DCI: The Cavaliers Compilation

Every clip is the product of Drum Corps International and is used for fan and education uses only. I do not own any of the video or audio in this video.

[@jjh2456]

Nobody did drill better than Cavies. The precise movements and the ending positions to get there are just classic good old fashioned drum corps at it’s finest.

[@drumcorps0junkie]

👽💦🥁🔥🎺💦👽

[@pmillergroove1]

I swear....that 2010 show should’ve won!!!! Everybody in the stadium thought so (except for all the BD nuts, or course....🤷🏾‍♂️)

[@CaptainKylan]

In the end it came down to concept vs. Execution. The Blue Devil's show, while not conceptually void, was certainly less cohesive than the Cavaliers show. But what they lacked in concept, they made up for in cleanliness and harmony. Now, I do prefer shows with stronger concepts over cleanliness, but I also understand that the execution of a show is better to judge, because otherwise we are essentially judging the show designers instead of the young men and women performing the show.

[@jjh2456]

Kylan but the Cavies could not have executed that show any better. Everything about Mad World was tight from the brass to the color guard.

[@crestonlukemartin9271]

Jose Hill Mad world is my favorite Cavies show but it could have been better. On my first watch through I noticed a rifle drop in the Riflemen’s Creed and the rifles where not in line when they were placed on the ground. I’ve watched it many times since then and there are a few more mistakes.

[@MS-df2fk]

@@crestonlukemartin9271 BD dropped too (at least twice) and spent the majority of the show standing in front of/ moving/ or hiding behind mirrors. I heard the original title of the show was called "The Emperor's New Clothes" but they changed it because they thought it was too obvious.

[@Ryan-dz7mg]

Kylan And the fact BD was undefeated

[@sharibrown4561]

The Cavaliers, SLAYING DCI for decades!!!

[@TNG173]

Shari Brown Thanks for watching!

[@Ryan-dz7mg]

Shari Brown 2015...

[@dctrbrass]

w00t

[@richierich2038]

I'll accept that! And thanks! Cavaliers FMM '86 & '87 (French Horn bugle)

[@jorgeortega6806]

ALMOST decades

[@mercilpb]

I wish there were still corps that actually marched like those peak cavies did.

[@richierich2038]

And we did it wearing BLACK NAVY OXFORDS (lawdy mercy) no less!!!😵

[@Igotbored23]

*cough* *cough* blue devils *cough* *cough*

[@BerserkRain]

@@Igotbored23 ehhhhh

[@hdtsquad3064]

@@Igotbored23 ehhhhh

[@Danny-sy7bg]

Nope lol, the cavies move when they play

[@matty_c]

Gloria, Four Corners, and XtraordinarY are the three most underrated Cavaliers shows. All three are incredible on a whole other level.

[@johnlehman5082]

What year was Gloria?

[@matty_c]

John Lehman 1989. There’s a recording with iffy video but decent enough audio.

[@johnlehman5082]

Thanks! I'll have to find it!

[@monstal91]

"And So It Goes" and "The Great Divide" have to be THE MOST underrated for me.

[@Dischingo]

Samurai 08 for me love that show

[@genzod7940]

Fantastic. My favorite is Frameworks, but all the Cavaliers performances are breathtaking.

[@danielcongleton2878]

Please bring back classic uniforms. Thanks.

[@romeostevens7063]

AGREE

[@neal0071234able]

I second that motion!!

[@not_a_generic_name6183]

Make the green machine green again

[@brianhancock6650]

Cant agree more. Maybe subtle variations? Cant even tell who these days.

[@danielcongleton2878]

@@brianhancock6650 the hat, green, sash, and aggresive shoulderpads are needed, variations are appreciated if tasteful

[@forerunner7]

These are the most gorgeous and intricate drill formations I've ever seen!! Incredible!

[@dctrbrass]

I still get a laugh out of the guy kicking the cone haha :) I'm a scouts fan but I think the highest scores in the history of the sport should've gone to some of those 2000's shows.

[@erwinschliemann7482]

Well, 2002 sits at a nice 99.15. 2004 is also a 98.7, which is pretty impressive as well. So some of them did actually get some of the highest scores ever (though I still wish some of them were even higher as well).

[@mcampbell0320]

niagra falls was such a power move

[@CSRookie]

Love the Cavaliers: their history with Don Warren, style, guard EVERYTHING!! But will always be a Cadets fan at heart since first seeing them in early 90's and learning their history

[@cavalier36]

cory silva what about the Cadet’s 1.4 million dollar debt and rapey board of directors?

[@CSRookie]

I know they've struggled financially over the years and I know about George Hopkins..... If you read between the lines a bit more Sam you'd know I"m talking about their marching and musical history and not the other crap. Still many positives

[@cavalier36]

cory silva agreed, but the Cadets of old are what make the good parts of history.

[@TheImprovisedDrummer]

Tbh I don’t se a prop and loved it until 2016

[@tampazeke4587]

It seems to me that the Cavies color guard lost it's precision and perfection for a period. Even in some of the shows shown here their synchronicity wasn't up to their standards. I wish they would put more into showing what an all male color guard can do.

[@MS-df2fk]

They are fielding a relatively small guard this year (compared to the mammoth guards at Crown and Boston), but doing a really cool book and nailing some huge flag tosses.

[@stock.wheel.shawty]

bro the whole section that starts at 3:12 looks so fun lmao

[@agentpebble1094]

I love the cavaliers. Old and new :)

[@virgillayne5]

Shame the late Brubaker years didn't make the cuts. '89 - 91. Best integration of brass, guard and percussion ensembles into the mass drill designs. So hypnotic, so inventive and sheer delights to watch over and over again! Music books first rate!

[@fatovamingus]

Hi do you remember every year waiting for the score crossing your fingers for the Cavaliers even if they were just so-so? One of the best under-dogs of all time. They ran with some really tough musical choices in the 80's. They did a Rimski-Korsakov Russian program in like 1980 that was great. Miss the green uniforms

[@shouryushinku9024]

💚🔥🥁😎🏆😇🏆😎🎺🔥💚

[@huahintrainspotters]

03:12 All time favorite moment of The Cavaliers.

[@andrewnance2156]

Marching and drill is such an inspiration. Incredible

[@genefleury1760]

Tremendous marching precision bravo

[@jman3110]

Last show wasn’t great, the Rifle Show is still gives me chills though.

[@VaughnDJs]

Fine compilation especially to recall the glory of those years shown, nice edits, nice length at just under 15m, Thanks!!! They were so great and you included the bass drum beat 5:30 oh yeah!

[@jacobownby4298]

Thanks for this!

[@TNG173]

Jacob Ownby No problem! Thank you for watching!

[@ethancarter7912]

No one will ever rival what the cavaliers didnin the early 2000s. except for maybe the cavaliers lol

[@HugeJohn51]

Great drill. Do you guys remember drill from the 70’s? Omg. Lol

[@andrewhxrris]

Ok, Dey really do be movin doe👀😳

[@tommcconville4270]

Cavs are all time greats of DCI/ jr. corps, superb drums and horns their MO, great color guard. But I still can't take the histrionics of today's corps.

[@drumcorps0junkie]

You and me both.

[@shouryushinku9024]

@@drumcorps0junkie You're hilarious my friend 😂.

[@shouryushinku9024]

🥁🤔🧐🤯🏆😇🏆🤯🧐🤔🎺

[@feverjong9586]

Dude, 2010 was best year though

[@BrantleyTravels]

Marching BandAlex n

[@MS-df2fk]

You went from 2000 to now. There's way more to this corps than that

[@TNG173]

Matt Stryker I am well aware! I had trouble finding suitable footage before then.

[@erwinschliemann7482]

Theodore N. DCI's official KZbin page has posted "highlights" for some of the 80's and 90's shows, those are actually pretty good quality. But most people think of early 2000's Cavies when they think of them anyways, so it's not really that big a deal.

[@idfk9578]

Niagara falls is and will probably always be my favorite dci performance only things that come close are frameworks, out of this world, and tilt

[@justamaninTN]

Gotta have Machine. That show is the Cavaliers personified.

[@cavalierfan2008]

Cavies 04 Latin feature needs more love

[@dctrbrass]

That sound at 7:43 tho :)

[@shawnobrien7930]

The proudest moment of my life is the first time I took the field in a cavie guard uniform

[@knarf714sc4]

Make Drum Corps Great Again!!

[@cavalierfan2008]

This is the best video on KZbin

[@chasew518]

There is only one thing I will say about their drumline, their bass 5 is fucking massive

[@mbell985]

No Machine...how dare you

[@brandonmathis1892]

9:46 Oh man

[@paypay263]

What year is the first one? That drill is amazing

[@leomankovich1796]

2000 - Niagara Falls

[@neal0071234able]

Yep cavaliers 2000 ta 2004 ...its like the equivalent of what the patriots have done in nfl or what the Chicago bulls did in the nba in the 90s ..they just was that group to see during early 2000s ..01 four corners show is my favorite

[@drumcorps0junkie]

@@neal0071234able That ballad from 01 ALWAYS gets me EVERY time.

[@dwaterson21]

2000, and the show is boss. Every show they did from 2000 to 2008 (except, imo, 2005 and 2007) is some of the best work I've ever seen on a field. Niagara Falls, Four Corners, Frameworks, Spin Cycle, 007, Machine, and Samurai are just...find them, watch them.

[@sapphibee]

i wonder how much they paid for the rifles in mad world 🤔🤔

[@DayWarrior6]

Not as much as Crown probably paid for those trumpets in 2014

[@lynaes.9154]

Sapphibee that was the first thing that came to mind when I saw that.

[@dylanlangenkamp8331]

Spencer Beberman true lol

[@tampazeke4587]

Why not note the year of each performance?

[@marioscanner1673]

Good good

[@kevinsender]

SPLOOIE!

[@doodoodaadoo1]

0:06 Holy Shit is that loss?

[@jasonkaplan8733]

Stop

[@BerserkRain]

@@jasonkaplan8733 Literally my response when I saw this comment

[@kathiegemmell7319]

1/25/20 🤯👵💞 THX

[@guillie]

What show was the first one called?

[@12valkyer]

Niagara falls

[@asteriwolf6235]

What year was the show after the 007 show? the 8:00 mark (title of show?)

[@TheEuphonator]

Mad World 2010. About a month late to comment to you but hey maybe you're still wondering.

[@drumming_hits6969]

What's the name and date of the first one???

[@VaughnDJs]

I should know but it has to be after the 1995 1st place and before the 2001 1st place, wood finish drums, it is 2000 Cavaliers tied for 1st (with Cadets) 97.65 (Niagara Falls - Niagara Falls * Original Composition (Cadets had won Quarter & Semi Finals a show worth revisiting) Cavies were 1st in Percussion

[@user-cu6um3wx9c]

What was that note at 11:02

[@Igotbored23]

1953125 390625 double g

[@pr0xi_zura.]

What was the first show?

[@MS-df2fk]

Niagara Falls (2000). They tied with The Cadets for first.

[@davidpulanco2715]

They ain't called the Green Machine for nothing.

[@fatovamingus]

oh and btw, you can post what you want provided you didn't download if from THEM and post it. They have no claims on posted content.

[@fatovamingus]

I saw a bridgemen video on vim

[@iuhoosier1]

No Cavalier Anthems?!?!

[@mercilpb]

WHY IS THAT THE ONLY CLIP FROM FRAMEWORKS ANYWHERE ITS NOT EVEN THE BEST PART OF THE SHOW

[@erwinschliemann7482]

Yeah, despite being worshipped critically, Frameworks is actually pretty underrated. Wish some of the "general audience" for DCI gave it more appreciation. Niagara Falls is probably the most overrated. It has fantastic drill, yeah, and the music definitely helps punctuate it at points, but nothing really stood out as overly artistic, from a design stand point (I love Niagara Falls, so don't take this as me hating on it, I just think Frameworks is the best).

[@hrysivjt67]

Agreed! That's possibly the worst part of the show.

[@nickniehaus1763]

Uh seriously no XtraordinarY

[@sarahelias1586]

Honestly, their 2016 show is quite confusing to me.

[@shrimpman9545]

Sarah Elias really? How come?

[@hrysivjt67]

Please god please go back to shows people actually wanted to watch. That last show is just unimaginably bad. What happened to DCI?!?!?!?!?

[@hrysivjt67]

What the hell happened at the end here? Is this seriously what happened to DCI? My god.

[@BillyOcean336]

DCI’s gone weird

[@Dischingo]

It's gone full wgi

[@davidwarner3326]

Part of Cavalier lore is helping to kill drum corps (other corps had t-shirts made declaring the death of drum corps)...in 1971.

[@paulbochniarz5314]

if the corps think anarchy is the answer. you have lost my support

[@xaviercross3285]

13:41 FUCKKKK

[@jesuspectre9883]

Meow Mix is the same level of propaganda as Hitler?

[@dianawolf894]

Cavies

[@mg3kiryu1]

Cringing with the last show... lol

[@tantumverum]

Was there a melody hidden in all that running, skipping, play-acting & klinking & klanking noise ... somewhere?? A melody?? Anywhere??

[@MS-df2fk]

Melodies in music take time to develop and these are just short clips of these shows, most of them from exciting visual moments where the majority of the sound is coming from the percussion. Watch the full programs and it's a different story.

[@zhaoweiqu]

Came for 3:20

[@drumcorps0junkie]

🔥🥁❤️😎👽✌️😇✌️👽😎❤️🎺🔥

[@nathankaruma929]

Swastika at 0:25

[@mikebridges7294]

Do you even know the history of the swastika and what it means to the people who actually created it? It's The Whirling Log of Life and, it's just sad that it was hijacked by an evil entity.

[@edwinjskikorczynski5326]

When did the Cavaliers get involved in politics? Did I see a Trump banner on the field! Tell me I did not see that disgusting banner!

[@gabehyman9508]

Okay everything was good except for 2016. 2016 was just bad. It is not pleasing to the ears and the ending was really bad. Every other one of their shows is absolutely amazing though

[@SamCayhallGotGassed]

Glad you liked the show :)

[@gabehyman9508]

Tom Shoemaker i’m more wise now. i like 2016 😂

[@SamCayhallGotGassed]

@@gabehyman9508 good to hear! It was my favorite show of my marching career to perform.

[@gabehyman9508]

Tom Shoemaker looked like it would be hella fun to march in. what years did you march?

[@SamCayhallGotGassed]

@@gabehyman9508 Jersey Surf 14 Cavaliers 16 Boston Crusaders 18

[@Philla12]

This is just my opinion, I grew up with this style, call real Drum & Bugle Corps. You wore a real uniform with hats, helmets or whatever on the field.No crap on the field. We were Drum Corps. not Bands or Broadway shows. I stop supporting this new style of musical entertainment.

[@BillyOcean336]

Walter Belle God even if I agree with you this is the most boomer way of saying it, stop.

[@davidwarner3326]

Unless you marched a valveless instrument resembling a trumpet strapped to your side while you played drums, you didn't march real drum and bugle corps, either.