Bluecoats 2022 in a nutshell

[@nxyuu]

Akron 2022 couldn't have been a better first DCI experience. So much fun getting rained on

[@simplyvibinn5417]

akron 22 gang #rainandrevelations

[@joeisnothome]

I was there too!

[@scottburka8885]

Suffering builds character (though actually the 9,000 people there would have been more dope)

[@zwaltertpt]

Rainy shows can be some of the best. Everyone’s just there to enjoy some good band.

[@AltoBariSax]

I heard about that 😭

[@UWNHS49]

Akron was my first dci experience and our color guard director was in the alumni band. It was an experience

[@zwaltertpt]

Made the most out of the rain! Sometimes the rainy shows are the most memorable

[@luvspaiste]

Winning the Sanford award is almost better than winning the gold.

[@gabectaylor11]

Grayson taking a photo of himself is so goofy

[@henryyoho1742]

Love coming back and watching this whenever I miss drum corps. Such a great age out 6W🍁

[@zwaltertpt]

Love me some reminiscing. 6W my man :)

[@mlbidoli]

THAT TRAIN AT SAN ANTONIO SCARED THE SHIT OUTTA ME i was walking right next to the tracks at that moment

[@allitorrance5524]

I want to join Bluecoats ‘24 so badly! Just a tad bit nervous though. I’d have to transfer from trombone to baritone😅Lots of adjustment and preparation for sure but I’m excited to go for it while I can!

[@shadowflamelightburst4503]

Good luck, thankfully the switch from a slide to valve instruments is much easier than the other way around. I chose to switch from trombone to baritone for my highschool marching band and it was much more fun for me to play and perform with.

[@allitorrance5524]

@@shadowflamelightburst4503 Thank you!! I have played a bit of euphonium in high school but it’s been a minute and I need to get working on scales and faster arpeggios and runs before I tryout that’s for sure😅I was able to catch onto it fairly quickly!

[@KFC0717]

Yeahhhh if I ever join DCI I’m not marching baritone, definitely mello. Mad props to people who can do it

[@Mr_Pleb]

yo not to be intrusive but how would you pay for dci. Asking because its a question that will decide if I'll do it or not.

[@maxcagle1324]

@@Mr_Pleb a lot of saving, and most corps do monthly payments so it's easier on you

[@jascrm1440]

when i saw the alamodome and the buccees statue i just knew where they were

[@zwaltertpt]

Iconic!

[@wellgranted]

Completely forgot about the dorm shower video. Was not expecting to be in this lol Miss you bud, glad you had a great age-out

[@gottagosyndrome4185]

Went to Akron with my band, I’m just happy I was able to hear the Bluecoats tbh

[@jackrogers3657]

Definitely doing the speaker setup thing with my friends in practice tomorrow

[@LandonLaCross]

how could someone POSSIBLY get into the Bluecoats 😮

[@zwaltertpt]

bluecoats.com/join-2023/

[@soggybread5406]

@@zwaltertpt gunna audition and send in videos of my cat

[@Wolverine699]

Practice

[@LandonLaCross]

@@Wolverine699 oh hell naw ain't no amount of practice is gonna help me get through urban etudes 😭

[@LandonLaCross]

@@zwaltertpt audition date in Texas on my birthday and then California's is immediately after a wedding I have to go to wow

[@TrombonesAreAwesome]

Y’all went to Broken Arrow too?? That’s awesome, so did I! I’m in the Sherman High School Marching Band, I’m one of two freshman trombone and the only silver trombone. Our show was called “The Last Train Home” and was our best show in years. Broken Arrow was an amazing experience for me, it was our only chance to make it to Area, and we did! After our show we got to see the Broken Arrow band play half of their show for us. Sadly we didn’t make it to Area Finals, we lost to Lovejoy- whose show was entirely just visuals. They got 10th and we placed 11th, just missing top 10 by one point. Sorry about my rant lol!

[@peterparra9926]

I love Willie just vibin’ at 2:07

[@BlueJayDro]

431 at the end was beautiful man congrats

[@mafiaman-vc2ze]

That was fun. Thanks for sharing!

[@Bonky_The_Radian]

4:24 YYYYYAAAAAA-

[@Chazahc18]

LMAOOO Jonas face 🤣😭

[@shibe.mp4]

3:08 SUTA WOOOOOO (derogatory)

[@jonasp4161]

Oh my god I forgot about that second clip

[@noelmartinez1689]

So if you wanna be a blue coat but you are a woodwind you can switch right or no

[@AltoBariSax]

That's what I wanna know!!!!!!! SOMEONE ANSWER THIS QUESTION. I'm an alto sax and I'm qualified to audition for bluecoats in two years when I'm 17.

[@danielharrison3462]

if you're willing to learn brass and have the instrument and all of the audition material learned well enough by the time they see you then there's nothing against that. woodwind ain't on your birth certificate lol

[@danielharrison3462]

i should say brass or percussion*

[@zwaltertpt]

Anyone can audition who is willing to learn a brass instrument! The staff of many corps are very willing to help provide you the tools and instruction to get you there. There’s also plenty of woodwind friends who earn conductor spots amongst various corps.

[@richardjonson1639]

Band kids are just built different

[@sackofwetmice428]

Dylan still has the same water jug from HS. How neat.

[@kevinstone9638]

6W Bluecoat 93 and 2022 Alumni Euph.

[@zwaltertpt]

6W my man. Absolutely LOVED seeing your show down on field level. Electric.

[@Jake.Spinogatti]

Grayson caught lacking

[@gabectaylor11]

fr fr

[@ronaldwhalen8143]

Looks like great times. What’s up with the uniforms ? Did someone spill a bucket of paint ? Way off the charts for sure .

[@gavintantleff]

You should def watch the show if you haven’t. It’s super cool. You can find it on KZbin pretty easy.

[@ronaldwhalen8143]

@@gavintantleff I will for sure . Love Blue for years . Just theses uniforms really are not uniform anymore. But I will check it out my friend.

[@zwaltertpt]

The uniforms looked incredible in person. The colors and patterns really matched the dreamscape vibe, especially seeing them with the full corps. Very modern look, but embracing how we can adapt the uniform to create an iconic look that fits the show.

[@ronaldwhalen8143]

@@gavintantleff I will for sure now. Thanks for the advice. I should of watched them before committing on them. Hey when is someone going to knock off BD ? Ok thanks

[@johnstone9972]

yooo wcu represent

[@owenmurawski414]

The bat killed me💀💀

[@hdturner1]

@4:08 Please stand for the national anthem

[@Zonksmobile]

My Friend Caleb DeLong Was In This Show! 😁😁😁

[@Therarewubbox69]

3:13 😂😂😂

[@idk9164]

I want to audition for bluecoats in 26’ or 27’ hopefully by then there will be openings in the contra line plus I’ve barely been playing tuba and I’m insanely good like I have great tone I just need to work on blasting which I will next marching band season since I’ll probably be the only sousaphone

[@CantEven]

Doing drum corps is less about “blasting”, and more about developing good approaches to the instrument, and then practicing those correct approaches until you have the strength and stamina to blast with the proper technique. The foundation of a good drum corps member is good technique and lots of skill and stamina around that technique, not “play loud”. Being the only sousaphone in your section can make you play too loud and blatty to compensate for it, and the directors might not call you out for it because in a one sousaphone section, that might be desired. Judging by the comment I’m guessing you’re around a high school freshman, so just keep in mind the importance of technique when practicing to get into the bluecoats, but know that you do not have to be a superhuman to be in the bluecoats. Sources: I speedrun portal really fast, and I am most certainly NOT in the Cavaliers Front Ensemble

[@zwaltertpt]

Practice those fundamentals!

[@coanful]

i need tuning sequence video

[@dyuan]

That's not six words

[@cas4018]

wish i could be in bluecoats, i play clarinet tho lol

[@jkap0720]

WCU mom Tim everybody

[@jacksoncrosley-dronebuddie9231]

What am I looking at at 0:13

[@DavidThePercussionist]

DRUMS

[@joeplavin]

Zach Walter

[@zwaltertpt]

Joe Plavin

[@joshuepicness7218]

Who got the water poured on them

[@zwaltertpt]

The 🦐 himself

[@letsgobruins4977]

3:08 SUTA?

[@justinmatthews9742]

The sheer disrespect lmao

[@henryyoho1742]

Set Up The Arc

[@anthonyarnold5855]

💙🍁

[@CertifiedGFmusic]

bloooooo

[@goldenbar9895]

Devils

[@CertifiedGFmusic]

@@goldenbar9895 we don't like them here

[@jordanmiller1759]

… awww

[@TrainCoasterFan]

is there a full video of the party in the plaza thingy?

[@zwaltertpt]

I don’t believe there’s a full video online anywhere, nor did I record the full performance myself. 😢 But I didn’t do a very deep dive

[@slewshie]

where is the fourth clip from?

[@zwaltertpt]

One of our early season run-throughs

[@jayjaylito1606]

0:56

[@peterparra9926]

Who‘s playing at :27? #BLOOCY

[@guyguy8519]

Why was everyone sleeping on a basketball court? Sorry, I’m not very familiar with how drum corp works.

[@CantEven]

Drum corps travel across the country to perform, but they also have to rehearse and sleep and eat, and the facilities for rehearsal are at high schools (football fields). So, they just sleep and eat at the high schools so that they can rehearse more. It sounds crazy because it is but that’s just how they do it, everybody sleeps on gym floors and brushes their teeth and showers in high school locker rooms for 3 months

[@guyguy8519]

@@CantEven oh, those poor shmucks. And I thought high school marching was exhausting. Thanks for explaining.

[@haldandickinson8585]

what was the deal with the masks

[@tristanwatson1846]

COVID spread very easily in ‘22, basically every single corps had some level of COVID spread and protocols needed to be put in place to minimize that spread as much as possible

[@zwaltertpt]

Post-pandemic safety protocols. Many corps had active cases throughout the season.