Bluecoats 2019 closer-DCI Finals

“The Bluecoats” 98.238, Silver Medalist
8/10/19

[@mauithedemigod189]

This show, unlike Ghost light, will be remembered as one of the greatest. My favorite closer so far! That trumpet soloist is just wow..

[@donnyparker6585]

Agreed

[@chadtarver3301]

Ghostlike was a visually stunning show..

[@1049berkeley]

@@chadtarver3301 In that it was very clean, and that was the difference.

[@jamesludwig6743]

Ghostlight in my opinion was a better closer musically, drill was far more difficult as well as music

[@HaircolorNERDist]

Ghost light was boring

[@trumpetguy13]

Man, the crowd at 1:37 gets me every time. The feeling of being on the field and seeing and hearing the crowd respond like that is freakin addictive. My last year in Drum Corps was in 09, but I can still remember exactly how it felt when that happened. I miss it.

[@brown55061]

Standing crowd the entire closer. Didn't see anyone else doing that for the crowd all year. Scores don't REALLY matter. Bloooooo

[@xandersedmak]

i love how the crowd sings along! that must be the best feeling to be a corpsmen and hear that

[@co1e632]

Just watched Ghostlight Finals run, absolutely no one claps for them at all except like twice : ( , you could tell the crowd loved the coats 100 times over. definitely a crowd winner this one was. (BD fan here, of course the coats did exceptional this year! As did everyone who played their hearts out)

[@chadtarver3301]

On the contrary. As someone who was in the crowd, BD had a ton of applause. And I’m a huge Bloo fan.

[@1049berkeley]

@@chadtarver3301 There was. And as a huge Bloo fan myself, I knew after BD performed that it was close, but thought BD took it based on visual performance. Now, collectively, I enjoyed the content visual and musical more, but BD was so close.

[@kaylaforsythe1402]

As someone who was there for their Finals and Encore run, the crowd loved the Blue Devils. You can say the Bluecoats show was a crowd winner and leave it there. No need to trash on BD. They had a fantastic show and people loved them. It’s just band.

[@co1e632]

@@kaylaforsythe1402 actually my comment was to express sympathies with the devils im actually a Blue devils fan my self. Still the coats did exceptional this year!!

[@kaylaforsythe1402]

Co1e ah okay, my apologies then! It’s hard to tell nowadays... Glad to find someone else who appreciates them. BD and Bloo were both exceptional this year. It’s always a good year when they’re both at their best.

[@deadheadok14]

Never gonna stop being salty

[@kevinstone9638]

BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GO BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo Alumni 93 Euph.

[@F1ve-seveN]

Ghostlight might be visually and technically better. But this? Thos show is historically surpassing that of any show that year. This is sensational show.

[@chadtarver3301]

Front row for this was insane.

[@donnyparker6585]

How the hell did they lose

[@DanFib]

I was pulling for them too. EVERYONE was. But, Blue Devils' visual program was nearly perfect. 19.80 in Proficiency (1st) 20.00 in Analysis (1st) 19.75 in Color Guard (2nd) Not only that, one of the GE judges preferred BD over Coats. Putting them second in GE by only 0.05. It was an extremely competitive season for sure.

[@donnyparker6585]

@@DanFib so there was bias

[@chadtarver3301]

BD also got a perfect 10 in Percussion. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@DanFib]

@@chadtarver3301 They got a 10/10 in achievement, yes. 9.85 in content though, bringing the total percussion score to 19.85. Being 4th in brass took them to 3rd musically. Bluecoats tied for 1st in music with Crown. So BD scoring so high in drums was not what put them over the edge. What did it was the 29.775 in visual to Bluecoats' 29.450. BD was so clean visually it couldn't be ignored. Not negating the fact that Bluecoats were the crowd favorite; they honestly should have won given their connection with the audience. But unfortunately crowd response can't be judged since it is 100% subjective. BD went by-the-book and earned their win. www.dci.org/scores/recap/2019-dci-world-championship-finals Check out the recaps

[@bryanherrera4904]

@@donnyparker6585 its just that Blue Devils show was reallt technically tight knit. I don't think there was any bias but more of just the fact that Blue Devils was just very clean. I was rootijg for bluecoats and i really wanted them to win but the blue devils did it by the book and got ahead that way

[@MatenesisVlogs]

It's interesting to see how this season played out. Unfortunate the finals performance for bloo, makes sense why BD was able to get this one. But also gimmicks aren't new to drum corps

[@DumbIdeaPresentedStupidly]

Anyone else hate how hey jude was just tacked on at the end It is like how some college bands play the fight song after the halftime show is done

[@donnyparker6585]

The bluecoats were robbed like the saints were robbed of the super bowl

[@garrisoncluff5367]

The best thing about Ghostlight is the electric violin.

[@baleohhay7983]

Ok who is SINGING the acapella?

[@Bloo2406]

Man if only the bluedevils didn't perform boring judge's checklists every year

[@HaircolorNERDist]

This^

[@jamesludwig6743]

I find the middle chunk of Bloo’s show boring And BD had its moments, I think their opener, ballad and closer topped Bloo, and visually they are tighter. The judges have decades of music experience, and know what they’re talking about in the end

[@steinblitz1506]

Ghost light was a really good show, entertainment wise

[@joepescojr6426]

Someone explain to me how the fuck they didnt win

[@DanFib]

Blue Devils scored higher in the captions needed. Blue Devils' visual program was nearly perfect. 19.80 in Proficiency (1st) 20.00 in Analysis (1st) 19.75 in Color Guard (2nd) Not only that, one of the GE judges preferred BD over Coats. Putting them second in GE by only 0.05. www.dci.org/scores/recap/2019-dci-world-championship-finals Check out the recaps

[@joepescojr6426]

Lmaooooo thank you.

[@onehitworm]

coming back here to just say bloo was robbed and BD had bad visuals. 🤧✌️

[@LandonLaCross]

Out of all the languages there are you chose to speak fax 🤯

[@jamesludwig6743]

Then you clearly aren’t cut out to judge shows

[@onehitworm]

@@jamesludwig6743 you thought bloo's show was boring in the middle but at least it was MEMORABLE. BD's 2019 show has nothing that STICKS unlike Bloo's 2019 and BD's Metamorph show from awhile back.

[@coolwiz7994]

@@onehitworm what stuck was gold medal moron 🤣🤣😂🤣😂