2012 DCI World Championship Finals Awards Ceremony

2012 World Class Caption Award Winners
Jim Jones Leadership Award: Sean Phelan - Madison Scouts
Donald Angelica Best General Effect Award: Blue Devils
Fred Sanford Best Percussion Performance Award: Blue Devils
John Brazale Best Visual Performance Award TIE: Blue Devils and Carolina Crown
George Zingali Best Color Guard Award: Blue Devils
Jim Ott Best Brass Performance Award: Carolina Crown
Scores
1 Blue Devils - 98.700
2 Carolina Crown - 97.650
3 Phantom Regiment - 96.550
4 The Cadets - 95.050
5 Santa Clara Vanguard - 94.450
6 Bluecoats - 92.550
7 Boston Crusaders - 89.100
8 The Cavaliers - 88.850
9 Madison Scouts - 88.000
10 Blue Knights - 86.700
11 Spirit of Atlanta - 84.400
12 Crossmen - 84.000

[@samerissa5731]

Can we just talk about how the Cadets stayed in the top 5 with a Christmas show? (a very good one at that)

[@XtremeSportX247]

That arranging was on fire

[@XtremeSportX247]

It's a timeless show

[@MrZr1nut]

The Blue Devils may not play popular music. They may have topped DCI 15 times. But the Blue Devils deserve respect. Whether you like other corps for any other reason, Every single drum corps deserves respect. These are kids between 15 and 21 years old that you are trashing. So what if they are not your favourite. You don't have to cheer for them. But show these kids some respect. They are an incredible group, and give up their lives for an entire summer to accomplish them. Respect them.

[@drummersnare6276]

You said respect like 50 times. You’re annoying

[@martikr2]

"It took awhile for fans to warm to this show"-more like never warmed to this show. I was at finals you could tell everyone wanted Carolina Crown.

[@pureawesomeize]

was Steve Harvey announcing the "best brass" award or...

[@brothaNblue]

Hilarious

[@Drumcorpsfanatic3]

I love that. 2nd place, Carolina Crown.[Large applause] 1st place, Blue devils [small clap] "WE LOVE YOU CROWN!!" [More applause for Crown]. haha

[@DemMommaJeans]

who all think Carolina Crown should have won that Year

[@sceu25]

Everybody

[@Moreorlesss996]

Nah

[@angelicaortega1900]

CORRECTIONWEHAVEACORRECTION

[@TheVollyman28]

Greatest moment in all of DCI history: "Correction, correction, correction. We have a correction..."

[@kelvinchau1]

They should have announce the 1st place then the 2nd. That creates more excitement.

[@kylehenson5740]

This has got to be my favorite introduction to any World Championship Finals Award Ceremony video. Recognizing all the World Championships and how only very few were able to achieve the title in DCI's history since 2012. The thing is who knew that in the next four years, not one but, TWO new names (Carolina Crown and the Bluecoats) would be added to the Founders' Trophy. Drum Corps is truly it's own art form.

[@iamshartsmell]

Watched all top 4 shows through. 4: Cadets 3: BD 2: PR and 1: Carolina Crown. I'm sorry but the speed that crown moved around, the sound they blasted wonderfully, and the amount of chills they gave me was without match. I've been watching DCI since the early 2000's and I was blown away. For that matter, Phantom could have won it as well. Amazing storytellers

[@maggotmask1]

Too bad Crown was far too dirty in percussion and visual :/

[@pufflerate123]

2019 will be Crown's year. New visual instructors, and their drumline is improving.

[@the1aj39]

Even though I love Crown, this comment above me aged like milk

[@stewiehitsthegriddy6998]

@@the1aj39 he wasn't wrong about the perc tho, 2018 and 19 crown battery has been great

[@lamestudiosinc418]

They were just too dirty. Don't kill me but I actually loved the Devils show from this year and didn't really like the crown show. As a huge fan of Star, especially 93 star, I thought they looked like chickens with their heads cut off.

[@jamiscoates5566]

Well, that was a real slap in the face for the blue devils. Carolina crown deserved it anyways.

[@rylandcook5237]

I love how he smacks his lips right before he announces Carolina Crown as 2nd. Like he didn’t want them to get 2nd

[@jakekaplan450]

Crown could've won colorguard. Their guard was unbelievable in 2012

[@starstarstar42]

Steve Rondinaro. Back in the day he was not only our local tv anchorman, but my corp director too. One day he gave us one of his famous motivational speeches. It began, "my boss at the station called me into his office & said to me...", and without thinking I blurted out "Your fired." DEAD silence filled the room & my panicked brain screamed "why did you SAY that?!". Suddenly the corp erupted in laughter. Steve came over, patted me on the head, smiled & spared my life. Thank you, Mr. Rondinaro.

[@powerslide838]

34:25 "correction.. correction... we have another correction... 1st place goes to... Carolina Crown" :P

[@vol2112]

Blue Devils deserved GE because they got the entire crowd to go HUH?!?! Thats pretty damn good effect if you ask me!

[@avenged7xguitar]

"...carolina crown." YEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@kryswarfield]

Star of Indiana......nuff said

[@calebduke8948]

Krys Warfield uhhhhhh

[@jasongrabowski920]

In 2012 Star of Indiana's met their equal. In 2013 they met their superior.

[@jjh2456]

Well Crown’s brass staff all pretty much used to march for Star of Indiana.

[@DCI]

Yes. We needed to fix a couple of misspellings of award winners names.

[@Mcrisara]

that awkward moment when you dont know if fans are cheering for who got second place or they are just super excited for who got first place. LOL.

[@davidjack7418]

It was definitely option 2.

[@iamshartsmell]

You can tell who the fan favorites were that year. The crowd bearly reacted when Carolina crown was announced because they were disappointed that they got second. They got louder much after the announcement. That was supposed to be their first championship. I'm sorry but BD had way too much clutter visually on the field and I don't think the show was all that amazing. It had its moments I'll say but CC was way more exciting in almost all aspects. Even their ballad brought the crowd to their feet and that moment of just huge noise in the closer was reminiscent of Star '93 before they closed it with Medea. Raw power!

[@Wantonlon]

You, and many other people are just very biased about Carolina Crown. BD just performed better, and they really put their all into it. And it really doesn't help that CC got 6th for percussion...like usual

[@tristananthony9648]

You both are bashing upon one another. BD's shows are not very entertaining to the general dci crowd, agreed. Crown's drum line is known to be their weakest link by many, agreed. But they both also are seriously good drum corps who each have very good things going for them. Instead of booing Crown's percussion, let's give their outstanding horn line and highly competitive color guard a nod, hm? And instead of bashing on BD's shows, let's look at their scores.

[@turnr3326]

No, 2009 should have been crowns first win, 2008 should have been the first top 3

[@radlikewhoa]

still die when I hear the correction of Best Brass. If Crown's show was just a little cleaner, they totally could have won. Same with 2009. Crown will always be my favorite.

[@seabassmcbigfat]

My top five: 5: Cadets, 4: Vanguard, 3: Blue Devils, 2: Phantom Regiment, 1: Carolina Crown.

[@ihatenjoi]

Your story made me smile. Thank you. :)

[@KingReed25]

The fans loved Crown!

[@tytzer93]

The most exciting retreat is still 2008.. The crowd reaction was crazy :D

[@CarolanIvey]

25:11 - Yikes I bet the announcer felt terrible!

[@andrewhxrris]

Carolan Ivey LMAO YOU THOUGHT BD

[@Padrehorns]

i love the intro... goosebumps

[@Perprotrader]

anyone else think it was funny when the announcement for best horn line was corrected?

[@elitedanklord8771]

I like how in the intro the guy had the blue devils' plaque in front of phantom regiment's but took it away when discussing phantom's win in 2008

[@gentrywalker]

Blooing gives me chills every damn time.

[@AryaBaskara]

WE LOVE YOU CROWN!

[@marquaypropst1]

Good job Carolina Crown will get the Blue Devils this year

[@brownmerc]

30:20 "A very deep show for BD" Unless you were high the entire time and made shit up ion your head, there was not plot to that show period...

[@marviin071]

Every award goes to the Blue Devils !!

[@jakekaplan450]

Great sportsmanship at the end between BD and Crown. I really wanted Crown to win, but it's nice to see what good sports they are

[@JimBean365]

Wow. I want to see the Bluecoats make gold so bad!

[@michaelwest7217]

They did! 2016 to be precise. Nyess...

[@suvidee]

didn't cry, but had alot of chills

[@BigRichMann]

Here Here!!!

[@winnieewin5834]

2012 - 2015 - 2019 ... come on !! We knew who’s should won :)

[@gunner-qf9eh]

Yep. You are correct. BD should have won and did.

[@the1aj39]

Cap.

[@djnotnice135]

You can see all the white teeth of Carolina Crown when they get the correction haha

[@jeffgriffith5104]

Loving the difference between the crown crowd reaction and BD reaction in the brass award. You can have your 2-inch "plaque." We'll take the crowd, if you don't mind.

[@GoTE_DocShock]

I swear, I think the press box announcer did that on purpose just to troll Blue Devils.

[@rikuantu]

I love it when the camera is showing all the corps on the field and the only helmets to reflect or shine. Are the bluecoats. :)

[@Troumbadour]

WE HAVE A CORRECTION...

[@CaseyGirl0495]

Crown and Phantom forever

[@mbmaccin555555]

I'm glad I marched this year

[@percussiontech1]

anyone else cry watching that intro?

[@davidjack7418]

Does anyone know the story behind the error in the Jim Ott award presentation? I'm sure it was nothing nefarious, but that seems like quite a mistake. I'm just curious how that went down.

[@markbreiter7479]

i think the Crossmen deserved a higher place than last!!

[@candidusbrass2848]

Mark Breiter I thinks top 10 at least

[@THExMeTz]

DAMN THE WHEN YOU HEARD CAROLINA CROWN INSTEAD OF BLUE DEVILS DAMN!

[@jjh2456]

I still wanna be that guard member in front of that company front for the Madison Scouts.

[@tacoswingsandburgers]

I spy at 17:47 George Hopkins

[@thephantasticfool]

I think it's funny how the Brandt Crocker was almost so confused that he read blue devils for brass that he said "ferpormance"

[@DCI]

Yes it is. It will be shown on DCIFinals[dot]com, DCI[dot]org, as well as on our KZbin channel, and possibly dci[dot]thefannetwork[dot]org. You can't miss it!

[@iycewynd]

i find it funny how the camera zoomed in on vanguard during simple gifts even though they werent even playing at all

[@pearlsnares3538]

What don't the judges see in Bluecoats..... the world may never know.... *shakes head and cries in corner...

[@scottrushforth]

this comment hasn't aged well

[@judisheldon6848]

What happened to Phantom Regiment Canon D presentation ?

[@santanajesse10]

Always gives me the chills when I hear this 17:53

[@Wahl95]

No one is surprised anymore.

[@denimchicken257]

DUDE. You done goofed on the brass award

[@mbmaccin555555]

shout out to everyone else on the field who didnt have much time to learn simple gifts lol i winged that

[@matthewsolis575]

Does anybody have an idea as to what piece is being played during the introduction?

[@jacobmoorer]

+Matthew Solis It's the introduction to the HBO series "From the Earth to the Moon".

[@btheis2]

at 10:30 is the guy in front of the coats like 7 feet tall?

[@TrebleClefRobert]

I don't understand how they pick. They all sound great to me!

[@richardsargentuba]

The mass brass piece seems to be a chore now. For having 12 hornlines play it, it just doesn't have the spark it had in earlier times.

[@aidenbrandenburg9884]

carolina crown then blue devils then blue devils again then bluecoats then blue devils then santa clara vanguard then blue devils and next year? i wanna day bluecoats

[@jeffgriffith5104]

you can almost hear the disappointment when he announces Crown in 2nd.

[@williecareri6728]

28:55 Where there SHOULD have been a correction

[@Fartknocker0990]

So are there certain things that a corps needs to have in their show? Like this year I notices some corps had some of their personal touches to them. Phantom had their corp song, Madison Scouts their giant line, and Crossmen their cross.

[@JoshuaEpley1]

what is the name of the background music in the beginning?

[@Archerman15]

yes

[@ImVee10]

“In the event of a tie...” Why two Visual winners?

[@mbmaccin555555]

What's that beginning song

[@kelvinchau1]

At 12:20, the thing in the back of the field of cadets look like a crown logo.

[@cjags1232]

Kelvin Chau The Cadets had a Christmas show that year. So the drumline formed a crown for retreat. Also the Cadets had a Crown design in their drill in the closer

[@viragoxv]

First time I ever heard it I thought that too, but it's the Faithful giving the famous BLUUUUUEEEEEEEEE... Ya gotta be a Bluecoat fan to understand.

[@KpopOwicZ]

Carolina Crown

[@Walpolapalooza]

ugh... i COULD NOT find kendra for simple gifts... I swear i looked everywhere and could not find her! This was still an awesome retreat! And the best brass mix up was a lot funnier live i promise.

[@C-Doug]

Phantom Regiment for life

[@juliothedrummer]

I don't think I'm funny, I think the crowned reaction shows how funny it is

[@elmdrumline2011]

LOL look at how Carolina Crown Drumline decided to set there drums @18:10

[@ipgpower]

It's a cheer of bbbblllluuuuueeee, traditons and what not.

[@kashjaegermusic]

Why did the bluecoats get booed? when they announced their place

[@lukecooper8883]

can someone tell me why they booed the bluecoats?

[@milescumminski8077]

That BD show was so well designed and performed. Of course doing a show about the DADA art movement proved to be risky as far as love from the crowd, but they deserved the gold medal. Crown had the more fan friendly show, and could have challenged for the title had their percussion section placed higher than 6th place, and almost a point behind the Blue Devils. Still, I will always love Crown's show as well as BD 2012!

[@Drumcorpsfanatic3]

That stadium was DEAD Silent after each award. Everyone was anticipating the final 2 scores... crown got the shaft. all i will say.

[@FightingxDragon]

What Happen to The Academy Corps

[@NotSpiffums]

Honestly, I think Bluecoats should've been at around 4th. I think they did a top notch show this year.

[@MS-df2fk]

Crown was robbed. If I had to name five of the hardest shows I've ever seen performed I'd say Cadets 93, Star 91, Cavaliers 03, Cadets 97 and Crown 12. They performed the crap out of this show. The crowd loved it, but it doesn't pay to engage the audience. BD works the sheets and that's all that matters to them.

[@Moreorlesss996]

Get over it! BD only recruits the best of the best, that's why it's so hard to be accepted into the drum corp.

[@milojohnson3057]

i'd say cadets 15 was harder than a couple of those

[@cj1lorenz]

Durring the interview of the BD Drum Major, i bet he was saying in his head "Your the bitch that beat us by .025 a few years ago"

[@acydraynbow14]

23:50 We love youu marvin!!

[@janeysoro5303]

For me the top 6 would be: 1st: The Cadets 2nd: Carolina Crown 3rd: Blue Devils 4th: Bluecoats 5th: Crossmen 6th: phantom regiment

[@J-Strength1]

Crown

[@tylertheraider]

I wouldn't consider it "giving up" their summers if they like what they do

[@wya168]

VANGUARD!!!!!!

[@mbmaccin555555]

Damn Blue, you're everywhere. LOL

[@KingReed25]

Why didn't bluecoats win the high percussion award?

[@SalemB44]

Why are the Crossmen walking around the whole time?

[@rugbyplayer9100]

I think it had to do with their show theme

[@Ultimate32126]

PHANTOM