2018 DCI World Championship Finals Awards Ceremony

The 2018 Drum Corps International World Championship Finals Awards Ceremony brought fans competition highlights, interviews and the announcement of scores LIVE from Indianapolis’ Lucas Oil Stadium on August 11.
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[@RatSlayerGaming]

Honestly the calmest crowd reaction to 2nd place in recent memory. Everyone knew it was SCV’s title after their final run. Nice of the fan base not to get overly excited for the devils getting silver like they have in the recent past. And I say this as a Bloo alum

[@BerserkRain]

Well in the past when they got 2nd people wasn't sure if they would get 2nd or 1st so in the past people would cheer cause it would mean someone beat the Blue Devils.

[@BerserkRain]

Which is not the kindest of things to do at times so I am glad they were respectful

[@Aikyu121]

@@BerserkRain blue devils just win everything

[@BerserkRain]

@@Aikyu121 true lol

[@mxtty5633]

What is the most craziest reaction?

[@chrissalazar7650]

4:08 “And there you see our 10th plac- uhh 1st time finalist”

[@pufflerate123]

oopsie!

[@ayolotl4830]

Lol I had a buddy in the Mandies that season. I'm so proud of them

[@bencoates5587]

NOOO MY EARS CANT HANDLE THE SOUND OF COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL

[@chrisschuff9593]

"medals, medals, I NEED THE MEDALS FIRST"

[@keyanpowell927]

"This could be the first bloo- uuhhh Santa Clara title"

[@patkuhn6460]

I was there in person. SCV totally a step above everyone else. Best show of the night was Boston awesome to see them back on top keep climbin

[@RishiJalukar]

Boston cracked

[@steinblitz1506]

Boston now has their highest ever scoring show, good job BAC 2022

[@austin-trumpet]

@@steinblitz1506 Uh no

[@theangrycows]

@@austin-trumpet Yes…?

[@thephantasticfool]

I would like to thank CC for being a good example of how to act when receiving a silver medal

[@bysuke-]

@@turnr3326 the drum majors nickname for BD was CC

[@grantmeacham9031]

Who else thought their screen broke at 15:20?

[@dylancouch7286]

same

[@chargedbandit1452]

I thought I broke my phone by watching too much dci

[@okey7261]

15:19*

[@ItzEnder27]

My screen already broke

[@teezieweezie]

i’m so happy the mandarins made it to the finals, i have a few friends in that corps and i’m just really happy they made it so far.

[@RishiJalukar]

Yep they’ve been rapidly improving over the years, I loved their past few shows and I’m eager to see what they’ll have in store for the future

[@sittingbush]

@@RishiJalukar this aged well

[@shadowkille8r99]

@@sittingbush i don't think that means what you think it does

[@hyperstargaming6150]

@@shadowkille8r99it definitely does though, their past season was a MASSIVE success. We’re seeing the Mandarins come into their own.

[@shadowkille8r99]

@@hyperstargaming6150 “this aged well” is a statement with negative connotations. Please learn English.

[@ms-mo8hl]

So now they decided to add sound after they screwed up the live version

[@cocoafox]

it was an issue with youtube specifically, for some reason; there was audio the whole time on their facebook livestream

[@gerbiwerbi]

God I wish bloo had had this show at a different time cause both them and SCV deserved first place

[@Actrs3.7]

I 100 percent agree with ur statement

[@bysuke-]

This also happened with T/lt.

[@lokineverfolds]

Geoffrey Daniels agreed

[@DoraIV]

@@bysuke- T/lt did not deserve 1st. Felliniesque(especially the finals run)was damn near perfect.

[@bysuke-]

@@DoraIV No I mean it would of won if it wasn't again BD 2014

[@officialnovadrome]

37:54 look at the SCV guard member behind them

[@noahsosolik8779]

Lol

[@raliminer]

1:31 EMC PRODUCTIONS!!

[@JR_Productions816]

I thought he left

[@KleinkMusic]

​@@JR_Productions816 Yea but that was only like 2 years ago. He wss still serving in 2018 lol

[@omarbautista541]

46:33 giant shot from the drums

[@Youngy]

34:24 Bryce was jumping for joy 😂 3peat

[@Quasi]

Y'all gotta admit, Blue Knights sounded pretty good this year

[@porschematt991]

They had a good mello line for sure

[@baconcat2458]

Low key mad they didn’t use the horn snap/ballad for SCV’s clip

[@acousticfoam4184]

This was my first dci finals i attended as a freshman in high school. This season is what got me auditioning for blue stars for the 2021 season.

[@mang058]

you make it?

[@acousticfoam4184]

@@mang058 no

[@mang058]

@@acousticfoam4184 what instrument?

[@acousticfoam4184]

@@mang058 quads

[@chadtarver3301]

SCV deserved the win. Bloo was underrated. Show was brilliant and deserved the silver medal.

[@yeti4269]

When you're so far out of the loop you're just now seeing the awards 8 months later. S/o to Claire though! Shared our rookie season at Music City

[@Actrs3.7]

20:19 how u gonna include that spirit of atlanta clip and then cut them from finals 😤😤

[@milojohnson3057]

lmao so much happening at once at 33:15

[@Chazahc18]

And its sooo funny🤣😂

[@turnr3326]

It is about madness

[@samrovito3694]

it's amazing to see two different Cadet Corps stand side by side

[@mell0_ben]

21:05 Crowd: NOOOOOOOOOOOO *rip* *calgary* *stampede* *showband*

[@bald._.blegh69]

Yea like what was that

[@jacobkeppler1984]

Great music this year

[@Raymond_Churchill]

Blue devils anytime the instant after they're announced another win:celebrate SCV when they're announced their first win after almost 20 years and getting the all time best scored performance in dci history that's not from the Blue Devils:waits to celebrate two minutes later Oh cmon I thought that was funny

[@lamestudiosinc418]

Cavaliers scored 99.15 in 2002 and the Cadets scored the same as Cavies in 2005.

[@lamestudiosinc418]

Also Cavies beat them with 2004 and they beat themselves with their 1989 show.

[@lamestudiosinc418]

In fact, their 1989 show was the highest scoring show ever from 1989 up until 2002 when the Cavaliers beat them for a total of 13 years.

[@williamphillips6247]

We really liked Carolina Crown's show this year. No overdone visuals.

[@chargedbandit1452]

Bruh my dads Hs band director is Scott kooter or however you spell it and it’s been such an amazing sight to watch this months later realizing that my dad could of done this and knows someone who is deeply involved in dci.

[@SKP_Joos]

The band with woodwinds in it was the Calagry Stampede Showband from Canada for everybody that was confused.

[@samuelheavener261]

I love how excited the crowd gets when they hear Blue Devils getting second place

[@jakenowell5211]

33:22 Middle cavalier. He got me

[@evan-t-s]

The fact that the last time Blue Devils didn't win was almost SIX years ago...Crown, Bloo, BAC, literally anyone else...please step it up for 2024

[@trieutan5931]

34:25 Bryce being happy

[@melodietraylor9807]

Still totally awesome to watch though

[@typexeon9817]

the thing i'm most concerned with is that the Cadets made the drumline wear their drums the entire retreat...

[@Ryan-dz7mg]

Type Xeon Just imagine carrying a bass drum for 30 minutes just standing

[@NickOnFire1490]

@@Ryan-dz7mg Looks like basses put their drums down

[@FrostbiteP1ano]

It's been a dream of mine ever since my freshman year of high school to join DCI. I'm a senior now.

[@ali-jk5pv]

Guy that Games what’s the youngest that you can be to march dci because im twelve and this is my rookie year in marching band and i really wanna march dci

[@ali-jk5pv]

Extereme Dabber no my school lets anyone in grades 7-12 march i guess because we wouldn’t have enough people

[@ali-jk5pv]

Extereme Dabber im actually one the way to state rn we just left at like 1:01😂

[@ali-jk5pv]

Extereme Dabber i play flute but for the show im in guard

[@linekinsey]

Start at Open Class or A Class in DCA and work your way up

[@keyowilson5695]

@32:33 - "Very well deserved." Dan Acheson was surely correct.

[@thephantasticfool]

I love how the cadets seemed completely unaffected by the unfortunate circumstances the preceded the season. Awesome show

[@melodietraylor9807]

It’s so different now when I was in Drum & bugle corps, There was a horn line , Drum-line, flags ; rifle line,

[@brothaNblue]

There still is.

[@shep7544]

​@@brothaNblueyou didn't hear? The CEO of DCI "Mr. DCI" is banning hornlines, drumlines, flags, and rifles from appearing in DCI shows.

[@rsalix18]

nah it is 1030pm four years after this happened and im here watching it

[@ghdesign_]

46:34, all of the battery hits the fattest gock of all dci. And then presume to hack after

[@mang058]

is that what sounded like white noise?

[@ghdesign_]

@@mang058 yeah lol it was a huge echo of the rimshot

[@brothaNblue]

It has just occurred to me that I haven't seen this yet.

[@keirytenorio8991]

I went to that stadium for FFA 2019 national convention

[@bricksquad9552]

35:14 dab twins lol

[@winnieewin5834]

It’s almost clean sweep from scv ... they color guard is amazing but BAC color guard is in another level

[@TheMasterdj7]

Magnificent Mandarins Moment @ 26:41 to 27:40

[@majskoviak6178]

Cadets- Stand at attention Cavaliers- Floss and wave your arms around like a cartoon skeleton

[@dazybug]

I'm sorry, but people who know me know I don't put down ANY drum corps or the activity, but honestly...when everyone jumps all over Blue Devils and say it was their best show ever and they were robbed of 1st place...Uhm...I disagree. They were robbed of 4th place. SVC truly deserved the 1st place honor, although, I felt Bluecoats performance should have been 1st place too. Crown's show was very good musically over Blue Devils, but not visually and should have been 3rd. Blue Devils Show was simply of BOA Performance Quality if Best. Boston Crusaders I believe could and deserved 4th place with Blue Devils. It was entertaining just as much as SCV and Bluecoats. Just my opinion. I am very fair with my opinions. So take it as it's worth. 1st place: SCV or Bluecoats 3rd place: Crown 4th place: Boston Crusaders or Blue Devils

[@aaronlaughlin2389]

dazybug someone finally said it. The show felt like a copy paste of elements that worked from metamorph. Sitting between Babylon and session 44 the show had zero soul and you could see it in their GE score. Their performance was the most emotionless thing of the night next to watching the cadets march onto the field

[@dctrbrass]

I'm much more on board with this, than what happened at finals. As a brass player though, I think they are screwing Crown on the music score. The "music" score must take into account more than just the quality of the brass line. Is that true?

[@alexestella4260]

I’m a die hard bluecoats fan but I know that scv deserved it beyond all other corps. when I saw them it was literally the most amazing thing I’ve ever witnessed

[@Quasi]

Who in the world is saying blue devils 2018 is their best show? Hello? 2017? 2011? 2014? Coming from a blue devils fan

[@silasreimer]

I mean it's probably just the electronics mixing with the instruments. In my opinion 2018 went too far on the electronics

[@el2321]

21:05 uh... can someone explain?

[@doritobandito_1323]

Radcactus it was a Canadian marching band

[@fadededed]

The Bluecoats were robbed of second by basically a copy and paste from Metamorph

[@eliasguzman7691]

False

[@shariqarain]

true, the blue devils, although their last show was great, tried too much to make nighthawks like metamorph.

[@lexiemason3836]

100% agree

[@FaziNashriq]

Wow bestnya sekarang dah tak payah pakai topi2 ni. Tenang kepala.

[@AComplexMex]

The hats from carolina crown's drum majors look like fury 325's logo (the eyes resemble it)

[@DavidThePercussionist]

Drum Major is your core ready?

[@anthonytrivisonnojr]

Where can I find Phantom Regiment's full show?

[@d3go14]

Who else saw the dog at 23:36?

[@SwagyGD]

You’re the only comment I’ve seen about this

[@ms-mo8hl]

What. Where's madison? Oh I know. They were probably still trying to replace batteries in their necklaces

[@romeostevens7063]

Will, you better really pick things up with Phantom or you be on the outside looking in on the top 12 corps.

[@rafaelsampaio9560]

Where can i get the champioship dvd

[@vinniepapano1711]

lets face it, dreams and nighthawks was bassically metamorph part 2

[@doritobandito_1323]

it's like when Disney makes a sequel for it's good movies, it's usually not nearly as good

[@danielkuhn4360]

I get they have some similarities, but can someone explain to me why everyone seems to think this?

[@turnr3326]

Electric boogaloo

[@totesgene]

These announcers need to learn their stuff. SCV lost two shows. The 1st and 3rd show to BD. That's it. And, I'd like to know when the last time Blue Devils were only announced once during finals retreat. What a testament to the greatness of 2018 Vanguard.

[@brycehanes8711]

Can someone tell me who the guy in white with the SCV guard is?!?

[@HeyyItsJohn]

Bryce Hanes hes the one throughout the show doing flips, cartwheels etc.

[@Justincredible24]

Awesome to see a Texas Corp up there

[@brothaNblue]

They weren't always from Texas.

[@Justincredible24]

Yeah but they are based in San Antonio

[@brothaNblue]

@@Justincredible24 yeah they are now. Before they used to be from Pennsylvania or somewhere close to it.

[@kevinkim5102]

27:50

[@bonnetroblox]

*“ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX SEVEN EIGHT* one...”

[@legoreemv]

Do they not have directional microphones? "No no don't worry about the pictures do the metals and then the pictures ok now do the pictures."

[@nicolyon3251]

Where was Dennis Delucia that night?

[@RatSlayerGaming]

Nico Lyon sick

[@stacky_03]

When does the winning Corp do its victory run?

[@lamestudiosinc418]

I assume not before the award announcements...

[@fastcarwhite4115]

How do you join dci

[@ayolotl4830]

Bruh, this is something that would air on ESPN. Drum Corps should get their own channel or something

[@ryank09]

the blue devils just pulling out their phones and recording the crowd has to be the most blue devils thing ive seen in my life

[@itstheboi8860]

When the blue coats wore purple 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@aaronlaughlin2389]

It's the Boi 88 knights

[@itstheboi8860]

Aaron Laughlin ur dumb

[@aaronlaughlin2389]

It's the Boi 88 I’m right tho lol.

[@itstheboi8860]

Aaron Laughlin ur dumb i wasn’t talking abt them i was talking abt the blue coats

[@aaronlaughlin2389]

It's the Boi 88 lol their color guard is, they’re more gray than anything this year

[@callme.geee_]

21:06… a marching band getting ready for grand nats

[@billofwrights7695]

15:23 TRITONE!

[@flameairsoft8281]

Who were the people with saxes and clarinets?

[@Hagin247]

A Canadian marching band that preformed after

[@flameairsoft8281]

@@Hagin247 can you link their show?

[@legoreemv]

Impulse deserved 1st place.

[@totesgene]

Your mom deserved 1st place.

[@reverberate10]

just here for 17:33

[@IR-tw9mt]

Jajaja como lo supo

[@rodolfonascimento316]

where is this event broadcast? TV? Internet?

[@mkay8334]

It’s on a website called FloMarching

[@Hagin247]

Movie theaters

[@brothaNblue]

@@Hagin247 That's only Quarter Finals.

[@Hagin247]

@@brothaNblue damn

[@thatonekatycat2085]

I thought he said jeffee star

[@mxtty5633]

23:34 happy dog

[@Mike-zb4ds]

Brandt Crocker slurring through announcements again.. Holding down his title as the Harry Doyle of dci

[@josj0706]

That one Cavie in the front middle at 33:26 😏

[@vinnyyanng]

18:53 ehhhhhhh

[@brendangreen1812]

22:22 bass drum pp

[@Mediocre_Music]

Dab on em Boston 😂

[@Actrs3.7]

0:34 2019?

[@Chazahc18]

Two Thousand NEighteen

[@americanspirit8932]

I thought I was watching a Halloween costume party

[@malcolmhisky6665]

30:03 the guy in the very bottom left forgets to do the visual.

[@aaronlaughlin2389]

MALCOLMKICKS he’s the horn Seargeant he’s instructing the visual

[@malcolmhisky6665]

@@aaronlaughlin2389 oh I'm a stupid 😂

[@aaronlaughlin2389]

MALCOLMKICKS I can relate I was confused at first until I realized he did it every time they got a caption

[@sushirolldotexe5693]

I never knew the Blue Knights were from the place I was born in Jesus. And I find out about this now?

[@nickscuderi371]

As a jazz musician and a huge dci fan I literally hate it when a Corp brings jazz or blues or anything along those lines into a show. With how a Corp is lined up it doesn’t and is not supposed to work. They don’t have the instruments to do the job, but they do it anyway. Frankly, I don’t get it and I’m not trying to ridicule dci or any Corp, I just want somebody to explain. Please. Edit: Also can someone pls tell me the name of the Corp with woodwinds.

[@milojohnson3057]

it's not a corps it was an exhibition marching band

[@JustCubeIt]

Yeah I cringed sooo hard.

[@chargedbandit1452]

Honestly the only way jazz should be played is with a trombone soloist and a backing track if dci wants to do jazz lmao cause I get they want to jazz it up but you gotta respect that it’s jazz which came from the roots of New Orleans and not from a white guy marching dci lmao but I dci wants to jazz it up just let them do their thing n realize it truly isn’t jazz until they bring in like Bill watrus lol

[@vibingonvibes8630]

@@chargedbandit1452 Is the whole point of music not to bring people together, and is the whole point of jazz specifically not to be open to creativity and expression? Plus, it's in these shows because the arrangers like it and want to honor it. Restricting it to a certain instrument, location, etc. is ridiculous.

[@ZakhadWOW]

While I do appreciate the creativty and originality in this era's DBCs, I sort of think it is getting a bit out of countrol. THose Carolina Crown uniforms were just like RIDICULOUS. That's a drum and bugle corps? Looks more like a circus!

[@definitelynotcainan3353]

5:36 ... Not a good look when Rondo is talking about how good you look and then your highlight video has a close up of bad technique, horribly dirty feet and a member out of step....

[@johnfilippone7410]

Boston should have beaten Crown

[@JustCubeIt]

6:35 Spot the Tumor.

[@juliawickware3315]

Alright, I’m in blue devils b corps and even tho I may be biased...blue devils are an amazing corps and don’t deserve all the hatred they got for this show! They know, and we all know this definitely wasn’t their best show. Just becuase they have won so many times doesn’t mean they are undeserving of winning again, first place rightfully went to vanguard even tho I didn’t personally like their show. But every corps is exceptionally talented and just cause bd wins a lot (they win because every single section is incredibly good) doesn’t mean they deserve frack for it.

[@teresaoftheandes6279]

Wow "drum corps" has gotten weird.

[@TheFirmest]

Get rid of the costumes and go back to uniforms. Leave the props to the color guard

[@mang058]

nah i’m good

[@americanspirit8932]

It's a marching band competition not a drum and bugle Corps competition at all. Call it what it really is😂🎉😅😮

[@XtremeSportX247]

😁😄😃😄😆😅🤣🤗☺😇 This was most boring quietest longest retreat ever..... 😴 🙄 😒 😪 BD came back at took Gold in 2019 🏆🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇

[@FelixTruvere]

I truly wish Drum Corps would stop using recordings in their shows and make a rule for everything to be STRICTLY ACOUSTIC. It loses me every time I hear some speech TALKING on top of an ensemble. I can’t tell you how much I truly dislike it. I also hear CHEATING. Like synthesizers enhancing LOWS & inner-voices in the walls of a brass chord’s sound. I just can’t tell what’s real brass in balance & blend anymore. Ugh... don’t like it.

[@brothaNblue]

Hate to break it to you, but designers don't care what you think. It is highly unlikely they'll change back to how it was.

[@vibingonvibes8630]

This new technology allows for more innovation and creativity. Any corp can choose to not use said electronics if they want to. Plus, if it was really cheating, it wouldn't be allowed. If you don't like it, you can go somewhere else. I'm sure there are more than enough ensembles in the world that don't use electronics to satisfy you, and there's also the decades of pre-electronics DCI to relive. Don't ruin this for the rest of us.

[@justaking8741]

The Bluecoats ruined DCI when downside up won in 2016

[@mrbellafante1]

Just a Trombone Guy best show ever

[@aaronlaughlin2389]

Dontrell Hickbottom well performed, and it was boundary breaking, but not the best.

[@johnw.5392]

Micah Lall-Trail sorry we ruined it for you ;)

[@ohohohno4697]

@Micah Lall-Trail if it's ruined for you don't watch it

[@ohohohno4697]

@Micah Lall-Trail damn

[@jacobkeppler1984]

Great music this year