Beast Carolina Crown 2018 (San Antonio)

Carolina Crown’s Performance at DCI Southwest Championship.
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[@MrKrabs-mb4eg]

Literally love the trombone feature. Never heard anything like it

[@upsidedownpyramid7617]

proof that something doesn't need to be technical to be heartstopping to, the trombone part after the slides is just an F and a Db

[@MrKrabs-mb4eg]

@@upsidedownpyramid7617 also just now realizing they didn't have any soloists in this show either, and it's still amazing

[@upsidedownpyramid7617]

@@MrKrabs-mb4eg Yeah but that slide part before the feature is brilliant, it makes up for the lack of solos.

[@christiangaldi2902]

IT SHOOK THE CAMERA

[@BassTromboneDCI_Videos]

Same

[@sqite6539]

Pov:*ur 10 yrs old and see this and ur like wow band is so cool let me try it and now you're in ur freshman year of highschool marching band and you're having the time of your life and making a ton of friends who are alot like you and every time you start to play you feel truly happy*

[@AwakeGeoduck487]

10:25 Anyone else's favourite part?!?

[@FernandArgueta]

That's amazing :3 what's that song?

[@madprogamer4076]

Raiser 777 blow it up start again

[@FernandArgueta]

@@madprogamer4076 much obliged partner!!!

[@katelyn3450]

it gives me chills every time

[@alyssabayless3834]

Tanner Rall yessss

[@ivybrowning9830]

i’m here from tiktok to see if it was as lit as it seemed…this was a religious experience i cried

[@morganlouer5094]

Yee Oof which tiktok?

[@christopherkling307]

If that's true, then maybe tiktok has at least some useful components

[@ivybrowning9830]

Morgan Louer the tiktok was like “me vibing to carolina crown 2018, crown percussion:” or something like that

[@dctrbrass]

I heard this live. Defo cried. The sound is unreal.

[@guitarmansegovia]

Trust me, it was a lot more “Beast” in person. I still get goosebumps at the first hit.

[@miss.shrewd424]

That whole trombone section near the end was amazing, so cool.

[@Happe44]

10:25 the sound is so big it shakes the stadium

[@dctrbrass]

I would've had the music score a full point ahead of the rest of the field. The brass is unbelievable.

[@Natezeid]

Marched on that field twice for state championships, the sound resonates so well in there, really gives you a feeling of just "wow" and when you get the opportunity to listen to other bands you get an amazing opportunity

[@faterkowskifamily]

I have done it 3 times

[@Natezeid]

@@faterkowskifamily me too as of last month, my senior year ended well

[@riverprzygoda2631]

Trombone feature got me in the feels

[@jackmchugh7961]

Who’s here in 2022? Still gives me literal chills every freaking time

[@jackmchugh7961]

Still here btw

[@9aull391]

10:27 The camera starts shaking lmaoo.

[@Ej_Rosas]

8:20 - 8:45 Love that

[@ashleywahler8433]

We all came here for 10:27

[@katelyn3450]

Ashley Wahler i get chills every time

[@elaineeebushcabop4970]

Ashley Wahler I did lol

[@ariarnarr]

our wind ensemble played “Blow It Up, Start Again” (the piece with the trombone feature) and it was s o c o o l

[@GlenTindal]

Carolina Crown has a KILLER hornlike!!

[@spamaccount1513]

This show is such a unique one and I think it’s perfectly made for a dome like this. The way the drums ring out and the brass echos is so “beast like”

[@qnote729]

I wish I could find a better quality of this show

[@zachzuber32]

Underrated ballad

[@mrbigg151]

Kudos to the drill writer. It's always fun to watch DCI shows but this is more technical than most. My fave parts are those trumpets @2:54 and when yall opened that can of whoop ass @8:20

[@TopDrumCorps]

Such an awesome show. This was the first top 5 corps shows I watched in person. Made me cry, honestly a religious experience. Never got to see Babylon though :(

[@k123ason]

That chord at 3:03 is so clean!

[@bloonawsome7310]

blue devils just play that chord for 10 minutes straight lmao

[@aaronsmith2727]

4:01 is my most favorite part. the snares omgogmogmogmoggmogm

[@SirGeorge53]

Outstanding drill writing. Only a few amoeba drills where corps members just run around to find their positions. This corps actually plays as a group more often than most corps. If a person were to take a stop watch and time only the points where the group is playing together, you'd find the modern DCI groups don't play very much. It's usually drums, then a horn section, maybe a solo or two, recording of someone else playing and then when they do play as a group it's usually sustained long tones whole notes tied over bars while the percussion play various rudiments. Most corps play about 10% of the total time on the field, the rest is what I just described. This group plays more than most corps.

[@joehashbrowns7577]

SirGeorge53 exactly what I was thinking and it’s kinda frustrating that no one else seems to notice that

[@SirrrPrize]

I'm glad someone noticed.

[@jesuspectre9883]

No, I'm sorry, this wasn't outstanding drill writing. The fact is that this drill supported no central dramatic action. We don't know where to look. We can't see the titular character. It's a series of mini vignettes lasting about 10 to 20 seconds, and then they dissipate into thin air. Over and over again. We hear the Jaws theme for four measures, then poof, it's gone. Nothing coalesces. There's no arc. Nothing builds during the show. By the end, the foreboding trombone solo indicates something awful is about to happen, but it never does. The shrine rocks back and forth for a few bars, and then they unroll an illustration of a beast made of plastic WGI floor tarps. The end. And the audience just shrugs. There was no central action that grew for dramatic effect. Please let this be a lesson for future show coordinators. "Various elements around a theme" no worky. If you don't have an ending, you don't have a show.

[@SirGeorge53]

Which is exactly why you are all wrong Jesu. You are trying to put them in the same box as every other group that follows the same exact pattern. Try working out of the box for once in your life. Try to become creative.

[@jesuspectre9883]

SirGeorge53 So you're saying for the first time in performing art history a corps is doing something so new, abstract, fresh and innovative that it exceeds meaning and explanation? Haha. What a load of crap. Haha, let me get this straight-- your show is so sophisticated and cutting edge that it's called "Beast". Haha, you sound like a baseball fan laying face down in a gutter after a playoff game and with magic marker on his buttocks that says "ENTER HERE" . Wake up. This is a mass-scale, million dollar performing art with tons of designers and musicians collaborating to create a meaningful production that reflects some aspect of life as we know it or imagine it, and conveyed to paying audiences, and explainable to competition judges who are versed in aesthetics. No one in the audience understood any deeper meaning in this hunk of garbage. And the judges panned it. Why? There was nothing to grasp. It was an amateurish assemblage of beast like vignettes around the general subject of a beast. And that's pure freshman year improvised garbage. The rocking shrine at the end didn't have some lofty esoteric hidden meaning that we can't grasp, it was confused design crap. The audience sat in silence as the shrine rocked back and forth. What did it mean? What did it evoke? Are we supposed to cheer the beast? Why? Are we supposed to be haunted by it? What is its purpose? At art's very elemental level, a production must have meaning. A production should be the following: 1) Universal 2) Unique 3) Emotional 4) Authentic 5) Cohesive This show's worst problem was that it was uncohesive. Nothing stuck together. By the end we were asking ourselves "where's the beast?" What's the point of this? What's the arc or concept here? What's the through line? How is the end different from the beginning? The production was completely lacking emotional involvement by the audience because they simply couldn't tell who these players were imitating. Was it a good beast or bad beast? Are the players trying to capture some aspect of ourselves? Or something from another world? What's the takeaway? What's the thematic argument? We don't know, and frankly we don't care. (It's easy to set up these elements in a production, and it's easy to get the audience on your side, but it takes an experienced design team, clearly lacking here.) . The musicianship and performance level were amazing.

[@NickOnFire1490]

11:02 show should've ended right here. I love all the parts of this show individually; the brass work is awesome, the percussion is soo much better than previous iterations of crown, and the guard is p clean overall. Unfortunately, i just don't get this show as a whole. instead of being bad execution of an amazing concept, this is amazing execution of a bad concept. I love you crown, but this show just left me wanting something to hold onto. (not saying this a bad show by any means, just left me wanting something a bit more cohesive)

[@mel-px7hl]

trex1490 couldn’t have said it better myself. From a performance standpoint, this was without one of Crown’s best years. But they we’re given so little to work with. “Play nice, act like a beast.” It’s just so cookie-cutter.

[@chuck3301]

If the show had ended there it would have made no sense from a musical standpoint, and IMO the epiphanies hit was a lot cooler in real life than the blow it up start again was. I agree with everything else you said though, it really is a shame that Crown's potential this last season was limited by sloppy design.

[@dctrbrass]

I felt the same after seeing it live (a championship-caliber corps w/ subpar design).

[@ashonic9685]

I disagree slightly. The brass was superb as usual and the percussion was actually really amazing this year too! However, I personally believe this is bad execution of a good concept. Crown’s darker shows have always been so incredible but this isn’t that great conceptually. Like I was hoping they did a beauty and the beast type of thing, making it a bit of a 2013 type show but with a little bit more of a darker edge but they decided to really not do anything with a story. Could’ve gotten higher or even won in my opinion if they added more of a story to it. The way it was it just seemed like a bunch of songs being performed and that’s it.

[@me-it9jn]

I actually really like the ensin

[@jackmchugh7617]

4:23 I love that part

[@ceceliawilliams3529]

MY FAVORITE

[@mikey-qo8sh]

having marched this show I always come back to listen to that part through the next sustain. Literally my favorite

[@iAmNovaFilms]

I was there!! Thanks for letting me relive this 😂

[@ericcavese3902]

that hit hard

[@helpuwu6644]

This makes me sad that I’m not brass and I’m a flute 😂

[@brendanashworth5390]

Better solution, be a snare.

[@kayleemiller3996]

i’m learning trumpet just so i might be able to do dci lol

[@MrPhillipABurns]

offer to pay a brass player for private lessons ! You can do it, look at it like this; you only need 3 fingers for brass where the flutes use all fingers !

[@jjh2456]

I can tell you that I was a saxophone player, but my high school band needed a mellophone for marching band. It was easy to pick up.

[@evapetersen1686]

i’m a flute too and i’ve learned a couple other instruments and brass is the easiest to learn

[@infinityproductions5069]

That set at the end of the opening hit legit could pass as an advertisement for build-a-bear

[@evanmallon3460]

the bone feature😍

[@schlopsker.mp5]

10:25 - 11:08

[@MS-df2fk]

I'm glad Crown decided to scrap amplified vocals after the disaster that was 2017 finals. That's the one positive thing I can say about this show.

[@egeerdag516]

I love you Mr.Cendan

[@Peter251Wiltz]

yo same

[@alr-is5pp]

10:25 best marching band feature ever!!

[@mockingtheangel3066]

Mannnn this is changing my mind now I want to do marching band in hs

[@jamesdamon3992]

A corps that actually still moves!

[@snail415]

Far and away the best marching band performance I’ve ever seen, or heard.

[@michaelmarchetti8902]

Justin Martin oh no

[@haysonfeesher]

Michael Marchetti how to tell

[@michaelmarchetti8902]

Jason Fisher he said marching band

[@snail415]

I hope that made you cringe.

[@michaelmarchetti8902]

Justin Martin It did, your wish came true

[@johnkennedy6011]

Those 'bones at 8:27 tho! Love it.

[@strxwberrygvtz]

Yo I wish I was still in guard so I can see these amazing shows

[@rocketball1999]

Its just BEAST

[@shaunbeakley348]

One of my highschool's sister schools Rouse used that passage from the opening hit as the closing hit of their ballad. The tone of the passages are entirely different despite being the same source material. Kinda cool.

[@caluhhhhhhm]

i didn’t realize i was holding my breath until it ended and i tried to speak

[@BrassMan4310]

FINALLY SOMEONE PLAYS BRUCKNER!!!

[@MrPhillipABurns]

nice to see a drill that makes sense !

[@BluRPulse13]

Could you upload Blue Stars please?

[@dctrbrass]

The brass line's been untouchable the entire decade, almost. Sounds better than the rest of the field, w/ little to zero amplification. That let's me know that the brass teacher(s) have a heavy focus on teaching them how to better play their horns and play in an ensemble.

[@earlwilliams3092]

Anyone knows where i can get the music from cause i am a trombone player and i wanna learn this show

[@grenadegaming2090]

Earl Williams the first part of it are glisses from 1st to 4th, and the low part is low b natural and c. That’s all I know, but it’s something

[@williamchaidez4126]

The trombone feature towards the end is called “blow it up, start again”

[@VestbiYT]

Hey im thinking of driving 12 hours to see the midwestern championship next year, did they have a finals run or was it just everyone performed once and that was it?

[@trevorwentz52]

The Alamodome performance is only 1 run by each corps, the only time there is ever a second full run is at finals night where the first place corps does their encore performance. Hopefully I answered your question. But totally come check out the midwestern championship this year, it’s amazing! Wear some BAC merch too, that’s always cool ••|•|•••

[@Uputz]

@8:28 gave me goosebumps

[@rudeezy646]

5:00

[@dianaalvarez6527]

When did they perform in San Antonio?

[@fiza7418]

Diana Alvarez they perform at the San Antonio southwestern championships every year

[@spamaccount1513]

Does crown usually march 16 contras?

[@kyleehulick5740]

10:20 thank me later

[@meylinfox]

10:25 when mom found out you took her charger

[@kimmy9413]

2:19 fave

[@ethanle2353]

Is this the Alamodome?

[@BassTromboneDCI_Videos]

yes

[@carapotter5055]

Does anyone know the timestamp of the horn snap

[@samuelsong2362]

Ummm from Santa Clara??lol

[@carapotter5055]

@@samuelsong2362 no from this video

[@samuelsong2362]

@@carapotter5055 I didnt even know blue devils did a horn snap

[@just_me_payton2637]

One thing i love about them is their dynamic contrast for sure but the visuals add to the music

[@alexis.flores]

10:25

[@faedez8oh8]

2:54

[@vanshchauhan7874]

and sadly I can play the trombone solo better then my region but the solo is killer

[@michaelyeager2219]

8:25

[@euphplayer21]

I honestly thought this was better then Babylon

[@benjiboy9907]

Not very favorite show, feels a little musically disconnected at times, but god damn the highs are so high.

[@cherryvillar2546]

Best dci show by them ❤️🫶🏾

[@eloymolina6486]

the dude saying beast the second time just ruined the announcement part for me

[@evalott2895]

Everyone: we are all here for 10:27 and you know it. Or Were all here from TikTok Me: what? This was in my recommended and I wanted to watch it bc it’s fun😂

[@georgedixon9863]

man these "designers" really went off the rails the last couple years

[@ZarkosisSmash]

I still think the intro to this show is kinda lame. Bruckner 8 needs more baritone and tuba, and it seems to be mostly mello and trumpet. D: Still badass though, just a little less awesome than it should be..

[@iAmNovaFilms]

Zarkosis Smash especially in this recording. But when I’ve heard it live I don’t think I’ve heard the same problem

[@iAmNovaFilms]

Zarkosis Smash also indoor spaces like this suck up the low end of the hornline a lot. Lucas Oil is probably the worst but this place isn’t too great either

[@Tufun-xu1cm]

NovaInc. This stadium is worse than Lucas Oil. I played here for San Antonio Regionsl and State championship and it was awful. The echo was so bad. Lucas Oil was ten times better

[@jesuspectre9883]

2:40 The bottom drops out, and the audience realizes there's no pattern, no central character, no primary game or dramatic action. Note the three claps from the audience.

[@SirrrPrize]

I think you missed it...

[@turnr3326]

4* and that was just one. I’m sure there were more.

[@alanday5255]

And the sperm nevah move!!!

[@lesterrichardsoniv2456]

that guard fail at 2:09

[@dexterletterman3800]

Where?

[@rudy18-]

Dexter Letterman right next to snare line

[@theunknowndrummer1209]

Lol

[@jessechavez2894]

What is wrong with the baritones at 1:19? I don’t understand how you can be in Carolina Crown’s hornline and make that type of sound.

[@UCCJGUY]

The guard choreo is subpar (especially the flag work). For example, who wrote the part at 4:18?! Terrible. They need to bring back Herbert or someone to get CrownGuard back to the top.

[@Falcon2.39-1]

UCCJGUY why don’t you send them a letter

[@UCCJGUY]

@@Falcon2.39-1 I may do that! Thanks. ;-)

[@christopheralvarado4544]

What's so awful about it?

[@FilthicusDank]

Good but super overrated show

[@BluesClues2s]

Ethan LaMontagne Overrated? I don't think anyone is super thrilled with the show this year

[@stockquest7867]

I thought it was pretty sick but Santa Clara killed it

[@fabulousjoker4593]

BD???

[@katydeleon8400]

10:24