Ranking Every DCI 2021 Finals Performance

[@EMCproductions]

Congrats to all of the performers, staff, and designers for a great season! EDIT: Just realized my reaction to Genesis wasn't included in the video. I will be firing my editorial supervisor for this mistake. I loved your show Genesis! I'll include you in a future video.

[@andrewhan2096]

bruh dont fire em

[@DarkKnight-ce6cw]

I am in marching band. I am a freshman. My band is going to Indianapolis for our big competition.

[@elliotwoo6127]

@@andrewhan2096 hes joking lmao chill

[@theMrHal0]

Smh, doesn't like our show.

[@dniul]

@@theMrHal0 he isnt a 21st century drum corps fan. thats why

[@hunteralexander9791]

As someone who marched Troopers this season, I am so glad that you enjoyed our show so much! We definitely had a lot working against us with almost the entire corps being either brand new to the corps or the drum corps activity as a whole. We’re pushing really hard to make a name for such a historical corps once again so be on the lookout in coming years!

[@engineerisdead1303]

HLD

[@connorw1864]

Just to be a Trooper is what means the most!

[@VaughnDJs]

awesome how things worked out for Troopers to really capture the moment and the audience

[@patrickvigus9680]

Hell Yeah! MFCT!!

[@stoovin]

gavin alexander i love that guy

[@Dominic_LaSalle]

My buddy said the Blue Devils show looked like a hollister ad. Also, as a member of the UC Band, we through that together with 3.5 days of rehearsal. So yeah, not much

[@JamesThatcher]

You guys did awesome... You represented well

[@jacksonwilking9104]

Really cool!

[@columbussaints]

Thank you for including us and the score is pretty close to our actual score! We had a great season, and are so proud of our members. In response to the rising violence in Columbus, we took two weeks off and held community clinics and events which resulted in us gaining a few local members. Our show developed further towards the end of the DCA season, and were so thankful to DCI for providing this unique opportunity. #tobeasaint

[@CBG2895]

The Blue Devils raving around those cubbies reminded me of HS band classes when everybody would do stupid shit in the cubbies.

[@besapods5539]

Funny thing, my high school marching band was called the blue devils lmao

[@BobbyJCFHvLichtenstein]

No matter who won or lost, I am so thankful DCI actually happened this year

[@jacksonwilking9104]

As a member of both the UC Band and Cincinnati Tradition, it was really cool to see you talk about our performances! Great video!

[@Brady3070z]

AYYY WE BEAT BLUE DEVILS

[@landenjohnson5328]

Yeah jackson

[@ryanturner8437]

Also as a member of the uc band and a Cincinnati tradition alumni I am pleased as well. Also I got a pic with emc and it's amazing

[@RedDogMamaHD]

@@ryanturner8437 I know! Isn't a photo with Eric the best ever!!!!

[@alexfulkerson2499]

😎😎😎

[@hudsondunbar7853]

After marching at Phantom Regiment this summer, I'm not going anywhere else for my 2022 ageout. Best. Culture. Ever. Congratulations to everyone on this season....SUTA!!!

[@LSchnott]

SUTA

[@willrobinson1482]

SUTA

[@livingdonor7774]

Best show this season IMO.

[@evanblalock9744]

I really hope I’ll see you next summer then

[@thorenshammer]

Phantom is one of my all time favorite Corps to watch and listen to. I’ve been a fan of Drum Corp since the mid 70’s, watching “Drums Along The Rockies” and waiting for the championship broadcasts over my local PBS channel before ESPN and the theaters ever heard of DCI. I would always root for Phantom Regime to knock off the Blue Devils, or whoever else was leading going into finals night. So many 2nd place finishes and only two DCI championships. This year’s show was great because I remember the 2003 show with the same fantastic music. The year Phantom won for Spartacus, I was at a college football game a week after DCI finals. I was talking to one of the horn players from the home team who had just returned from California from the Blue Devils. He said they were robbed by the judges. Just by years of watching and listening, I can tell you what is a good performance, or a great one. But Phantom Regime has put together some fantastic programs over the years, and Spartacus had it all. Thank you for being a part of this storied and great Corp.

[@tylermccormick4278]

BK member here, we actually had a totally original repertoire this year! None of the music we played was from past years. Glad you enjoyed the show!

[@XtremeSportX247]

Oops 😬

[@lolpizza42]

Hi ty it's the canadian, soooo true bestie :)

[@jamesgarrison2158]

Honestly I loved Cavaliers show. I love the old music and style and those drumline section solos towards the end

[@SALEENS7GTR5]

My old drum instructor marched Cavie's in the 80s and I now see where his inspiration for our parts and some visuals came from. But it was always fun to play!

[@msm_sox]

I absolutely loved how they played sing sing sing

[@drummersnare6276]

That show was fucking amazing

[@NoelCord]

Hey it could be just me but I noticed you left Genesis 2021 out of the video. We performed at finals as well. Was this for copyright issues?

[@beaumartin366]

Yeah I am wondering the same thing.

[@EMCproductions]

No...I just forgot to put it in the video 😭 I'll make it up to you.

[@samsignorelli]

@@EMCproductions 'in first place plus, with a score of 120...'

[@palibakufun]

@@samsignorelli A score of 420, rather!

[@thetruetubaman28]

Glad you liked the mandarins show, i was one of the tubas for the summer. Just wanted to say we DID do to the drum part of In The Air Tonight, it was right before our ballad impact. You can hear it at 8:19 on our drum set players gopro cam here kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3jZq2tpgsaHZpo

[@simonking5381]

they call him tuba

[@scottrushforth]

​they really do call him tuba

[@owenfleck4435]

Get this to the top so EMC can c!

[@tylermccormick4278]

yo they call this guy tuba

[@RedDogMamaHD]

Just watched the GoPro' video! Zachary really feels the music!

[@dniul]

Homie forgot genesis. Rip

[@EricTheMusicNerd]

As a Marine Vet, and another Eric, and DCI nerd, I find your ranking system to be 110% accurate and fair. Well done, very entertaining. Rah!

[@therealnocommonsense]

EMC's list: 1:01 26th Place: The Columbus Saints - Score: Nice 1:34 25th Place: The University of Cincinnati - Score: 70 2:23 24th Place: The Colt Cadets - Score: 71 3:03 23rd Place: The Blue Devils - Score: 73 (FLASH WARNING) 4:20 22nd Place: Cincinnati Tradition - Score: 74 5:01 21st Place: River City Rythym - Score: 77 5:39 20th Place: Gold - Score: 79 6:27 19th Place: Music City - Score: 81 7:27 18th Place: The Academy - Score: 83 8:11 17th Place: Spirit of Atlanta - Score: 84 9:00 16th Place: The Colts - Score: 85 9:38 15th Place: Pacific Crest - Score: 86 10:20 14th Place: The Blue Knights - Score: 87 11:06 13th Place: The Crossmen - Score: 88 Top 12 11:49 12th Place: Santa Clara Vanguard - Score: 90 12:47 11th Place: The Madison Scouts - Score: 91 13:44 10th Place: The Blue Stars - Score: 94 14:35 9th Place: The Mandarins - Score: 94.5 15:31 8th Place: The Bluecoats - Score: 94.7 16:58 7th Place: Phantom Regiment - Score: 96 17:44 6th Place: Carolina Crown - Score: 96.2 18:46 5th Place: The Boston Crusaders - Score: 96.5 19:43 4th Place: The Cadets - Score: 97 20:50 3rd Place: The Caviliers - Score: 98 21:52 2nd Place: The Troopers - Score: 98.5 23:12 1st Place: USMC Drum Corps - Score: 110

[@kleancut5016]

By Rythym City at 19th you mean Music City Right?

[@therealnocommonsense]

@@kleancut5016 Yea, thanks for pointing that out I didn't realize I made a typo

[@sparklymop]

Kinda cheating, putting his own Corp at #1, but it is his video after all

[@guitarmansegovia]

@@sparklymop he did flat say this wasn’t going to be fair 🤣🤣🤣

[@sparklymop]

@@guitarmansegovia true. I'm just giving him a hard time because I think it's funny.

[@SenpaiMercy]

As someone who participated in the Blue Devils video in 2021, I totally agree. We didn't know exactly what we were making over the time we had (three days ). We played our hearts out with more emotion than imaginable. (First BD group in person in over 13 months). I enjoyed the project for sure. It was a great experience working with everyone and playing with a non-highschool band again. I am a bit disappointed with the video... I believe it was majorly focused to the editing and the visual side of things rather than the musical aspect. Overall I'm extremely proud and happy with the result. The few of my fellow marchers who did complain were more upset about the 2021 Roster being broken, and the fact that individual members weren't credited. *SCV gave credits* I played Euphonium and I've got bits of the show music and our B-Flat Tuning Warm-up from 2021 on my channel. (Ghostlight / Metamorph)

[@senor_sensei]

Moondance was by far the best drum feature this year! I also love how in every video you can hear the guy in the back scream "YEAH TENORS!!!" at 20:40.

[@ryanturner8437]

I didn't get to see phantoms full show but I saw their full lot. I'm friends with one of the tenors, we used to march together

[@creamcheeser2465]

Moondance was definitely one of the best marching pieces I've ever had the privilege of playing. Makes me feel like I really contributed a lot to the Cadets in 2021

[@noahwilliams9747]

I feel like Spirit of Atlanta deserved to be higher up the list. But my gosh, Crown’s front ensemble was INSANELY CLEAN

[@TylerDunphy]

Agreed!

[@thorenshammer]

Crown has always had one of the best horn lines in DCI, bar none.

[@noahsvirsky9962]

@@thorenshammer front ensemble is the pit, not the hornline

[@whiterice3566]

maybe they’ll place higher this ye-

[@noahwilliams9747]

@@whiterice3566 I auditioned and would have marched there but that crap happened

[@Joshd247]

The cadets show was hands down my favorite show of 2021 the music was wonderful

[@smoke_stacks]

As a member of the madison scouts front ensemble thank you for the comments! We were definitely surprised we got a book that hard put together pretty well.

[@alehmkuhler]

During every block I was at with y’all I was blown away by how good y’all were. It was insane!

[@brianaw220]

I cannot argue with USMC at #1. They dominate every year. Of the 16-21 year olds, Blue Knights were absolutely the best hornline. From the third row, they had the best tone quality, intonation, dynamic control, and overall musicality. The music was complex, interesting, and good ol' drum corps. And you can't beat 28 euphoniums.

[@calebjones1037]

💙

[@lolpizza42]

@@calebjones1037 clebjibs spotted

[@LuisRivera-rl9gl]

I think you forgot Genesis my man...

[@1op]

Blue Knights marcher here, our show was actually completely original the only thing we reused were the uniforms from 2019

[@DieselChris7]

Hey EMC! I was one of the mellophone players (and 4 year age out) that was a part of the Blue Devils "Other Worlds" video. The BDX 2021 camp was extremely fun, and more about the experience we had during our camp, rather than the video only. We had age outs from 2020-2021, current members of the corps, and completely new members participate in the camp and in the video. It was a very organic way to "pass the torch" along to the next set of Blue Devils without participating in a full season. We also choreographed, rehearsed, and performed the music/visuals for the video in about 3 days total. Although a normal-ish season would've been *sick*, it was still so worth it. Can't wait to see what happens in 2022!

[@drumcorpslot]

I hope you didn’t have to pay thousands of dollars just for that

[@DieselChris7]

@@drumcorpslot we didn’t :)

[@drumcorpslot]

@@DieselChris7 what about a plane ticket to and from commifornia, food, and housing?

[@jrmbvn]

@@drumcorpslot majority of people in BD live in CA , so not that much

[@cozycowboy]

@@drumcorpslot commifornia..? That’s corny as hell

[@drumhead89]

I loved Genesis and the munchkins! I imagine they’d be top 20.

[@zacharylemons6036]

damn i was hoping we’d score higher than 18 cuz the academy started with a tenor solo😂

[@dannym6751]

agreed, the tenor really carried the opener specially with Surya's vibes

[@bean217]

I had an absolute blast performing with the Cadets this past summer. Thank you for the positive feedback!

[@patrickane4349]

Yup. Definitely proud of The Troopers this year and couldn't be prouder to have been one during this strange year. Definitely makes me feel good we were placed so high. HLD

[@rawleehalsey2100]

I was in The Academy’s guard this season and we learned our show in 8 DAYS! It was an amazing and surreal experience, especially for my first time in a World Class Corps and going to Indy. 2021 is definitely a year to remember.

[@landoon995]

8 days??? How

[@badjokes4ever905]

The blue nights stopped at my high school as a first stop and I went and watched them learn some of thier sets it was a cool experience

[@HalfHazzard]

Eric you didn’t talk about the Drumline Battle at intermission! I know it’s show-style drumming and it isn’t what you specialize in but that was something that was performed that you didn’t talk about, and I’d be very interested to hear your opinion! Great video as always! As a students, thanks for considering the college in your video #GoCats (Also it looks like you forgot Genesis)

[@ryandemchak2218]

I freaking loved Troopers show this year and always felt they deserved a little more recognition. So glad to see you enjoyed it as much as I did.

[@paulhemmeyer5667]

I’m also glad you enjoyed it. It was an amazing show to march my rookie year in.

[@ryandemchak2218]

@@paulhemmeyer5667 Hearing y'all live was absolutely amazing. No offense to the other corps that were at finals, but the Troopers were the first corps to get my attention and really blow my socks off.

[@paulhemmeyer5667]

@@ryandemchak2218 thanks, that means a lot to me and everyone who spent there summer putting everything in to the show.

[@demone1687]

@@paulhemmeyer5667 You guys came to my hometown and rehearsed and it was the coolest experience of my life. You guys sounded amazing.

[@datboichris9487]

Do you know where I can watch the full video for the troopers

[@ScratchnSniff04]

My (lead euphonium) section leader (lead baritone/trombone soloist) was in the mandarins this year, and our end euphonium was in gold. It’s super cool to talk with them and have them help us with our show

[@ScottFree4all]

Yes, Eric! DCI corps need to add a production video to their season! It’s a great experience for the kids, quality advertising for the corps, and we all get to watch awesomeness and epic…ness.

[@VaughnDJs]

0:40 "thats just the way it goes" - Im still laughing, had to pause the video!

[@suqmabolls8185]

As a long time fan and a current Cavalier, I’m really glad you enjoyed our show!

[@JamesThatcher]

It was honestly MY favorite show of the season

[@curtis_spins767]

Hi, BD guard member here. The video was definitely an experience to film...🥴 But for real it was great too see a a lot of the age outs perform one last show with us!! Surprised to see us anywhere on this list though, so thanks for including us!!!!! Additional note: we had about 3 days to learn and film the whole video!

[@austinpetty9657]

Hey EMC! Love your video. However, as a member of Blue Knights 2021, I feel the need to make a correction. Our show was not a throw back show. We used new music we haven’t used before and tried to make something new. I appreciate the shoutout to the bassline though! They were killer for sure.

[@isaactrent6947]

Can we get a drum major on this guy?

[@ninjammr03]

Yeah bass 😳

[@gingahninja7956]

i guess you cant expect a drummer to put phantom regiment in top 3

[@donaldstockley5610]

As a drummer myself I had Phantom at #1 this year. That show was awesome.

[@wttn9661]

Blue stars was my favorite show. Just a blast to watch. Did they play the 7th regiment video at finals? I was in 7th this year and I was told it was played in the stadium

[@prrproductions5469]

Can you do a dca 2021 tier list?

[@aaronreid7997]

Marched Cadets this year, and was my only year to do it. Can’t talk about it enough!! It was an incredible season with probably the best hornline of the season. Moondance was, of course, the best part of the year. No question about it!

[@aaronreid7997]

Also, fun fact about our show; every time we performed, we had a standing ovation before we finished (as soon as the company front started)!

[@meandmyEV]

As an alum, the company front gave me goosebumps and made me cry. Very nicely done. FHNSAB!

[@masondeitsch3934]

@emcproductions. I’m with the university of Cincinnati drumline! We had a week of band camp and then percussion had a week in July and a day in June. It’s my first time playing on a snare line bigger than 4 people and it is so fun! That was my first time being to Lucas oil!

[@evanjackson7077]

As someone who was a part of the BD show, I did not know that that was happening until I got to the event. I just heard about a BD audition/experience camp, so I signed up. When I got there they told us they’d be making a video and we’d be filmed/recorded. It was all recorded in less than 3 days. I personally thought it was a great experience for people (like me) with little to no corps experience. It was one of the first times in over a year that I played with a live group. Over all I had a blast, playing the features from past shows was awesome!

[@XtremeSportX247]

Now we know how you guys win so many titles lol... just show up and let the designers do the rest

[@SenpaiMercy]

@@XtremeSportX247 Yep. My view on Drum Corps is that a show with a better design crew will do better... That general effect caption does wonders. Evan. You were A Euph weren't you? I'm Robert Velasco!

[@sergeant_salty]

i really hope PR keeps the momentum going into next season!! i missed 2000s PR more than i realized

[@HardstyleCatalyst]

Lucy is the street name for LSD. Maybe that might help understanding Blue Coat's show lol.

[@jeremyaustin3316]

Where’s Genesis?? Like Fr. No love?

[@jeremyaustin3316]

Gotta change the title to “Ranking almost every DCI Finals Performance”

[@tannerl.6194]

Dang bro. We didn’t even place 😭

[@Z6D4C4]

He forgot. He still loves you.

[@bebour5644]

hi eric! i marched with the mandarins this year and we did play the in the air tonight fill. it was at the ballad hit.

[@TwhiteGames]

I’m just going to point out that BK had a completely original show this year.

[@evanmnichproductions]

I loved the cadets show that year

[@madlyawww]

Go troop! >"

[@ryanjacobson2660]

the 2021 bluecoats show was basically a part 2 to 2019, and it was all beatles music!

[@phillipnims1704]

I joined Blue Stars midseason this year and had to learn the show 3 separate times (including on semis… yes… semis…), on 3 different instruments, none of which were the instruments I came in on (baritone)…. Oh and btw I had to learn them all in one block and two times on show days….. FCO

[@jenj4289]

omg how and why???

[@dakotagodinez5763]

I got to play with the 5th bass from BK today at their percussion ensemble clinics

[@JasonTella_Drums]

I believe the academy should’ve ranked higher in my opinion

[@samneal7566]

i loved phantom regiment and the cadets

[@cmartin8671]

The Blue Stars did an In The Heights show (the Lin Manuel Miranda musical). It was cool to see that because my high school is also doing an In The Heights show this year! The music is really fun and upbeat. Thanks for another great video!

[@bryanp9878]

really? that’s awesome! if you feel comfortable, please please please link a video of one of your shows because that sounds really cool!

[@AlexMartinez-cw4bx]

Genesis?

[@amuzquiz]

LETS GO TROOP >”

[@hunteralexander9791]

LETS GOOO! MFCT!

[@paulhemmeyer5667]

Hell yeah! MFCT BABY!

[@imluke224]

Where is genesis???

[@averywindish5440]

Anyone else here from Academy 🤝

[@dogestep64]

Should have been placed higher 🤧

[@engineerisdead1303]

Trooper from 2021 and long time follower of yours, it means a lot that you enjoyed our show, thank you :)

[@hunteralexander9791]

HLD

[@paulhemmeyer5667]

HLD

[@oldbandguy]

Sorry, but you get 10 tics for air drumming the "In the Air Tonight" drum solo backwards! Phil Collins plays a kit set up for being left handed thus the solo sweeps around the descending toms from his right to left.

[@DrMoneyAndTheBoyWithNoUh]

This was my first year marching and it was with Spirit, I can't wait to march again next year

[@johns3106]

All the points go to Madison, Cadets and PR for actually looking and sounding like a drum and bugle corps!

[@eXcommunicate1979]

Phantom Regiment in 7th is a bit sus, but hey, it's all opinion this year.

[@thetreejet6149]

Fun fact Ik a person in one of these bands, he’s visible in this video, he’s one of the soloist in the “exposed”show.

[@elizabethwebb7463]

I kept skipping till I got to the Mandarins I just so happen to march there this past year and when we went to warm-ups I saw you and I was so mad because they would not let me come see you and say hi

[@makinbacon3846]

If you look at 18:19 You can see where they put EMC

[@bendalton8077]

I saw the commandants own last night in Yuma, the battery definitely downsized a bit but they were on fire like always.

[@Chicken_Wang1]

Am I the only one who noticed the bluecoats tried to slip in that 2019 trumpet trio?

[@MovableFormula]

You should react to bluecoats 2019 AND 2021. They go together and I feel like they deserved way higher than 8th. EDIT: Just saw what 1st place was and this shit was rigged from the start xD

[@nickmeyer4896]

Super cool seeing you talk about Cincinnati tradition with this being my first year marching with a drum corps!!

[@LukeGeppert]

Really bummed that shadow couldn’t get their video out on schedule so it could be in this list

[@theTenorDrummer]

So, Flo Marching didn't care about this video because it's just short clips?? Great analysis!

[@brothaNblue]

So really Troopers actually won. 😆

[@xlea4497]

Yes lol

[@paulhemmeyer5667]

Heck yeah. HLD MFCT!

[@Greatfulx]

Where the fawk is Genesis Eric?!?!

[@peterhill3081]

you should do a full video reacting to crowns show👀

[@rainaliao9498]

TROOP

[@JacobKensler]

I was disappointed legends didn't perform :(

[@Mike.kronos]

Almost cry, that they brought the old Cavaliers back. So creative!!

[@abbyginge03]

bluecoats was just a part 2 to their Beatles themed show from 2019!

[@bassdrambird6298]

You should do a DCA video with its virtual season just wrapping up! Rogues did a dark show as well, maybe you'll like it.

[@Musicexamples1]

One of my best friends was in the front ensemble for Phantom Regiment! So glad you did this video so I can share it to him.

[@matthewwillis5725]

The Bluecoats show was based off of their 2019 show, which explains why they had the same props. It was a continuation of the Beetles theme from that year

[@christianstainazfischer]

Ahhhhh yes flomarching…. I absolutely LOVE watching the hornline during the snare feature 😡

[@Theyseemederp1n]

You should do this with DCA! There was a lot of really good talent this year and it deserves more recognition imo

[@bassdrambird6298]

I agree!

[@mlbidoli]

Troop! >"

[@hunteralexander9791]

>”

[@claptonisgod8442]

I've been waiting for this vid

[@nevada_maybe5946]

Seeing them live, The Scouts, The Troopers and Phantom Regiment where the best. The other just didn't have the same effect live

[@julailuke]

Hi! I played trumpet in the BD video, we did a 3-day intensive camp for putting together the music, choreography, and filming. It was also a callback audition camp for those who participated in the online BD Academy in the spring. We didn’t know what the final video was going to look like, but we did know it would be a performance/marketing campaign, so all we could do was trust the designers and editors. I personally didn’t expect such heavy editing, but I liked it because it was experimental and colorful. However I do wish cast members (vets and callback auditionees) got credits for being in it. Regardless, it was a super fun experience. As a bonus-COVID ageout, I’m just thankful we all got to be together again after over a year since the last in-person camp.

[@dantehernandez5818]

Today I learned EMC does not like the color blue 😅

[@TheCbrollins]

Loved marching with Crown this year!!

[@Diembee]

I’m actually a Junior in high school, but one of my seniors, Nemo Bausha, marched with the Blue knights this year. Safe to say during band camp everyone went completely wild when we saw him perform.

[@jacksonfahnestock9308]

I really liked the bluecoats

[@jamescatalanotto1056]

Oh hell... Drum Corp Rap🤦

[@highschoolbandmoments9439]

EMCproductions at 200K subs can you PLEASE make a marching concert bass drum. If you made gong high hats, marching low toms, and extreme tenors, then you can make a marching concert bass drum. If you can, also do marching concert snare. If not then stick with bass drum. It would make me happy if you will please 🥺🥺

[@jesuspectre9883]

EMC is so likeable, and so Napoleon Dynamite, anything he says people will agree with him. This video is a perfect example of the syndrome of "toxic positivity" in drum corps where every show is wonderful and no one has any constructive criticism, whatsoever. Maybe make sure you know what the subject matter of the show is before you rate it?

[@oulMS8]

How long until FloMarching takes this down?

[@aiden5507]

Well he’s in contact with them now so it might not go down at all

[@johnstrong283]

Eric has a video where he interviewed a former Cadet who works for Flo Marching and they give him permission to do this.

[@RedDogMamaHD]

Eric has connections! Approved!!!

[@luiscobos21]

Santa Clara Vanguard member here. I'm glad you enjoyed our show (and put us in top 12)! The logistics of creating our production was very complicated, brass got music all the way back in March and we each had to record our individual parts so the editing team could mix it. We learned our choreo through Zoom for about a month before showing up to either a California or Texas camp for filming. Percussion had their parts recorded together at the Texas camp. Most of everyone who was in the show were SCV/SCVC members contracted for 2020, and a few had marched in the relatively recent past or were called in from UNT's percussion studio. The filming experience was definitely unique, lots of hurry up/wait and also getting in and out of uniform for rehearsal/filming. There were also many sections of the show that I performed in that didn't make the final cut, but everyone contributed to the music! Overall it was a very cool thing to be a part of, and I'm surprised you didn't talk about the snare and/or tenor feature, which was probably one of the best drum breaks I've ever heard.