers 2023 "To Lasso the Sun"
• Troopers 2024 "Dance with the Devil"
• Troopers 2025 "The Final Sunset"
• Blue Knights 2025 "DRiP"
• Crossmen 2012 "Fragile"
• Crossmen 2025 "Crosswalking"
• Santa Clara Vanguard 2018 "Babylon"
• Santa Clara Vanguard 2024 "Vagabound" 
• Santa Clara Vanguard 2025 "The aVANt GUARD"

 

Indoor Shows

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Indoor Percussion 

• Broken City 2016
• RCC 2025

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Winter Guard

• Fantasia 2012

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I definitely forgot a bunch, but please correct me if any of the years or titles are incorrect... Also my favorite drum corps are Carolina Crown and Bluecoats if you couldn't tell...