Top 20 Best Drumline Shows of the Year

[@EMCproductions]

Shout out to Flo Marching for letting me use their videos!

[@Iceboy55904]

Dude you gottta check out Red wave winter percussion 2022

[@omardelangelavila7030]

Top 20 indoor winds shows maybe?? 🤔

[@RedDogMamaHD]

So nice you made the connection with FloMarching!

[@heyiplaydrums6821]

Idk if I’m blind but where is VIP?

[@nickmckee6818]

@@omardelangelavila7030 He dont do that

[@CatherallAudio]

I love that you featured groups outside of the top of world class and groups that weren’t at the top competitively. It shows that scores aren’t everything and a show can still be enjoyable no matter where it places!

[@skullkid9830]

It would be lame if it was "my top 20" then show world class only literal top 20.

[@alexiaclark8432]

I was a bass drummer with Cap City 2 this season. The plastic was not fun to clean up off the floor, ever. It was very problematic when we had to create a tarp refold at show sites that did not have a tarp refold area. But I loved kicking bottles and getting hit in the head with them. Absolutely loved performing that show.

[@d1gitals0ul]

Saw you guys on your way off with that tarp folded, that thing was crazy, looked like a burrito with how thick it was.

[@alexiaclark8432]

@@d1gitals0ul it was bonkers!! But it worked. It was so heavy!

[@OmegaTurtle]

Hey, another CC2 bass drummer here! This has been my favorite show that I’ve been in to date. The energy was unreal. Appreciate the love for the Ohio groups. Glad you liked the show, and thanks for showing our hand to hand 💙 🌊 ♻️

[@logankeck5742]

u know theo

[@opem1383]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I heard somewhere in dayton (prolly as a joke) that y'all threw all of the trash away at the end of the season, is this true?

[@rjemerson6053]

Snare drummer here at Q2. So we did actually get a chance to choose our own words on our back props, and the weekend before Dayton, we discussed what our words meant to us. Pretty emotional to say the least. 😂😂🥹

[@nickberkowitz936]

ratio

[@SHARKIETVPrime]

@@nickberkowitz936 get rekt Nick

[@tristanmarks3640]

some might even say it was heavy…

[@colesicle7975]

@@SHARKIETVPrime hi geshlee

[@dylanthecurator9068]

@@nickberkowitz936 🥶🥶

[@LuckyOwI777]

Dartmouth HS is absolutely insane. They are constantly putting out epic shows, and playing clean every year I watch them. One of favorite groups to see ever

[@davids4754]

DHS class of 84 alumni,they are still crushing it!

[@Ninjakiwipunch]

I got to watch them at a boa event once

[@konnorkinnaman7718]

Avon snare here. Let me tell you, I can’t even count how many times my speedbag whoopty flooped and destroyed my reps during practice

[@tornadoboy3569]

Avon’s show was truly a masterpiece this year. Got to see it in finals at Dayton.

[@john-sy1bw]

football show

[@nicholasbagley3707]

Zionsville cymbal here, it was great seeing all of the amazing groups this season! Wgi is definitely an unforgettable experience

[@Fl_Broccodile]

Just wanted you to know that after months of practice in middle school I made it onto my high school tenor line as a freshman! Your vid's are what inspired me to pick them up and I learned a lot of quad-culture (quadultre?) from you! Thanks for the help EMC

[@maldenfoster]

Congrats at my highschool we had to wait a year to be on anything besides bass drum or pit. I wish tenor parts are so fun to play enjoy your freshman year

[@Fl_Broccodile]

@@maldenfoster It is actually rule at mine that your are on bass drums or pit so that's extra cool! Thanks for the congratulations

[@the.alexkim]

I made my snare line. I only started drumming in high school and the progress is insane and I have a lot of passion

[@Fl_Broccodile]

@@the.alexkim nice man!

[@noahrubinmusic]

Congratulations.

[@TheE_G_G]

I was Sparkman's vibe section leader for the fall season this year. I was going to be in So Below, but then it came to light i was going to be moving to Germany before the new year. I was saddened that I couldn't go to Dayton for my second year, and that I would have to leave the Ensemble I loved and spent so much of my time with. Flash forward to March-April, now in Germany, and news comes to me that Sparkman got bumped up to the World-class position it deserves. I was Jubilant, beaming with pride, but also distressed that I could be with my friends for this joyous occasion. When I saw you rank Sparkman higher than many of the other Ensembles we used to look up to less than a year ago, I nearly cried in Joy. Thank you so much for putting my friends high on your list, it means the world to us.

[@jathan7145]

Hello emc! I was one of the quads in q2 and yes we did get to pick our words for our props.

[@wariokanasta1772]

My school had to compete against thr Darthmouth HS which was crazy and everybody was completely wowed by their performance at out NESBA Finals. Drum set was amazing at the NESBA show.

[@jameshammons2354]

Discovered your channel today. This was a blast from the past. My high school band instructor was an ex marine corps band member. He taught from experience. After high school I joined the navy. In boot camp they asked for anyone that had band experience, “never volunteer “ went through my mind, yet I raised my hand. Best experience of my life . Off base every weekend to march in the many late summer ethnic events in the Chicago area.

[@danielhamilton7276]

I played in an open class high school Drumline this year, it was my first Dayton experience and it was awesome!

[@RedDogMamaHD]

*Here are Eric's WGI Percussion Favorites* including Group and ranking: for example SO (scholastic Open) IW (Independent World) Includes timestamp in this video 20 PSO - 6 Zionsville Community HS 0:51 "Rhythms on the Corner 19 PIW - 3 Broken City 1:47 Here 18 PIW - dnf Veritas 2:34 Rock Wit You 17 PIO - 12 Q2 3:15 The Weight We Carry 16 PIO - 1 Infinity 2 3:59 The Fountain 15 PIO - 8 Cap City 2 4:38 A Sea of Plastic 14 PIW - 7 Infinity 5:31 Continuum 13 PIW - 6 Unitied Percussion 6:07 The World is Watching 12 PSW - 2 Chino Hills HS 7:00 We Are 11 PIW - 8 Matrix 7:49 Shine 10 PIO - 4 River City Rhythm 8:35 Paved Paradise 9 PIW - 5 Music City Mystique 9:18 Come Hell or High Water 8 PIO - 13 Triple Crown 10:01 Timberrrrr… 7 PSW - 9 Sparkman HS 10:58 So Below 6 PIW - 1 Pulse Percussion 12:01 Through the Storm 5 PIW - 12 Cap City Percussion 12:34 Mother 4 PSW - 3 Dartmouth HS 13:22 The Curse of Medusa 3 PIO - 15 Motor City Percussion 14:21 Blue 2 PIW - 2 Rhythm X 15:29 Art Shaped Box 1 PSW - 1 Avon HS 16:19 The Playbook 1 - Scholastic Open 4 - Scholastic World 6 - Independent Open 9 - Independent World

[@williampletcher8091]

I see that Eric added chapters to this video. But it doesn't show their scores/group, so this is still good information.

[@nickpisarczyk]

Glad to see Motor City getting some love. I’m gonna be auditioning for them next year. Way to represent Michigan!

[@LuckyOwI777]

I marched there this past season. Super fun group! Can’t wait for you to join!

[@aspenpreston7085]

I saw MCP, we got time after we were done loading back up and it was amazing! In Troy we passed their home room and they all waved hi to us and the bassist gave me a wink because bass recognize bass. In Lakeland i believe our home rooms were right next to each other and they had to be silent to sell the blue man act, i love MCP and i wish to join them they're super cool.

[@nickpisarczyk]

@@aspenpreston7085 Which group did you march?

[@aspenpreston7085]

@@nickpisarczyk i didn't march, i was in Wayne-Westland community HS, our show was portraits of Spain

[@aspenpreston7085]

We were the only Concert A group in Michigan

[@megans3922]

I competed this year and we actually won PSO which no one from my school thought we would do. It was an amazing experience. I even got to get a picture with you which was really cool

[@TCArk_]

YEAH GO SHERWOOD CONGRATS (Rex Putnam student btw)

[@Phantom-wo7so]

Aux. Rack player in our high school’s indoor percussion ensemble. Can confirm that everyone in our entire ensemble is a huge fan of Dartmouth HS, even our staff, which says a lot, because our drumline director is a snare technician for United Percussion, our front ensemble coordinator works at Imperial Dynasty, and our director was a former marching snare for Fusion Drum/Bugle Corps.

[@the360numskull9]

im from Dartmouth and our drummer Ethan church is amazing dayton was fun and i was so happy to be apart of it

[@bennettwilliams_]

Quick unsolicited lighting tip, if you get daylight balanced bulbs to go in the light fixture of your room it will match the color temperature of your led lighting you use on your face. It will help with the super yellow look you have in your room!

[@d1gitals0ul]

Glad to see Blue made your top 5! It was a crazy season and riding a bit off the coat tails of our 2020 show that never got see the end of a season. We had our hopes high in prelims when we came overall 3rd in visual score, getting a 97 from one judge, but the rest just didn't agree. We had a lot of unorthodox moves and very few general and standard formations which made it hard for a lot of judges to score us properly. But we managed to make finals for the 3rd time in MCP history and were a show loved by many. A good year to age out on.

[@jameshartzog1256]

Say hi to Clark the shark for me :)

[@RishiJalukar]

Loved your show. When I saw it for the first time at MAPA finals I was absolutely blown away. Very creative and unconventional show design, and clean beats :)

[@andrewambrus6826]

MCP was a pure joy to watch during the MAPA season. I know Redline got a lot of love, but in my opinion, MCP’s performances were very enjoyable and fun to watch. As a parent, I noticed how your members were very supportive of other groups, giving encouragement while staying in character.

[@tacothegoldfish]

MCP alum here proud of y’all and all the mitten drums🤘

[@samsignorelli]

Did you have any interaction with the actual Blue Man Group? I could see the need to get their permission to essentially do their schtick...particularly since a fair number of them DID march winter line or drum corps.

[@bluediamond7923]

Drum kit player at RPT Percussion here. We were pretty upset that we couldn’t make it to Dayton but we did get 2nd place at FFCC championships in our class somehow roped in with conflux. We got 5th place in WGI for our class. I think you’d like our show, it’s called Social Status.

[@kaydenthompson2143]

Fun fact about me and United percussion. during WGI Finals week United booked my Ohio high school gym as a place to stay during finals because it's like 20 min from UD arena, so every day they were there my high school WGI winds group would have practice before United, and for the last half an hour united would come sit and watch are practice before they could use the gym, united would also use my high school to pack up for performances so they were in are band room most of the time every time, i socialized with some of the members. every time we come back from performances they were there. Anyways i really enjoyed their say while it lasted. Much love to United percussion. from your friends at Miamisburg HS hope to them next year!!!

[@BDdrumline08]

I’m totally fan-girling right now. You used my 2009 video of rhythm X at centerville. What an honor. Thank you, sir!

[@landonconley4880]

I made it on the list!!!!! Fun fact this was CC2's first year competing

[@jayd4058]

Bass guitar from Q2, had an amazing time with this show, so glad to see you liked it

[@marcoj.iannelli6635]

I played synth for Rhythm X this year, very happy you enjoyed the show! It's such a fun show that I already miss performing (even though my neck probably thanks me after all the headbanging). Hope to catch you at UD in 2023!

[@LuckyOwI777]

Greetings, fellow synth player!

[@thrash0114]

Wait! Were you the guy with the mohawk? I pointed at you in the lot and shouted "Synth, I love it!" and you pointed back at me. You performed like crazy, you added so much to the performance man, I was raving about you in our drumline chat.

[@jameshartzog1256]

seeing you live in my first ever wgi season in heart shaped box and everything about you and your ensembles performance was amazing and you were my favorite show this year. People like you inspire me to push forward in my wgi career. Thank you -a lake effect percussion cymbal :)

[@marcoj.iannelli6635]

@@thrash0114 I was indeed the guy with the mohawk! And thank you for the kind words!

[@DaPvZBro]

Yo that’s freaking dope! You were really entertaining to watch in the finals lot haha

[@rare_img]

LakeEffect Percussion Should’ve made the list this year!

[@weeklyadventures8335]

I was there with my high school for competition and LOVED every show! Just saying the medusa show was so cool, and the drum set player at the end was something I had never seen before.

[@azxtnt]

Yeah I agree,I wasn’t in Ohio but I saw Dartmouth’s show in nesba finals at Dartmouth, it was my favorite of all the other shows I saw

[@Parkvwv]

I competed this year and sadly didn’t make it past semis but I got to see some of the most impressive shows in my entire life at Dayton last month and it was one of the best times I’ve ever had

[@PurcussionBlood]

Share the sentiment with you. My group, Gold Spike Percussion, was lucky to make semi’s and we had a phenomenal run compared to prelims but just couldn’t impress the judges enough sadly. Was really awesome one of our staff members let me purchase one of their extra ticket for finals

[@nzane1216]

I was with Burleson HS and we got 10th in PSO! First time to make finals ever, and 2nd time at Dayton :)

[@KierDrier]

This past year was my first year ever doing this kind of stuff and I absolutely fell in love with rhythm x

[@adventure_hannah3841]

I marched Triple Crown 2015, 2016, 2017 (vibraphone), and have volunteered every year since then. So glad you loved our show this year! I was devastated when we dropped down to Open, but it was the best decision for the group. The last few shows have been so fun 😊. Unfortunately we folded after 2022, but I am so thankful to have gotten to be part of WGI. It shaped a huge part of who I am.

[@rifle2563]

They folded?

[@emi2996]

so glad zionsville made it on here!! thank you for including pso😎

[@nicholasbagley3707]

Heck yeah!

[@mcleancarter3804]

😎😎😎

[@kiradeerman6393]

I was in Cap City’s show “Mother” as one of the villains and it was such a cool show to put on! My brother was actually one of the cymbals so at one point during the show I got to fight him which was so much fun!

[@dakotagodinez5763]

Blue Knights Percussion Ensemble should have made the cut!! Our drumset solo was INSANE! We just don't talk about the finals run

[@evie-f3w3d]

capcity 2 being on here was the ego boost i needed for today thank you

[@Grapeattack647]

I got to see both Cap city's live and matrix live and they were amazing!

[@kirakern7798]

I performed with a scholastic open class group last year as a freshman on tenors and we made it all the way to finals, but sadly placed 14th. Low-key had a bit too high of hopes for us last year, but I genuinely can see a difference in just how well our group is doing this year, so look out for Plainfield this season!

[@nickolsen5081]

Im so glad I got to see most of these in dayton

[@havochero2875]

Sparkman HS quad section leader here. Thanks for ranking us so highly. Never thought we would place so highly in our first year of world class

[@KleinkMusic]

April was my first real WGI experience and it was honestly fantastic to be able to watch these types of shows live. (I was with STRYKE Wynds for the WIW circuit for those wondering.) Super excited for next season.

[@band4lyfe]

Dartmouth having a Medusa show was cool as another school in my state (Clover HS) did a Medusa show too and got 1st in something like the “Scholastic A” category

[@maehogenson470]

My drumline currently has several people from RCR instructing our line. We also have one from MBI. So sad they didn’t make it to finals, their show was my all time favorite from Minnesota

[@SpaceAck]

In my highschool we got TECA State champs for our indoor Drumline show we played Toxic City

[@mcleancarter3804]

We did use in-ears at zionsville, and yes it was super challenging lol. Our director is kind of quirky and different, not like the other girls if you will.

[@arise8078]

What was playing in your ears?

[@OT3S]

@@arise8078 I would assume the mic feed from the other front ensemble "pods"

[@d1mensi0n70]

1:13 I don't know if you'll see this, but I was a part of this "Front" Ensemble, and I can confirm, the only thing we had in those in-ears were each other

[@ButterBoi569]

Cap

[@d1mensi0n70]

@@ButterBoi569 nah we didn't get those in the show this year, maybe next year idk

[@sketchingfantasian]

(pointing wildly) THERE I AM GARY THERE I AM ( 10:43 with Bakersfield College!! lolol) Was super fun getting to go to Dayton for the first time that season!! I miss that group we had. I played xylo and bells and I adored our front ensemble group! Miss them

[@aytoad]

These videos are always something... im a brass player

[@JoshN424]

EMC you should react to Clover Highschool indoor show from this year! I'm a Bass from our show and we won PSA with out show "Medusa". Would really love if you'd give it a look.

[@ryan7978]

No joke the motor city percussion was at my school this year and they performed their show live. Can confirm it’s better in person.

[@inkpaninz]

4:42 they are playing on the waterfront! we used music from that movie in our marching show last year lol

[@DaPvZBro]

I was in Gold Indoor this year and it’s unfortunate we didn’t make the top 20 but oh well lol. Considering 2019 was a really bad year for the group, getting top 5 and breaking the group’s all time high score was something to be really proud of seeing as it was my first year in WGI. I hope you still enjoyed our show!

[@clarkfloer2141]

MCP FTW!!!!! I cleaned with the mop!

[@Soleioux]

I’m glad cap city made the list!! I’ve heard a lot of people don’t really care much for this show but it was honestly one of my favorites ever

[@ClayRHicks]

Watching all these shows in person was so awesome and I hope next year south county ends up on this list

[@personthatoverevaluatesthi3716]

I got to watch these live this year! I was in warren county's indoor

[@CoachPhelps]

I marched against Avon when they were in Class B back in 2000. They are legit that good. Way to showcase that Midwest talent!!!

[@SALEENS7GTR5]

16:55 didnt know Davie504 was a boxer and drummer too. Truly epic

[@thrash0114]

Can't unsee it, wow

[@Random-lc2ul]

I got to see some of these groups preform in Indianapolis and they were amazing. I look up to these guys because my group is very small and so we can’t do advanced shows and have a lot of fun costumes and props (I still love it though). They help me set a goal for myself to work toward in the future. My favorites were definitely Cap City 2, Rhythm X, and Avon.

[@jchunter1981]

Re: #14, the forward/backward thing. Carolina Thunder 2001 played the overture to Bernstein’s “Candide” backwards then forwards. Did the same drill and even stick tricks and visuals in reverse.

[@noahsdead6918]

you should totally check our lake effect percussion!!!

[@jameshartzog1256]

nerd alert

[@timehunter9467]

That was awesome, just like The Top Secret Drum Corps and Royal Marines drumming at the Queen’s birthday.

[@Randler101]

I’m not “REALLY OFFENDED” and I don’t necessarily care that it didn’t make it on the list. But Hempfield HS (H.I.P.E) did really good. I would know because I was in it. I’m one the white knights “The rack players” I even met EMC again at WGI this year. But again Hempfield has never made it that far in the many years of participating so we were the first for our school. I wrote some of my own part and it was lots of fun.

[@cloudy6979]

I was at Dayton for WGI, but for the winds ensemble, we got the top score in scholastic Open A

[@atckk]

Very sad I’m going to a new high school next year and we don’t have a tenor line, and we only had three snare spots taken by high schoolers. But I managed a spot on bass 4!

[@ItsTheRealChip]

I tries out for chicago blue man group last year and let me tell you seeing a highschool doing what I’ve been dreaming of doing is heartwarming

[@LuckyOwI777]

The group that did the Blue Man Group show isn't a high school, lol. They are in Percussion Independent Open (PIO)

[@ItsTheRealChip]

@@LuckyOwI777 oh. I thought who was high schools. My bad :)

[@LuckyOwI777]

@@ItsTheRealChip you're good! Just clarifying for you!

[@Gimme-the-taps]

I’m so excited I’m going to be playing there sometime later this year I forget when though

[@edwardg8422]

Bass 4 from paradigm percussion if u liked the other flannel/Canadian-esque I highly recommend our show called “that Canada show” we performed at truist bank for prelims and semis

[@mdafourth]

Got to see you guys perform at Dorman twice last year. Such a cool show!

[@duston1649]

Make a drumline cadence to meme songs such as coffin dance and never gonna give you up. Just mash a bunch of different songs together like you did in the sponge bob cadence.

[@jadonatienza6486]

Sparkman HS did very well for their first year in world class!!! You should totally check out south county hs! I was in the front ensemble. Unfortunately we didn’t do as good as we hoped but it was very fun and exciting to play

[@thomasw178]

Tenor/cymbal pitch bend! I can't believe this isn't everywhere.

[@GHOSTLIGHTprod]

I was on vibes for Q2, and front also had some influence on the words despite not having our own props. The show meant a lot to me and i think it was great for my first ever indoor season

[@beaumartinmusic]

Honestly surprised you didn’t put RCC up there lol. The gongs on the quads were too good. But I love these types of videos.

[@londoncalling05_47]

Seeing pulse in person was crazy.

[@londoncalling05_47]

Sadly our group didn’t only made top 5 in our final a month back

[@anthonymason9263]

Love from McM🌀

[@loganmcswain9545]

You should do a video on the school bands from Dayton this year

[@tadbarnes1499]

I loved watching Avon!

[@unrealsbigtoe]

i went against dartmouth, it was awesome to see them!

[@djblitz962]

we should just add a class just for avon because they are that good... A class- open class- world class- AVON!!! because if you can take out everybody in WGI you deserve your own class.

[@KyIsRandom]

as an avon guy, thanks

[@KyIsRandom]

Avon Synth 1 here. Definitely our best show yet. It destroyed my fingers

[@LuckyOwI777]

hello fellow synth player!

[@SaneTheBro]

Rhythmic Force was my favorite. I have a bias as like 3 people in that group were techs at my school but still loved it

[@hayesp0706]

Man forgot the upside down bass 5 from zionsville

[@azxtnt]

I saw Dartmouth’s show during nesba competitions!

[@T3_M0]

The lead snare drummer for rhythm x is one of my marching band directors

[@lnzekate]

I’ve been out of the marching scene for more than 10 years but I love WGI so much

[@JibberJabber22]

Im a marimba from unofficial cap city 3. aka central crossing. And I have to say helping Cap 2 clean up that trash is a nighmere!!!

[@isaacr9893]

I cried it’s so beautiful

[@marchingmatters4370]

These were all really good / great shows. My favorite this year was George Mason and their show Nothing Lost. I really loved the message and the visual simplicity of it. ONLY ONE PROP!

[@kiro1540]

Just saying you should check out Lake Effect Percussion I've heard their show is pretttty good

[@andrewambrus6826]

Lake Effect had probably the 2nd most enjoyable show on the MAPA circuit this year. High energy, creative. They were great representatives of downriver. Most in Michigan over look what good music programs come from that area of metro Detroit.

[@theodoreroosevelt3277]

A true work of art.

[@owencouchman5746]

I’ll hopefully be in the ZCHS ZIP cymbal line this year

[@imnotkenny_]

i agree with rhythm x being in the top 3 very much deserved

[@xanderkilgore4814]

Cool to see 2 schools I know on here. Home state of #1!

[@KCiNlo]

If the Lion King show didn't have the old Banished Beyond "Circle of Life" lick, I'm going to be upset Also just realized that video was from 2008, and I feel so incredibly old now

[@beadie3600]

Iconic lick

[@MrFritz11]

I watched the video on the lot of the snares going up and down the stairs, it was awesome! Avon has a great everything band wise. They have Matt Harloff!

[@wical_extreme_sports1104]

LETS GOOOO OHIIO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@oplongfaceman]

Decatur Centrals "Neon God" was pretty good

[@mcleancarter3804]

Their designer goofed up tho lol I feel bad that they didn’t make finals on a technicality

[@oplongfaceman]

@@mcleancarter3804 Yeah it was a 10 point penalty we would of gotten 1st

[@aestheticallydispleased1097]

I was one of the synth players for Q2 this season, and man hearing those vocals threw me through a loop of nostalgia. Kinda miss them no matter how annoying the timing was ngl 😅

[@LuckyOwI777]

hello fellow synth player!

[@marleekaiser2791]

Cymbal player from Triple Crown. Thank you for appreciating our meme’s. ❤️