Brit Reacts to Drum Corps | Carolina Crown 2012 For The Common Good

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[@TheCharlieSmithChannel]

Please excuse the random wink emoji and empty screen-in-screen layer that pop up for a few seconds. I forgot to hide a couple of the tracks on the timeline when I was editing the video 😂

[@masterstephen287]

Just to let you know, there are also 2 takes of the intro at the beginning. It's not the first time either. Just wanted to make you aware. Love the content!

[@nickpeschel3557]

If you want to see more incredible drill, the shapes and forms the performers make, The Cavaliers from 2000, Niagra Falls has some of the best drill in all of DCI. Cavaliers in general are always known for their super intricate drill design.

[@TheCharlieSmithChannel]

@@masterstephen287 haha oh no 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️. I need to pay attention more

[@MikeLeiwakabessy]

react to more dci vid

[@JShredz]

In my mind 2012 was Crown proving they could be the best, and 2013 (E=mc2) was them actually being recognized for it.

[@tylerking7890]

Omg this. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 I had just gotten into drum corps with Crown '13 (went to a CrownLEARNING camp and absolutely loved it; also went to my first live show that year -- NightBEAT), so I'd heard that Common Good (and Grass is Always Greener) are some of the best shows that never won.

[@seabass3257]

@@tylerking78902009 crown got robbed

[@truthteller8504]

STRAIGHT UP FACTSSSSS

[@ophs1980]

The most demanding show in DCI history. Probably the best brass line ever, because they played it all while doing insanely difficult drill.

[@cedricbarnett7647]

I agree with you, except the next year when Crown pulled off the only perfect brass score in DCI history (20.0)!

[@wilschulz]

@@cedricbarnett7647 I would argue that 2012 was the better hornline. They had a much more difficult book and pulled it off at the same level as 2013 while marching much more difficult drill. Crown 2014 and 2016 are also strong candidates for greatest hornline in history.

[@joshchambers9922]

@@wilschulzCrown 2012-2017 was just insane hornline after insane hornline

[@tim.noonan]

@@cedricbarnett7647 ‘12 was a better brass line, ‘13 had an easier book - A ‘12-‘13 Crown vet

[@avogrid296]

Here's another term for you~~ when they all line up across the field, it's called company front. And it is a crowd favorite for good reason!

[@matthewosborn704]

I marched this show. At the end of the opener, where we never stopped running, I was more exasperated after the first 4 minutes than I was the rest of the show. The Drill (formations) was absolutely insane. This show was easily the hardest thing I’ve ever done. For those wondering, we won Best Brass and Best Visual. 2nd Place Overall.

[@thewayofway1]

Wow. I couldn’t imagine being apart of something so great. Seriously inspirational and my favorite drum corps show.

[@veot.2869]

I was there and marched Drum Corps from 1990-1995. There is NO WAY Blue Devils won that show!!! I was HORRIFIED!!!! And Angry!!!!!! 😱😡

[@Vakator-29]

i know its like 20 years later but congrats on marching a great show. And im biased towards the older generations but this was simply amazing. This is drum core.

[@mickeygijzen5847]

What you're talking about at ~7:30 is drill. Drill is the moving from dot to dot on the field. Each marcher is assigned many dots and they have to go to each of their dots based on a number of steps/counts. This creates those movements and formations you're takking about. Each formation is also called a set.

[@seanpease370]

Good lord I miss great drill. Cavies 2000-2004 😩

[@mickeygijzen5847]

@@seanpease370 any cavies in that period I also really recommend watching

[@greatmcnate9506]

Dot-to-dot is one way of learning drill. Another is to follow the form. They are commonly called dot and form. Dot is exactly as you say. You march a serious of dot to dot to dot. Form marching is less rigid. You march it by staying in the form relative to your neighbors. You may not end up on exactly the same "dots" each time, but the shape of the form remains the same.

[@kapanimations]

Just one look at the drill sheets for something like this for any high schooler in band will give them an immediate stroke and heart attack, simultaneously (including myself).

[@syzygy21055]

I get so emotional watching this. My daughter has been deeply involved in drum corp as a color guard member since she was 13. She is now 29 and has long since transitioned from performer to coach. She performed one year with Carolina Crown and several years with other DCI (Drum Corp International) groups around the country. Crown is consistently one of the top groups, placing in the top 3 most years. I can tell you the thing that most draws me to this activity is the amount of dedication displayed by all involved - musicians, drummers, color guard, designers, costumers, builders, choreographers, coaches, and the support staff who help keep everyone on their feet. These kids - generally between the ages of 17 and 20 - practice drill for 8 hours or more per day for 3 months in summer temperatures often well into the 80s and 90s (F), day in and day out. They live on buses and sleep on gym floors. They put everything they have into perfecting these incredibly complex, high-precision performances and supporting one another. My daughter would leave for 3 months every summer and come back having shed every gram of spare weight on her body. The friendships she formed will last her lifetime. The mental and physical discipline they summon from within themselves is almost military in nature. The dedication is phenomenal. When I see the result, as in this video, I can't help choking up and shedding tears out of respect and admiration for each and every one of them, as well as the beauty of what they have created. To place 15th or 18th in DCI competition is still a noble accomplishment. When you understand the effort that's gone into it, there are few things more inspiring than a DCI show.

[@ratinfestation3964]

As a huge carolina crown proponent I love to see them back on this channel 😁

[@organboi]

So much fast clear playing at the end, exactly when they are moving the most, in complex patterns. A very rare brilliant DIFFICULT impressive show.

[@seanpease370]

You’re doing it the right way. Go into each show as blind as possible for the best reaction. That’s what the design team writes for.

[@benhummel5723]

Absolutely, the raw reactions and the thought processes make the whole video so much better too!

[@camilleon352]

0:01 bro had to DOUBLE DOWN

[@squillz8310]

As others have mentioned, 'Drill' is the term you're looking for regarding the forms on the field. I never marched DCI, but learning drill is so difficult. The hardest part has to be putting the music to the drill. But there's so much that goes into the mental aspect of marching. Marching Technique, Playing Technique, Horn Angle, Spacing, foot timing, understanding of the forms, etc. To do it on this level is one of the most physically and mentally demanding things someone can do. I'll always be adamant that this activity is a sport. The level of demand physically and mentally are there. So is the competitive aspect. Glad you enjoyed a cult classic show!

[@ralphprince5630]

The show is built around the famous piece of music by Aaron Copeland entitled Fanfare For the Common Man written in 1942.

[@EliWilson14]

Carolina crown 2012 is some of the best crown ever.

[@NightsShadow1]

A lot of older drum corps shows I don't think leaned to heavily on theme and story. The name of the piece you couldn't remember the name of is Fanfare for the common man. Which they then made the theme of their show "For the common good." Color guard is in super hero outfits which loosely correlates to the title, but really this show is just a massive flex showing off how much moving and playing they can do. They are doing drill in their opener that most corps reserve for their closer, if they even do that. This must have been one exhausting show to march. They do not write them like this anymore

[@cedricbarnett7647]

SO true! As an 80's drum corps vet, they didn't even start doing "themed shows" until the late 80's-early 90's, but you're right except for one exception: this year's (2024) Santa Clara Vanguard

[@jazzambientertainment]

That was full of consistent, intricate formation changes! They wiped the field with that one! Now I need to go look up how they placed that year. Good stuff!

[@ThaximusPrime]

They placed 2nd behind BD (Cabaret Voltaire) with Phantom (Turandot) in 3rd.

[@LowerBamaFishing]

If you want to see more visual candy definitely watch The Cavaliers from the 2000's and 2010's!

[@benhummel5723]

100%!!!!

[@stevenwest4338]

As a Cavalier Alum, i must agree

[@therachelife3574]

I had a total blast last night watching DCI on my home theater. My son and I built our own theater setup with 10' screen and 7.1 surround. I alternated between watching the shows myself and your commentary. I guess that's single life. Lol! But it was awesome! Loved DCI since I was in high school when our rural marching band was fortunate enough to do corps style. We weren't half bad, but we were nothing like these guys! Simply amazing!

[@eddietucker7005]

This is probably my favorite Aaron Copeland show. I also love Garfield Cadets version back in the 80’s. That piece of music you recognize is “Fanfare for the Common Man.” That is what I chose to walk down the aisle to when I got married. No boring wedding March for me!!!😊

[@jayseven6089]

Oh man… I was there watching this live that year. I was literally in tears at the end! At 17:15, we say this is what you hear when you arrive at the gates of heaven. This show is absolutely incredible to this day!

[@bandalumni14]

Carolina Crown was on another level that year. What a great show! As always love your reactions as always 🖤

[@VDarling0701]

I like that you figure it out as you go 🩵🩵

[@carl8218]

Yeah the weapon work and flag work that year for the color guard was insane! I’m obsessed with that book and 2013 crown’s guard book and the brass for both shows too

[@monique_peace71]

Do it like you have always done it Charlie because you enjoy it. The natural reaction is the best, always👍🏾❤️

[@panini7684]

You should take a look at Crown 2015 next. One of their best years along with 12 and 13.

[@N8TheSnake]

Charlie is totally gonna shit for Crown 2015 😂

[@owen.mcgarvey1650]

I don't crown 2015 is on youtube😭

[@JuanJimenez-od1ho]

Massive Crown fan. I miss these shows they once did. The last two years have been terribly underwhelming. Bring Crown Back!!!

[@ratinfestation3964]

2023 was pretty epic. Visual was a little dirty. Sad with how this year's show turned out but I still believe in crown. They've been playing it really safe and simple after 2022

[@AndrewMycol]

I completely agree with 2024, but 2023 was a really cool show. Yes it wasn't that complex like pre-2020 shows, but to me I thought it was executed well

[@croatiancowboy]

Crown is back though! They're just known as the Boston Crusaders now lmao

[@JuanJimenez-od1ho]

They continue to execute at a very high level, but design is so weak. 10 BOA bands in Texas could have done this year’s show.

[@ilikechicken5524]

Lots of staff left are in there corps now... I think they just need better staff certain areas

[@myelin-sheath]

the people who marched this show are literal olympians. they won the best brass award that year too, all while sprinting for basically the whole time. the most difficult, insane show probably ever.

[@aubreyricher9827]

To answer your question about drum major placements, they'll have the head drum major front and center and usually a couple others that will take positions where ever needed so that if the corp is facing a different direction, they can still see someone conducting. most commonly they're set up down the front sidelines so that they don't have to basically detach their head to see the drum major in the middle if they're way down at an end of the field. Sometimes you'll see one set up in the back corner of an endzone as a lot of corps will use that backfield echo effect

[@chadtarver3301]

I’ve been waiting for this one. This show not winning was an absolute travesty. One of the most difficult shows put on the field maybe ever. That closer lives rent free in my head. Thanks for this one!

[@wilschulz]

Without a doubt THE most difficult show ever put to field. I’ve read many accounts of Crown members from that year who thought that the drill was impossible, but it was never changed. They worked half to death, with kids often throwing up after run throughs. That, coupled with what can easily be considered the most difficult brass book in history, and it’s pretty hands-down. How this didn’t win with a score well over 99 is beyond me.

[@justintounsi]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKecq4qnitl_ms0 This is the 1080p version!

[@benhummel5723]

Doing the lords work out here

[@michaeljohn9271]

So wonderful getting to see this again. I was there, but had almost forgotten how brilliant and complex it was.

[@wordsmithpiko1784]

The ballad was Aaron Copeland's "Fanfare for the Common Man" which needed close to no transcribing from orchestral to the field as it features the brass section anyways!

[@owen.mcgarvey1650]

I love carolina crown they are my favorite corp!!!! Then the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers DOMINATED THE early-mid 2000s. Visuals were out of this WORLD! Definitely check them out!

[@mickeygijzen5847]

Love these vids you do! I highly recommend watching Phantom Regiment 2010 with just a little of research cause everytime I watch it I catch myself in tears at the end. This is a show a lot of people praise very highly

[@Ch1ll_0ld_Dud3]

21:12 “They must be exhausted. I’ve never seen a corps move around that much and that constantly throughout an entire show” I’m gonna sound like a boomer here, but they ALL used to do it - before props and electronics. You need to watch some more older, classic shows from the 90s and 80s.

[@KevComm]

Been loving the reaction videos, first person I’ve found that has genuine appreciation for the art. Been hoping some would request for you to watch Bluecoats’ 2014 Tilt or 2016 Down Side Up. Easily two of my favorite Bluecoats shows

[@christopherauert6634]

I'm so glad your videos showed up on my feed. Now, I see you love the music and drilll. You must start watching the Cadets. They are the inventors of music and drill. Any show from the 90's will blow you away!🎉🎉

[@N8TheSnake]

@12:45 Charlie there a couple of plausible reasons for the backfield drum major. Usually it's because the corps members are facing backfield and it's a quiet part of the show so they don't have any other reference for keeping time. This is especially important for when you turn around, because if your feet and your music aren't in time then, it will all fall apart when you turn back to the front. Sometimes one part of the corps is playing backfield and their part is somewhat separate from the rest of the corp playing to the front. This is used for ambiance purposes as it creates a different sound when you play backfield. You're learning this activity very quickly, hope you're enjoying it!

[@jeffreydheere4737]

The Movements/Marching is called 'the drill' or drill or visual. As in, "after lunch, we're running drill" Wow! that's amazing drill! It's a noun as well as a verb.

[@mwhitee]

I forgot how great this show was. That hornline was so clean and super loud.

[@colinbender1829]

Carolina Crown from 2011 to 2013 is one of my favorite runs of Drum Corps shows. Rach Star in 2011 is an incredibly fun, easy to get into, and above all entertaining show. Whereas For The Common Good is a breathtaking showcase of difficulty and pushing the activity to its limits. E=mc² is a perfect combination of these ends of the Dci spectrum, and is rightfully considered one of the best shows ever because of it. If you wanna see more incredible visual design and marching ability, I recommend The Cavaliers' 2002 show "Frameworks". I consider it the pinnacle of pure drill design in DCI.

[@was920]

This is back when Crown was not playing around. 2012 - 2013 Crown are unmatched.

[@greghahn8337]

"Drill" is the term you're looking for. The formations/movement they create on the field. I'm a drill designer for local marching bands, so it's kind of a hobby of mine. It definitely takes a certain mindset, but it's a lot of fun to create! This show was just before the time when groups started the transition to being less drill focused and more overall production focused. The 2000's were definitely the peak of drill-heavy shows. I respect both, but love watching full-out drill like this. I don't know if they've done recent studies, but in the early 2000's, someone did a study of the physical exertion that was put on the members of the corps and an 11 minute drum corps show was akin to running a full marathon.

[@coolmarchingrecipies]

We love watching you figure out the shows! its super fun to watch when you get it right, like in the bluecoats one, and it is much more realistic, as most people who go to shows in person do not have any background on the shows before watching them.

[@voidwlzard6407]

terms for marching band Drill- the marched portion of the show and formations Choreography or choreo- the dancing part of the show Company Front- entire marching band in a line walking together generally forward and slow such as at 15:10 on your video Lucas oil lift (lol)- not a generally accepted term but usually refers to the pop up of instruments towards the box in this stadium specifically to end phrases and add extra crescendo for the judges in the box to hear such as at 5:00 on your video Drum Major- the conductor ( varies in number between bands but generally 3 or 4 as in this show there are 4) one on front 50, one on back 50, and on the 25 yard lines on each side in front, front center drum major is often known as head drum major and the other drum majors are attempting to watch and copy them. Hornline/Winds- the wind instruments on field (trumpets, mellos, baritones, contra tubas) Battery- on-field percussion (snares, quads, bass drums) Front Ensemble- or front for short, the stationary percussion instruments in the front(marimba, triangle, gong, etc.) Color Guard or just Guard for short- dancers with flags, rifles, and sabers there's a lot more terms for learning drill and even more specific terms in shows, but generally speaking regular terms people use to describe bits and pieces of marching band shows but hope it helps.

[@stevenwest4338]

Charlie, i absolutely love watching you fall in love with DCI. i literally wake up every day and look to see if it is one of our lucky days when a DCI reaction has popped up on your channel. You really are extremely intelligent and I personally love watching you try to figure out the meaning of the shows you react to 👍 With this reaction you managed to touch on one of the main reasons that some don’t like the direction drum corp has gone with props all over the field, the use of electronics and a few other. in the middle to late 80s, The Cadets of Bergen County introduced a progression in drill design including the pace, the amount of drill sets and constant motion. The Cavaliers and Star of Indiana kept pushing the envelope when it comes to AMAZING DRILL. The Cavaliers were visual geniuses all the way through the 90s and then really pushed. drill design to a new level from 2000-2011 and other corps like SCV Cadets and Phantom Regiment and Blue Devils tried to keep up. Carolina Crown began blowing every one away in Brass and added great drill in 2012. in 2014, the Bluecoats began the next evolution in drum corp with their AMAZING runner up performance of the show “TILT”. i am excited to see you get into some of the requests that i sent through as i have sent you the highest scoring show in history as well we the amazing 1991 world champions Star of indiana❤️❤️❤️ until the next show😁👍

[@jamirowhy]

the forms of the members are referred to as forms, or drill! drill usually refers to the movement between the forms, and also to the books that the members read from to learn their places (in corps that practice this)

[@scruffylookngaming]

This show will always stand out to me for the incredibly difficult drill (what you are calling movements). There honestly hasn’t been a show quite like it since with the complexity of movement.

[@TealTrump11]

Movement is under the “Visual” caption and it incorporates the Color Guard (flags) movement (drill and body), difficulty and execution

[@Iliketordles]

Unfortunate that the person who requested didn't scroll down 2 more videos to the HD version when searching the show...in my case at least. Some of the older DCI videos are lower quality on KZbin because we don't have a great archive of those older shows, and some of the better quality uploads came later and don't show up higher on the search list or at all (I have some HD videos uploaded that I can not find through the search feature at all).

[@deeleebee13]

i randomly found a video about how much oxygen and physical activity one of the drummers does he was hooked up to a lot of monitors and it was estimated they put out more energy and oxygen use than special forces training. its sick how much energy it takes to do this

[@cedricbarnett7647]

As someone who marched DCI in the early 80's and having seen the evolution of the marching arts as they call it now, (meaning over 40 years of familiarity with the activity,) I put this as one of the two best shows in DCI history NEVER to have won it all along with 1993 Star of Indiana (The Music of Barber and Bartok). The interesting common thread: the head drum major for Star of Indiana that year was Matt Harloff, who is the head brass instructor for Carolina Crown. If you haven't seen that particular show, I highly recommend it, as well as "God's Hornline": the evolution of Carolina Crown's brass after Harloff took over as head brass instructor. If you allow, I can post links to each for you to watch. If someone were to ask me about the drum corps activity and provide an example of it, for me it would be those two shows plus 2008 Phantom Regiment's "Spartacus", which won the title by the absolute slimmest of margins: 98.125 to the Blue Devils' 98.1. Another recommendation, if you haven't already reviewed it!

[@NicChampagne]

We have got to get him to watch some 1990s shows like Star ‘91, Scouts ‘95, Cadets ‘98.

[@Iliketordles]

I think he's almost ready for Star 1993 :)

[@steinblitz1506]

Man, I hope you check out more stuff from this era. 2010-2016 was some of the best modern drum corps. 2014 Bluecoats is a MUST, and 2015 if you haven't seen it!

[@Malletdude31]

Its basically a superhero show. "Fanfare for the Common Man" by Aaron Copland is the main motif in the show and basically the hero's theme. The guard is wearing masks and hoods the whole show kind of envoking the superhero outfit. I picture the opener being the hero saving the day and being a hero. And then the middle section is the showdown with the villain and the villain gets the better of the hero, and the ballad is the hero pulling themselves up and trying again and the closer is the hero finally prevailing. That's my take on it.

[@Nick_Hutchens]

I think it is more raw, emotional, and meanugful not researching the show before. I love it!

[@carsoncarr-busyframes619]

I found the playlist and am binging.. so fun to see you notice such great drill writing. obviously it's done on computers these days but we only had graph paper in the 90s 😂.. not sure if they still do this (they probably use their phones) but we would have little mini wire-ring notebooks hanging from our necks while we learned drill. they kinda just turned to mush from sweat and humidity

[@brianarzola]

Quick note: The visual, color guard, and artistic designers behind the Boston Crusaders 2024 show you watched are the same people who designed this show

[@michaelwatt9401]

The reason for having more than one drum major has to do with light traveling faster than sound. Especially when they are spread end zone to end zone as you mentioned in this video. They can't rely on their ears to tell them when to play so they have to play "on the hands" to stay together. It's basically a visual metronome. An additional drum major's job is to watch the head drum major and stay in time with the hands. If you want to know how many there are listen when the corps is introduced and the announcer addresses every drum major.

[@oldschooldrumcorps]

“Fanfare for the Common Man” hence the show name “For the Common Good “

[@jacksondesroches1107]

I like the sound of both ways, I think whichever way you’d have more fun reacting to would be best

[@rayg5146]

The evolution of drill is fascinating. When DCI first started all the drill was done by hand and people coming up with the formations and transitions. I believe it was in the 90s that they started using computers. An OG show that really highlights that evolution is Cavaliers 1995

[@areussgg]

Should give a listen to Carolina Crown 2011. It’s filled with classic rock and roll songs all the way through. (EX: Bohemian Rhapsody, Freebird, paint it black) Carolina Crown’s shows from 2012-2016 have to be some of the best shows of that decade in my opinion.

[@brianarzola]

This is arguably the hardest show in DCI history, so it's very valid to call out the intricacy of the drill. The combination of a very complex brass book and some of the most high-intensity drill ever written made for quite the spectacle. Any year other than 2012 and they would have had a fair shot at a championship

[@N8TheSnake]

IMO 2012 and 2015 Crown are the best drum corps ever to NOT Place 1st. Absolutely robbery.

[@bradynhughes]

The movements across the field is typically referred to as drill 🔥

[@joshsalmons1867]

This is crazy, I was going to recommend this to you yesterday. Carolina Crowns show Inferno will make you tired watching it, too. I heard a reaction to that show say that.

[@ratinfestation3964]

@@joshsalmons1867 Are there even complete videos of inferno? minus random recordings from stands

[@azh4579]

One of the most athletic shows of all time

[@greatmcnate9506]

The technical term for the movement is "the drill." They march a drill. Carolina Crown's drills are notorious for being fast and complex. "Fanfare for the Common Man" by Aaron Copeland is that piece of music you're familiar with. It's partly wher the title of their show comes from. The over-arching theme is heroes vs. villains, The corp are the heroes and the color guard are the villains.

[@oldschooldrumcorps]

Technical term is drill or marching and maneuvering, in addition to the choreography

[@cavalier40]

The form to form movement is called drill. More and more corps are migrating towards broadway type staging, but as you go further back you find pure drill books. 2012 Crown in my opinion is the most difficult drill book ever written. If you want to see really cool drill watch 2002-2007 Cavaliers

[@nigeldoherty155]

Drill is the term you’re looking for. Drill was the focus of Drum Corps until about 10 years ago where props and movements across the drum line and Brass started coming in. You can’t beat old school drill in my eyes.

[@reverendphillipwaselik7467]

Bits and pieces of the Fanfare For the Common Man is interspersed throughout the show my friend.

[@MS-df2fk]

This is in my top three hardest DCI shows ever (Cadets 93 is number 1). So impressive and actually entertaining as well. Probably the finest show this team has produced, including their win a year later, and as amazing as Boston has been since their staff left Crown en masse I don't think they've been able to capture this kind of magic.

[@dannyspoonamore4914]

Corps will never do a show like this again. It is beyond exhausting. It is actually dangerous, even to youthful athletes like these young performers. They were beyond the typical "Olympic conditioning" you often hear about corps that march like this. I still am in awe today how they were all able to achieve this and still play at the level they did. And I've been watching the Cadets and Cavies for over 40 years now. Just spectacular.

[@DeejSZN]

You guys who are recommending these know there are high resolution videos of it out there, right? 😂

[@TheCharlieSmithChannel]

@@DeejSZN they don't always send specific links. Not necessarily their fault

[@DanielTheManiel33]

This show was stunning!!!!! I plead you to watch Blue Devils from 2006 DCI finals. They did a Godfather theme which was insane!

[@camilleon352]

editing out ur outtakes: ❌❌❌ leaving in the first take of the intro: ✅✅🗣🗣‼‼🔥🔥

[@TheCharlieSmithChannel]

Haha yup. Who has time for all that?! 👀😂

[@deeleebee13]

the name of the base music is Fanfare for the Common Man

[@CJSleme]

I still think 2011 Rach Star Carolina Crown is the best one! They uploaded a high quality one a few months ago.

[@croatiancowboy]

One thing I'd like to point out because I don't really see anyone else commenting about it, but this particular show has gone down in history for being NOTORIOUSLY difficult to perform! Depending on who you ask, you might even hear that it's the most difficult show to ever touch a field. And you definitely caught onto it very quickly, commenting early on about how "there's so much movement in this one!". Such an absolute flex of nothing but pure talent and athleticism!!

[@cedricbarnett7647]

It's 12 years after the fact and I'm STILL trying to figure out how the Blue Devils won that year... I've reviewed both shows, and I simply think DCI was determined to have the Devils go undefeated that year. It's one of the only times I think that the complexity of the show actually went against them in Finals that year; BD was simply cleaner: far less complex, but cleaner.

[@utha2665]

The music is based on Aaron Copeland's Fanfare for the Common Man. These guys "have' to be mike'd up with ear pieces because there's just no way they could keep it all so tight with the distances they are from each other. Either that, or the sound is dubbed in during production. But what's truly impressive is playing while running and remembering all those complex movements over such a long time.

[@jordantyler148]

They use drum majors, all the hornline is either watching the hands conducting, or listening back to the drumline.

[@markalusss]

Drill. The movement you’re seeing is DRILL. Or dots as members here in rehearsal. Lol a good video to watch on this is the one on George Zingali. He pretty much changed the game of drill in the 80s.

[@TristanBurgener]

check out drum corps archive for high quality versions!!

[@kapanimations]

Dude you should seriously check out indoor drumline, called WGI. It's similar to DCI but it takes place inside a gym with only the drumline and front ensemble (percussion). For a fun and good show to start with I'd recommend RCC 2023 (which is the drumline that is associated with the Blue Devils).

[@harethebunny]

The term for the formations is “drill”

[@sittingbush]

finally!!!

[@mattd1645]

I do feel like, it might be interesting for you to look up the show information, after you have watched the show, during your 'afterthoughts' section.

[@aaronvotan]

There's a 1080p version of this on KZbin by a channel named nick if you wanted to go back and rewatch

[@DebbieWolgemuth]

Fanfare for the Common Man - classic piece

[@supersop]

Drill has changed very much over the years. If you enjoy more movement ... watch older shows. Prior to 1984/85 ... there was far less movement and more symmetry. Staging and movement (opposed to marching) have become more prevalent in the past 10 years.

[@An_Ikea_Desk]

somebody needs to send him the cake recipe

[@as_sv9788]

I can get you the highest available quality videos for nearly every show back to 74. lossless full hd of the blurays and better than currently posted on yt for everything before that.

[@alicebento9719]

Oi tudo bem? gosto muito de suas reações ao Gabriel Henrique,estou aguardando as próximas, ❤

[@bdfan4ever]

I think it has something to do with the music they’re playing which I think it’s based on “fanfare for the common man.”

[@levivalentinovideos]

You need to get onto Star of Indiana 1993, the birth of modern drum corps! And if you are brave enough 1991 as well!

[@vim1451]

Please react to Blue Devils 2017! Fantastic show and definitely a fan favorite.

[@5musicman]

Fanfare for the common man

[@dud3s_boomstick]

I honestly think the community needs to do two things. 1. Give him a corps show for his birth year. 2. Introduce him to the glory days of corps: 1982-1995

[@croatiancowboy]

Putting my name in the hat for SCV - 1988 (the better version of Phantom of the Opera!)

[@billycameron9212]

Cadets 1984 West Side Story; one of the best shows ever to grace the field.

[@veggcar497]

The movement on the field is most commonly referred to as drill. Each marcher is given a set point on the field and a certain amount of counts to reach that point. It is the marchers responsibility to memorize each point. I do agree, the drill in this is absolutely ridiculous.

[@declandougan7243]

The focus is more on the visual and musical design, so the theming is less prevalent in this show. That being said, the intent is to focus on the idea of the superhuman, the person who rises above self interest to act for the common good. In service to this, the members themselves are asked to perform nearly superhuman athletic feats. One could also comment on the use of “fanfare for the common man” as a refrain throughout the show, focusing us on the qualities of everyday people that make humanity worth fighting for.