This is the time of year when us loyal drum corps fans of all ages anxiously await the start of the current season. All winter we are fed both crumbs and rumors. Who has jumped ship re: staff. New mergers. Year of hiatus. New uniforms. Winter camp videos. But it is not until right around now that the buzz really leaks and we get a glimpse of how summer will unfold; Both DCA & DCI - World & Open. I continue to get excited about Soundsport and the cycle of new influx that seems to be taking wave.
Just like in a new relationship; this is the period of "limerance" where the shows are revealed, your heart tugs and you start to choose your wild cards.... Until scores start coming in or a disappointing viewing on the FanNetwork and you realize it sounded good on paper but somehow did not make the translation to the field.
I'm sort intrigued by bizarre tangents like the Academy's Corpse Bride or Boston Crusader's Quixotic based on La Mancha. Scout's Judas is garnering a lot of hype. I would also buy into Blue Devil's version of the Tempest with As Dreams Are Made On, SCV's Force of Nature or Carolina Crown's take on a spaghetti Westerns with Relentless. I'm even curious about Pioneer with Joan of Arc or Genesis Hell Hath No Fury. Then there are the esoteric one's like Blue Knights the Great Event or Cadet's the Awakening that sound pretty generic in print. Some will surprise I'm sure. I'm waiting for more of the All-ages to represent as well.
From the Junior Corps circle - here is the update list of 2016 Programs.
DCI Corps Programs
From corpsreps - others that have been announced.
http://www.corpsreps.com/corpsreps.cfm?view=currentyear