Download of the Week 2007 Colts

Colts’ 10th place score of 86.15 at the 2007 DCI World Championships was just 0.15 and one position under the corps’ highest finish ever. Some fans may have been intrigued during the pre-season to wonder how the disparate repertoire selections could fit together to fit the theme, “Equinox.” Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “With One Look” (from “Sunset Boulevard”) was followed by Mussorgsky’s “Coronation Scene” from “Boris Godunov” and Prokofiev’s “Troika” from “Lieutenant Kije.” Then Bartok made it into the mix with “String Quartet No. 4, Mvt. 5, Allegro Molto,” with “As If We Never Said Goodbye” from “Sunset Boulevard” wrapping up the production. It was easily one of the most diverse repertoires ever put into one show. However, it made sense when one realizes the different selections reflected the personalities of the changing seasons, perhaps harkening back to the corps’ “Iowa’s Four Seasons” show in 1993, the first of eight years the corps made it into the World Championship Finals. More specifically, the show was about the vernal and autumnal equinoxes, the two times of the year when the sun crosses the Equator and the hours of daylight and darkness are of the same length. “With One Look” opened with the color guard under full body-wrapping gold-fringed purple capes that represented the colors of falling leaves. Saved for the big hit that came over a minute into the show, flags the colors of orange, gold, yellow and red were picked up off the field. The spinning was akin to the sight of falling leaves blowing in the brisk autumn wind. A female guard member in a white headdress and long flowing white skirt interacted with the male guard soloist, her stark white palette suggesting the snow to follow. The rest of the guard soon followed in pure white, although their costumes were not as elaborate.