radchad Posted August 10, 2008 Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 Okay, hopefully this works. I am using my friends phone to comment. Internet Phone ftw. Haha, so... I nearly cried during Phantom's Performance. It was aaawwwweeeesomeeeee. Loved the heck out of Bluecoats' ballad. That show has really grown on to me. Crown was fantastic. Cavies, BD, and Cadets definitely stepped it up a notch. I can't wait for scores!! Okay, well bye from Indiana! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtxtrmpt Posted August 10, 2008 Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Posted August 10, 2008 Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 2008 DCI Finals Results: 1. 98.125 Phantom Regiment 2. 98.100 Blue Devils 3. 97.325 The Cavaliers 4. 96.800 Carolina Crown 5. 94.750 The Cadets 6. 93.175 Bluecoats 7. 93.025 Santa Clara Vanguard 8. 90.425 Blue Stars 9. 88.250 Blue Knights 10. 87.200 Boston Crusaders 11. 87.200 Glassmen 12. 85.225 Madison Scouts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yayband07 Posted August 10, 2008 Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 heck ya1!! phantom1!!!! all the way1!!!1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Posted August 10, 2008 Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 Phantom finally gets a championship all to their own! No sharing this one. This is also the first time since the current basic judging system has been in place that the corps that won Semifinals did not win Finals! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treblemaker Posted August 10, 2008 Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 I was on the phone with another member on here who is at the World finals right now and I heard the announcement of 2nd place and the crowed basically LOST IT. I couldn't here anything! It was insane! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtxtrmpt Posted August 10, 2008 Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 I screamed so loud my mom came running to my room thinking I was hurt. Haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radchad Posted August 10, 2008 Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 AHHHHHH! I AM CRYING I AM SO HAPPY. I THINK I AM GOING TO HAVE A HEART ATTACK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danpod Posted August 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 Awesome stuff!!!!!!! Keep checking the blog for little tid-bits =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Posted August 10, 2008 Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 Recaps are up on DCI.org if you can get through. - Phantom 0.05 below Blue Devils in GE - Phantom 3rd overall in Visual 0.65 below Blue Devils who swept all but one Visual subcaption - Phantom sweeps all but one Music subcaption to come out 0.725 ahead of Blue Devils who were 4th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Posted August 10, 2008 Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 - Blue Devils (5th) were 0.85 behind Phantom in Percussion! This portion of the music caption alone more than killed the 0.70 lead they had over Phantom in GE and Visual. Edit: Sorry, forgot that you have to cut that subcaption in half before adding it in to the total score. But that still made up 0.425 of the difference by itself. Edit2: Phantom made up 0.35 in Music Ensemble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danpod Posted August 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 - Blue Devils (5th) were 0.85 behind Phantom in Percussion! This portion of the music caption alone more than killed the 0.70 lead they had over Phantom in GE and Visual. The Blue Devils percussion lost this title for them. Must be the sticks, haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the terminator Posted August 10, 2008 Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 yes, SPARTACUS, baby. Great job Phantom, I knew they could do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzNtRoMbOnEcHiCk Posted August 10, 2008 Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 WAHOOO! PHANTOM! YEAH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzNtRoMbOnEcHiCk Posted August 10, 2008 Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 I was on the phone with another member on here who is at the World finals right now and I heard the announcement of 2nd place and the crowed basically LOST IT. I couldn't here anything! It was insane! me too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the terminator Posted August 10, 2008 Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 still can't believe they won, 3rd in quarters 2nd in semis, and then finished off w/ 1st. they deserved to win this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Posted August 10, 2008 Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 still can't believe they won, 3rd in quarters 2nd in semis, and then finished off w/ 1st. they deserved to win this year Even better than that! Seeded: 4th Quarters: 3rd Semifinals: 2nd Finals: 1st Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumpet Master Posted August 10, 2008 Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 Yup, I knew it. There is nothing more to say. Oh yeah... SUTA!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_sax_agent Posted August 10, 2008 Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 I know a certain person that will be angry by the blue devils losing by .025... But hey. I liked both of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Posted August 10, 2008 Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 An article about Finals from DCI.org: http://www.dci.org/news/view.cfm?news_id=9...88-498480c87c77 Following their "Spartacus" theme through to the end, Pitts reported for the awards ceremony in an unusual way. Speared and usurped as conductor during the finale of Phantom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Posted August 10, 2008 Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 Saw this over at DCP: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danpod Posted August 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 It's great that Regiment stayed in character for the retreat. They caught a lot of flack after Allentown because the dead Drum Major got up about thirty seconds after the show ended. My favorite thing to listen to over the phone last night were the numerous shouts of I AM SPARTACUS between the 3rd Place and 2nd Place scores. Too awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treblemaker Posted August 10, 2008 Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 This is a picture my friend sent me. :] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danpod Posted August 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 There's a YouTube video up of the Blue Devils at Finals Retreat playing America, The Beautiful. The song is performed by all corps together at DCI Finals Retreat and is a staple in Drum Corps Lore. You can clearly hear brass players from the Blue Devils hanging over after the piece concluded. You can also hear several of their players blatantly playing wrong notes five seconds after the cutoff. It is a known fact that you can go back to practically every DCI Finals Retreat where 'America' was played and hear a few sopranos hanging the last note over. The fact that this has become an accepted practice is disturbing in itself. Were there others goofing around at Finals Retreat? I have no doubt there were. However, the Blue Devils organization should really take a look at how this situation was handled, even though the season is officially over. For the longest time, I've heard stories about how certain corps act during retreat, but I've never seen concrete video evidence like this. The Blue Devils should feel awful about how some of their members handled losing on Finals night. Phantom Regiment deserved the World Championship, plain and simple. I've been blasting their show all day today in tribute. While all eyes were on Regiment last night, the Blue Devils were put under a microscope and rightfully so. People wanted to see how the Blue Devils would react to losing on Finals night and they did not act in a classy manner. Were other corps doing this same thing? Probably. However, the second place corps must be the classiest group on the field and it doesn't seem like that happened last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Crowd reaction to the 2nd place announcement: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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