#Bluecoats 2016 repertoire movie#

Fun idea, and visually stated very well in the uniforms and featured soloists in the guard. “Star Crossed” is tells parallel stories of Romeo & Juliet, The Great Gatsby, and Moulin Rouge. The tune from “A Beautiful Mind” is one of my favorites anyway, and that motif was well-integrated as a motif throughout the show. It may still be enough to give them a shot at the 7th- 9th place range that they’ve been shooting for since the early 2000’s. But it seems like they were intentionally holding off color reveal until they brought out the green equipment for the ballad, so using color to fix the cramped aesthetic may end up cannibalizing another moment.Įnjoyed the show for what is was. Some caveats to this problem chunk: I don’t think the guard were marching in their finished costumes, so more color from them may clear it up. The props may also not be the solid black they currently are in the end. It was easy to see they were going for a feeling of entrapment, but in this medium relies so much on spacing I think the effect doesn’t payoff. A large portion of their longest middle movement found the corps performing in an intentionally cramped position. The props provided great staging at key moments of the show, the ballad in particular.īut the visual design was also one of its biggest failings. “Enigma” is the Crossmen’s 2017 program, a theme carried by some well-designed props: rectangular frames with ribbons of fabric that form prison-bar imagery while static but also allow performers to manipulate the lines. But my take of what this show says for the season: it’s a good year to be the Blue Devils.įirst, here are my thoughts on the shows, corps-by-corps. I enjoyed the whole program and look forward to a great year from all the corps.

#Bluecoats 2016 repertoire movie#

The event was attended live, but also simulcast to movie theaters across the United States. Defending champions Bluecoats performed along with Carolina Crown, The Cavaliers, The Cadets, Blue Stars, and Crossmen at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Drum Corps at the Movies has been the kickoff to the Drum Corps International summer tour for a number of years, and this year’s was held on Thursday night, June 22nd.