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*gasp* the color guards are here! *clapping*

Unfortunately the uniforms are worse because of it. But other than that this show opened many different doors. I was lucky enough to witness it live.

@@ryanmele8159 I remember when I first saw those uniforms I thought it looked like they just got back from working out at the gym.

Edmund Eberhart yeah BD is still proving that more traditional uniforms score better especially visually

@@edmundeberhart5503 I cant imagine running up and down those ramps in a traditional uniform

GamingWithFun15 me neither. Traditional wool uniforms that are meant for more rigorous classic marching style over visual would definitely now work. Blue devils even uses a spandex kind of material with their unis. I think it would be cool to have a modern traditional uni. Made from the same breatheable fabric with more of a traditional look. Blue devils seem to be one of the only corps they do that

EVERYONE LIKE THIS COMMENT COURTNEY NEEDS TO SEE THIS!!!!

6 words BLOOOO

My pleasure!

I've experienced this with a few people I've exposed to DCI and 20th century/modern classical. That is a joy.

Shayne O'Brien, (the soloist), did it during Prelims, which was nationally shown in Movie theaters and sent the marching world internet in a frenzy, but did not do it during Semis. So everyone was hoping that it would come back in Finals, and the reaction is from that buildup.

Zach i knew it was something like that, but i didnt wanna get it wrong and everyone starts saying stuff cause I got it wrong 😅. Thanks though!

Something that not a lot of people know is that the camera man was holding up a sign that said "wink" on it finals night. That's why Shane laughs about it after in this finals recording.

@@AndThereWasHobbyman yeah, exactly. the unexpected prelims wink got a good reaction and some definite buzz in the theater/post-theater online responses, and then when he DIDN'T do it on semis, you could kinda hear the crowd 'awww' in a way, with shayne seemingly noticing it. so going into finals, he knew that a fair amount of people in the crowd and around the country were expecting it, so when he did it, after that brief delay after his high note....the crowd having their anticipation finally resolved (especially during such an emotionally potent moment in the corps/show history/great gig in the sky itself) became a celebrated, cathartic, iconic, transcendent moment. as an alum (05-07 mello), it's extra special because it's beautifully in line with who we are, what we're about, and our crowd-friendly, relatively whimsical approach to the activity. (a very small part of me wishes the anticipation for the wink didn't distract from the music moment at 9:49, but the wink is way too iconic to regret. i'm glad shayne waited how he did, so that the crowd's roar didn't cover up that glorious descrecendo.) i had no idea about the camera man though!!

As a current member, the design staff told us the story of it. One of the heads of show design actually got a little upset at the shayne and told him not to do it. At semis they heard the crowd’s disappointment when he didn’t wink, and then told him to do it on finals night and it turned into the DCI iconic moment it’s known as today

August is usually the ending month of a season :/

@@billymays5175 is that not what he said?

Blooo is the word!

AGREED!!!!! I said the same thing on one of the other vids. Experiencing DCI in person where you get hit w/ those balls to the walls sound and see the guard bring the visual elegance is priceless! I exposed my family to it when I marched and now they’re hooked too.

Ooh we gotta get her to indie next year for sure

Okay, weirdo

@@PlagueJ what's weird about that?

What is that? 🤔

Tell him from me it was the greatest late entrance in all of marching history. I aspire to be that confident whenever I screw up.

That’s wild I never even saw it until you pointed it out

@@heywardbradford3746 i agree, such a boss move. i didn't notice it until my 10th viewing or so, haha. that is the definition of OWNING IT.

I was at one of their first shows in FL that season watching the drum major at the goal line with that smug ass look on his face like they were gonna win. I was like, "Bitch, you think you're gonna win!?" A minute and a half into the show I was like "FUCK, they're gonna win....and the game has changed forever."

Nathan D lmao i love this comment

@@ThereaalSP Its true. Everyone else is chatting waiting for the show to start, Frank Williams is 2 rows behind me not giving a shit, and I'm the only one standing up eyeballing this MFin drum major that had the balls to approach the goal line like they had already won DCI Finals in early June. Couldn't believe it till I saw it.

Nathan D i believe you. As a bd fan im always rooting for my friends. The second i saw their show that year, though, i knew it was over.

@@N8TheSnake Like the Babe calling his shot

The first DCI reaction video she did was 2014 Bluecoats.

Chad Tarver no lmao it was the blue devils

Chad Tarver i’m pretty sure it was metamorph

@@kennethschechter352 yeah, metamorph, but her first Bluecoats video was 2014

GamingWithFun15 yeah i know, what i’m trying to say is that she seems to like the bluecoats the more shows she watches of them

A legend

The man stuck with the coats for 4 years and got a well deserved ring for the age out

you know were here for shane

The wink was everything!

#WINk ;-)

aww you you always looked so content and fulfilled during that solo, haha. the world was living vicariously through you and your emotions there! six words :) (mello 05-07) a friend who marched this year sent me a vid of the final practice runthrough a few months ago, for each other/family/alums in that fieldhouse, and i watched it during a fierce thunderstorm.....and before i knew it i was baaawwwwllllinnnngggg, out of sheer joy and gratitude. you guys fuckin DID THAT THING

i don't disagree, and i'm glad you love it, but for me, that section mostly just builds the anticipation up for that flamenco gloriousness at 6:54. (her reaction to noticing the new melody/style that dropped during that section was perfect.) during the 2016 season when i was frequently watching videos as the year went on, the two parts i would always check out first, to hear how they sounded on a given night, were the hit in great gig in the sky, and that fat tasty dissonant chord at 7:02.

@@jared0111 I think a big reason I love that part so much is just because the music allows the groove to set in and develop for a while. So much of marching music is written in a way to be kind of schizophrenic, wild changing in style and content every few seconds. It's a symptom of how judging in the activity works, I think. Anything that lasts more than a few seconds and the judges start commenting on "oh, well you've been doing this for too long". It's one of my only dislikes about the activity, and one I'm slowly working to kind of change. There's nothing wrong with a little minimalism, letting a melody, groove, or feeling settle and anchor for a bit. Just my opinion.

This show, BD 2017, and Vanguard 2018’s ballad all are insanely good. Fuck corps bias, I like it all!

Lol nice i love how lots of the people who leave drum corps go on to be techs and staff for us.

It's good to know that you've become fan of DCI as well! Dci has been kind of dying out as of late, and it's in desperate need of revival. Not enough people are aware of the talent and skill that is showcased in Drum Corps!

@@benjaminli188 completely agree.

As someone who marches in DCI this means alot

This show introduced me to Drum Corps in 2016

Lol my friend dressed up in the uniform for halloween last year lmao

Ayeeee I've got one from their "To Look for America'" from 2013. That show made my hometown corps my favorite and the new uni's that year too.

@@thomasisaac6249 Awesome! I Almost snagged a Tilt uniform on ebay, but the listing ended right before I got a chance lol

That ramp scared the hell out of me all season....tripping and falling forward at full speed with a tuba or tenors would NOT have been good.

@@samsignorelli That prop from Jagged line was something

@@samsignorelli apparently the 2017 ramp wound up being wayyyyyy more of a hassle from what i understand. i'm so glad none of the tubas wiped out during that final dynamite sprint, haha. ($0.02 to bd '05 for that reference)

I saw this live in Nashville that year. That was the 2nd show they performed their new closer in (the 1st being the Little Rock show just a day or two earlier). It blew my mind when they pulled something completely different than what I was expecting. I have a video somewhere on my old phone where you can hear me scream "WHAT?????" when they change it up

woop woop!!😊

yeeeeeees

the trombone solo is a big bop

sofia the music selection is just a bop I love it

sofia whole show is a bop imo

Kenneth Schechter I agree but I can't find their competition video with good views and everything :(

it's bluecoats*

That was semis. They had many issues in semis, ie mics not working, people tripping. It was a hot mess. Then again BD had much the same in semis as well. Only Crown killed it in semis