A day in the life of DCI with Crossmen

Get a look into what Drum Corp International is with Texas' own Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corp.

[@briannac2231]

And y'all thought band camp was bad.

[@darthvader9969]

binch I look forward to band camp

[@user_28373]

Darth Vader lmaooo same

[@jangoonyun]

@@user_28373 yall some weirdos

[@user_28373]

Jangoon how

[@jangoonyun]

@@user_28373 who tf enjoys band camp 😭

[@MS-df2fk]

This summed up in three minutes what a drum corps season is like better than "Clash of the Corps" did in eight or nine episodes last year. It's really impossible for those looking in to understand how hard it is as a member, but this gave a small inkling.

[@BluesClues2s]

Clash of *Corps But honestly that was supposed to be a reality show... As in "not reality"

[@sci8]

lmfao clash of clans

[@emmanuelreyes8190]

Matt Stryker. Clash of the clans? Come one dude...

[@keatonwhitaker4737]

Clash of the Corps was terrible, I hated it

[@MS-df2fk]

Some of the stories they chose to focus on were so trivial, especially the one with the girl in BD's guard putting so much pressure on herself over that lift in the ballad. With all that can and does go wrong during a DCI tour (bus breakdowns, severe weather, injuries, shitty housing sites, illness, etc) they chose to make that one of the major plotlines? I give the members of The Cadets and BD from 2016 credit, though.. Having a documentary crew following them around on tour must have sucked.

[@SEH221]

This is just edited so oddly???

[@brendandaravong9199]

what happens when they know nothing about drum corps

[@toddhoward5749]

0:09 "color guard memeber" Not well, either. Lmao

[@zakf6104]

It's a news article.

[@thearoy1479]

Somehow this video makes dci look not nearly as insane as it is.

[@samsignorelli]

Some things simply can't be explained in a video.

[@claritanox6695]

That one guy in the thumbnail got hella Adam’s apple

[@EchoCamCam]

he was my band's percussion instructor last year 😂

[@hanw702]

i’ve been holding my tuba too low at attention/horn down.. yikes these guys are STRONG. also we have the same tuba guards lol

[@potterfanz6780]

Ok... But why not use sousaphones?

[@nathanaelslater814]

Potterfanz two different sounds. Sousa is more dirty while contrabass bugles blend better with the other horns. It’s also uniformity such as visually the contrabass bugles look more appealing in a show and fit in better with the rest of the brass.

[@halfmoon2069]

@@potterfanz6780 There are VERY few competitive marching bands that even use a sousaphone. Maybe back in the day sure, but especially in DCI that's not the case anymore.

[@emmcad7431]

@@potterfanz6780 just depends on what sound the ensemble wants outta their tuba section! Obviously the two serve very different purposes, with the Sousa giving a lot of volume while Contra is more around purity of tone!

[@ChristopherNelson42]

@@halfmoon2069 yeah. Broken arrow and Hebron don’t count.

[@streetleveltech]

Back in the 80s, when I was a producer for a local public radio station, I was able to spend a day observing corps preparing for a show and talk to some of the members and the corps staff and crew. The members' focus and professionalism was impressive and the corps alumni that I've known and worked with have carried that forward into their adult professional lives.

[@elizabethhillard3844]

cross men stayed at my school around the time this was posted, it was an amazing experience, and it was pretty amazing to see what they do firsthand. i watched their pit go through their entire show non stop on their own. i watched their guard in my school's gym, flag, rifle, and sabre. i watched their sectionals. it was more than just amazing, and it's definitely an experience i want to have through my own eyes.

[@mholub]

Hey Crossmen....Stay the course!!!! I've been around this activity for 56 years and remember when the 507 Hornets merged with the Keystone Regiment. You've got a rich, RICH history had have had some icons of the activity who have marched in the ranks of The Crossmen. Be proud. The Crossmen have ALWAYS produced a quality product. You folks, all you marching members, and supporting staff....stay together and stay "Crossmen!!"

[@jedidr4918]

0:10 so shes a memeber? Not a member?

[@patrickv.3979]

She's a member, who came from the U.K., originally. Not sure on exact story, so I can't explain her situation. Last year was her last year, being able to march.

[@Wotan993]

Is it compulsory to rehearse in one's underwear?

[@tylerh.2602]

Wotan993 No, but when you practice for that long outside in the sun it's not a bad choice either.

[@TomAndJerry87]

Try being outside doing physical activity 12 hours a day basically every day, then see how you want to dress :)

[@Wotan993]

Fair enough, although I'm in Australia so I would get skin cancer if I did that

[@OreoCinima]

Yes

[@TomorrowWeLive]

Eh, I'm not complaining

[@masterbulgokov]

30 years ago, DCI (SCV) changed my life. Great experience. Hardest thing I've ever done.

[@parkerhein3378]

They give them cereal from the food truck seriously

[@spamaccount1513]

I was thinking about trying out for crossmen but I got a callback for BlueCoats. Excited for the future!

[@suprasneaky]

Eyyy that's the field I practice on every morning

[@djmotise]

200 members and all we get here is the same three people getting all the interview time. Did the UK pay for this video?

[@garrotmon]

darren motise 150*

[@CloroxBleach-hi6jd]

I would love to march drum core but not with the crossmen. The problem is it's too dang expensive

[@ShadeMiller]

go open class

[@garrett69]

It was expensive back in '98. I'd hate to think what it would cost these days.

[@RickCogley]

Nice job this year, Crossmen. :-)

[@dumbcunt9893]

If I did this... I'd die after the first hour.... why'd I decide to march sousaphone again?

[@chefboyardeeznuts6199]

That's not even hard lmao

[@Iplayquad]

It really bothered me everytime they showed that quad that was tilted up, 💀

[@DennisJohnsonDrummer]

Difficult for me identifying with Crossmen actually being based in Texas instead of Pennsylvania. We (Spirit) toured with Crossmen in 1980 and the two groups became close. Things change. Not sure how the group ended up in Texas? Anyone know?

[@davidhall8874]

The Crossman rock! The Dallas Morning News sucks. Lousy reporting!

[@Flipper86]

DCI was in my home town 2 years in a row in the late 70’s/ early 80’s. One of the corps stayed at the HS about a block away from my home. They practiced all day and then did the performance in the evening, it was July in Iowa, hot and muggy, but you heard the drums and brass throughout the day. As a kid taking piano lessons and just beginning to play an instrument, I was amazed at how much time was spent practicing. Then I went to the show and saw the results 🥰

[@TheSlayer3628]

Get it Bones!!

[@stevenhillshow]

I am 29. I miss marching band in high school. If you are still in high school and are in the marching band, do not take it for granted. Those memories will be your best memories from high school.

[@maxversthappening8166]

And people think marching band kids are nerds

[@halwaffles]

Honestly it would be a dream to do DCI, but I don’t think that I’d have my marching skill high enough to get in. Not to mention the fact that I was a woodwind in high school and would be looking to join a crops that has cymbals, which would probably be pretty competitive

[@APagan-qg9ru]

I reccomend trying DCI open or DCA if you are daunted!

[@halwaffles]

@@APagan-qg9ru thanks for the recommendation! Unfortunately at this point I'm pretty much out of the band world entirely and am in a place where I wouldn't be able to do that kind of stuff due to obligations toward coursework for college and internships, lol. Life really does pass you by sometimes.

[@APagan-qg9ru]

@@halwaffles I wish you the best of luck then in whatever you are doing now :)

[@joeheid4757]

Can somebody do a short youtube video on what these people eat, their caloric intake per day? Do they have dieticians on staff? Etc.

[@angelocooper7631]

they do!

[@elipekuri2355]

Why would they train in the south!? That's just cruel!

[@asterlyons8564]

Yeah it's pretty insane. I perform with a different corps, we do most of our training in the north, but we spend about a week in the south for some performances and that week is one of the hardest all summer.

[@thatonebandloser8512]

Im never gonna be able to do this...I play clarinet. Plus I'd never make it in even if i did brass or drums

[@419waywardkid5]

That one band Loser Not with that attitude, stop with the self pity and pick up a horn or percussion instrument and try your best, see what happens.

[@Stand_Tall]

if you want proof, here i am never marched before, only played tuba for 11 months. got a contract with the cascades because i tried my best. you try and see what comes out of it.

[@papadevito7700]

I play clarinet 🗿

[@idek3942]

im from prosper

[@WesleyParksTTV]

Fastest way to get in shape lol I remember the last year I marched I was a savage lol soooo in shape

[@stevenhopkins2887]

Yes, I was a marching band member with Dickinson High School in Delaware, where we won many regional championships outside out state, thanks to Red Windsor, who also coached the Delaware Blue Rocks Drum and Bugle Corp...My sister met her husband while they were members of the Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corp in Pennsylvania during the early 1970's...

[@briannac2231]

I’m from Delaware too I March at cab Calloway haha

[@MarchingVlogs]

Great edit.

[@earlviney5212]

How did crossmen go from philly to texas?

[@itakedelightincornbread6990]

CROSSMEEEEENNNNNNN

[@colefambrough210]

He said their 45 member groups. It’s more like 145 member groups

[@TopDrumCorps]

He meant 45 different corps

[@hoopiedoo]

Camp starts tomorrow! My hubby drove the prop truck.

[@itshuntbunt]

What the hell thats my school

[@valpal7426]

wait this was at my highschool

[@replayarchive8758]

One of the guys in the thumbnail gives me Cameron Cavender vibes. You know the one.

[@zlm2001]

Hey they're at my highschool FHS

[@StrawhatJojo]

I LOVE YOU DUSTIN DELMORO

[@TomorrowWeLive]

Hot!

[@sethrs_2724]

Dusty.......😐

[@Aliceuhhh-rq6gw]

A dream right there

[@jagvml]

Met several members of the group when they overnighted and rehearsed in Chadron, NE. Such a joy to see the enthusiasm, professionalism and commitment of the group...we hope more groups discover this hidden little jewel of Chadron State College’s new field and stadium and include it in their summer travel/rehearsal plans. Great show, Crossmen! Best wishes for success throughout the summer competitions.

[@yourname6486]

Are there trombones in these drum corps?

[@amazonwarehouse7302]

A Fake Batman Occasionally. Drum corps consists of trumpets, mellophone, baritones/euphoniums, and tubas. That's the baseline standard for instrumentation, and those are the instruments you audition on to get in. Trombones may be used maybe for a few minutes in a given show if a corps decides to

[@chefboyardeeznuts6199]

@@amazonwarehouse7302 unless you're the Mandarins

[@legoexplosion922]

i can tell that they all enjoy it, but i could never even stand doing band beyond/outside of high school

[@willcurran3129]

Imagine doing marching band

[@ShinziiArt]

Funny

[@javiergutierrez6713]

It’s all about hbcus and high stepping

[@emilym4402]

Javier Gutierrez drum corps and hbcus are completely different things, but thanks for trying

[@javiergutierrez6713]

Emily no yeah but one is better than the other so yeah

[@emilym4402]

Javier Gutierrez I’m saying you can’t compare things that are trying to accomplish different things

[@TopDrumCorps]

Lol Hbcus are great entertainment but it’s a whole nother skill level to do DCI

[@AncientMeow14]

Let piccs join.

[@teaganhershberger9961]

It’s called Drum and Bugles Corps. Not Drum and Bugle and Woodwind Corps.

[@AncientMeow14]

@@teaganhershberger9961 Okay?

[@avery7593]

Sorry, but blue coats is where it's at

[@bjyokums]

You can't explain it because it has no name....Is it a band or is it a dance team or is it a drum corps or what the hell is it...."We go on the football field and put on a show that might make sense or might not, and we'll dance and have props that we come out, of for no apparent reason and then the band instruments play and the drummers play and then we're judged and then we find out how well we did in the end and that's drum corps....Oh yes, the best prancers, dancers and amplified group wins a title....which means they are really good or........NOTHING

[@asterlyons8564]

I'd love to see you try any of it. You wouldn't be able to. These young athletes do incredible things, and disrespecting them in this manner is obscene. Show some class.

[@emilym4402]

Please realize that drum corps is an art and it evolves. Every year is different and they have different ideas. Drum corps 20 years ago is of course going to be very different than 20 years from now just like literally everything else.

[@kimt8162]

I thought this was okay for someone to get into but then my daughter was kind of getting older, and I realized. Ya know she really needs to put the band behind her and start thinking of a career and job. By the time I was a senior in high school, my shift went towards jobs. We just went to a college fair and I think for her, thinking of finances and understanding dollars and sense (cents) became more important for us.

[@anthonytroupe4923]

It is still important for her to find some outlet for her creative mind. It may not need to be at this intense of a level, there is a lot of commitment involved for this, but something like her college marching band or choral program would be a great way to give her a healthy way to decompress from the stresses of college academia as well as expose her to a diverse population of students and potential life-long friends she may not have met without those organizations. I certainly understand the concern for her success, but hope she and yourselves would consider the option of a collegiate music ensemble.

[@419waywardkid5]

Kim T Don’t make her give up her passion for something she has the rest of her life to do. There’s always gonna be career and college opportunities, this stuff has a deadline

[@asterlyons8564]

Drum corps is absolutely worth it, if you can make it happen. Sadly it is rather cost-prohibitive, but I've seen people get incredibly creative with fund raising. It teaches you lessons about yourself that you won't learn anywhere else. It pushes you to your physical and mental limitis and shows you how strong you are capable of being. You can only march DCI until you're 21, so there's a limited window. I've marched 4 summers and let me tell you I would not trade a second of it away for more money. And I very mich intend to march my fifth and final season this summer. If youre daughter is interested in it, you should look into it together.

[@drippybankz5274]

Instead of this trash, watch HBCU bands there great.

[@tikala1]

Come on man, show respect for the other aspect of marching. They’re two different styles, let each be their own thing, no need to rag on the other.

[@blaydv2242]

Drippy Bankz they’re* learn basic English

[@steinblitz1506]

Lol great at what, please tell me one thing they're clean at

[@anthonytroupe4923]

@@steinblitz1506 Good HBCU bands are clean in terms of musicality and precision drill. It is not the same as DCI/ corps style marching and that is okay. We also were not talking about HBCUs here. This is showcasing this organization. If you want people to pay attention to what you have to offer, you don't say "this sucks ours is better". No one will respond the way you want them to, which is to go listen, watch and enjoy the best of those groups the same way we do. Positively promote those programs you love so much. Neither the OP's comment or your reply will advance the musicality of either style or organization. You can 100% appreciate both once you step away from cultural biases and just love the Marching Arts as a whole as a medium of raw passion and creation.

[@asterlyons8564]

They're totally different things. DCI places emphasis on precision and theatricality, which is incredibly impressive to watch. But HBCU bands are absolutely experts when it comes to hyping up a crowd. They're two completely didferent things, that just so happen to both involve holding an instrument on a football field