Boston Crusaders 2022 | In The Lot - DCI Finals Week - Part 1

In the lot with the 2022 Boston Crusaders Battery during DCI finals week (Recorded Friday, Semi Finals).
PART 1 features warmup exercises: • Boston Crusaders 2022 ...
PART 2 features show music: • Boston Crusaders 2022 ...
Stay tuned for more IN THE LOT and REHEARSAL videos from DCI Finals week!
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[@vicfirthmarching]

Hopefully everyone will also check out our videos in the Zildjian Learning Zone channel as well! We just posted an awesome final production run from the Bluecoats front ensemble here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iouqaoRvl8l6qpo

[@ryancox5097]

If there was ever a line that won drums without winning drums, it was this one.

[@elitesnipzz1744]

Agreed.

[@scottyt5918]

Cmon man,,, no double dipping

[@gbrhythm]

Bro, YES. And it's good to hear from you, dude!

[@fourierxfm]

💯

[@quintman15]

Bluecoats 2008 is probably the best example of this.

[@DrumlineArchives]

These guys had the biggest DCI lot crowd I’ve ever seen. It felt like being in a WGI lot with how many people there were, and how close everyone was. Kudos to the line for playing well in the lot under the increased scrutiny.

[@fightsimverse]

most enthusiastic crowd to lmao

[@benvieira3895]

Favorite line of the year, everything from the groovy warmups and mega aggressive show beats to the Pearl drums, tuning, and Colins vest were just on point

[@buckdacious]

Pearl Drums just took them to the next level!

[@paulmccrea6742]

The vest is next level

[@natebolte9343]

Does anyone know what sticks the tenor line used?

[@JackSmithDrums]

@@natebolte9343 The Mallets or their Regular Sticks?

[@natebolte9343]

@@JackSmithDrums Both!

[@shaanfliesplanes]

Chillest center snare

[@warrenbraswell9785]

That center snare has ice for blood!

[@troyboi7662]

Center snare be like: 🥱😏

[@Will-bi8lv]

Shes just unphased

[@DiscreetLuka]

@@Will-bi8lv she?

[@Seducers]

That’s Ethan

[@eduardor3712]

Exactly! so relaxed like a boss

[@cartermansur7513]

Saw these guys live in Broken Arrow. Ice cold vibes the whole time and I fell in love with the book. Hoping for a Sanford next year, they deserve that and more with how far they've come. Also, love the vibe out by center snare at 3:36 lol. Reminds me of the days.

[@quadology294]

If you were there the crowd was mental, literally less then a foot from the quads is how close we were and how high energy that lot was

[@carsoncarr-busyframes619]

every clip I see of this line makes me cry. haters will point out a little dirt but their swag and the BOOK was undeniable.

[@subbot8077]

Timestamps including tap-offs: 0:04 - Legatos 1:24 - Spanks 4:48 - Red's Rhumba Redux

[@stevenaleman7454]

the sound quality of these drums, the technical precision of the drummers, and the complexity of the drum exercises and show tunes is just incredibly, Wicked Awesome!!! Top Notch all the way!! Looking forward to an even better season next year, 2023. ✌😁

[@nbctheoffice]

It’s like they’re all competing to be the chilliest drumline ever. And they’re winning.

[@buckdacious]

One of the best lines ever! I didnt get to check if they won drums but by the comments sounds like SCV did it again. Kudos to them but this line was in your face 5 seconds into the show with high quality, tasty A$$ Beats!! I wish i was able to see them live cuz i missed one the best ever!! Congrats on the Awesome season Boston!!!!

[@FOSSIL13drums]

Actually Bluecoats got top drums! Remember though, judges are not allowed on the field anymore, so the judges are exposed to the front ensemble a lot more than they used to be.

[@1998MNG]

Bloo took it this year

[@buckdacious]

No way?? Thats awesome to hear, cant lie! Its been a long time coming for them! But Boston was still the line for me this year

[@1998MNG]

@@buckdacious my top two were definitely Coats and Boston. Bloo only took it by .016666 which is crazy. But even from the nosebleeds where I was sitting, they were undeniable. All the finalist percussion groups were phenomenal this year. I’m also a little biased because I marched with someone on Coats’ snareline. But man the growth they had in the final three days was something else.

[@barbarabonnette2705]

These kids are amazing….thank you! Best of luck!

[@mikel7505]

0:37 rip GoPro :(

[@vicfirthmarching]

Well, we tried! :0)

[@_alexely]

One of the hypest lots I've ever been to. The crowd was huge.

[@peggygriffiths2091]

Amazing skills! Thanks for sharing with us!

[@ninjaman570]

In love with their tenor line, so crisp

[@CharlieAI87]

The snare’s technique is my favorites part. Very stationary forearms. All wrist power. Reminds me of early 00 cavies.

[@erroneous3493]

Cavaliers are getting back to that too. Hopefully we keep getting that Kuhn magic.

[@musaadaldosari7260]

Colin has taught that way since 01 gmen. Demands crazy sound quality which leads to playing through the drum with increased wrist usage.

[@karmew32]

Also minimal body movement. Watching lines like this one and SCV are like watching lines from the pre-Lucas Oil era rehearse.

[@daskrete]

Lets gooooo, excited for pt 2

[@PakistanBuilds]

that one tenor player looks like hes on the verge of tears

[@robertfollett6084]

With all of the corps great 👍drumlines in our rich history 👏I think you guys and girls are the best 👌line in the history of the Boston crusaders known as the bac forever ,cannot wait to see you back in 2023

[@BLUEPLANETJAZZ]

CRAZY good!

[@sergeant_salty]

4:33 no full auto in the building!!!

[@keithworrell6044]

I heard a dci judges tape from ‘06 Phantom in which the judge said something like that roll was a little off, but WHO CARES you’re so good. That’s all I can think about with this line. They were the best and the judges not being on the field were the reason they didn’t win. Many lines were good this year, but no line was better than this one. Period.

[@MeowfaceMusic]

_Ah yes!_ Nice to see playing-through-the-head resurrected.

[@stevenaleman7454]

I hope this drumline stays together for a few more years... even though some will age out... If I was still eligible to march in DCI, I would want to be in a drumline like that one....✌️🥁

[@roryjohnson3776]

looks fun

[@han_sel]

3:16 Got me grooving

[@gregchick3311]

If my watch was in such good time, I would not be late to my drum lessons.

[@bryncornejo2506]

sickest bassline ever!

[@offdaleft09]

3:35, Smooth like butter. 👍

[@ExecutionKing]

1:55 is the only line that cannot ever be beaten, the tan line in the background. YIKES.

[@ManTheDan]

crispy

[@fourierxfm]

I see and hear nothing but world-class perfection. Am I mistaken?

[@JohnSmith-zi9or]

Yes ... lots of fuz going on ... lots.

[@fourierxfm]

@@JohnSmith-zi9orWhat fuz do you speak of (can you please point out the times in the clip)?

[@JohnSmith-zi9or]

@@fourierxfm Are you being serious because I am. My comment was not sarcasm.

[@spadetrotter7400]

@@fourierxfm 2:50 and 3:15 are good places to start.

[@foocett]

rip to the camera at 0:35 I felt that 😔✊

[@udance4ever]

lol didn't notice til u pointed it out 🙃

[@cwilson101]

was looking for this comment lol

[@legogaymer3608]

i love the fact they where getting hyped for legatos

[@RjDrums626]

Shoutout Brian Stockard

[@RickyCruz1]

Boston is good

[@Vxll.Angell]

3:15 👽

[@mang058]

didn't realize they got jesse pinkman on bass 4

[@scott4175]

Why do the quads use pinstripes and suedes and and not just one kind of drumhead?

[@boolin5162]

Sharper higher drums, and more resonant 3 & 4

[@Magnusmaro]

I wonder how many will be back for 2023

[@morgannowlen8375]

Baaaaaaast'n!

[@user-nd7qk6wt5i]

Крутооо 🤗🤗🤗

[@user-sz4vj9sb7l]

Это реально круто!

[@cos0]

Can somebody tell me what happened with Crusaders? Years ago, no one ever batted an eye, at least in terms of percussion finalists, it was always the usual suspects: BD, Bluecoats, SCV, Cavs, Cadets... Am I missing something about a new Crusaders age? Did they get a new caption head or something 🤔??

[@lmaoitsmee1812]

I feel bad for anyone who hasn’t experienced Spanks in the lot.

[@tj1lincoln182]

3:16

[@catcat1517]

This battery just rips the **** out of that session. Man do they sound spot on.

[@space_1073]

why are they all like 🗿

[@shadycrescent9369]

They’re concentrating with 100% focus

[@aidenw6862]

ETHAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNN

[@RB..1]

Work on those stick heights, would you? 😁. Nice job!

[@Mini-ln5tm]

0:36 Bros GoPro fell off rip

[@thisriceiswhite5371]

5:13 cat?

[@duffthepsych]

Oooooof the baseline 💦

[@jacobcantor2597]

HPB

[@mcgrud]

For the algorithm. ✊

[@KieranDurand]

My lord why is one of the tenors so damn tall compared to everyone else

[@g.hon.4645]

WHY???Let me elaborate. In my early career I got bounced out of the whole drum line bcs I was head & shoulders taller than what was the norm in those days. It made no sense. I aced all my performance tests. I demonstrated how fast I was @ learning new material. I demonstrated mastery of all the classic drum solos all the newbies were taught. I kept up w/everybody - including my instructor - on everything we did, including the long roll. I had no trouble w/any of the rudiments. But they yanked me out of the drum line & tossed me into the horn line & even my drum.instructor was mystified. She had already advanced the idea of breaking me in on rudimental. But they had this idea of this cookie cutter picture of this all-the-same drum line looking like a cute little machine & I was out. Nearly a month later., our director felt so bad for me that one practice during break he called me aside & gave me my own practice pad & snare & tenor sticks to keep. It was the only time I felt like anyone had noticed. But I was still out.

[@DiscreetLuka]

it would look so cool if Paul was center tenor

[@paulmccrea6742]

@@DiscreetLuka Check out spirit ‘21

[@DiscreetLuka]

@@paulmccrea6742 Saw that last year dw🙏 But you being center with BAC would be fire asf

[@JohnSmith-zi9or]

Nice warmup jams ...but lots of fuz. And this is finals week???

[@lansenholloway4780]

chogi cam

[@sodanomusic]

Every year lol the dude that flims for this channel (the one with the hat) in the lots shows up and just walks in front of anyone and everyone that already setup their camera spot. Anyone and everyone. So wild to me. I parked my ass behind the basses this year knowing what lot etiquette was coming. LMAO

[@vicfirthmarching]

We hear you. It's always awkward to walk in front of everyone, but there are a LOT of individuals filming in the lot for themselves or their own channel. Ultimately, the companies pay thousands of dollars in free product, plus countless hours of support for the groups. If we didn't have this opportunity to produce high quality videos for marketing the brand, we probably would be asked to scale back our support. Hopefully everyone enjoys the benefit of having this level of video production and can excuse us for the intrusion!

[@jac23mj]

cry more

[@ryancox5097]

@@vicfirthmarching That was the weakest, most nonsensical, most entitled response you could possibly have given. You're saying, "We spend a lot of money on this footage, so we should get to step on the everyday people who don't." But you also MAKE a lot of money. And you know who you make that money OFF of? The same people you're stepping on. You sound exactly like the snake who bites you in private, and then offers you anti-venom in public, so that he looks like a hero. No wonder people say the U.S. aren't a country. They're a COMPANY. Because of corporations exactly like you.

[@TheComputerCowboy]

Why do these kids all look like they hate drumming? 😅

[@shadycrescent9369]

Because They’re concentrating with 100% focus

[@TheComputerCowboy]

@@shadycrescent9369 I’ve been a drummer for 35 years. Used to do drum corps, and was a touring drummer. Known lots of drummers who focus on their drumming. Don’t know any that look like they hate it so much.

[@ayytism8857]

If you performed literally hundreds of reps per exercise over the course of a Summer, you'd look pretty tired too. P.S. it is all about focus friend.

[@karmew32]

All their energy is focused on performing in the lot. They're not focused on catering to high school underclassmen fanboys like certain other lines. This is a throwback line.

[@TheComputerCowboy]

@@karmew32 nah, some of their focus is on actively looking “intense” or ticked off, or whatever they’re going for. There’s no way on earth there’s a whole drumline of people who’s resting drumming faces all match and all look angry. That’s a look they’re focused on achieving.

[@gregchick3311]

digitally performed, yet analog..