Legends, the corps I am rooting for plus a report from Open Class Prelims

The next to last corps I saw last week was Legends from Kalamazoo. They're a Michigan corps and the daughter of one of my co-workers marches in it, so of course I'm rooting for them. Here is what I wrote about their show in Mythology, horror and fantasy among show themes for the 2018 drum corps season.

After having played shows with strong science fiction themes two years in a row, Legends show this year toned down the speculative fiction elements, playing only two pieces of music with speculative fiction connections, the "Spiderman Theme" by Paul Webster and Robert Harris and "Metropolis Symphony Mvt. 1" by Michael Daugherty. Otherwise, I don't know how much horror or fantasy there will be in the corps' "Along Came a Spider" show, although the image for the show is creepy enough.

This is a fun show, although it lacked the polish needed to win that night, as Legends lost to Spartans. However, Legends beat Spartans at yesterday's Open Class Prelims. Here is the report from Drum Corps International: Recap: Unpredictable competition highlights Open Class Prelims.

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Here's to Legends beating Spartans three more times, today, Thursday, and Friday.