Vanishing Act Fantasia 2004

[@SynergizedRegen]

I hope everyone involved in this routine can look back at it as something to remember and be proud of, because this is such a beautiful, emotional, moving scene.... I always come back and watch it.

[@FireVixinxo]

20 years later and this show is still my top favorite. The video truly doesn't do enough justice for how breathtakingly beautiful and emotional it was to see in person.

[@jackbaker3495]

Not many shows have made me as emotional as this one. Even fewer have made me shed a tear. Such a beautiful show.

[@TraCarol83]

All these years later and I still cry each time I watch this. What an amazing tribute to someone so obviously well loved.

[@mikeysotelo786]

still the most beautiful show almost 15 years later 🤧

[@notandrrea]

I come back to it too and how touching it is

[@genevievegahagan7654]

20 years later, a true piece of color guard history, as was Stanley.

[@johnnylitzinger]

The person who taught me how to spin a flag was Stacey Wright. He was soooo talented. His flag work he wrote for a guard I was in was so intricate that it would take a lot of time just to teach 4 counts. The most beautiful flag work I have ever been taught. Unfortunately, Stacey died in 1996 from AIDS. The guard members made an AIDS quilt for Stacey that was added to the national display in Washington DC. THIS SHOW REMINDS ME OF STACEY SOOOOO MUCH!!! I would not have been in drum corps or winter guard if it wasn’t for Stacey. I LOVE YOU GIRL!!!! Thanks for giving me the love of color guard!!!

[@mcblaloc]

I've already commented once on this performance, but now it takes on a whole new meaning for me. My dad passed away only two weeks ago. This show has always meant a lot to me, but watching it now breaks my heart open in an entirely new way. Thank you to every artist involved in creating this. it helps give voice to the experience of grief: the pain, the beauty, the love, and all the things that are otherwise indescribable. Thank you all 🖤

[@RuthRadio]

to see this show in person was to experience it in a whole other level, I had many friends and an instructor at the time in this show. This will always be one of my favorite guard shows ever.

[@rolandneal9519]

hits me with some feels each time.. "embrace the rain"

[@hopeposthumus899]

Roland Neal Do you know where the spoken words are from?

[@robertjett8876]

@@hopeposthumus899 Its mostly from live interviews with Christine, Mary and Shelia. Also, Karl Lowe adding in some of his own dialogue and then the ending is directly from the poem "the two-headed calf."

[@houndstooth_javibuenrostro971]

I was a Senior in HS the year that this show show came out. I thankfully had the opportunity to watch this show a few times in person throughout the season. I remember the first time I saw them person it the mat wasn’t painted. This show always makes me very emotional. In my opinion a true Master Class in Movement. My favorite show of all time.

[@lesterpadilla2220]

16 years later and still one of the best shows ever

[@jj53368]

Wow, it really has been 16 years. O_O

[@megsnicolec]

this is my favorite show of all time. i remember my freshman year of high school, one rehearsal that winter season our instructor decided we were going to watch old shows instead of rehearsing (i think the gym got taken over by a sports team) and this was one of the ones we watched. it's always stuck out to me as so beautiful and i keep coming back seven years after i first saw it

[@jj53368]

I come back to it from time to time as well. It had the same effect on me when I first watched it.

[@emilywoodcock6959]

I saw this my freshman year as well. I'm 31 now, still watching it and loving it.

[@jacktv5633]

One of the most amazing shows I have ever seen, and I've seen a few.

[@juliandradejesus]

It’s been 6 years since I first watched this show and I still cry.

[@mcblaloc]

Still my favorite guard show ever. It changed me the first time I saw it, and I still return to experience the beauty. Thank you to all the artists and performers.

[@jj53368]

I come back to this video at least once or twice a year. its a treat for my soul ❤️☺️

[@jj53368]

Hi, me from the past. It's me, 2 years later. Still crying to this. 😌 I hope you know that things will get better. Not easier. But better. I love you.

[@mcblaloc]

@@jj53368 aw, same here 🖤

[@jj53368]

Hello 2023. Things are looking up. Still hard, but we’re learning.

[@l.l.legion.9171]

Way ahead of its time. Beautifully staged w many layers of emotion and feeling to go along with dedication and talent almost 15 years later.

[@kabalahman]

Dense - Thick - Layered - Intricate - Exacting - Evocative

[@maxbabybaby]

i loose it every time i watch this i always cry. its so beautiful

[@EternalxGuardian]

I still cry at this show, every single time I watch it.

[@RuthRadio]

"memories are all we have..."

[@jwilk1281]

So true... Sad But True

[@carissahobbs726]

wow we can relive the glory days of fan network

[@JQuoix]

I cannot stop watching this. It's just so extraordinarily beautiful.

[@lydiabrubaker2707]

I miss the pickles.

[@MrFuryz]

So beautiful. the amount of talent on that stage is immesurable.

[@CrysShadow]

What.. Thats beautiful.. (This is coming from a highschool guard (and band) rookie at a school with no winter guard, rifles, or sabers. Or even maces,,)

[@Mysterysauce34]

Thank you so much for posting this video. Tonight marks what would have been my age out if I had marched. While I never got to experience what that would have been like. I did get to have some fun experiences from hs and local independent groups. And none of that could have happened if I never stumbled across this while doing a research project in 8th grade for Edgar Allen Poe. Thank you again for such an amazing vid

[@yo1human]

Chills !! Wish I knew Stanley but one way or another I'm sure my dance training is a branch of his teachings since he was friends with Bay Area instructors Feeling connected to this.

[@grape_ringpop]

eddie lujano growing up my guard instructors would always remind us they were taught by Stanley and so by proxy so were we. I got to be in the audience at this actual finals performance 😍

[@ladyuboy]

This is too good for America's got talent. (: Ugh i cried watching this.

[@banesaburrito]

I cried, cried so much.

[@GuardRifleGirl]

Jo-John!! You are wonderful in this!!

[@Kamahamaha1011]

The pickles part gets me every time... ='(

[@musicaldye]

Every. Single. Time.

[@risu1982]

Loved the star ending!

[@allyhenao4430]

loved this show!

[@nathanbugg3221]

Sad and happy. Self-reflection, alone with everyone. Look at the stars

[@peacefulyogapractice]

wonderful!

[@heyitskayla160]

My favorite wgi performance!

[@mscarstensen]

oh the feels...

[@arianamendoza2278]

2024 and still gives me ideas

[@cj1lorenz]

Im so proud to go to this school....now just need to start colorguard and get this good before i age out >.

[@amandakillian2700]

They should go on Americas got talent!

[@IamAlex13]

Thanks for uploading this! Do you by any chance have the high-cam version? I think this show in particular is better viewed in high-cam.

[@Iamthebella]

Post more videos from 2004! 2005! 2006! 2007! :P

[@miacruz5593]

pfftt my guard couldnt even get close to this aha

[@allan-acosta]

I hope you all got pickles this Christmas.

[@Iamthebella]

awww, I'm commenting again... Love this show so much... :) Can you post the freak show show from Pride of Cincinnati that same year?

[@TheLoganLermanLuvr]

i wish my school had a winterguard :/

[@christinefendley76]

Anyone know where I can find a video of the 2003 show?

[@4everloved142]

You probably found out how now, but you should be able to go to the WGI website and find it.

[@ofield100]

i love the guard and the song??? how do i get the full song? or did the guard add in?

[@caballeromatthew]

See the Music information under the video. It's Lou Reed's "Vanishing Act" but the voice overs are part of the guard production and not Lou Reed's music.

[@Meikitty56]

aabdul + joey

[@melosel6793]

Poor desaeper

[@melosel6793]

Like your are ask lake deaseaper

[@Alicia-mn1ud]

WGI will remove this video if you continue to do the google ads on it. You don't own the rights..

[@iaregustavorico]

By any chance do you have scvwg 2012?

[@patranay]

I never really enjoyed this show. I wasn't in love with the colors. I did like the classy way they wrote a show about Stanley without ever mentioning his name.

[@bdfan4ever]

patranay who is Stanley?

[@tatanka423]

@@bdfan4ever wgi.org/remembering-stanley-knaub/

[@johnnylitzinger]

I dont care if it was all neon pink or all black, thats not the point of the show. I hope you can appreciate the art that is there!!!