2023 Cavaliers Drumline DCI Finals

Cavaliers Drumline at the 2023 Drum Corps International World Championships in Indianapolis, IN.

[@forreststarnes8370]

8th place and still won best percussion. This line is 🔥

[@sparafucile9749]

no women around to distract them all summer 🤠

[@npittman82]

@@sparafucile9749 is that why the previous 10 Sanford winners came from co-ed corps?

[@wilhemalmodovar8910]

@@sparafucile9749That’s just a bad take dawg

[@sweatswithcruise]

@@sparafucile9749aye that was funny dawg lollll

[@sweatswithcruise]

@@npittman82you gotta admit it was funny

[@AESnareline]

And this is why the Cavies won the Sanford! The musicianship, player-to-player interpretation, technique, sound quality, and flavor of “old cavies” writing that I remember from my days marching in the 1990s, to the “new cavies”, is extraordinary. Congrats on a very well-deserved Sanford Award in 2023 Cavaliers !!

[@garylagstrom3864]

Well I said the Cavies Drumline was #1 before San Antonio so they just proved it from then on through Atlanta through Allentown and all three nights from Prelims to Semi-Finals to Finals. As Mike Fantini of Aged out Podcast says: CLEAN WINS EVERYTIME!!! Congrats to the Cavies!

[@Panda_man1357]

dude the break at 4:38 is so clean and there's so much space at the beginning you can literally hear the cleanliness in the echo. Jesus christ.

[@resipsaloquitur13]

I love how one can pick out the tiny subtle hints of past book. I love it. And the standard lives! Well done, lads.

[@jaxsage5767]

Cavaliers Drum Corps is one of the legends of drum corps. Am pleased the corps continues to perform at a high level. Congrats to the percussion section for taking 1st Place in the DCI 2023 National Championship.

[@DennisJohnsonDrummer]

A clinic in control, articulation, musicality, showmanship, and crispiness!

[@sergeant_salty]

Any crispier and we'd crack a tooth just watching

[@eddymendoza5590]

That left handed ping at 4:13 😲

[@some_guy_2323]

Jesus that space, this must have been a real hard book to clean. Well deserved

[@boogymonster7]

FIRST PLACE BABY!! LETS GO CAVIES

[@samsignorelli]

Congrats on the Sanford tonight!

[@mmmbetter55]

Definitely cool to see the Cavs win drums but without seeing the show itself and the battery's ensemble cohesion with brass and the front, its hard for me to see how this won percussion.

[@iainoam2565]

@@mmmbetter55cleanliness, also it's both drumline and front. Since the judge is primarily on the side line it's really mostly the front unless the drumline is near.

[@escapethematrix4204]

@@mmmbetter55they were nails on the field. Lots don’t mean anything

[@StevenJamesBurks]

bass articulation ... unbelievably crisp qos ... reminds me of cadets 89 level ... congratulations on the sanford 👊🏻

[@Sivvester]

This is old school in the best way

[@ScottPearsony]

Just dripping with intent! Love it.

[@robthedrummer]

Congrats Cavaliers!

[@drmbgls1]

The big difference between them and Boston was the stick and body movement that the Cavies did. It made what they did look even more difficult. Clean and difficult is a winner!

[@jmanderson8801]

That and also Boston got 5th in percussion :P

[@andrewbos8837]

They just make it look easy!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Ray-RaySnare]

4:12 The best pin shot with left hand ever

[@MandoPercussion]

💪🐶JUNKYARD DOGS 2023💪🐶

[@mrbobceleste]

Good to see cavies win, definitely stood out from the bunch.

[@masterbulgokov]

Great bass line!

[@TXGAL68]

Wow..great job. I guess snare stick height has changed over the years. My high school days back in the latter 80s, kept stick height down. The bass drums heads are sooo different, they really can't be heard as..Bass Drums, the low, mid and high booms. O well.

[@SammyWammy3579]

Pls someone tell me what kinda sticks are they using that creates the scrape at 4:14🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@uhoh321]

Excellent!

[@Iliketoboard]

Mad props for wearing original unis!

[@stevepond14]

visuals are so sick

[@HE360]

I wish I could play drums like them!

[@theunknowndrummer1209]

Learn, it takes time but that skill isn’t unobtainable

[@simonslagle]

Still can!

[@seanpedersen8435]

Clean!

[@catseye1009]

They have that “Top Secret Drum Corp” vibe going on.

[@drummersnare6276]

Do not insult them like that.

[@thenerfnerd6659]

​@@drummersnare6276don't insult who? They're good, both of them.

[@drummersnare6276]

@@thenerfnerd6659 they’re not even in the same universe. Top secret plays easy stuff which isn’t clean, DCI plays difficult stuff which is clean

[@pacibels_cannon]

@@thenerfnerd6659 Top Secret Drum Corps is a huge line that only sounds good in an aircraft hangar. Cavaliers can play the hardest possible hybrid rudiment books with ease while actually marching pretty difficult visual books and they do it completely clean. There is no comparison man.

[@im4142]

Love the 1995 flashbacks

[@resipsaloquitur13]

Snare feature.. I mean its Cavies. So yea. Prolly at least top 3 coolest things you've heard and/or seen all summer. As expected.

[@TheOutlierWriter]

What were you thinking panning away from the snares @5:15, cutting away from what is arguably the most bada$$ sticking of the entire book??? That said, it was epic watching the entire drum staff and line congregate in the parking lot of the Holiday Inn across the street from Lucas Oil, paying homage to that bitchin Sanford trophy. In your face, ScoJo. 😅

[@Augustosnaredrum]

Still dark in tone quality, but somethings come up. Snares wet. They prioritize somethings over other things. The mallet choice seems not to be to a more projection side. Bass drums despite of heads still sound darker and less articulated specially on low dynamics or less convoluted moments. Snares are just at it not over the top and not too much left to expect on. Tenors has a really good selection of drum heads, the drums sound fantastic in itself, not too bright, not distorted, I think the word is warm. So they had their sound for this season. I wish I could have been there live to see with my own eyes. Congrats Cavaliers!

[@isiahrowser]

What are those special sticks they’re using sliding on the rim? Seem like Johnny Rabb sticks

[@lethal_larry]

love the yamaha sound

[@RjDrums626]

What sticks do they use?

[@wyattsinclair7539]

IP FS-4

[@ASnareM]

When the center snare hit the solo left hand ping? Damn

[@davidross9337]

I knew from their first performance that they were gonna win percussion and they should’ve placed 1st in my opinion and that’s super hard for me to say bc I’m super biased towards bluecoats

[@Mincke23]

Same

[@Adrumguy21009]

Best drumline imo

[@lindygrrl658]

Extra buttery thin and crispy!!!❤

[@Ridebmx34521]

*DCI Finals Week

[@itzsahith]

5:03

[@sweatswithcruise]

Holy mother of god

[@justinrhee50]

1:28 👍

[@gregjacksun]

Cutting glass at 5:42. Good Lord.

[@genorobledo6417]

The ending lmao, call back to 2011

[@DarmokandJiladLLP]

Is Mike McIntosh still the caption head?

[@c.nk.01]

i believe so but not sure

[@texasartist01]

Yes he is.

[@Isaiah-kv9dm]

209 reality

[@user-yp3bp7wx4v]

ooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@resipsaloquitur13]

Quad line is scroooong.

[@Isaiah-kv9dm]

intro missy

[@richardashworth400]

At least 70% of these lads are benders without a doubt.

[@richardashworth400]

Top Secret has entered the chat : Hold my beer

[@fishykeys4086]

Top secret drumline is good but they’re nowhere near as advanced as most dci lines

[@betaclip1076]

what if they banned dutting...

[@resipsaloquitur13]

Without equal.

[@lindygrrl658]

6:21...disgusting...swear my eyes are deceiving me! How do you clean that??? You're all pretty, congratulations

[@griesrt]

book was so weak

[@andrewnance2156]

Wgi or DCI? Drill used to be a part of cavaliers. Posing and dancing doesn't do it for me

[@griesrt]

@@andrewnance2156 DCI Boston 05 and 06. Magic of Orlando 2004 snare

[@tryggviholt8958]

majority of their book is boring

[@wilhemalmodovar8910]

But CLEAN

[@pacibels_cannon]

Blud doesnt understand musicality

[@JBDrums.23]

Bro. If your dumb just say it. Lol

[@bochawa4295]

So this is what won the Sanford this year? Wow Chino Hills has a harder book than this

[@t1tan145]

Chino Hills is a high school. If you think this book is that easy, just learn it and post it online to prove it.

[@Luckyjasondrum]

K… Boston did not play clean. BD did not play clean. You’re not winning a Sandford with major ticks in your show. It’s just not going to happen.

[@carl_yung]

not always about the notes. yes there were harder.. i take that back, more notey books. but there are nuances, self awareness, and confidence to this book that made this line and the writing stand out. i actually laughed listening to this drumline and absolutely loved every second of it haha a breath of fresh air compared to other over written books. everything about cavies book this year had intention and payed homage to the past with some modern updates. that claw too.

[@texasartist01]

Clean wins, not "harder." If you can't clean the harder then you lose. Simple. All captions in DCI are this way.

[@esco4301]

Yeah but the book is still dumb easy. And did they copy Boston from last year with those quite shots at 7:27

[@rich_2824]