You should watch our 2024 show titled A Hatful of Dreams, also by Maple Mountain. With that show we placed 4th in our state. I think you like it, there is only a little bit of singing.

You should react to Tarpon springs 2024.

hello!! i’m one of the colorguard members!! the white sheets were representing the dead or lost loved ones that are valued and remembered in most louisiana stories and traditions!! the members with the skull mask on are representing the voodoo stories and lore of louisiana!!!

I had so much fun marching this show! I recommend watching some of our later performances like area or state when the final pieces of music and choreo were filled anyways THANK YOU FOR REVIEWING THE SHOW

This show at WGI scored an incredible 99.6 at worlds to win the scholastic competition

Could you react to Klein Oak 2024 Heartless we place right behind cy woods at state

i was a member of this organization for a short time, i truly have nothing but amazing things to say about the staff and members, it feels like such a family🫶

I am a Stephen F Austin alum and this was my freshman year show. It makes me happy to see people post or react to shows I got to be a part of.

I thought this show was about DV and the the person in the music was saying Be Glad that I'm not God. Which to me is powerful statement. If you look at the platform it kind of looks like a cross and those flags kind of resemble the stained glass windows in churches.

Actually got to see them at Drums Along The Rockies earlier in the season. Loved them! They took 2nd at that show behind Madison Scouts. That show improved so much up to finals! This show was their 2nd DCI Championship title at the time.

You mentioned them looking small. DCI rules back then allowed 128 members (including drum majors) total. It was enough to fill 3 tour busses. Then each corps decided the numbers of brass, percussion, and color guard to get to that total. I'm not sure what year in the future but it was changed to 135 at one point, then more but there is a limit to how many are allowed.

The reason why the sound quality was so bad was because Tom Blair (the person that usually recorded the shows) didn't do it this year, and I believe 1996. DCI used IBM to do the audio / video recordings. Their microphone placements were horrible, and they lacked the experience with it. It didn't help that there was a cement wall bouncing the sound back creating a terrible sound environment for recording. It affected everything including high frequencies, and that beautiful triplet roll that Blue Devil's snare line played in their show that year during Day Danse. 😭😭😭 I would give anything to hear this show as it was intended again. I got to see it at Drums Along The Rockies earlier in the season and they were on fire there! They won that show. At DCI finals, they placed 4th.

This show was Magical Mystery Tour #3 (10 place finish). Show #1 was done in 1987 (with their highest placement which was 7th, tied with Star of Indiana). Show #2 was done in 1988 (8th place). Before the beginning of the show, they had 2 members out there with flashlights that were supposedly directing a plane on the field (not sure if they were the drum majors). The corps started the show by singing, "We love to fly, and it shows," the advertising slogan introduced by Delta Airlines in 1989. When they played the Magical Mystery Tour opening, you saw the color guard do the tosses of flags over the brass, but one of them threw a blow up doll dressed as one of the judges (on-field judges usually wore green golf shirts and black trousers). Then they segued into the song called Brazil that finished with the tag from the song Tequila. Then the corps went to Japan with their drum feature called Koto Thunder (I believe written by the late and great Tom Float who was their percussion caption head). Then they went to the Soviet Union / Russia. The ballad was from Alfred Reed's Russian Christmas Music. First part they were in a gulag work camp, the picture is of Vladimir Lenin. You saw when the workers made the hammer and sickle like the flag, then they smacked the pic with the hammer. Then the fall of the Soviet Union and they celebrate playing Trepek from the Nutcracker and the hints of Russian flags. The last part of the show, they went to Hungary. They played Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody #2. You saw the part with the bear, the hunter about to shoot it, the he is distracted by the Valkyrie Brunhilde. Then there was the part of the eight guard members kneeling. They were about to do the Bottle Dance but of course didn't finish because you saw the NOT! sign. In case you weren't aware, Santa Clara Vanguard's show that same year was based on "The Fiddler On The Roof" which the Bottle Dance is from. I think they were trolling Vanguard a little. 😁 You saw a cameo of the Wicked Witch Of The West from Wizard Of Oz on a bicycle real quick. Then the short silence and the high pitched scream from the Valkyrie (or fat lady), then you couldn't see it in the video but there was a sign that said, "It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings!" The last part was added this finals night with the shark. It brought the house down! One of my friends that marched in this show (Bass Drum #2) told me that the crowd went totally nuts when the shark came out and ate the fat lady! I could be wrong about this, but if you are familiar with the Velvet Knights, references to the shark, JAWS, the shark fin became part of the corps' lore when they switched to their comedy style. Back in the day, they used to do a skit before the show with a member running from a shark fin. I miss the old lawn chairs the drum majors would use at retreat. 😁

please do east lincoln high school 2022!!

can you watch cypress park "look" finals at usbands?

watch unique by james logan colorguard but not the champs video because its a bad view:)

I thought this was a show about a ghost constantly reliving the moments before her death. Also regretting the choices she made that lead to her death. Like taking the train that day. I'm assuming that numbers is time that has past as she waited, laying there in the rumble of the wreck making the transition.

That show was from my senior year. I hope you watch their show for the 2024 season cause they are eating it up this year!!!!!!

Hello! I’m a former student of Cy Woods and a former band member, and it’s really cool to see that people are reacting to what I believe is the best show the band has put on! Thank you Edit: the white bits at the back are cut outs of a cat

i think that you would like owasso’s 2024 show, “fall of the crown” they’re similar to broken arrow, but not really. another oklahoma band btw (also i was in that show 😛)

I was part of the color guard in this show!!! 🏴🏴🏴

Loved seeing this❤️ as a former AHS Angel (class of 2013) our drumline has ALWAYS been fantastic❤️ When I was there, we never had a colorguard, but my year was the first year they did costume changes and had the band “dance” with us ❤️ Check out Miss Understood at BOA Nationals (Indy 2010?? 2011? Idk it’s been a long time😭)

VK was one of those corps who didn't take themselves too seriously. Also, they always had a show that was fun and entertaining to watch. This was the era of no electronics, no trombones, either the guard or corps created the visual or GE effect, and the horns only had to 2 valves. This was my hay day of marching and A LOT of corps had good shows that season.

I think those are the skyline of NYC and one of the bridges.

I am also a guard member from this show. This show is inspired by Burning Man. The first piece was about coming together (at Burning Man, lots of people built up a city of sorts in the Black Rock Desert). The next three pieces represent some principles of Burning Man. The sun prop represents self-reliance, the butterfly is self-expression, and the band props are self-inclusion. After that, the ballad (What Was I Made For) was about making connections with other people (we called it cozy campfire). The last piece represented the parties, fun, and celebrations at Burning Man. The overall show was to celebrate individuality (hence the "you" of YOUtopia)

hi!! i was a member of the colorguard in this production! there is an article online about what our show was based on and it gives a really nice description of what Burning Man and YOUtopia is all about! as for your prop questions, all the props connect to other props to create full images that represent parts of our show! i encourage you to read the article and really research our show and organization before rewatching with this in mind!

hi :) i was a guard member and the butterfly in this show. our show announcement stated ‘join us on a journey through the eye of Burning Man’. this is some more info about the show, paraphrased from a DCI article. this show is based on the burning man festival which takes place within a desert (hence the props and uniforms at the beginning)- and is a celebration of art, music and self-expression. as part of the festival, people create art installations. our props represent these, and the music corresponds with them (1 - sun, 2- butterfly, 3- brass band). burning man usually ends with a big festival - for everyone to join together and celebrate :) i hope this makes sense. we were open class champions and 19th in world class. the only other open class corps you’ve reacted to is gold! open class is more accessible for younger participants (mainly high school age) and typically involves beginning move ins around a month after the world class corps for reference :) i hope this helps you when you rewatch :)

This had to be one of my personal favorite DCI shows this year! I saw it live in San Antonio and absolutely LOVED IT! The design, the guard, and I have a soft spot for that mello line 🫶🏻 (makes me really wanna join their mellos one day 🤩) their show and Phantom Regiment’s were the highlight of my day that day 😍😍😍

Lyrics also said things like “and I don’t want the world to see me. Cause I don’t think that they’d understand. When everything is made to be broken. I just want you to know who I am.”

What?! I MARCHED THIS SHOW!!!! Thank you so much tho!!!!!

you should react to tarpon springs 2024

React to bluestars 2024 finals!!

If you have time you should react to Collinsvilles new show from this year! They have improved so much.

Ayala HS’ 2018 show is about how change is “inevitable” where they convey that theme through the change of the seasons. Different sections of the show represent the changes in season (the opener representing the fall, the ballad representing the transition between fall and winter, and the closer representing winter and its transition to spring). In the show, they have elements like music that related to their respective season (them using an excerpt Carol of the Bells in the winter section), change in props (the back props going from orange to blue to green) and vocals that indicate the change of seasons in the show (“hello winter,” “goodbye fall,” etc). I definitely understand not getting the theme at first with some of the design choices of the show that threw you off about what the theme could be, though. I feel like it’s one of those shows that you understand more the more you rewatch it. Inevitable is personally my favorite show from Ayala as someone who currently marches there so thank you for honest reaction to the show!

React to Revival Winter Guard 2024!!

Awesome reactions!

Great review guard girl! Somewhere theme was a nod to west side story the musical❤

Do “This land” by the Cabot marching band (spirit of Cabot)

My favorite show of this year. Execution-wise I think they should've been placed right where they were (maybe 2nd). Concept-wise, my favorite of the season! Funny because most of people's criticism of this show had to do with the concept of the show. I truly believe that this show will only be appreciated by the drum corps community a couple of years from now when people start to understand all that was happening to accomplish "Romanticism" (and yes, there was a lot, maybe too much for some, hence their 3rd place?). Music-wise, it's the one I'm looking forward to the most when they release the official recordings.

Stephen F. Austin 2024 is really good. Might be their comeback year…

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This was such an interesting video to watch seeing someone’s opinions on it! The soloist/joker is my colorguard instructor along with the person he hugs at the very very end!

Just wait for Bridgeland this year, we Cookin something up

1:27:00 A celebration of artists that left us at such a young age. The music of Felix Mendelssohn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jeff Buckley.. But more to it.. just celebrating young ones that have been lost at such a young age.. and this production was taken deeply because the program lost someone at a young age and this production was a tribute

React to bluestars!! 2024

Thank you so much for your reaction! I was in this show (the girl at 5:09) little fun fact we were the first group from Iowa to make finals in 46yrs the first group being 46yrs ago!

For this year, you should do estill again, they have the best trombone solo I’ve ever heard ever. EVER. And you should also do Madison centrals, they’re pretty good this year.

Please react to American fork 2023 so good best show they have ever done

The narrator for SCV is Wayne Harris 🙌 He is highly involved in colorguard & was director of San Jose Raiders in the early 90s

Shen's uniforms are from Robin William's show Mork and Mindy from the 70s. Virgos in the house! My only complaint about Zenith show is that it's very monotone. The music, movement, and work seem very mid to me. Etude 2024 is my go to show for a Winterguard show fix.