Battle hymn of the Republic @ DCI Finals 2011

[@codywright2840]

Truly a sound not matched any where else on Earth. You don't see a couple thousand of the planet's finest brass players playing any song in one place every day.

[@tjbach8213]

probably just shy of a thousand brass players. 80 to 90 is the typical range for horn line size and there are 12 corps standing there.

[@patrickfoit8261]

TJ Bach it doesn't matter, there are over 1000 people on the field when they do this

[@xsiunnu]

The Golden Brass Summit has 5x as many brass! but yeah ...

[@reedlarson3153]

I miss when they played America, O Canada

[@sputnikalgrim]

It moves me to tears, I used to try and fight them but I’m not embarrassed anymore.

[@indygo1963]

They need to bring this back. This is an important part of the true pageantry which is drum corps.

[@draftingsavant7190]

please never lose the tradition of the hold over trumpet at the end.

[@americanspirit8932]

It started out as a bugle when we head Real Drum and bugle Corp.

[@declandougan7243]

The singular of corps is corps, not corp.

[@dlennertzdl]

That much power is too much for one person to have! Probably a good 1000 of the best marchers in the world playing the exact thing at the exact same time. WOWZERS

[@baadach3752]

1000? im thinking like 3000 or so at least

[@lukebingham6922]

@@baadach3752 12 corps, 80 brass per corp, about 960 people.

[@baadach3752]

@@lukebingham6922 o yep im very stupid only finals not every single competiting corp :/ my bad

[@jacksmith3385]

More like 12 corps with about 150 a corp.

[@neal0071234able]

At the 03 finale in Orlando .. You could feel it as much as you could hear it

[@FindThisHeart]

Oh man. I remember them announcing we would do that on the field and learning that literally never. Best I've played in my life.

[@YahshuamySovereign]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🏆

[@poconofriend777]

Crown? I heard Crown didnt used to rehearse anything besides show music

[@musicmaniac92992]

You took the words right out of my mouth. I watch this so many times and I get the EXACT same reaction every time. I get to watch it live for the first time in a few days and I just cant wait to experience the best concert in the world. I am always at lost for words when I watch these guys online.

[@charlottewhritenour8447]

This has always given me the chills since my very first time I have every listened to it. And I have listened to this at least 100 times a year

[@tegancollins4392]

WHY DO WE NOT STILL DO THIS!!!!

[@ms-mo8hl]

Now add drill for all of them

[@dundy96]

Notice how the description says, "No description available." That's because there are no words to describe how epic this is.

[@cmucodemonkey]

This still gives me goosebumps and brings a tear to my eye. So beautiful!

[@eddiescott3523]

I miss this

[@timjohnson7588]

FYI, the music starts at 0:48.

[@aydenkoyanagi1727]

BaconsCastle Boy. Attention spans really have shortened...

[@reneebigsur01]

my first drum corps finals retreat,,,i access this often,, I never tire of it,,

[@mudbloodmountaineer]

"No description available." is correct! Speechless!

[@tymmtuba]

Gotta love how Spirit's retreat block is a Maltese Cross. Love those guys!

[@TheMarksmansYT]

That bass drum stack dohhhh...

[@the-retr0tek]

Those are snares

[@himan12345678]

this does no justice compared to actually being at the Lucas Oil Stadium. It's always so amazing!

[@carl-ok9gn]

I love this great nation.

[@MOOT1927]

Why don't they still do this?

[@RpageMPG]

I believe this was in honor of the tenth anniversary of September 11th. Don't quote me.

[@samanthabree1246]

MOOT1927 Because they think stuff like this is the reason drum corps got stale and was in decline, so gradually all the traditional stuff went in the shredder. At one point, Full Olympic Retreat was at the end of every show. Finals night included corps playing each other off the field with their show music, until the only corps left was the champion.

[@kingsley4261]

Ryan Page that is not why

[@ikarooz]

KDS so....... what's the reason?

[@AirbrushingtipsNet]

Finals is always in August, so it wasn't that.

[@Mello_94]

So true. I love the boomyness of it, and the energy is unreal. I was there semifinals night and couldn't even hold my camera still because of the goosebumps I was getting. Unforgetable experience. :)

[@Panhandledawg1]

As a Dawgs fan, WOW!! I love it!

[@mbmaccin555555]

crazy how great it turns out when almost all of them dont even know it lol.

[@PeterHeil]

this was the first dci show i ever went to and it blew my mind

[@wheelholder12]

I have listened to this many times.All I have to say is AWESOME.

[@Pez5688]

From my experience, it's always come from a corps in blue.

[@JackanIke]

they only have to move a fraction of an inch in the right spot to make that happen. I imagine they are standing pretty still if you were to look from up close even.

[@DrStrangefate]

Give me Crown or Give me Death.

[@toddchavez8274]

I’m so grateful to have witnessed this.

[@YahshuamySovereign]

That was Excellence! Pure love for the Professional Marching Bands! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆

[@moose6241]

It's more than likely part of their show's characters. A lot of corps have their guard come on field for the retreat still in character.

[@jameschiavetta4194]

It had to be the most awesome experience in person. Excellent

[@CoastalStormChasing]

Beautiful I got chills from this !!!!!

[@frankmorton1626]

Beautiful. I loved coming off Field after retreat an playing your ass off. This is on another level 👏👏🎺🎺

[@robert019]

i don't know how many did this...but i know when i marched that year, we didn't really touch up on this song. we maybe rehearsed it like less than 5 times total

[@christinemullett3348]

spectacular, amazing, brilliant, stunning...the adjectives could keep rolling.

[@Mrsastorga]

Love those high trumpets!!

[@bornsetjustafellowgamer1480]

Goosebumps. Just Goosebumps is all I gotta say

[@musicmaniac92992]

my god the last two chords brought tears to my eyes lol. oh god i cant wait to hear it live in a couple months :) MUSICAL ORGASM!!!

[@reneebigsur01]

one word: AWESOME!!!!!

[@lucindampacific8106]

So thrilling-what an awesome event! Need to put this years DCI Finals on my schedule now!

[@Kayluh1915]

Beautiful!

[@kdkdkd4153]

God bless America & drum corp.

[@corrolations]

This gave me chills. just...

[@toddodor1933]

One awesome full retreat !.

[@kdkdkd4153]

Thank G O D. A time when kids could be kids.

[@horstkyle]

@VerdantBlue Thx.

[@mbmaccin555555]

Crazy hearing some lead trumpets stick out, not bad..Lots of power. haha

[@joehoggard6156]

I was there!!!

[@theluckykaiju5125]

Holy shit... real tears rn

[@cadepresley7328]

I love how simple yet affective older DCI was especially PR. To me the best part of any show is when the band is just simply standing and playing the music. Now there’s just so much going on it’s kinda hard to enjoy it.

[@GhostedInferno]

I think this is the sound you're going to hear when God comes back to Earth.

[@danieladamczyk08]

0:48

[@Fuekashi97]

Thats awesome.

[@rolsen77]

Why don’t they still do this??

[@tucker.84]

Yes I know I'm 4 years late, but I don't care. It stopped after 2013 because of a combination of things. 1 - was timing; pre-2019 they used to march in / announce the corps one by one, which stretched it out by 30-45 extra minutes. It was taking waaay too long to walk out 1 by 1, set down your stuff down, make the block and wait for the scores to come. 2 - was that in Lucas Oil, sound bounces around the entire can, so hearing little details was very noticeable. Meaning, that if someone goofed around during America the Beautiful (thanks Blue Knights), everyone would hear it. 3 - someone above me already mentioned it but DCI felt that stuff like this is the reason drum corps got stale and was in decline, so gradually all the traditional stuff went in the shredder.

[@spamaccount1513]

How are they staying together? The corps on the end zones should sound like they are atleast a full secind off from the other corps

[@SpokaneThunder117]

Wow, actually respectable, nobody just playing hooplah, sounds awesome :)

[@nonumbersorspaces]

double C!?

[@brycelawler6380]

Garrett Crook I only heard a double G

[@Wannabefarmerinmn]

I AM PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!! WOWSERS!!!!

[@bfg9000d1]

The 2006 DCI Fanfare was far better.. It was the loudest damn thing I ever heard in my life. I think I still suffer some hearing loss from it today. Many folks coming out of the stands thought it was over the top, yes it was that loud. you can still find it on KZbin I believe.

[@jlbrebels]

AMAZING

[@jangtheconqueror]

wowow is that like every drum corps that performed?

[@marchingpackofCeHS]

best thing ever

[@millsowner]

Got a buddy who's lead for em; WHOOOOOO :D

[@ghilliesniper15]

why are you all talking about UGA? If you look, the endzone says Indianapolis

[@rivermegan]

CHILLSSSSS

[@MrMessageofdeath]

Were all of the finalists playing? Or just the one that won?

[@baadach3752]

messageofDEATH all of them. sorry im 5 years late.

[@StuMair]

Its DCI, what did you expect?

[@SkyPilot33]

The reverb is too much for the mic to take! Haha

[@mbmaccin555555]

Ya, I was in the very front playing it. We had like 5 minutes to memorize it. Lol..Pretty much everyone was making up parts..I don't know about other corps. The lower corps probably had time, because let's face it...They knew they weren't making finals.

[@deltadak]

Scouts in the house!

[@jrcna32466]

Don't the corps always end up back in Indy for finals? I may be wrong but I was under the impression that drum corps had strong roots here....that's why they closed the season at Lucas Oil......

[@notagerman100]

+Jc C It changed a few years ago from Indiana University to Lucas Oil and a few years ago I think it was in Colorado (could be wrong on that one). But I believe Lucas Oil just promised to host finals until 2026, when they'll probably renegotiate the contract.

[@jrcna32466]

+Martin Carnahan That's a good thing for me.....I have always loved drum corps.....and Lucas Oil is only a couple hours away.....

[@edwardmurray9595]

+Martin Carnahan it changed year to year. 2007, in Pasadena CA was the last year before they moved to IU(2008), and later Indy(2009). Before that, it was Madison WI (2006), Foxborough/Brockton MA (2005), Denver CO(2004)...

[@notagerman100]

Edward Murray sweet, good drum corps trivia, thanks!

[@samanthabree1246]

Wow... I is old. I marched in 2006. We had World Championships in Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, WI. Camp Randall was considered the Mecca of Drum Corps until this. Actually a lot of people hated the move to Lucas Oil because of the echo originally.

[@TomAndJerry87]

Everyone's playing

[@johnule3247]

Can we hear it on bugles? Because it's indoors, people's ears would bleed. 100 bugles would have a higher db reading.

[@BandNerdcp]

It's the mirrors on their shakos reflecting the light..

[@MrRippinTearin]

pretty sure that parts of their uniforms reflecting.

[@cstahl24]

now wait is it just cadets playing this cause there is no way they could make that sound on their own that crazy

[@pasta_heals]

Look at all those camera flashes coming from the Bluecoats haha.

[@Carsonsmisek26]

:O gorgeous

[@caswellt12]

HOW CAN I JOIN THIS BAND? ;-)

[@Mathematica500]

Why can't we open the Olympics with this?

[@BenNixon32]

A big, blasty marching band.

[@erickocd]

lol this year we had to play simple gifts

[@boostedidiot]

uh no, that happened once with the blue devils because they lost. sometimes it sounds off because of the spread of players, speaking from experience

[@luukzon98]

waar staat jubal ???

[@kellyleblanc183]

When amplification equipment wasnt needed

[@FOSSIL13drums]

Actually, one of my friends was a Euph for Madison and he was playing "The Little Mermaid" lmao!

[@jboy1ish]

Everybody says that tubas, baritones and mellophones are the core of the band.... but at the end of the day, nothing beats some good trumpet players

[@flabaman44]

The show was Rach Star lol dude chill.

[@MeanJoeGreen3]

im the 69th commenter

[@tconsta22]

Crown tubas... LOL!

[@davethedrummer1]

A lot of time people will just blast random things

[@tylerbeals95]

This could be a joke saying Bluecoats take notes..

[@jcd484]

@jboy1ish *cough* baritone ftw *cough*

[@darthlahey5392]

U can barely hear it......

[@robbob100]

No I don't think you can !!

[@MrJoshualoney]

hehe hymn

[@jimmyjamesjimbojr]

literally just jizzed my pants

[@TheJeztor]

I have great respect for all the performers among DCI, but I really miss the days of "America O Canada" at the finale. I don't like many of these new arrangements. Just doesn't have the same feeling for me.

[@reedlarson302]

I still have my copy of "America O Canada" somewhere

[@YahshuamySovereign]

Truth is marching on!

[@stephaniefarkas5476]

whenever you see the twinkling in the marching band when they are standing still that means they are moving which in marching band terms is super bad but other wise their sound was super good

[@Laughingdawg13]

Stephanie Farkas one, this is drum corps, two, you could literally barely move at all and get the twinkle