2009 Santa Clara Vanguard Brass / Simple Gifts

This is a vid I took of SCV before Quarterfinals. NICE!!!

[@sunmethods]

In late 2009 I was just discovering drum corps. I watched this video shortly after it was uploaded and decided then and there that I HAD to do this. Next year I'll be aging out as a 3rd year at SCV.

[@violentflamingo]

hey wait, can I ask you some questions?

[@sunmethods]

Yes of course!

[@GameConnoisseur69]

How many out of state marchers do you tend to have in the hornline i hear that SCV and BD are really partial to people who live in california

[@sunmethods]

They don't really consider where you're from as long as you can make it to camps. I'm from Florida and a significant fraction of the corps tends to be from Texas - Can't speak for BD though

[@GameConnoisseur69]

Oh wow that's cool I'm planning on marching SOA if all goes to plan and then going to either Cavs or SCV for my age out so thats really nice to hear.

[@ConnorRydland]

I heard a rumor that this brass release is still echoing today

[@eyo31abe]

Actually made me laugh.

[@mastacheifa1182]

We had practice in the ICC before... and I swear I still hear it echoing in the corners.

[@MyGolden30]

LOLOLOL ... i bet so!!!! That resonated throughout my home!

[@its_destruggle2226]

until it was drowned out by the sustain in Babylon

[@dustinsemore7400]

June of 2020. Can confirm.

[@Johnboi6969]

10 years later and this still holds up as one of SCV’s best moments in Drum Corps history

[@Moosepants12]

One of my favorite closers in all of drum corps. There's a video of all the non finalists playing this in a city I'll have to link it

[@mazda_rt24-p]

Chorale and shaker dance be like

[@christophersonlevi]

​@@Moosepants12did you find it

[@Moosepants12]

@@christophersonlevi It starts at 1:20

[@christophersonlevi]

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[@Mcrisara]

The guy conducting all of that most definitely has the best job ever.... But as of now he probably cant hear much.

[@danielcongleton2878]

He hears the music now. #WORTH

[@ABruckner8]

Yeah man, still holds up to this day (9/8/2022).

[@tylergentry7617]

The SCV are overdue for a championship title

[@Coolmark123]

Tyler Gentry you are so right

[@charlottewhritenour8447]

I’m only 16 but my dad has raised me on Blue Devils and Santa Clara tapes and videos of the shows of every year you can find on KZbin before the 2000s and I absolutely love it. I’m very happy with the Blue Devils winning all of those titles, but I feel that SCV has been cheated so many times when in comes to championships. They have fantastic shows and phenomenal scores but than they are beat out at the last second. It’s almost as if all of the other corps hold back until the end unlike SCV who give everything they got at EVERY performance

[@crestongopro4740]

ive looked at this comment for the past 5 years and im happy to reply that they finally got another title lmao

[@gws86]

Bruh 😲

[@timjohnson7588]

Bring it home again Santa Clara!

[@oldschooldrumcorps]

You gotta give Dr. Andre Feagin ( the horn instructor and conductor in this video ) for bringing out the best in these musicians. You can't help but be inspired to play when you're under such intense direction. Good luck to the Vanguard Horns for the 2013 season, and Good luck to the Academy for getting such a great instructor for their 2013 season.

[@brandonhager4775]

This is just one of those moments in human history where you're glad someone had a camera and was filming it

[@brianbentley5219]

Was glad I was there, too...... But I did yell at the end. Couldn't hold back

[@seanpease370]

I was in that hornline. So happy that someone recorded that moment for all to see.

[@cabinbuilder1]

it's 2017 and i still cry like a baby to this

[@crestongopro4740]

Ten years later and it still sends chills up my spine.

[@CrownQT]

At :45 they're all like, "Ha, surprise, we were only playing at a comfortable forte. :D"

[@jacobstowe9021]

I just was listening to Appalachian spring and searched for this video for a good hour before realizing what video it was. I knew i had seen this video before and i have finally found it

[@Musix4me-Clarinet]

This is exactly why I insist on real speakers in my elementary music classroom. Music moves you. It deserves to be HEARD!

[@harryarmstrong950]

Oh my God! That is heaven beyond imagination!

[@wannaplaytrmptjmu]

Hell yea professor Feagan!!!! That man is the best director I could have asked for in the US Army All American Marching Band!! Great great man who I have the high and utmost amount of respect for!

[@EvanYoungMusic]

I love the guy who says YEAAAAHHHHH at the end. Every time I hear this, I get chills.

[@oldschooldrumcorps]

Takes my breath away even on youtube. If you've ever heard SCV live and in person you would know what I mean. Great musicianship, Great leadership in Dr. Feagin, Outstanding hornline. I've been watching this corps since the seventies, they get better and better all time. Keep it up!

[@ethanL337]

Still holds up today. 10/30/2023 and this will never cease to give me goosebumps of joy.

[@adammccormack4437]

Still amazing in 2016

[@eyo31abe]

+adam mccormack dude yes

[@lokineverfolds]

adam mccormack 2017 too 😌

[@daintersc4]

Now 2018 ✌❤💚

[@brassaddict]

2019☺️❤️❤️

[@christophertaylor8761]

2020 yo

[@shanefulton7361]

Good god this is still effin’ magnificent

[@owl5455]

I still cry every time I watch this

[@vexx1780]

We play this as our closer this year for my marching band and omg it is such an emotional closer!

[@justinphillips6930]

i love the guy conducting. he was completely taken over by the sounds

[@PlushChronicles]

Thats T Andre Feagin! Absolute legend. Give him a search!

[@Spocky730]

We did this my freshman year of High School and I have to say that this kicks our band's rendition's a** into the next galaxy.

[@carloszamora0710]

best simple gifts recording on youtube.

[@sfadrummer7]

anyone else hear the super F at the end in the trumpets?

[@marshallgill7744]

Yesss I had to listin to. It so many. Times to. Hear that

[@Candyman97]

Yeah baby!!!

[@tenorkid14]

so beautiful it almost brings me to the point of tears

[@catcat1517]

and I'm back here again in 2024.

[@braveDM12]

this is why people love drum corps

[@johno7564]

I’ve been a musician since 11years old. I started on a saxophone later learned trombone and trumpet. Got into college and studied orchestral percussion. I honestly believe drum and bugle corps were so popular because of the simplicity of brass and percussion instruments. As a percussionist you learn the rudiments. A brass player and woodwind player are two very different worlds. Brass, buzz your lips, woodwind make the wood vibrate…

[@wNoxus]

Bro the blending on this piece is amazing

[@D0nnyB0y]

OH MY GOD THAT REVERB! The chords are beyond words.

[@shoerycono]

my computer glitched up twice near the end of this. it just couldn't handle the perfection of that glorious sound.

[@shirleyhylton8939]

Pure perfection.

[@crazyhornkid]

I could recognize Professor T Andre Feagins style of conducting and the sound of his hornline if I was freaking dead.

[@Youcantstopthebeat22]

just listening to this makes me so happy

[@battleboy517]

god tyler i freking love you!!!! your such an amzing big brother i cant believe how much you have accomplished......everytime i hear this song it reminds me of you....keep going the way you are and dont change with the trumpet

[@rileysmith110]

One of my favorite videos ever

[@TheClarkDrummer702]

I keep finding myself coming back to this video, this video is my drug.

[@douglasmullen8307]

such a great release too!

[@supersolid123123]

I should really start wearing a diaper before watching these videos....

[@miker3875]

Well said friend.

[@avipotato]

I need to wear a condom...

[@NotCowell]

Nothing like hearing a corps at its peak . . . thanks so much for posting.

[@phantomgirl3232]

I get chills every time I hear this....

[@FenceHorse]

when i was in marching band, and thought i had to play ALL THE TIME and had absolutely no time to breathe ever, my torso would start to contract (lightly), trying to push out the air, when i was playing loud at about 50% or less air. bending your legs probably makes pushing the air out easier/more comfortable.

[@Youcantstopthebeat22]

my high school marching band did this for our show last year... and this is sooooo amaising

[@apinkmonkey2104]

I want this verson of simple gifts....played at my funeral. Amazing

[@ok-sh9xp]

The show at my school this year is called The Gift and it is based on this song, too bad our brass section can't produce this sound.

[@douglasmullen8307]

well I mean this is a circle full of 30-50 very talented musicians who worked very hard to get into the SCV and not to mention the 8 months of rehearsals they had but yeah I get what you're saying

[@EvanYoungMusic]

usually about 78 brass actually in any DCI world class corps.

[@ScvSkeletor]

72* 24 bari/euphs, 24 trumpets, 12 mellos, and 12 tubas. First person account.

[@brassaddict]

Bobby Frey nowadays they use like 18 tubs instead of 12

[@STUDINTHEWALL]

This is why band is awesome lol

[@llFallenGamerll]

SO MANY OVERTONES!!

[@SunsetWingman]

Best DCI video on the internet

[@Joselrcblkops]

This gave me lé Chills!!!!!

[@mikeowens5255]

oh my god i love DCI

[@masterdrummer19]

i wish this was at every refreshment bar.

[@Drgnhrtstrng]

My high school is playing this show this year and we aren't nearly this good.

[@salveson92]

Thats T. Andre Feagin, his current employment is associate director of bands and director of athletic bands at University of Texas, El Paso.

[@Hooptunes66]

Very, very sweet SCV.

[@davematthewsarcade]

I want them to play this at my funeral...

[@janeysorensen9804]

GO SCV!!!!! WHOO!!!

[@janeysorensen9804]

Heyo

[@cameronplaystrumpet6777]

The best closer in drum corps history

[@iplaydatuba]

man, this sounded so much sweeter live... and in that arc... :)

[@whoahkendallx3]

Goosebumps.

[@colomusicman]

Simply Magnificent

[@th3music.]

someone crack that high F but when he got bak on it it sounded beautiful!!!

[@Mcrisara]

when the trumpets came in at the end I had a brassgasm

[@NoSignalBrassworks]

@SwarleyBenson he directed a group I was in, the US Army All-American Marching Band. He's fantastic!

[@bradporky16]

to quote an SCV ageout from 2009, "There will never be another night like this."

[@benphillips8199]

Amazing that just sums it up

[@BeatDrumSticks]

One of my drill instructors played marching baritone this year. :3

[@mbmaccin555555]

@BosPercussion Yup. He's brass caption at Academy now. Excited to have him!

[@kenr.6042]

!!"FREAKIN AWESOME"!!

[@SumBoringSoup]

We played this in band but damn....that's amazing o.o

[@StuntKite99]

gives me chills

[@chickenpermission2.044]

We’re playing this exact part as a chorale this year and I’m so fucking happy about it

[@Burritopizzasauce7]

That drum major is awesome.

[@deguijac000]

This made me cry!! :')

[@mrbigg151]

VERY NICE

[@cbrian4]

This looks almost exactly the same as the indoor area in atlanta. Regardless, warming up in a place like this where it echos for a lifetime is not something you forget :)

[@PissedWalrus]

Ha at the tuba at 1:16 Been there before... yup

[@wannaplaytrmptjmu]

@Burritopizzasauce7 Professor T. Andrea Feagan. that man is a beast!!

[@lukepoolservice]

I mis this!

[@mzsxysmrts]

beautiful...

[@ishootunow]

High F. :-)

[@ashleysuzannah]

@SwarleyBenson Awesome! I thought it might have been my friend James Williford. He conducts just like that.

[@wannaplaytrmptjmu]

1:05 = perfectly in tune lead trumpet.

[@johnr224960]

its a concert Eflat or F in trumpet. i determined that on the last page where my comments says its a double F.

[@trumpetaren01]

It´s so amazing!

[@Smellslikerandomness]

First note and already tearing up. Fuck it's perfect

[@Bootscv11]

@tubamarc8891 theyre going to be great this year.

[@mscarstensen]

IMHO this show was just as good as '89 SCV, but thats just me

[@hastyberford]

I bet that was bad ass in person.

[@jameswaller717]

LOVE IT

[@Bzong]

Imagine hearing this in person...

[@tubamarc8891]

I can't wait for Andre Feagin to bring this sound to the Academy!

[@Abyss375]

@Cdog971 Exactly, lowering your center of gravity doesn't make you louder. I think it would actually diminish your performance causing your sound to change pitch will you move.

[@carloszamora0710]

High Bb ftw!

[@keemez]

You mean like another certain California corps does?

[@bradporky16]

(the reason the hornline is inside is because of rain on SEMIfinals night (trust me i was there to))

[@euphoniumguy5smith]

Those trumpets.

[@cyclingdad1177]

Great DM. He could be stamped right out of cardboard as the definition of a proper conductor!!

[@tomsanford876]

Pure power!