Carolina Crown 2017 - Inside the circle at WCU Summer Symposium

Recorded on 7/12/17 at Western Carolina University during Summer Symposium 2017

[@Livefire123]

On my bucket list.......Get to sit inside a Carolina Crown circle!

[@fishingthelist4017]

I was just going to post that.

[@arnoldsherrill6305]

Everyone has had that WTF moment in music when they've heard something so powerful the world just seems to vanish., for me it was the first time I heard this turning sequence and I've been hooked ever since. This reminds me of being in high school and my Street was on the other side of the trees that separated our neighborhood from the high school that I attended I used to hear Drumline practice and band practice all the time and as good as our band was oh, it never sounded as crisp as this., we had an excellent BD Paul Mitchell God bless his soul he's looking down from heaven, and even he is impressed.

[@UpwardDragon]

Same here!

[@definitelynotcainan3353]

That low brass resolve at 3:40 gets me EVERY time!

[@trumpetguy13]

Watching all those heads pop up at 1:58, you know every member of that hornline saw that and thought “Oh children. You gon’ learn today… 😈😈” I love it haha

[@MJCEK]

girl in the batman hat realizes she's witnessing the second coming of Jesus Christ...

[@southstarz6263]

Matthew C that was me lol

[@MJCEK]

South Starz may the lord be with you...

[@jakobrogershawks]

this is one of the best comments I've ever read ever. 10/10

[@CutandShoot5x5]

That is an awesome comment!!!!! So true their Brass sounds Angelic!!!!!

[@fishingthelist4017]

I wonder if she was from Bat Cave, NC?

[@tp24072]

I honestly think that the best part of this video is when they play the first note, then in about 2 seconds equalize their sounds. Harloff even said that they would be out of tune. The ability of these guys to listen and adapt is just unreal. Either that or the mic just started working better in which case I'm wrong. But they're still really good.

[@itechhh7126]

Agreed, it sounds like "one player" and that sounds amazing. He said they would be out of tune but they were pretty close to perfect to me

[@LJ-wo1wf]

"Living in tune" for months at this point, plus working on fundamentals every day, plus getting rid of difficult-to-blend sounds like woodwinds and tuned percussion (brass rehearsals are almost always without the pit), plus a lack of ego (nobody says, "I'm in tune and everyone else sucks"), makes it possible. I marched and taught other corps besides Crown, and the goals were always the same. Harloff and his crew have had this line kicking ass for over a decade.

[@trumpetguy13]

“We’re gonna be out of tune. Adjust if you need to.” “THAT” member of the Corps: *Licks finger and sticks it up in the air* “….442…and a half” *Corps moves their tuning slides a few millimeters” “Ok we’re good here”

[@dustingragg]

I can't play this loud enough on anything I have lol I could imagine it's like your face being blown off in person

[@BluesClues2s]

1:57 Well that got their attention...

[@madisonlovingood4697]

Summer Symposium + Carolina Crown = 😍😍

[@itechhh7126]

i miss it so much :(

[@madisonlovingood4697]

Same 😭

[@itechhh7126]

Best camp yet!!

[@madisonlovingood4697]

So true!

[@drumlord8772]

Being inside of a horn circle is truly something special. I got misty-eyed just hearing the end of that show segment...music is so amazing.

[@DjvsTheWorld]

3:30 Eargasm What I would give to sit in that circle whenever I needed to.... holy shit...

[@MrRedstonerGames]

I was there that day!!! It was one of the best experiences of my life!

[@blipblapblam1826]

3:53 god is in the clouds omg

[@stuartmapes]

2:10 is one of the best parts when most of the brass cut out and then come back in with another ear shattering burst of energy and sound. 😍😍

[@gaskinkameron]

The assistant drum major is actually the love of my life

[@stuartmapes]

Actually.

[@DubABattery]

Actually?

[@scottw1968]

I hope all those kids realize just how absolutely lucky they are to be in the circle of the best horn line in Drum Corps.

[@fargoleavy12]

I went to that camp in 2014 and was in the circle we all knew how lucky we were. Inside the crown circle is reserved for crown alumni and it was made clear too. It was an absolute honor

[@MrRedstonerGames]

I was there that day! It way by far the best experience of my life! We all knew how much of an honor it was to be in the circle and to work with the members

[@Candyman97]

I am so thankful for these kids who keep music alive #givethanks

[@t.j.ludwick5914]

Now…imagine playing all parts with just your hands and feet on a pipe organ as it was originally composed. Beautifully arranged and played.

[@trevorcannon433]

I can tell that *IT IS* the girl in the Batman hat's first time in the circle of a Drum Corps (more specifically a Carolina Crown's circle) XD See what I did there? Alright I'll leave...lol

[@amos.rand_vfx]

I'm not deaf, but I imagine it might be really cool to experience this if you were deaf. I feel like all the vibrations would be so satisfying, even if you couldn't hear it.

[@kevinstone9638]

I love hornline arc and circle warmups- nothing like them. That is raw power.

[@jirendf5841]

that bach piece is just beautiful

[@dustingragg]

geeeees. hoping 5o catch you guys at west Wilkes middle school in a week. Got great tickets to nightbeat the next day!

[@spartan3244]

wish they did this when i was up there in 2004 and 2005 fond memories with the POTM under Bob Buckner

[@Isaacv116]

3:20 was so good it got the girl in the batman hat crying 😭😭

[@CJPifer]

This is heavenly! I keep coming back to it.

[@oliviaazeez7344]

I love the person in the batman snapback having a whole spiritual experience with this.

[@iAmNovaFilms]

The microphone is destroyed at the first hit

[@bendayho3191]

3:31- Batgirl is swallowed by the same spiritual “Aural Wormhole” that anyone here can testify catches you once and deposits you as a new soul in the world once more, but forever changed. I would love to hear her thoughts on the matter.

[@jikkme]

That girl with her mouth hanging open... lol

[@AVaguely]

Paul Weeks which one??

[@southstarz6263]

Paul Weeks If she had the batman hat on it was me

[@jikkme]

Yep :D

[@LJ-wo1wf]

Your reaction makes this vid totally worth it. It's possible to get jaded after being around this kind of group long enough, so it's good to see someone new get blasted right in the feels with a few power chords.

[@An3hony]

I’m sorry but I keep coming back to this, the opener is so in tune it sounds like a Synthesizer

[@HallyPorter]

IT'S A DOUBLE RAINBOW ALL THE WAY!

[@danielurbaniak910]

I like the guy at the end.. with a haa! Pretty much saying Nailed It!!

[@connorhuffman811]

"is this what.....Heaven feels like?!"

[@austinorlikowski768]

Ok, that mello note on beat 2 at 3:43... OHHH MAN

[@ksumb9818]

3:31 batman was "shook"

[@iamthechair6328]

Bruh

[@edlyp.3249]

What is the progression of notes for lead trumpet on the tuning sequence?

[@kchan7032]

......O R G A S M I C !

[@confuseddreamer]

RIP speakers

[@bryceswaim2785]

I was there💯💯💯

[@joshsalmons1867]

Less than 100 people sounds like 400 lol! Everyone is like, that mellophone though...

[@connortarroutdoor]

Dang that dude in the Batman hat was shocked ahaha !!

[@lilfrugal7922]

Connor that's a girl my man

[@connortarroutdoor]

Lil Frugal not really ahaha

[@lilfrugal7922]

Connor I know her.😅

[@Mr_Curtis_Kelley]

Why is this recommend two years later

[@cliffd682]

Because it is still that bad ass!

[@pearsarecool2000]

Idk if anyone's noticed this, but at 3:46 on the right side of the screen in the sky, there's clouds that form what looks to be like a face or something during those last chords.

[@madisonholland747]

heyy i see myself, is there a way you could send this to me??

[@itechhh7126]

yes, can you contact me?

[@baguette6302]

Song name at 2:49?

[@bryceswaim2785]

Little fugue in g minor by Bach

[@joshuahunt4708]

The chord progression at the end is actually the ending from Toccata and Fugue in D Minor with an adjusted ending.

[@clueless5433]

omg 2:02

[@codyjeter553]

Jesus H Christ