Definitely Not Boston Crusaders 2022-Paradise Lost (DCI Dover)

[@DennisOBrien1]

By far their personal best brass and drum line possibly ever. And the guard is doing insanely hard moves and their drops will get clean over time. I think they could medal this season!

[@cadenweems]

This is undoubtedly the best snareline I’ve heard in the past few years, and genuinely my favorite battery overall. They’re just so consistent in playing with ridiculous space and meter changes. Love these guys

[@mattdugan2000]

Wonderful show, one of the newest generation of shows I’d probably watch or listen to multiple times. Great job 👏🏻

[@jasonpetitjean8332]

Jesus, how is a percussion book like this even possible.

[@Howholy]

They wrote a book meant for WGI and blended it with DCI standards beautifully done tbh. Very demanding very well played Pit and Battery. Hoping they win drums this year at least.

[@jordankay4754]

11:13 50 years later, still impossible to beat a well-executed company front 🙌

[@CFLPN91]

Not gonna lie, the Corps uniforms in the thumbnail made me think this was Phantom Regiment's 2012 program Turndot 😳

[@brianhale2977]

What a show! It has no voice over, but the story is still reasonably clear, especially once the variations on "What a Wonderful World" kick in. The percussion work is more than just filler scales and rolls; it makes apt mood music that moves the plot forward (and it's well played). The cones are used as well, not just there and in the way. And the drill picks up the legacy from past drills and plays new and creative and apt variations on common elements. I would still like to see some tweaks. Even more could be done with the cones. And the final run into the road at the end should be the synchronized double time that only Blue Devils ever seem to master, to show that someone else can compete. But what a wonderful show!

[@KyleNally]

The cones worry me. They need to be very, very careful and accurate using them and they will have to rehearse using them at *every* opportunity. If past shows across all of DCI history are any guide, items that roll, spin, bounce, or have a unique shape are difficult to impossible for *any* corps to control with the accuracy needed to make them look not awkward. And it definitely does hurt the visual show if they're even *slightly* (a 16th note is all it takes) out of sync. Every time I see a corps field an item like that my heart sinks. Yet, corps keep trying to use them. I don't think ANY corps can use that kind of prop without at least a little desyncing of the prop. It's not an ability thing, either- they're just copper-plated bastards to control in performance and even a very slight, otherwise insignificant error ends up being super obvious during the show. I suppose we will see.

[@everythingturns]

amazing how you don't need to be hand-held-lead around by voice overs and other electronic/audio trickery to properly convey a show narrative...

[@80BDBL]

@@KyleNally the props are mostly static and not multi functional they climb on them yeah with limited body movement but we have seen this before.

[@chadtarver3301]

Dude. Drum line is insane. Hornline sounds the best it ever has. And no one has a guard book that difficult. Favorite show this season.

[@cravest1]

agreed

[@band4lyfe]

Their guard beat Crown’s at CrownBEAT yesterday. Beautiful to see in person and first corps to break 80.

[@nickniehaus1763]

@@band4lyfe crown beat them at that show… so wouldn’t you say crown was first to break 80? Or to be most accurate they both did at the same time?

[@aerator]

I think they have a shot at the one of top three spots in the finals this year. The execution is great and the percussion ensemble is is super. Good luck BAC!

[@georgiecgena]

Brooo when I heard the closer it blew my mind because I had played that same exact piece in high school. The piece is Symphony 7 by David Maslanka and its movement 3. It goes hard af

[@alycemcdonald8122]

Amazing show. Great GE. The percussion line is outstanding. I marched with a vorps from Massachusetts for years. Thus is the best show this corps has put on in ages.

[@1049berkeley]

Every time I hear "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" I go straight to the Blue Knights.

[@ipadbossbaby4558]

As an alumni of both corps it's a trip. Especially since in 2018 we played Away as part of the show.

[@cravest1]

my thoughts exactly lol

[@pauldickson3831]

It is also in the surf this year.

[@fatherf5550]

This show is gonna be something once it's clean. I am so looking forward to finals. This season is looking interesting.

[@casualportraits]

Boston has a chance to win

[@blakman7]

Not a chance in the world. Even if they were piss clean and full of GE (the highest scoring caption in the judging system), there's no way that the politics of DCI would let BAC win. They'll find a way for a west coast corps or two to make the list. Top 5 by August, I can better see that.

[@yes-rn5sk]

@@blakman7 cringe dci politics

[@trap4dafu2k0fit]

Potentially, all depends on how much they’re willing to “give” to Dci. What’s too high of a price to men who write with $2000 dip pens? 🖊

[@gabevansickle4614]

Sadly, no. Not because of stupid politics or DCI having a bias (on the most part). While this is a very memorable show and is very entertaining, I’m afraid they won’t have everything that they need for the title this year. I think they won’t beat Crown tomorrow or ever this year. Crown, Bloo and BD are just so far ahead of them. They need focus on fixing their visual issues (besides Guard). I am a pretty big Boston supporter but I’m also a huge sceptic.

[@nicknick6143]

@@gabevansickle4614 Crown only 1 pointed them, so top 3 might happen, assuming that Boston maintains its growth.

[@erroneous3493]

Holly shit they have the highest score right now

[@josephsimons4184]

It's way inflated though, look at Cadets score.

[@erroneous3493]

@@josephsimons4184 or they kicked ass. You probably right lol

[@jeffgray7922]

@@josephsimons4184 I wouldn't say "way" inflated, but they were missing a judge at this show so one of the scores was duplicated. If these guys don't at least medal this year, I'm going to be seriously upset.

[@whydoialmosthave500subs4]

What’s their score

[@tredaviousbowser7931]

It’s gonna be a scrap for top 5 this year

[@KyleNally]

Crusaders will medal this year. ed.: drumline trophy incoming

[@bennydw3]

Drumline > rest of the corps right now

[@BerserkRain]

Lmaoo scores days differently a lot of groups have caption scores that are higher in the same caption and different captions then others as well lol.

[@godking1914]

I didn't want to say it.

[@haleykate2144]

I’m going to go to see them later today and I am so excited

[@ethanohara2592]

I’m betting 50$ that there Drumline is getting the #1 spot this year

[@mark35mi]

Loved it. Killer battery and guard. But the pianissimo ending? Sigh.

[@braydenvernon9649]

Watched them in BA (7/19/22), they were the only group to get a standing ovation mid-show but still got 4th place (one of the judges ranked them 2nd for GE, one gave 5th). Easily a crowd favorite, looking forward to watching this group rock the rest of the season.

[@itfitzme59]

What talent Holy Crap Boston Your Fantastic BAC

[@dougSS24]

I’m curious the difficulty level of their show versus the other top corps. I also wish they didn’t use so much audio track versus natural sound. Sounds pretty though. Top 3 at the very least.

[@Drock-it4qt]

Technically sitting at #1 atm (overall and percussion) by a healthy margin

[@dougSS24]

@@Drock-it4qt Score wise yes but I don’t mean by their score. I’m meaning the music difficulty and marching etc.

[@NLWDDLY]

@@Drock-it4qt can't compare different shows

[@russellchessor4602]

How can you not love this show? Can't wait to see it live.

[@JAXTRPTR]

Anybody else catch that they are using part of David Maslanka's "A Childs Garden of Dreams" in their show this year?

[@gak27scv]

Always had a soft spot for Boston and have loved many of their recent shows. This one is no exception and definitely has "something different" going on that's gonna make it quite a force this season. But - in my humble opinion - do away with the trombone suicide thing. Again, IMHO, it's out of place and beneath the level of the rest of the show.

[@mattodonoghue9191]

Nah…. It will probably finish 1, BD 2, Bluecoats 3, Crown 4, BAC 5, SCV 6, Cadets

[@nickniehaus1763]

Blue oats has to beat crown 1 time for this to be feasible… still hasn’t happened.

[@cairnman100]

Idk, pacing of the show is pretty slow for huge swaths. They are certainly competitive in brass, drums and color guard. Have questions with GE and vis analysis...will see how it plays out. I think it’s between them and BD.

[@flomarching5740]

Jail

[@hunainamjad4408]

oh no, they found us. SCRAM 😳

[@kevsebutuoy]

O M G! After seeing this video, I'm going to put it out there today July 17th...Congratulations to the 2022 DCI World Champions Boston Crusaders!!!

[@wastedrep9593]

So close 😖

[@itfitzme59]

I’m calling it Boston Crusaders GOLD

[@justinange4773]

Surprise corp of the year

[@benbarletta2927]

That's not the Boston I remember! That gave me CHILLS!!! Awesome performance!!

[@Kurtdog63]

Got some good screaming high trumpet players in there. There is just something different and amazing when some trumpets are playing an octave above the rest of the section. Solid performers on all instruments really. Seems like many corps have gotten away from the high notes. It's been replaced with, "let's see how many notes we can play in 12 minutes..." May wow the judges... but the crowds want big sound, familiar melodies, cool sounding chords, and please don't end every song with a cymbal crash. A lot of narration during the show is extremely annoying as well. High register trumpet notes that linger at the cutoff are always crowd pleasers. I would rather WIN with the crowd. Judges are over-rated.... There needs to be a "People's Choice" award.

[@greysonschulz9965]

there’s a crowd favorite award at finals i think

[@greysonschulz9965]

might be wgi though not sure

[@Kurtdog63]

@@greysonschulz9965 I would want THAT award... ha.

[@KyleNally]

@@Kurtdog63 Know what? If you're going to do a crowd favorite award.... make it count. I envision a phone app that lets the audience submit a somewhat simplified judge's card at the end of each show (there's certainly time for it). I don't know if it could actually work in practice and the effect it has on actual scores would probably be hilariously broken in multiple ways at first , but it's an interesting idea that could be THWARTED BY FANBOYS, STRAIGHT 20 ALL CATEGORIES BECAUSE SCREW "THE MAN" MY CORPS WILL WIN I think I just found the real unfixable problem with the idea....

[@Kurtdog63]

@@KyleNally Awesome idea. People could vote based on youtube videos as well. That way get a more honest outcome instead of whichever corps has the most fans at the event.

[@icysand3962]

It's insane to think that in modern dci we'll see Boston over Bloo. But it's most likely going to happen.

[@jeffersonye7572]

How about now

[@brandonflorio9799]

Damn I wish this was the Boston crusaders. These guys are so good.

[@rtio]

I am so excited to see where this show is headed!!! The only live show I can see this year is finals so I’m hyped

[@ericporter3111]

That bass split at 2:00 though. so good!

[@paulblichmann2791]

A couple times! They don't ruin the bass runs with synth BWAHHH notes.

[@robertmcgee3616]

9:00 to 9:15 is ridiculously clean for what they are doing both musically and visually

[@godking1914]

I don't get it. But i like it. Just the level of excellence and what the group is shooting for is so exciting. Hope they get there. These young men and women are competing against theirselves and defining what is possible.

[@deltaeternum9270]

Not to talk ill of the talented performers, but much like the bluecoats; I'm just not into their show. I don't understand the program. I need to have a sit down with the judges to understand what they're seeing that I'm not.

[@walkerfennell3718]

If you look at the sideline blockers they tell the whole story. It’s kinda hard to see it in the video rather than a live performance

[@nickniehaus1763]

How do you not understand this? Have you not seen or read paradise lost?

[@khov1d]

Best DCI ban ive seen on youtube this year!

[@geenaw3809]

Amazing show! Great video, Jacob!!

[@kttyfl1p]

4:16 that is such a gnarly chord holy moly

[@itfitzme59]

Omg Boston !!! YES

[@davidc4379]

I wish corps all still wore identifiable uniforms. I still remember the feeling of seeing blue devils, cavaliers, scouts, cadets, etc back in the mid 90s for the first time. If I didn’t know the shows and the didn’t announce who it was I’d have no ideas who most of the corps even are today.

[@drumcorps0junkie]

Exactly how I feel.

[@jerrebassler4020]

This is not Drum Corp. it's entertainment. There needs to be 2 divisions.

[@nickniehaus1763]

This is a show you cannot ignore

[@jennybock3548]

I am really impressed

[@alexadams3831]

best hornline I've heard so far

[@danieltramp9502]

Me and Nick in the bottom left

[@tbildz]

Hell yeah, drums! Getting after it! This show is a drumline geek's paradise...high energy, challenging drill and just ramming out notes. Nice work!

[@gt4589]

NICE DRUMS..... BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HATS??????? SERIOUSLY????? ANYBODY??? LOL...

[@coreyadkins8775]

Wishes the battery & percussion were wearing the same white. And the drum heads were the visual effect. Likes the staging over all but is only a minute and 40 or so in.

[@DeeboComing]

Brass players.... What is that at @8:29?? What are they doing musically to create that effect?

[@dci_andrew1974]

Trombone gliss

[@hunainamjad4408]

if you don't know what a glissando (gliss) is, it's basically the trombones moving their slide without tounging. just search up any trombone feature and 90% will have them included just because of how unique brahe feature is to trombone. i would know cause i play it 🤣

[@trevorwoolley7432]

This show has some potential, and I don’t think anybody has a good show this year. Idk if Boston can pull it off though. That drum line is on another level.

[@nickniehaus1763]

If they get that drill piss clean they’re in the running. That’s an adult show. Very impressed.

[@cameronshuping6776]

I think the ceiling for this show is too low for them to medal, but I think they are making a statement. They are saying they will be a contender for some years to come.

[@jamesplunkett8154]

Horn line sounds great!!

[@attemptingdance3724]

I'm starting college soon. I really wanna know what this is called. Is this considered a college marching band or something else? I really wanna do this in college!!!

[@bammmyouuu7752]

This is DCI, which is not college. It’s basically the NFL for Marching band

[@Jekkin]

False tones in the tuba feature...LFG

[@joelleson3313]

Is there a limit on the number of xylephones permitted in the pit?

[@nickniehaus1763]

Just through 7:14…. How do the drums arms not fall off?

[@seankelley2102]

Maslanka!!!!!!!!! A child’s garden of dreams, baby!!!

[@QuickscopingJew]

Great camera-taking skills. Wow.

[@justthosecrafters]

Jacob how is Ocean Lakes this year?

[@williamthran8325]

🤫 Yeah holy smokes probly not them!🙃

[@wsuf7025]

7:45

[@pbeau49]

Great recording, you should work for Flo!

[@mb2268]

10:43 I'd that a frozen 2 reference?

[@captainlazy3051]

Hell yeah mr Ryan aka baritone man

[@ipadbossbaby4558]

Anyone know what corps this is?

[@garcar2814]

All White uniforms = phantom regiment?

[@iridium4088]

Well it’s definitely not Boston Crusaders

[@wm8673]

I'm not a fan of the music arrangements for this year from any of the corps. It seems like last year was promising and they all went LEFT now that Crown, Blue Devils, and Santa Clara are back.

[@jeffgray7922]

I feel ya. Only shows I like this year are 1.) Phantom 2.) Bluecoats 3.) Boston

[@awesomerikd168]

Ballad of the year

[@nannyg666]

This show didn't even have a QR code. Sucked.

[@shawville5access540]

Outstanding show

[@SuperPaul1950]

excellent

[@ontherize28]

I love Boston Crusaders. However, not liking the show this year… so far. Maybe it will grow on me later in the season. I wish the guard wouldn’t spin in a circle every time a rifle or flag goes up in the air. It loses its impact after the 3rd time. Plus the drops increase. Keep it clean. Choose the cool stuff for important points in the music rather than for frequency. Less is more.

[@DennisOBrien1]

Their double toss 7s are extremely difficult and they are the only ones doing them with a large group. It’s scores huge points so that why it’s happening. Kudos to them for crushing it and drops get clean as time goes on.

[@ontherize28]

@@DennisOBrien1 I’m well aware of this as I marched guard back in the day and have taught over the years. 🙂 At times, it’s best to not place the difficult stuff so early on and wait until they are ready as a unit to perform the skill. If it’s too difficult to catch, then reduce the difficulty until they are ready. I would prefer a clean 6 than a turning 7 caught in an arabesque. Some of the difficult skills should be kept on a WGI floor rather than a very large stage like a football field. But this is only my opinion. I do expect them to improve with time and grit. Good luck to all.

[@paulblichmann2791]

You're up against Crown throwing rifles WAY UP, across the whole field, and actually catching together, many times per show. I know nothing of guard but I don't think it gets better than that.

[@JuanJimenez-od1ho]

Everyone has a chance to win. Trombone suicides will not get it. Did you hear the issues with the high brass in the upper registers? These are all things that the judges will place focus. It’s entertaining, but as we’ve seen recently, the execution of the actual difficulty is what garners a higher score. Trombone suicides are not difficult.

[@jaxsondenton8252]

I won't deny that you bring up some solid points but they do still have the highest score of this season, as of July 7th. So they have obviously shown that they can be very successful. The suicides are a fan pleasing section and I do not believe that they will use that to score points with the judges. The high brass had their issues but the percussion and low brass where absolutely spectacular.

[@whydoialmosthave500subs4]

@@jaxsondenton8252 what’s their score

[@JuanJimenez-od1ho]

@@jaxsondenton8252 did you see WHY the score was that high? There was a judge missing so they doubled a score.

[@eaglebac]

@@JuanJimenez-od1ho They did not double a score. The score from Visual Analysis was mirrored for Visual Proficiency. The missing judge had little to no impact on the overall score.

[@jaxsondenton8252]

@@whydoialmosthave500subs4 78.15

[@ThatIsJustCrazyTalk]

Why is it that almost every band sounds exactly the same? Also, the on field amplification was abysmal - meaning it sounded like 💩.

[@jacobsward_]

I’ll be sure to let them know

[@paulpizzo9255]

...not impressed....no tradition.....

[@jacobsward_]

It’s almost like the activity is moving away from that or something

[@nismo29]

alright old fart

[@thomasgregory2911]

I don't know what the F they're doing out there. It's not in the least entertaining. Sorry.

[@dorivenlegit]

old ass man mad he never marched a good corp back in the 70s when he was eligible

[@MatthewBauerMusic]

I mean that’s your opinion. Curious as to what you personally find entertaining. There are so many fascinating elements in this show. I scratch my head wondering how one couldn’t be entertained by at least one element.

[@jdawg2791]

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