FUNLINER REACTS | Boston Crusaders 2022 | Paradise Lost

Join us as we share our thoughts on the best Boston Crusaders ever! It was a historic year not only for the activity with the tie for second place, but also a remarkable year for the Boston Crusaders organization resulting with their highest ever placement and score.
What do you think of the Boston Crusaders show Paradise Lost?
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[@noahg9501]

Hi! I was the screamer soloist during the show! Finally got around to watching this video after avoiding it for 10 months. I was scared to watch the show because I remembered the ticks I made on this night of championship, and I spent months avoiding any online content because I would feel anxious whenever I would watch a hard part of the show for me. So, thank you for the kind words! I really needed to hear them, because I really did nail that part for 98% of the season. Speaking on the condition of finals week for Boston, as others have said the energy was extremely positive from the hornline side of things, and there was a big push to be good. For me personally, I was struggling really hard mentally, and I was for once getting a huge load of performance anxiety that I had never had to deal with before. I was super thankful for everyone around me. There was almost constant positivity, and it lessened my anxiety knowing that I had the greatest friends in the world to perform next to for 85 days. Thanking you for posting this, this video has finally given me the ability to watch content from this summer, and I am super excited for what this upcoming season brings for the Boston Crusaders, even if I am aged-out! Noah G.

[@funlinerproductions7071]

You are awesome bro! Thanks for sharing these words!

[@andrewkimtrumpet]

dude you rocked it and had a great season, was so hype when i heard your solos for the first time. im sorry you felt like you had to avoid stuff online but i can assure you, nothing but love from your fellow trumpet community. you are an amazing musician

[@turkishdelight6032]

Your body of work throughout the season speaks for itself. As a soloist/lead, you are part of the 1% that is chosen to be featured so openly, and only insanely talented individuals get that chance. You were one of the centerpieces of one of BAC’s best shows ever (and one of my personal favorites). I, along with many others, am a big fan of your features throughout the performance. You deserve to look back on this season and be more than proud of such an amazing experience! 🤜🤛

[@TrompetaArturo]

Tbh it’s easier for me to play double g than double F#

[@kennyhuntsman7982]

One of the reasons I think we had issues with timing on the coupè walks was because of the hood on our head. They were relatively rough to put on without them covering your eyes. I practically did my finals run of that section without being able to see basically anything but the ground. Thank y’all for reacting. It was really cool to put on a show that people find really appealing. As for how finals week went, we definitely felt like we were getting a lot better, especially musically. Keep up the great content!

[@jaden7063]

me when the hood is literally over my mouthpiece

[@ScourgeMan]

Your show will always be my favorite

[@thedylanfurman]

Y'all did great Kenny :)

[@hunterbritton1865]

Yes sir! Always mad during that salute. The amount of comments I got about people wanting me to smile during it was insane. No reason to smile. I’m getting thrown outta heaven

[@drumcorpshunter535]

Hi dad

[@zotrilogy]

love that last statement lmaooo

[@funlinerproductions7071]

YES Hunter great job man!

[@Ryan-qf3kz]

I remember at the premiere in Detroit, every corps took a long time to set up since it was the first show. The entire time your corps was setting up you were just staring at the crowd with that angry look for like 5 minutes. Awesome stuff man

[@hunterbritton1865]

@@Ryan-qf3kz hahaha. I remember that happening and deciding I just wanted to see how angry I could get as the camera tried to zoom in on my face.

[@ianaigner-varoz7327]

Boston ‘22 member here! I had a great run personally for my finals run, and agree with your reaction as far as some of the little things getting away from us. The coupe walk was very heavily emphasized and rehearsed, but as Kenny mentioned, the hoods were very difficult to see through during shows because of the field lights. Doing the coupe walk in rehearsal without our hoods on was much easier, as we can see our neighbors and easily match our step sizes and whatnot. The vibe at Boston during finals week was honestly very positive and I didn’t sense any loss of steam/energy. Small errors in our finals run aside from individuals, I feel like we ended the season strongly and it was an ageout experience I’ll never forget. Thank you guys for reacting to our show, and keep up the great content!

[@trombonetimmy1064]

Oh my god no way it’s Ian, surely not

[@jaden7063]

We consistently practiced the coupe walks throughout the entire season, I think it was just a consistency thing that never quite got to where it could of been.

[@tredaviousbowser7931]

Def not an easy part to master. I envisioned something like what Phantom did in their 2012 impact at the end but the coupe fit much better. Loved the show tho!

[@hughalexander7469]

Just now getting to watching this and it gave me some really interesting things to think about for my ageout this coming season. I think what put a ceiling on us the most this season was consistency: no matter how much we repped something in rehearsal, we couldn't guarantee 100% it would show up in our runs as much as we would like. I think some of that was just how young the hornline was (many, probably the majority, were in their first year of drum corps), but I also think some of it was not being stringent enough as a membership about cultivating that consistency in rehearsal. I think this also ties in a lot with y'all's discussions of letting the little things slip, where we just weren't consistent enough for every performer to nail every detail every time, which is where the dirt creeps in. Some of the discussions of us potentially being tired were interesting to me as well. We had a very disappointing Allentown run (you do NOT wanna see the company front from that performance) and did not get to perform again until prelims due to weather. This was especially hard because, in all honesty, the corps didn't face any major disappointments performance-wise before that. Such a long period of nothing but rehearsal and travel after a disappointing performance was pretty tough on morale for the corps, and that combined with some members seeing the light at the end of the tunnel and losing focus led us to not improve NEARLY as much as we could have in our last week. Overall, areas of improvement I want to focus on for next season on an ensemble level would be cultivating a culture of consistency in rehearsal as well as fighting to continue to improve despite setbacks (which also ties into creating community support and pushing the membership in a positive direction as a leadership team). Still tremendously proud of the work we did and the performances we've put on, I just know there's even higher for us to go. Really thoughtful stuff, y'all, and I appreciate all of the positive feedback on top of any criticism levied. Hope to see y'all in Quincy again ;)

[@leightonlewis3167]

Honestly, i agree with just about everything you guys said with the show, and i can see wh they didnt get first, even though it was truly a kickass show. It was mostly the smaller thing that gort them in my opinion. But overall? Hella cool show, and a serious milestone, so hats off too boston they KILLED it

[@steamedbryce]

Boston is going to be nuts in 2023. They're gonna have vets, they're gonna have a lot of good recruitment because of their '22 season, and they're gonna be on fire because they didn't win. Just another corps that's gonna up their game next season and I can't wait to see it

[@DirectionL]

I was hoping y’all would watch prelims since it was definitely our best run by far but bummer. I feel like we were a little all over the place the day of finals. People doing different things for finals ect. Some silly mistakes for sure. And the trumpet soloist definitely had the worst run of the season finals night. He was dieing all day don’t know what happened. We repped the coupe a lot last week and a halfi-ish. We also had just added the hoods around the same time so I think people were distracted by them(rightfully so it would cover your mouth or not go on completely ect.) Plus I know everyone was thinking about when we got hashed at Allentown and was paranoid about that. I also don’t think everyone was really mentally ready to be in the position we were in but that’s just speculation. Keep doing the content guys and it was cool seeing you guys in the stands in Quincy.

[@tredaviousbowser7931]

Also felt that was the best run y’all had. Amazing show and season to y’all

[@chadtarver3301]

Can we talk about how the entire guard did a double spin under like.. a 6 or 7 toss? Insane.

[@KonaNthusiast]

This was by far my favorite show this year but it wasn’t because of their amazing music or the design, just simply because Boston was slept on for many years and finally landed top 3. Back in 2017, when they came out with wicked games at the start of the season, I immediately knew they would be a top 5 contender in the next 5 years, to see them in top 3 adds icing to the cake. It’s just amazing to see how fast they have progressed since I marched with them in 2014

[@robertfollett6084]

This corps has been performing 🎭at a very high level for 83 years, but this is our best corps in our history and we the alumni of us are very proud of each of you the young people 😀who have worked so hard to make it happen. You are very much loved by me and my fellow crusaders family. Thank you for the best season in our corps history.

[@toxi101yt5]

I knew the snake bari soloist he killed it this year and he was a great drum major for us in 2019/2020

[@anthonylam3922]

I loved this show, the music was the best part and I'm also very excited to see what comes next for boston!

[@knifeknife69]

damn john milton really let boston to the top 3 with his epic poem

[@josiahrogers1728]

I remember seeing this live in Atlanta, they were my favorite show that night

[@pengua5069]

excited to hear your 23 reaction ;)

[@squillz8310]

Man, Boston was on FIRE this season. If they're able to really clean up those tiny details like the Blue Devils are able to do, they may get Gold next season. Truly a spectacular performance.

[@samvelasco1035]

Love it love it love it! You guys are amazing and every video is just as entertaining as the last. React to Phantom please!!!

[@larrybailey6267]

My fave. This is what it’s all about.

[@ruszkoskiperformanceengr]

This show was awesome. It’s just insane that this show was still so underwritten for the corps. They killed it this year. IMO this was the best show this year. I would love to watch what’ll happen if they get the same talent and write the show so they will peak during The last two weeks

[@DCI_Fan0007]

Fun fact, my bands guard “director” works with bostons guard alot, and based on what ive heard he has alot of say on what flies and what doesnt and i think he also works with Pride of Cincinnati. But yea Bacs guard has been a guard ive always paid alot of attention to in genral, and after watching this, its nice to know im not the only person who loves Bacs guard lol

[@ima-van2694]

You didn't focus on that snake bari enough he was awesome

[@ChrisGroves]

Being in the stands, I thought BAC's best run was Prelims. Bad run Friday night, better run Saturday night. I'm a brass guy but I couldn't stop watching their guard - they are superhuman.

[@tredaviousbowser7931]

I noticed that prelims was their best too imo. It felt like a final run

[@jennijohnson2685]

The pit waiting to hear any comments: 👁️👄👁️

[@flipitdu]

I think you could look at the Finals performance from an experience standpoint. Boston has never placed higher than 5th. They started their ascent back into the Top 5 conversation with the staff shift a few years ago, but still hadn't finished higher than 5th. Being that these performers were achieving this level for the very first time, I think there is merit in chalking their performance up to a lack of experience at that very top echelon. I remember this being the case with the Bluecoats in 2009 as well. This was one of my two favorite shows for the year and I am really looking forward to seeing if they can do even more next year!

[@rygregory]

Although I didn’t think BAC was going to win the championship starting at about halfway through the season, I did think they were going to be a solid second and the only ones there. I think they only tied because of their ok finals run and Bloo having a great finals run. Either way, very happy for Boston!

[@crashcourse3155]

EAT EM UP BAC WE DONT GAVAAAAA 11:54 you all left everything on the field that night. To all the performers in the comment and that happen to come by this, this show as a whole is Red and Black through and through as a bias alumni its by far my favorite show at least since I aged out, and if anyone else was performing it, it would not have come together in this fashion. TBC

[@Warmacred]

Awesome show, I loved it but my favorite was Bluecoats, then Phantom, then Boston.

[@theoparlin8068]

You guys talked a bit about cadets in this video. The cadets were actually pretty good this year. A bit heavy on the voice lines to tell the story, but overall very fun

[@mbmaccin555555]

Cadets were actually my favorite show this year along with Phantom

[@jaredalexandrian6252]

Yeah cadets were one of my favorites - just under blue devils. I thought the voice lines were done well

[@nsam85]

never noticed those little mistakes until you pointed them out....all those little bits are probably why they had to share the silver medal instead of them taking second and bloo third.

[@cole_bh0373]

11:10 gahhhh dang the mellos are on fire

[@andrickharper]

The thing about the crusaders uniforms is the white is supposed to be Adam and Eve the black is the snake and the red is the apple pretty cool concept

[@isaacschell3859]

Y’all should react to the finalists for 2023 rather than just the top 5 it’d be very cool

[@legolas_]

I would die for a reaction of Babylon-SCV 2018

[@Mattyfear]

They did a couple years ago it was one of their first reaction vids. But I think it was copyrighted so it was taken down

[@pete6099]

They did it at the time.

[@bellahaller4324]

For me the colorguard put them above everyone else. I didnt really notice the small details because I was just staring in awe of the colorguard and the crazy stuff they were pulling off. Their three turn ensemble toss had me out of my seat when I saw it in person. No other corps truly maxed out on the visual stimulation like boston crusaders colorguard did IMO.

[@benstone4616]

React to Phantom 2022!!!!! I'm the euph soloist and would love to see your thoughts on our performance this year!

[@flipitdu]

In my opinion, the overall quality was down this year, including the top ranking corps. Just glad to see them all back and being competitive.

[@cello_marimba_drumming]

They need to react to the troopers

[@andres.H1]

I just got blue balled when I saw this on my feed

[@andrewlopez9710]

Man y’all have to react to Cadets 2015!!!

[@Iplayquad]

The quad player forgot a hault in the closer toooo 😭 so sad to see them have a little fall in finals. I was rooting for Boston all Season

[@scottfoster3066]

If you look closely they got tripped by the tarp after it rolled up as the snares crossed it.

[@Iplayquad]

@@scottfoster3066 damn. So unlucky. At least he didnt get hurt. Rough night for boston 😭

[@Ian-hw9nn]

i cringe when everett says “good roll” lol

[@tonyfitz8916]

You should do Phantom Regiment 2022

[@user-hw2uk6gh4i]

Could you react to the 2021 Phantom Regiment ?

[@rock27272727]

Really cool reaction. I agree with you guys 100% that the performers outperformed this show. And I have been saying all year too that their was not enough content in the visual design, it was a little bit too simple for me at times.

[@rock27272727]

Sorry your reaction is bringing up so many thoughts for me haha. I was also disappointed that they could never clean that last big hit visually but it did get much better. At Allentown is was basically a disaster.

[@tsmello99]

TBH I really didn’t get into this show and it’s weird because it’s a type of show that I would normally like, but it just didn’t do much for me. The music was definitely the best part of the show. IDK it may be one of those shows that in a few months will grow on me, but it didn’t get me excited.

[@pickletm3336]

Boston was def my favorite overall show. I do think that they were a lot better before they started making drastic changes, like the hood on the company front. SCV though, IMO had the best music book, but they just couldn't pull it off as cleanly as it demanded.

[@squillz8310]

Also, I'd kill for a Music City reaction. 2022 was their highest ever placement and score in their very short history (This is only their 13th year as a corps, and only their 4th season as a world class corps.)

[@bensonhimmy-eu2uu]

Can you guys react to troopers 2022

[@XtremeSportX247]

you guys give great feedback... I just think BD finals score shouldn't have been that close to BAC/Bloos.

[@joshuagrant2330]

what Allan said after the run was over is facts, Spartans won in 19 and we came 4th this year, it’s definitely hard to stay top 5 after a year like they had

[@cameronschwarz3950]

You should react to Bd 2022 with brandon since he worked with them this year

[@Iplayquad]

That late release in the ballad was crazy.... 💀 finals def def wasnt bostons best run 😭

[@Osbaldo_Cisneros08]

Do 2017 Carolina crowns plz

[@Mattyfear]

What about crown 2016. It would be very fun to hear their perspectives being members that marched BD and bluecoats that year!

[@tredaviousbowser7931]

I can just feel their reaction to the out of tune trumpet solo 😕

[@BruhMoment-xk5en]

I wish they'd stop comparing them to cadets for like one second

[@matthewhoussian8994]

1:58 is a tech at my school

[@joshuajeffreys6306]

Regiment????

[@arlmont123]

I’m not sure how these 3 believe it’s appropriate to assess the 2022 Boston Crusaders in performance and not mention a single word of assessment on the Guard . Just a missed opportunity . It’s akin to a post game football analysis of a team’s play and assessing the team’s offense and defense play but not mentioning anything at all about the Special Teams play , ie kicking game , punt and kickoff returns from this very important unit , and their tackling , field goal kicking, field position maintenance , punting , etc. Boston finished 2nd this performance out of 12 Corps in Vis. Perf. Caption. Apparently, these 3 above have little training and/ or much experience ( or much interest ? ) in the likewise important visual and Guard side of Drum Corps competition assessments from listening to their assessment here above.

[@NightsShadow1]

Lol it is like you didn't watch the video, didn't bother to look up their background, or actually know how judges score.

[@squillz8310]

^^^ what this person said ^^^ None of these guys were colorguard members. And they mentioned the colorguard multiple times.

[@malikneille]

I thought we praised them a few times in this video, but I agree that they need to be given their proper flowers. They were absolutely special. I think that as brass performers, we try our best to avoid making uninformed comments about any corps performance and offer our perspective through our experience.

[@arlmont123]

@@NightsShadow1 Actually I did . I know how the judges scored every caption in this show as a matter of fact . I even mentioned above that Boston finished 2nd in Visual Performance Execution . Not to mention( or hardly ) the Guard in Boston ‘s assessment by these 3 , would be comparable to assessing Crown performance and covering mostly their 6th place drumline’s “ tired “ performance , but barely mentioning much at all about the brass line stellar performance . Or assessing the Bluecoats performance and assessing the brass and guard and music , but failing to mention much at all of their Percussion performance . If you can’t see how such assessments of a corps in Performance that does not mention all sections pretty equally of a corps performance misses the mark in assessment , then I can’t help you understand the shortcoming apparently . The judges assessed all sections equally in performance though , and so that’s really what matters most , imo .

[@NightsShadow1]

@@arlmont123 Lol it is a reaction video. Not an in depth analysis. Boston Fanboy got no chill.

[@just__dave]

Loved the show, but the hideous uniform pants have to go.

[@DarthDad3]

The unis look like shit no matter the show. I hate the new garbage they call unis now adays. It lost me as an old school fan. Is what it is.