People truly do not understand how difficult this show was to pull off - a ‘12-‘13 drumline vet

This is my favorite drum corps show of all time.

Crown 2012 mello section leader here! I'm going to attempt to clarify a few things you mentioned as well as adding a few more fun facts from personal experience. This show always gets my blood pumping (and makes me tired!) •The source music was originally written for Eb horns, and when the brass team was writing the music, they toyed with the idea of working with Yamaha to make custom Eb mellophones for the season. •The mello theme that happens twice was something that we "watched the drum major" (HEAVY QUOTES) but basically we ended up practicing it over and over and over again with our eyes closed until we could feel each other consistently. The drum major was there to check in for us at the end to realign with the rest of the ensemble. •We used to do "pop quizzes" during brass block which meant full runs of the opener. We'd be working on any other part of the show and we'd hear "pop quiz for water" from the box. •At finals, there was a phone ringing sound during the announcement which people thought was a fun addition, but it turns out Michael Boo's phone wasn't silenced and it happened to go off at the wrong time! •The end of the front ensemble feature that lines up with the rifle tosses was not planned by the staff. The front ensemble section leader planned it out with the guard and just... did it one day, and the staff kept it. •I can STILL you every single note from Fanfare for the Common Man, including where I was in the chord, how many cents I had to adjust my pitch to be in tune, and alternate fingerings we used. •The design team rewrote the drill going into the 3D rotating cube so that all of us had to learn new spots for the same move, but because the drill didn't look different, we spent an entire block practicing it OVER and OVER and OVER so that it looked just as clean as the night before, even though it was all new.

This was the year I realized I needed to march Crown 👑 🔥

My knees still hurt from this show 😂 But y’all were right - we worked forEVER on the exact shape of accents, singing pitches on Fanfare, and drilling the minute details - all while running. This was my first and only year marching drum corps - my body has yet to recover 😂

Lead trumpet from this show. Really do appreciate the value of you "APPRECIATING" for how hard this repertoire was. There were multiple times leading up to finals where it would be uncomfortable, but we had to keep pushing. Your commentary and reactions were amazing. I hope this show stays in memories for a lifetime.

It was an absolute honor to march in this show. Really cool to hear that people consider it their favorite show!

Their timing is impeccable. If you consider the fact that they are a hundred yards apart from each other and a lot of the times as they're playing the tubas are looking at the drum major from their bad side oh, they are giving us nothing but clean attacks and full playing. Carolina crown's brass is nothing but a clinic

You can tell how this show led in to 2013 - the things that were pretty clean in this show, like the chromatic runs and the 3D rotating block, were immaculate in 2013. I don't think any show has ever beat this one in terms of visual difficulty.

I feel old if 2012 is considered old. Being introduced to DCI in 2000 as a teen i guess I'm old. Jeez. Check out 2007 Cadets, they were running like crazy.

Love the show... also, you can't say you haven't seen the entire show.... and then hum and conduct almost every part down to each phrase. lol You've seen it all the way through fam.

scv 2016 is a really underrated show

Never seen this show all the way through??? MY BUTT

Kim: I have never seen this show all the way through Also Kim: *conducts the entire show*

This is the kind of drill that DCI is missing these days. They were MOVING, while playing their butts off

11:41 The triangle formation landing from an incredible build up is a homage to the 1993 Star of Indiana. You can even see the uniform show a similar resemblance to 1993. Not to mention Matt Harloff was a drum major for 1993 Star. It was almost like they made a statement with that resolution that Crown is carrying the legacy of Star.

11:40 LITERALLY HAS MADE ME CRY I DON’T KNOW WHY OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT IT’S SUCH AN INCREDIBLE HIT That hit is also part of what made me become hellbent on learning and marching mello, along with all of Bluecoats 2018, that mello line was fucking incredible

Mello c's will never get old

You guys talk about "Going into the vault" and watching 2012, but you guys should really do a video on Star 1993

Phantom Regiment 2008, Spartacus! It was the year I discovered drum corps and I was blown away by it.

Cavaliers 2019 would be cool to see yall react to.

This is forever going to be one of my all-time favorite shows, not only because the performance was incredible, but because of the sentimental value it holds for me. This was the first year I ever got to go to a live show, and I think this show single-handedly got me into the activity. I was invited along with a couple of friends for their one of their birthdays to go to world championships (since I only live a couple of hours from Indy), and I reluctantly agreed to go along. I had pretty much no interest in the marching arts beforehand despite being in marching band, but these guys came on and just...completely blew the roof off of the stadium. They lit that crowd on fire. And then Cabaret Voltaire came on right afterwards. I, along with my friends and literally 90% of the crowd, utterly hated it. It left us so confused and weirded out. I've since come to appreciate that show more, but there's a childish part of me that's still a little disgruntled and bitter about it. This is one of those years that people talk about when they say "The second place corps should have won." I don't know if I can agree quite as wholeheartedly with that sentiment anymore, but it certainly was the most awe-inspiring show that year in my eyes and ears.

2016 Crown would be dope to see yalls input on, hope you guys at some point react to it. You guys are awesome

Y’all should react to bluecoats 2015

This show and Cadets '93 top my list of shows that I love to watch but would never want to march. The tempos in both are nuts and the performers have almost no recovery time to catch their breath. (Also, Crown should have won for this show).

This is the hardest show I've ever seen put onto the field

I’m time one of those old school drum corps fans he was talking about....I go back to when DCI first started, and yes,this is my all time favorite, I have been a competitor and a fan for all of DCI existence....damn, I’m getting old.....

2019 Crown were also running the field like chickens with their heads cut off triple tonguing everything.

This show should've won. I watched a rehearsal of this show early season in June and getting the concert bass drums together in the ballad was a difficult endeavor. I saw a rehearsal again before NightBeat and still have an audio recording of the opener and it just sounds.....so....good.

I marched Boston Crusaders this year and remember how epic Crown's show was. One of my personal favorites to see all season.

I marched blue knights in 2012 and remember seeing this live and still to this day think this is my all time favorite And i think its crowns best brass of all time that year (imo)

Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man is such a brilliant piece, and crown did it so good

From a brass and overall music standpoint Crown 2012 is one of the best ever. Percussion held them back some but my God was that brass line AMAZING!

Fanfare for the Common Man was one of the first works that made me realize how epic brass features could be. It is only fitting for the corps with the best hornline to tackle and feature such an epic piece so heavily

The environmental demand is off the charts for this show.

We need more of these videos, it's cool getting a perspective from people that actually did drum corps.

I'm honestly in love with the era of dci that was drill heavy. But then also I'm super interested in understanding better the appeal to the more modern style of dci

Love the reaction vid!! This show is def on of my all time fav Crown shows 💞 this guy I went to HS with was in this iconic show too!!

Crown's Hornline gives me goosebumps every time I hear them, they are absolutely incredible. Too bad I can never be a part of that since I play woodwind and I'm not even good enough at my first instrument to be on their level, much less learning another instrument.

yall should try out Carolina Crown 2014, Out Of This World, great show

Y’all have my respect. As members of DCI to give appreciation like this. Mad Respect!

The writing for this show literally blew my entire mind when I watched it wayy back then and even to this day Crown and most other corps haven’t really hit the nail on the head like this show does. AND IT DIDNT EVEN WIN 1ST 😭😓

When a drum corps can do a better job playing this fanfare than some professionals, that says a lot about what we just watched. For the life of me I can't figure out why they didn't win that year., this was crisp it was clean., and oh my God it was loud in the best way possible.!!

Love you guys reaction! This is one of my favs!

This channel is what’s keeping me sane in the marching world.

loudest tubas ive ever heard in dci at 10:24 - 10:40 if you listen closely at 10:26 you can hear the E that the tubas play echo for a bit after they release

2016 crown?

Feels like the entire corps is booking it the ENTIRE show

I need to see your reaction to SCV 2016. This show and Crown 12 are some of the best shows out there and criminally underrated too.

One of my old band directors actually marched Baritone in this show,

This was one of the first shows I ever saw. I saw them early in the season at Michigan City and they absolutely stole the show.

That drill is REALLY insane

if we’re talking semi-underrated shows 2015 Bluecoats was a banger

Keep doing what ur doing guys! Some great content out here...........

I hope y’all do more crown videos. There hornline is so beastly!

The DMs are conducting at different tempos at the beginning. One for the accel, the other to keep the FFTCM line in time

Blue Knights 2015 Amazing show please react !!!!!

2012 was the best year for drum corps no cap

Fun Fact: 2 of my highschool band directors marched this show

Great review gentlemen

Would love to see Phantom 2003, my favorite show of all time.

Compare the crowd between Carolina and blue devil and there is no comparison. It was a perfect storm of design, talent and execution. Second to none. Historic to have played with that group but also to have witnessed it live.

Some of my favorites: 2008 Crown, 1999 SCV, 2000 Cadets, 1995 Cavis, 2017 Crown, 2019 Crown, 2013 SCV, 2017 Cavis, 2018 Boston, 2014 Coats

My favorite show went from Carolina crown relentless to Carolina crown 2012. dang....

You guys are great

Jagged line or wrong side of the tracks would be really cool to see your reactions of.

Holy crap I’ve finally found a solid DCI reaction channel! Shall subscribe.

This show was like Star 93 and Cadets 93 combined.

Where do they find the full length shows to react to??

My favorite show :o

Crown 2008 would be a cool show to see them react to

Yeah both BD and CC tied for the John Brazale visual caption trophy

Watch Crown 2016 or a Boston Crusaders show.

This show proved that Crown is the new Star of Indiana. Always awesome, almost NEVER winning.

Cavies 2011 would be a dope show to watch

You guys should react to open class!!! Maybe like a BDB show you haven't seen or a show from last year

To take it back a little , cavies 1992, 1995, 2000 or scv 1999 would be dope

Ok but how did you guys get videos of these shows... is there a new Google Drive out there?

First time watching. What did you 3 play and which Drum Corp

Everyone loves crown

Ya'll should do Cadets 2013. Best overall musical package of all time IMO. These videos are fresh.

Here is the one caption that crown won, breaking BD’s perfect streak. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rqedh7udvqeopIE.html “Correction, we have a correction” shook the entire stadium up that night!

This show was hottttt

Need to do Crown 2009, Crown 2013, and Bluecoats 2014!

Full stop, the hardest crown show of all time.

Please do more Carolina crown

Would love to hear your thoughts on 2015 bluecoats

My band director marched this show

Bdb19🥺!!! Open class love! Also how about a show from 19 you didn’t get to watch!!

This should have been their 2nd Championship.

Gotta Say my favorite show right now Is Cadets 2020

Have these in your back pocket 06, 10 and 11 Cavie; 09 BD, Crown; 07 and 08 Phantom; 11 Crown, BD; 12 and 13 BD

I'm a massive Blue Devils fan, but there is NO WAY on Gods green earth that this show should have lost out to Devs.

Can y'all do a reaction video to Crown 2019?!

wow

2017 Santa Clara Vanguard

I’d love to see them react to Mad World...But that’s just my opinion 🤷‍♀️

I feel like the drill early was so hard that some spacing and timing errors can be forgiven

great content in these reactions! and now ben gunnarson has arrived!

Do a reaction on the cavies👍