Courtney: * cries * DCI fans: “We did it!!!”

“How did anyone beat that?” - we Crown fans have been asking that since that evening.

An interesting fact about this show! When they were giving out caption awards for this year they gave the wrong corps the brass award. Carolina Crown actually won the brass award but they accidentally announced that the Blue Devils had won, So in the middle of them giving the award to the Blue devils they had to announce they made a mistake. They had to take the award from the blue devils and then give it to Carolina Crown and the crowd went NUTS. Just a cool interesting fact not trying to hate on the Blue Devils that year, The blue devils show in 2012 is amazing and is actually one of the shows that inspired me to do Drum Corps.

The most insane part about this show that I haven't seen mentioned is just how much space the hornline takes on the field. It's so insane how tight the timing is though there are a few instances where you can hear different entrances.

I will never ever forget seeing this in person. The hit at 3:28 was an absolute wall of sound that I swear I felt push me back

She's intuitively catching things like hitting the form at the end of the phrase and other things. I'm impressed

This show is phenomenal. I'm so lucky I was still marching DCI that year and could see it live a few times. Incredible!

bruh i can hear the sound from her earpods in the reaction audio her ears must be dying

I think we found Courtney's favorite show lol

Just some more DCI lingo: -The “patterns” are normally called “drill” (like “that drill was amazing” rather than “those patterns”) -idk if you know all the drums so you got snares, quads (or tenors), and basses -really quick notes up or down a scale are called “runs” -quickly switching from one note to another a lot and really quickly are called “trills” And this one easily over BD

13:00 the chord heard around the world. this is truly gods hornline

You should react to INFERNO by Carolina Crown 2015 Its about falling into then subsequently climbing out of the depths of hell :) should be fun

The closer is bae. Also, they were booking it the WHOLE show and were still playing like that. Insane.

Nice that they had you watch the High Cam. The multi-cam is cool, but being able to see all the drill design is always fun. 1989 Phantom Regiment is another one that didn't win but lots of people wonder why.

This horn line was SO LOUD that year 😩

I absolutely love to see how much you enjoy these shows. I really warms my heart. These kids work so hard, they deserve all the appreciation that they can get.

Early 2010 crown hornline members are a different breed of humans

Glad I got to see this live in Atlanta right on the 50. The part from 3:25 to 3:30 literally shook my chest. My dad who doesn't even care about "band" was like "Holy shit!" and started clapping haha. Carolina Crown... turning the biggest football fan/car mechanic into a Drum Corps fan.

my favorite show of all time. omg i’m so happy you reacted to this!

This is probably the hardest show ever for hornline. This or Crown the next year lol.

Wanna see still that “comes outta nowhere” (14:43)? You gotta check out Star of Indiana’s 1990 and 1991, particularly 1991. That drill was absolutely INSANE. Also, it’s been 8 years since For the Common Good came out, but boy do I still get goosebumps. Thanks for reminding me how amazing this show is!

Blue Devils 2012 is my favorite show of all time!! Courtney you gotta watch it with us on the funliner podcast!!

3 words ... favorite show ever there’s even a lot of crazy things you couldn’t see from this high camera angle like some crazy color guard tosses

‘12 devils was pretty clean, but crown was a better story imo and just a classic

I haven’t even seen the video and I already dropped a like. I’m SO EXCITED. YAY YAY YAYYYYYY i needed this during these stressful times!!!!

My. Favorite. Show. Ever. The drill is AMAZING. That hornline... is probably the best I've ever heard. They're insane! I've seen this show sooo many times and I tear up and get goosebumps every single time. I would give anything to time travel and watch this show live. I am so glad you watched this show and enjoyed it, Courtney. I knew you would!

How did this not win, I'm watching this and I'm trying not to cry it is that good. I can actually understand your reaction at one point your face actually blushed bright red because you were hit by the epicness of what you were watching and hearing

I’ve been waiting for this show since the dci react videos started lmao! So worth the wait!

Unbelievable! Such dedication by these musician athletes and color guard Olympians. BRAVO!

I love seeing people watch this show! It was such an honor to march this year

Man I forgot how insanely fucking awesome they were that year.

About "Fanfare For the Common Man" , which was predominantly in this show: Aaron Copland, its composer, was one of 18 that were commissioned to write a fanfare for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in 1945 to honor the end of World War II. If those 18 fanfares that were submitted, only this one still remains in the classical repertoire for orchestras to this day.

This is my favorite show ever, thanks for checking it out

That big hit at 12:50 will NEVER get old!

I forgot how much running this drum corps did. Maintaining that high a performance level for that long is so underappreciated.

Crown was my favorite. The devils are top notch always. Either way, all the corps give their hearts to the organization. Love watching them all.

I just love watching your reactions to one of my very favorite Crown shows of all time!

Hey Courtney! I don’t think you noticed, but at 13:14 if you look in the middle of the field, the drill creates this really cool massive rotating cube. The drill in this show definitely was one of the best of all time in my opinion

Crown 12 is my favorite show from the Bb horn era, by far. I immediately get sucked into Crown's atmosphere and am trapped until the show ends. Between the immediate triple tounging in Dreams, the triplet partial slurs in the 3rd movement followed by an _extremely tight_ double tounging section in the high brass, then followed by the immaculate Fanfare for The Common Man, which shouldn't be allowed for DCI because wow it's the only thing i think about from the 2012 season, and of course, _*the hit*_, also known as Star Of Indiana's soul implanted into Crown. That brass hit sends me no matter what video it's from, it's sooooooo beautiful. That's not even talking about the drill(just...... all of it)! or the drumline(i love this book, it's a shame it wasn't cleaner)! or the pit (I still don't understand how they got the final movement's 16th note barrage together, it must have been hell)! This show, and Star 91 and 93, Phantom 89 and 08 are my top 5, and I seriously don't think that will change soon.

Hands down hardest brass book in dci up to that point. Anyone who knew what they were listening to and how hard it was to accomplished was floored. This same scenario of Crown being the crowd favorite but still coming in 2nd place happened in 2009 too. This show was really well designed because the parts where they did difficult/fast drill were at the very start and end of the show. People were wow'd with the first 2 minutes but you have to understand that is when everyone is still fresh, you dont feel tired at that point and once they finished the opener, they barely moved. Once you get a chance to catch your breath, like the entire middle 2/3rds of the show, you are fresh again to do more crazy drill no problem.

LETS GOOOOOOOO I was literally looking at the music when I got the notification

I’m so glad this show was recommended, one of my favorite shows of all time

This is the show that made me fall in love with Crown and DCI.

Went to high school with the drum major from this show. (The head conductor) He was 3 years below me, but we all knew at that time he was going to go onto do amazing things. Yes, they should have won that year too.

YES. THE DAY HAS COME. I LOVE YOU 😭❤️❤️❤️

Such an amazing show from a brass perspective. A lot of the drill was super spaced out which makes it difficult to align due to sound delay. The lip flexibility that they demonstrate at 7:20 and later when they repeat that phrase is also very difficult to do. Too bad their perc didn't do so hot that year

I love this show for many reasons, but the biggest one is that it remind me of Star of Indiana's Barber and Bartok show from 1993. The 2012 season as a whole has some similarities to 1993. A good show in 1st, the best remembered show in 2nd, and Phantom in 3rd.

One of the best closers of all time easily. The drill and music is INSANE. Up there with Cadets 2011, Phantom 08, Crown 2019

I don’t know if anyone else mentioned this but it was this show that started the beginning of the end for Crown’s Cream colors. Judges said there wasn’t a lot of color variety in the show and lighter uniforms usually show imperfections over darker ones. Most the 2011 crowd stayed for 2012 so brass was amazing. New visual head and uniforms and they couldn’t deny Crown a win anything longer. Little jealous I didn’t get to march this show though 😩

I hope she watches crown 2016 soon.

Their show was music of Aaron Copeland. That beautiful fanfare in the middle where they are so spread out and you were about to cry is called Fanfare for the Common Man. When I got married, that is what I marched down the isle to.

Dude her reaction is SOOOO authentic it’s hilarious 😂😂😂

Fun fact: Some corps have signature sets/drills. Carolina crown, for example, will always form a crown in their drill. Madison Scouts will form a fleur-de-lis. Santa Clara Vanguard's cymbal line will form a "V" using their cymbals. Something to look out for :D

Guys I love this show, but dci is an group competition and BD uses all the captions that are on the scoring card to the best of their ability and you can’t say every BD show doesn’t deserve it. 2012, 2014, 2017, and 2019 all deserved the win. Cabaret Voltaire is actually a really good show and story.

Finally... The show of shows!!! Love this show so so much

lotta love out here for you Courtney...thanks for all your vids and your joy...Kent in Ohio

Finallyyyyy, thank you to whoever recommended it!

I’ve been waiting for this!

This show in my eyes is definitely a winner in my book. But I always heard things about the Carolina Crown drumline (no offense to any crown alumni) bringing down scores. I just noticed that this show revolved in the hornline & colorguard. Blue Devils of course got the higher score and every caption except brass. (Once again I don't mean to offend anyone)

“How did anyone beat that” The Bluedevils with their 19 Championship titles: Man y’know I have no idea either Edit: yeah you HAVE to come see DCI finals in 2021

idk if you saw it, but at the end one of the marchers balanced one of those giant cubes on his chin, which literally has me screaming

My favorite show of all time.

She needs to spend a season standing in front of those horn lines as they warm up and prepare for performance. That is where you really get to hear the wonderful, soul-crunching power of those lines.

One of the best DCI performances in DCI history.

The Blue Devils has a fantastic show in 2012, but this takes the cake for me

again, the room changes are very drastic, it goes from what looks like a hotel room to a very small, plain room.

The main reason the Blue Devils beat them this year was because BD got a perfect color guard score and crown got only 6th in perc. Plus the BD’s show was a complete game changer in terms of innovation and breaking the mold which gave them lots of GE points

I love this show and Blue Devils 2012, and would've been fine with either winning. I know a lot of people don't like Cabaret Voltaire, but I love everything about that show. At the end of the day, I agree that BD deserved the win, but Crown 12 was probably the most physically demanding show ever. This was, in every sense of the word, a championship show. Most other years this would have won. But that's the way it goes.

Just saw this but my band director was in this show,he was part of the baritone section

Yeah, I don't know how this didn't win either. I loved their use of Fanfare For The Common Man throughout the performance. It's one the most beautiful pieces of music in my opinion. I'm glad to see you made it to your new place safely with no issues from the quarantine.

Finally! One of my favorite DCI shows of all time!

Fun fact: The mellophone lick at 4:20 was used again by Crown the next year in E=mc2.

I love your reaction! You get it!!!

crown 12 is probably the best hornline ever

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

i think you would really like their 2017 show "it is" and their 2014 show "Out of This World". they both have amazing and dynamic hornlines and are really beautiful. The 2017 show is what the "Carolina Crown Drops the Hammer in Houston" video that you reacted to previously is for.

Crown from 2011-19 are all great shows and top shows of all DCI I’m my book

12:51 is the sound of the universe being created

I did a triple suggestion on your website some months ago .. Things I would like to see (and haven't yet) .. but I think there is an important show to watch from Santa Clara Vanguard. Maybe a back to back episode of 1987 Champion Garfield Cadets (Appalachian Spring) and 2009's 5th placed Santa Clara Vanguard's (Ballet for Martha) ... both are based on the same source music material by composer Aaron Copeland (composer of the music from this 2012 Crown show). Both are exceptional shows. I think it properly illustrates the excellence of both organizations and their traditions ... and shows a drastic change in how drum corps design has changed in a 22 year period.

yea that part around 12:45 is pretty much my favorite moment in DCI

Such an amazing show!

My second favorite DCI show. Second only to 2013 Carolina Crown

I recommend Bluecoats 2015 Kinetic Noise

We agree Courtney! We wanted Crown to win too!

Courtney you should look at 2016 as it is a Wild West show

I love this show

I know its a bit of a long one but you should react to marcus luttrel's speech on operation redwing and becoming a navy seal

Another great vid

🌷Gooood reaction video🌷 Keep up the great work Happy amazing Weekend ahead Stay Safe n Bless Too

Hi Courtney when are you going to show us NZ drum major??

“Oh my godddd”

God I wish my AirPods didn’t just break so I could blast this full volume 😍 I love this show so much

I clicked on this so quick. Wooooooo.

She’s one of us y’all. She cries during drum corps shows, she’s one of us.

Hey Courtney! I highly recommend you react to blue Devils 2012. It is much different than this show by Carolina Crown, but I know you will like it all the same.

This is my favorite Crown show. Every time I saw it live that summer I was on the edge of my seat. Kudos to the kids that marched that year because the demand in this show both physically and musically is absolutely insane. As for BD.. They picked a theme that basically gave them the freedom to do anything they wanted and if you didn't get it, well too bad because that was the point. I haven't watched it in years but all I remember is the corps slowly putting their uniforms on piece by piece while the guard threw hoops and birdcages around, all underscored by some dude mumbling stuff about Dada that was borderline inaudible.

"Fanfare For The Common Man" by Aaron Copland. A masterpiece composed by a master himself!

Not gonna lie I didn’t realize until I first saw this high cam that at 13:19 they were making a 3D cube 👁👄👁

I love you girl!!!

One of the best brass performances in DCI history. I'd probably personally give it the highest if it were up to me....either that or it would be tied with most of the other Crown shows this decade lol. They've been SO good, man. If I were judging, I would have the brass beating the rest of the field by at least half a point... maybe even a full point.