You can also look at DCI score sheets that goes more in depth

I marched three corps from 2003-2010, and ended my career at Bluecoats from 2008-2010. It's honestly been cool to see how much The Boxer has become a staple in the corps repertoire, as well as a beloved moment in DCI

I appreciate the fact that you're old school, but not bashing innovation.

you and everyone at bluecoats this year are producing a magical production this year. You were my show of the night at mason ohio. Keep it up and good luck going into the southwestern championship tonight!

I think it’s called “compression” and is very normal

Right now the scores are super uneven, but once the southwest championships happen the scores will even out, that’s what I’m looking forward to

Enough with the bloviating. this show is about supporting pedophelia. Look at the butterfly symbology....you are over the target. .....

Your take on the poem is totally fine. But you can't lump all religious dogma (and non dogma) as being against sexual expression. There are many churches that preach utter dogma that totally welcome LGBT members and have done so for years. Many pastors are openly gay themselves. And maybe look closer into DeSantis' legislation. Are people grossly exaggerating and falsifying the facts of the laws. I don't see how is against drag queens. He is against drag queens sexualizing their shows and having children present. And he never said, "Don't say gay." I don't agree with him on most of the stuff, but I try to face and learn the facts. He's done a lot of good for the state btw. I'm not republican, but I do live partially in Florida.

@@organboi Unless you have been living under a rock and have mold instead of eyes, and have two charred Florida flapjacks for eardrums, Ron DeSantis”s agenda has been viciously anti-gay. The insidious opportunist insists on using the expression “woke” to identify any liberal vision for inclusion and diversity, including attacking a teacher who showed a Disney film with a supporting character who is gay. He transported immigrants to various destinations illegally, against international human rights laws. He insists that the word gay cannot be used in any context for children, which strips people of their right to talk about their marriages and family at a basic level. DeSantis claims he wants to protect children from adult performances, which sounds reasonable until you see that he’s restricting any discussion of LGBTQ families or even mentioning families with gay marriage. DeSantis has continually expanded his don’t say gay bill, And has initiated legislation to effectively shut down the Disney corporation who is liberal leaning. For you to soften his fascist actions is a sign that you are either closeted, a Fox News moron, mentally ill, or completely devoid of any critical thinking skills. You pick one and let us know. Your argument that "Yeah but not all religious institutions..." is a deflection. The Bluecoats' subject and theme couldn't be more high stakes and immediately relatable to our current headlines. The power in the Bluecoats show, and from William Blake's poem, come from the truth: Dogma-based institutions like the Catholic Church and Florida governor Ron DeSantis's agenda are battling the monumental forces of nature and natural love.

You can make it up by releasing the 2017 GoPro footage. All I’ve ever wanted for the last 6 years

But the FAMU Marching 100 ARE from Florida, and they are the bomb. :)

Also listen to the sax quintet source music, with the rhythmic narration

This years show honours the 18th century 'free-love' pervert, religious bigot and cuckold poet William Blake😃

I feel like if people did this with most shows they’d have a better understanding , a lot people don’t really look into the show/try to understand it. Which is a shame cuz once you understand and know the shows history it completely changes your perspective and appreciation for the show.

The poem is really a critique of the church as a stifling force on life and love. I hope they pick up on that in the closer-the guard represents “joys and desires” so if they can get the priests in black to corral them, then the band (the garden) can bust the guard open and liberate the joys and desires. Time will tell.

it really helped cause me and my mom were really lost in the end

Yeah why did they skip it?

@@jordantyler148 they don't like to react to the full show until the season is over. They've stated it in other reaction vids. Nothing against any of the corps

@@RatSlayerGaming yeah, i went and watched all their other 2023 ones after this and found out.

@@josephfarkas1639saying that this music isn't challenging is ludicrous lmaooo

? Their closer was Liminality

@@OT3S no, 2022 Bluecoats closer was The Garden by Brad Mehldau

@@owencouchman5746 They played "The Garden" after their ballad, but "Liminality" by Dave Hall was their closer.

@@OT3S I’m not even seeing it in their song selection 😭

FOR SURE!!

that's how the source material they are playing is though......

@@RatSlayerGaming just saying my opinion, if that's the case I still really don't like it lol

Because they can 👍

Builds hype!

Idk if I necessarily agree with your "Crown can't grow" comment. It's still fairly early, with a month til Finals. Crown still has a decent amount to add, which you'll see some of the additions and changes at the Little Rock and Broken Arrow show coming up.

@@tommy2122108 I hope you're right and it's a 5 way race to the title.

Crown is going to have to add a lot to climb imo, their book is just lacking relative to the top 3. That being said, I assume they are going to add a lot. It won’t be a 5 way race tho, that never happens.

Since it’s a similar show, it reminds me of early season Spartacus that was bare bones. It wasn’t until Allentown that Phantom pulled up from fourth.

@@tommy2122108crown feels so clean right now, if I was there I’d be panicking and adding as much difficulty to the visual book as fast as I can so we could get it clean by finals. I can’t imagine they aren’t already working on it, but it already feels like they are running out of time.

best show to come out of this season imo.