DCI 2018 World Championships - Cavaliers - Full Front Ensemble Lot

[@PlushChronicles]

Straight NASTY. Highly underrated and underjudged percussion section.

[@brothaNblue]

Somebody must have slipped these guys some exlax because they've got the runs.

[@justtraininsanity8463]

Easily one of the best front ensembles I've ever seen and heard! My credits to them!

[@maartengroenendijk8997]

Saw them in the lot in Centerville and Indianapolis. They are insanely good!

[@madz3198]

THIS IS BEAUTIFUL

[@pokemonman957]

Kyle in the back is killing me lol

[@slimjimmy5159]

It’s like the outside mallet is floating, I wish I was that good

[@marloncastro2742]

did anyone else notice the marimba mallet on the floor near the end?

[@Falcon2.39-1]

Wow I’m blown away, so underrated

[@fuzzylightning]

Incredible!

[@stevenhatcher9133]

Those 2:01 chords are just awesome. Period.

[@821bsk]

oh hi mark

[@colebartek9742]

n0

[@alexholland6486]

Press "F" for respect F

[@thomaspate9328]

F

[@nathanreno-winters8732]

Shoutout to the TASTY timpani work here.

[@melodicbottle795]

Amazing scoring! The Drum set really adds a nice touch to the ensemble sound!

[@reedboy3364]

Please I need a full score

[@christianmorales1335]

What is the music called for the 3rd piece that they played 1:24

[@DevonChJohnson]

Orawa~Wojciech Kilar

[@thomaspate9328]

If everyone played like this it wouldn’t be worth having a scoring system in dci because everyone would be getting 100’s.

[@ElectricHamSteak]

jfc the chops @ 0:28

[@jordanbrasher2545]

they KILLED ME

[@conr.mcmahon]

THEM FUCKING CHOPS THO

[@thediscgolfpastor]

What is the first 30 seconds or so from?

[@henrywaxler5050]

What is the point of wearing the small xylophones? If your just wear in a parking lot and stand still? 🤔

[@fsfdsdfsdfsdf1554]

late, but it is to practice how it feels when they actually march in it for the show.

[@josephgarcia2333]

Are their bodies choreographed?

[@nhuxtable4019]

It's usually mostly free for individual interpretation. The pit will sometimes come up with specific visuals and choreo or will be given it by design staff on rare occasion. But for the most part, the focus is on emoting the music through your body and broadly matching the person inside of you while still having a bit of your own personality and flare.

[@GH_percussion]

@@nhuxtable4019It’s also worth noting that the movement of the body to the music is specific to different corps and different time periods. The most reductive way of categorizing this would usually be ‘east coast’ vs ‘west coast.’ Those terms bleed into other aspects of performance and corps life. It’s worth doing some research on.

[@nhuxtable4019]

@@GH_percussion just sharing my personal experience. Marched in cavs FE 15-17

[@GH_percussion]

@@nhuxtable4019 Nice! I’m spending my rookie season with them this summer- do you have any tips for life on tour?

[@cavalier36]

I feel like for some chunks they’re playing faster than show tempo. Is that an actual strategy?

[@jordanbrasher2545]

yes!!! it helps so much

[@nhuxtable4019]

They rarely if ever practice above tempo. It's usually that the battery or horns will slow down in the full context of the show. They will always practice at the exact written tempo (though since the pits lots are done without met there is a chance they might push fast on occasion)

[@arise8078]

Yes. If you can play it decently from 10-20 BPM over tempo then you should be able to play it really well at show tempo.

[@nhuxtable4019]

Rip that Bass drum

[@caseythompson9603]

Did that one vibe player on the right get kicked off of marimba since last year?

[@pokemonman957]

Yes he did

[@hithere327]

Any idea why? Was it just a skill level type thing?

[@pokemonman957]

Chops were not as good as the other five marimbas (his chops are still amazing obviously). I'm sure there is a little more to it than that, but that is probably the biggest reason.

[@ZachEverett]

Or you know...he wanted to play vibes.

[@shariqarain]

Possibly could be a marching thing. Every marimba had to march a xylo, so he might not have wanted to?

[@thomaspate9328]

Oh this seems pretty eas... Oh wait never mind.