Cavaliers Drumline 2023 - Show Music - 7/22 DCI San Antonio

The Cavaliers battery runs through show music from their 2023 program "...where you'll find me" in the lot at the DCI Southwestern Championships in San Antonio, TX 7/22/23

[@benkessler4439]

To everyone throwing comments against their percussion score out there, it's a valid criticism based on the book and their cleanliness, but also know that judges take into account how well the book flows with the rest of the show as well as what the front ensemble is doing. They had the highest content score for a reason and I'm sure they can clean some of the rougher stuff by finals. Hard beats don't equal everything anymore.

[@rifle2563]

The pit is a factor people ignore often

[@jordantyler148]

Their pit is so good, but also percussion scoring is just broke right now, the field judge can’t hear the battery for most of the show. When the cavies drumline is up front their features are hard af and clean af. And when they aren’t the book is just solid supporting material. But right now that’s what judging (at least the field judge) rewards.

[@nickfenech307]

@@jordantyler148so in other words Cavies are adjusting to the new way things are done more so than the others

[@willtangwu]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@jordantyler148]

@@nickfenech307 oh yeah, absolutely no shade to the cavies, other corps have adjusted too, the cavies are just the cleanest right now. last year around this time boston was the cleanest, and they came 4th at finals.

[@CheeseBread67]

Mike McIntosh's writing is sublime has all the great beats of old school and new school drum corps beats.

[@theTenorDrummer]

So many textures and I'm definitely a sucker for Cavies + maple drums

[@dadecountydevonhapner]

That long Spock roll always gets me 😭 So cool and executed well!

[@bobbarksofficial4335]

JEEZ CAVIES! DA CASEY CLAW = AUTOMATIC SANFORD HAHA! 💚🥁💚🥁

[@beaumartin366]

FAX

[@isiahrowser]

I don’t mean any harm, but cavies started doing the claw in the early 90’s. Casey did not invent that.

[@jameswilliams2975]

​@@isiahrowserright. It was in the drum break when they did the planets. Iconic show.

[@bobbarksofficial4335]

@@isiahrowser Which Casey are you talking about? Definitely not Casey Brohard.

[@Schapenvuur]

@@isiahrowserlmao this discussion is still ongoing? So whats the name for the actual rudiment?

[@LugoDugo]

5:27 those snare hand rolls (whatever they are) are probably the most best thing I’ve seen yet this season, it amazes and I don’t know why

[@henne2k]

Helikopters. Introduced 1995

[@TopDrumCorps]

The Casey Claw

[@Snaresloth]

Daily reminder the percussion judge is not on the field anymore. Front ensemble plays a much bigger role and cavies front ensemble is absolute fire. I’m not a cavies fanboy or anything but their FE is phenomenal

[@ryancox5097]

This ^^^

[@tigbittiesmcgee3284]

Exactly. Its not a drumline score. Its a percussion section score from the box. Cavies marimba line is absolutely filthy good.

[@johnnydasuper]

I wish i would have seen this lot!!!

[@calebpitt1628]

3:49 bass 2 😍😍😍😍

[@graysonhorne9478]

Couldn’t help myself

[@skifihls6858]

Saw them perform earlier in July at Whitewater (Wisconsin). Their playing during the show was phenomenal and very clean. Well done 👏

[@withthistearmarquis3065]

Maturity and execution are on point.

[@mmacasual5095]

Feeling like 2011

[@asherbank1941]

Kinda goofy they've got their DM conducting in the lot but I guess they can casey claw clean so what do I know!

[@dci_fan0345]

You don’t see it a lot nowadays, used to be a thing until about 10 years ago with most corps when they started to ditch them in the lot

[@AznAfroMan513]

ok zoomer

[@MrEkirt]

It’s not for the drum line it’s for the drum major. A line this talented can keep time 🤣

[@dci_fan0345]

@@MrEkirt Ik that smart arse

[@Schapenvuur]

I’m missing a comment here that cavies started doing that rudiment before Casey

[@stavismaples9084]

The faster beats are just as clean as the slow ones. That's a sign of a line with good time. They'll clean up for sure.

[@scottyt5918]

I'm not sure why it's so hard for some folks to comprehend that when there's 130 db of amplified brass, keyboards and sound effects between the batterie and the judge,,, those parts ain't being evaluated for content or clarity.

[@decisivedecision]

5:27 👀 🍬, 👂gasm and ⌚ continuity are top notch here. Good luck with the rest of the season.

[@mcgrud]

For the algorithm. 🤙

[@sammata1905]

what people are also forgetting is, some of your favorite lines might be clean in the lot but on the move may be more dirt than you know of. Cavies might have the book down to a T. Yalls inexperience is showing. let them drum for christ sakes

[@garylagstrom3864]

UPDATE: ATLANTA LIKE SAN ANTONIO EQUALS CAVALIERS DRUMLINE #1 SO TO THE PEOPLE THAT PUT ME DOWN CAN SUCK IT!

[@Prof.CheeseDog]

I was there. They were good but tbh I'm kind of confused. In my opinion Phantom and Boston had better runs on the field. Crown also got BASHED in percussion but they were really solid

[@theincompletepackage]

Blud is getting hard carried by drums

[@shaw3061]

and you were carried by your mother for 9 months, what's the difference.

[@theincompletepackage]

@@shaw3061 The difference is that Im not goated at drums

[@gclem96]

7:08 throwback 2011 bass lick 😮

[@OT3S]

Why is it always the quads getting left out in the sun?

[@GeorgeCollins]

RIP

[@difficultkill3r636]

FTQ 😢

[@SEAJustinDrum]

because snare's are entitled bitches (signed a snare)

[@Ticker2]

Couple of long throwbacks to Mars and "Let Us Win/Please Stand Up"at 1:50

[@Mattyfear]

Mike writing the perfect anniversary Easter egg written book

[@itwasbetterwithhats820]

We’re Not Done

[@DallasSniper]

Are the drum major and center snare twins?

[@smdftb8495]

I hate this angle. It always makes snares sound dirty. I sat in the same spot for BAC in the Denton lot and they sounded thick. The vid from that lot on YT, however, is up front and quite crispy.

[@GeorgeCollins]

I filmed from the side to not block anyone’s view. The audio is not from the angle of my camera. My sound recorder was directly in front of the snares.

[@smdftb8495]

@@GeorgeCollins ah I see. Thanks! Love your videos!

[@suttonjones3605]

Do you know which sticks the snares use?

[@mrnicknick02]

FS-4’s

[@andrewnance2156]

I don't hear beeps. Does that mean that they are bad?

[@andrewnance2156]

C'mon brass!

[@danjordan2625]

Lol @ people upset about these scores. In the lot practices of only the marching battery give very little perspective of the percussion section as a whole. Cavvies front is supposedly the definitve best rn this season. Add in CLEAN spacing from the battery along with their exposed features AND their difficult drill... I'm not surprised by this score at all. Great year for percussion

[@ElementalJerk]

A lot of people are forgetting that the lot isn’t what gets judged.

[@tryggviholt8958]

no way this got first

[@Richey13]

Cleanliness matters on the field, on the move, in front of the judges. Not on concrete in the lot.

[@bambithewasian]

@@Richey13 They also had the highest content score at San Antonio with every corps there, but hey

[@duston1649]

That’s what I said when boston didn’t win the sanford last year but the bluecoats won instead??

[@tommy2122108]

Qualified judges disagree with you.

[@I.AM.ON.MY.WAY.]

⁠@@bambithewasianhey quick question, what is content score? Also are the cavies first in percussion?

[@FrankGMD]

The snares are very wet, hiding some dirt I think. Still, I can not believe this won drums in SA.

[@rifle2563]

Have you heard the front?

[@I.AM.ON.MY.WAY.]

Nah man I heard them live and to my knowledge I didn’t hear them tick on the field, but then again it’s just one set of ears so maybe they were dirty

[@FrankGMD]

@@rifle2563 have you?

[@animeprincess98]

high school beats and 1st in achivement and content lmaooooooooooooooooooo

[@marklower007]

Facts

[@DeeboComing]

Much respect to these guys because they're playing good.... But let's be serious... There's no way in hell this book got 1st. Even if they played piss clean and EVERYONE ELSE, including Crown BD, Bloo, Boston, and Cadets had an off night, there's just no way in hell Cavs beat ALL of them. Like let's be honest, this is by far the easiest book in the top 6 or 7 groups. 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

[@jamesadams8304]

They did and have several times.

[@cp_drums]

There's more to the perc score than just battery cleanliness

[@weeblewwe]

Just because they’re not ramming an ass ton of notes for no reason doesn’t make their book easier… this book has a buttfuck ton of space and they handle it extremely well.

[@901.design6]

It takes just as much skill an effort to play fewer notes as it does to ram notes……and to do it clean. In fact I’d argue tha playing more notes is a bit easier because a book with a lot space in it is far easier to mess up. For example……the end of cavies show, those double stops are nothing but open space which means they a lot more chances to get knocked off points wise for each attack they miss. When you’re ramming notes, once you start…for the most part it locks in and your good.

[@I.AM.ON.MY.WAY.]

@@weeblewweyou’re correct, it’s really easy to mess up the easy stuff when you’re worried about nailing the harder beats.

[@marklower007]

Jesus what a boring book. No wonder they play it perfect. Compare the difficulty to a Boston book or a bd book and it's not even in the same world

[@ReedDrums]

I love Boston, they’re my favorite line this year, and of recent years. But, the cavies play the show writing game. Why write so many notes, when the judges aren’t able to hear it?

[@ReedDrums]

If the lot was judged, Boston/BD would be winning, no doubt. But it’s not.

[@EsidisiofBigBalls]

I don’t see any women on snare or quads like the other corps. Are women allowed to participate on this drumline?