From: rwberry@hubcap.clemson.edu (Robert W Berry)
Subject: Re: Who REALLY won in 1988?
Organization: Clemson University
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 01:10:15 GMT

Ooooohhh!!  I wanna play too!!

Before I start, let's remember there's a *big* IMHO that goes along with
all this.

1987  - Garfield - Taking an old standard and pushing it in totally new
directions.  That's innovation.  (I think I've said it before, but I saw
SCV a week or two before I saw Garfield and I had no doubt that SCV
would win the DCI.  Then I saw Garfield and I knew it was theirs to win
or lose.  Garfield almost always comes on strong late in the season, and
1987 was no different.)  While I enjoyed SCV's show immensely, it did
seem like standard drum corps.  I really didn't see *that* much
innovation from their 1986 production.  At least not when compared to
Garfield.

1988 - Madison - (Do we see a trend here.)  Madison had everything falling
into place at just the right time.  SCV still had too much dirt in their
show and it really wasn't as challenging as some of the other top-6
corps.  BD peaked a little early in the season so their DCI performances
were a little stale.

1989 - SCV - Difficult music and drill, multiple tempos changes,
wonderful phrasing and horn to percussion balance throughout.  I agree
that SCV's show had more dirt in it the PR's.  But SCV's show was a
level of difficulty above what PR was doing that year.  I do think that
PR would have had a better chance at the title with a little more meat
in their visual production.  It hadn't really changed since 1987.

1990 - Cavaliers - Cavies finally had a hornline on par with their
wonderful guard and visual production.  Everything was strong and their
show had just the right number of emotional peaks and valleys.  I think
Star should have placed second, they really didn't have a chance to win
because although they were technically proficient throughout, much of
the music was dry and lifeless.  They fixed this in 1991, and I think
that was a large part of why they won.

1991 - Star - Star was just *too* strong to be denied this year,
everything fell into place.  I really thought they had it sewn up by
mid-season. 

1992 - Cadets - If finals had been on Sunday, I think we would have had
a different champion.  CBC *always* comes on strong in the late season,
they just barely missed the mark this year.  I thought Cavies seemed
too much like the Cavies of the past few years to take the title.  They
had an (self-admitted) inconsistent guard and the hornline was
practically non-existant for the first half of the season.  (The weeks
between POC and DCI South showed an incredible change in the Cavie
hornline, possibly the most improvement I've *ever* seen occur during
the season.)  CBC had an incredible visual show, an impeccable guard,
interesting music, and a wonderful overall show design.

4 out of the 6 years I agree with the judges, this could be scary.

Later,
Bob

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