I was there. They hadn’t done the full show in run through but about 3-5 times. They are miles ahead of where they usually are in early season. Watch for them, they are going far!
I saw the Troopers at NIGHTBEAT 2024 in Winston-Salem, NC....I thought their show was the most entertaining of all the corps that attended....even though they didn't win overall, well deserved standing ovation!!
Solid! While there are some corps considerably ahead at this moment, there is a ton of potential in this show. By far the most solid I have ever seen the troopers this early in the season. We all know they clean up very well over time. This will be an exciting year! They are about as dirty as the cavaliers are at the moment, with a book that is much harder than the troop has played ever? ... Great stuff. I look so forward to see where they stack once they meet up with the other Top 12 corps. Thus far they are very in! Love this show!
Thank you TROOPERS 24!!!you and phantom and scv are all that is keeping me interested in dci at this point... keep getting stronger and stronger and stronger.. enjoy the dance!
Same, instant tears. Totally unexpected. I listened to the midi show they released months ago many times so hearing that motif was such a pleasant surprise!
@xknopr8tr Either you are a major homer or you aren't paying attention to everyone else. Mandarins just smoked the Troopers by FIVE POINTS about an hour ago in Boise Idaho.
Some parts of the show I really like! Others not so much. I’m excited to see how the show evolves over the season. They’re really upping the intensity of the program, which I admire a lot. I’m pumped to see them in person next week!
I seem to remember on social media them indicating for the first time anyone can remember they had every single place auditioned for and filled early on... there are always variations, but the interest after Lasso and vorAcious is quite real. Especially compared to the snoozefest programs out of Concord.
I am so glad they took out the major chord in the first big hit! I personally hope they give the horn line more of "Land of the rising sun" melody right before the guitar takes off high. It would be perfect parking section. Overall they did great for their first public performance!
Sophisticated arrangements, attention-grabbing stage sets that support the music. Incredible guitar soloist. Great production values, well staged, well planned sequence of action. Recognizable melodies. Satisfying ending, and showmanship, to boot.
stellar performance... find it funny not only is troop playing another vanguard piece, but also from the same scv show crown took from this year too 😭 those mellos actually sound just like the ouroboros mellos lowkey !!
@@cannolivibraphone and it would be hard to really visulaize well at this shallow angle also.. I suspect by San Antonio the full special items will be in full swing.
TROOPERS TO THE FINALS!!!! BY FAR one of the better shows I've seen surface so far and I've seen a majority of the ones up right now. So glad to see the troopers continue to put out a solid product and resurface over the last few years!
Obviously you haven't seen very many, because almost everyone is better than Troopers this year. This is a musical disaster. Dreadful version on House Of Rising Sun, and not sure how they can even attempt the stellar piece SCV used a few years back. SCV version was absolutely amazing fire. Troopers version is like pissing out a campfire.
@@evanechoes253 the troopers haven't been known to put out WORLD CLASS shows.... This has been the case since and before I Marched with Carolina Crown 2007-2012... If you're just gonna be a prick and not support a group of kids that give their all regardless how "good" it is, maybe... Just maybe, you should stick with your elitist types... I bet your favorite corps is the Blue Devils because they win all the time too...
from what ive seen so far this season, i feel like if they can clean it up enough with the mics and the brass mixing with the solos, then this will be a top 3 show no argument
@@SWilla00946 yeah, i agree. in my case, my friend just decided on a whim not to march. i guess it's because he didn't want to leave his family, friends and partner? I'm not entirely sure
Honestly dislike it. That prop alone probably just adds too much time to the members' hands to assemble/disassemble and especially if it adds any trucks to the fleet for transport costs. Bad financial decision to not just sell it after last season. With that being said, looks neat
@@opem1383 depends on how it was made and materials. At least it's not that big oil platform looking thing they put it on last year. THAT had to be a royal PITA.
There's a lot of cleaning to be done but that's expected for June. As it sits, Troopers look like a problem for anyone below 6th place. I think they're mostly lacking visual content where it really counts. Marching at a slow tempo, with a reduced tempo, and playing technical stuff is almost the same as standing still and playing the technical stuff. Might as well axe the easy marching for some stylized body and get some GE points. That being said, I think their music is in incredible shape and their impactful moments certainly shine through. Guitar solo dude can shred, there's no denying that. However, some moments do seem more half-baked than others (like 12:08, even the crowd doesn't know whether to applaud or not), but I'm sure it's just because an idea hasn't been finalized and the show is still going through revisions. It's just a matter of cleaning, and I'm not sure if anyone can out-clean the Colts, but they may just have enough content (or potential content) to out-content them into 7-9th place.
The show has so much potential! I love how it's percussion forward and harmonically aggressive from the beginning. Unfortunately "The House of the Rising Sun" piece is way overdrawn and a low point that goes on way too long. In addition, the focus on the guitar should be eliminated - and this is coming from the perspective of a guitarist. The last third of the show is sick AF!
This hornline could be pretty good this year with the right direction. They've got decent technique, but good golly their sound is so spread and the ensemble tonality is certainly... something. They're sounding a lot like they did in 2022 for almost the entire season before they cleaned up their act. edit - also i smell some mid-late season rewrites coming. the show has an awkward flow to it. the transition from the 2nd to last movement to the last movement was very abrupt. also will say (purely a design team nitpick now) not really seeing much of a wrap up to this trilogy they were supposedly making? other than re-using brief clips of music from the previous 2 shows, I don't quite see the connection yet. i know the were loosely connected to begin with bc the themes were just "the greed of man", "the ambition of man", etc. but figured there would be a more grand finale to the trilogy. like i said, maybe we'll see some rewrites come late season and i'' change my tune! either way this is definitely a finalist level corps once again!
I have always been a big fan of the Casper Troopers, out of respect, for Jim Jones and the original drum and bugle Corps. At first glance I knew they were the Troopers you can still identify them by their uniform, unlike the majority of other organizations I have no idea who they are or what they are I have looked at other organizations, they are no longer representing the activity of a real drum and bugle Corps. I believe Jim Jones and hardcore, drum and bugle Corps, would not go crazy for this routine but what's happened to the DCI organization in general turning it into a marching band competition, and three-ring circus. I understand to be competitive you have to conform. But in my opinion should change the title of Drum Corps International into marching band dance International. Just my opinion don't take offense I am a former member of the Long Island sunrises, and Floyd Bennett golden eagles from Brooklyn New York❤❤🎉🎉😢😮
OMG that is absolutely DREADFUL!! They ruined House Of the Rising Sun that BD had done amazing with in 2002. This is painful to listen to. Then they ruined SCV closer from 2018 with the amazing SCV guard feature. This is definitely the worst show of all I've seen this season, which includes about 23 corps. This is the show to throw rotting fruit at. Looks like this will be everyones potty and concession stand break.
I would agree with a lot of what you said. However Santa Clara Vamguard Wait Of The World was 2017 not 2018. I think it is risky for a corps like Troopers to use that music. SCV did such an amazing job, and Troopers aren't on the same level. Luckily with BD House Of Rising Sun, that was over 20 years ago so most people won't remember how awesome that was. Best ever use of hair. This is one of the worst versions of House Of The Rising Sun o have ever heard. Dreadful singing, soloist is weak at best and guitar solo is awful. I had to look up year, but if anyone wants to see an amazing version check out BD 2002(I was thinking it was 2004 as those years run together now). I am not impressed with Troopers and hope I can enjoy the show by the end of the season. I think they've been overrated the last few years. Haven't seen a show of theirs since the 80s that has deserved to make finals.
@@ericeggenbergrr2439 Whoops you're right. 2017 was that great guard feature and 2018 was the year SCV won. Those were 2 great shows that I get mixed together I guess.
Troopers is consistently producing shows that are a fantastic mix of "old school" and modern drum corps. Love it.
More like they are mixing piss and shit in a barrel of vomit.
Now THAT is just downright BAD ASS -- and pure TROOPERS!! Have fun with that Troop! They'll be throwing babies all year!!!
I was there. They hadn’t done the full show in run through but about 3-5 times. They are miles ahead of where they usually are in early season. Watch for them, they are going far!
definitely making finals again with this show!
As a long time fan of DCI, the troopers are ABSOLUTELY gaining moment. KEEP IT UP TROOP!!! KICK SOME PHUCKIN ASS!!!!
BABE WAKE UP BEST CORPS SHOW JUST DROPPED
Love the proud parents and grandparents we get to see in the homemade videos.
I saw the Troopers at NIGHTBEAT 2024 in Winston-Salem, NC....I thought their show was the most entertaining of all the corps that attended....even though they didn't win overall, well deserved standing ovation!!
So much EMOTION! LOVE THE electric guitar..and Harp? Great full sound...and dramma
I love the passion of this corp. You can see feel and hear the linage and history when they play.
Solid! While there are some corps considerably ahead at this moment, there is a ton of potential in this show. By far the most solid I have ever seen the troopers this early in the season. We all know they clean up very well over time. This will be an exciting year! They are about as dirty as the cavaliers are at the moment, with a book that is much harder than the troop has played ever? ... Great stuff. I look so forward to see where they stack once they meet up with the other Top 12 corps. Thus far they are very in! Love this show!
Cavaliers were fully moved in for spring training 9 days before Troop.
Front ensemble is really on it damn.
Noticeably good as a brass player
COWBOY STAR WARS??????
would love to see troop have a boston-like ascent
Troopers have slowly become one of my favs.
My god... I knew they were going to hit hard this year, but... DCI needs to call an ambulance when Troopers perform... and not for them.
Thank you TROOPERS 24!!!you and phantom and scv are all that is keeping me interested in dci at this point... keep getting stronger and stronger and stronger.. enjoy the dance!
keep an eye on Mandarins... THey are defintely marching to their own beat, and not following in the BD mold at all.
@@ZakhadWOW I agree ~I saw their show and enjoyed the powerful musical book- they aren't playing around!
AHHH I love them! My friend from high school is now marching contrabass with them!!! I’m so incredibly proud 😆
I just got to see this in person/was my first top world corp show and I was absolutely stunned, a super awesome show 😮❤
Oh, I did not think they could beat their show from last year. Once again, Troopers have shown they are a power to be reckoned with! Go Troopers!
Best BASS DRUM sound in DCI!
I love troopers!!! 😍😍
THAT MELLO LINE HELLO??? AMAZING SHOW
Hell yeah, an actual powerful closer
I remember competing against the Casper Troopers at the 1970 VFW Nationals in Miami and they won.
That Mello line is CRAZY
It looks like the Trooper is fighting with a Jedi.
THEY ARE COOKING MY GOD
GOtta love that Spartacus finale flair from the Uniformed guy ;)
12:54 mann what a closer 🔥
Insane. Definitely more body than their normal selves, but I like it. It definitely fits
Amazing!!! Hell yeah!!
I am very much liking what i am seeing this early in the season!🔥
Great show, moving on up the ranks!
Haven’t been this good so early in the season before. Can’t wait to see them in Indy!
And that Battery!!!! And Front Ensemble!!! ... Boom!!!
troopers are CONSISTENTLY getting better and better.
Shivers at 14:02 🏴☠️
Love the frequent homages to the Troopers' past that Tim writes in. So tasteful
Same, instant tears. Totally unexpected. I listened to the midi show they released months ago many times so hearing that motif was such a pleasant surprise!
by far my favorite show this whole season
Just saw this show in Portland, OR last night. Completely blown away. If they don't make top 5 at Indy I'll be shocked.
@xknopr8tr Either you are a major homer or you aren't paying attention to everyone else.
Mandarins just smoked the Troopers by FIVE POINTS about an hour ago in Boise Idaho.
They cut it down to less than 4 in one day. But no they're not getting 5th. I could see them as high as 8th though.
Great show and good luck this year!!!
Will be strange not getting to see any Cadets videos this year.
Holy crap I love this show
Some parts of the show I really like! Others not so much. I’m excited to see how the show evolves over the season. They’re really upping the intensity of the program, which I admire a lot. I’m pumped to see them in person next week!
I seem to remember on social media them indicating for the first time anyone can remember they had every single place auditioned for and filled early on... there are always variations, but the interest after Lasso and vorAcious is quite real. Especially compared to the snoozefest programs out of Concord.
I KNOW THE GUY WHO PLAYED THE GUITAR!!!
Love this show, Go Troopers!!!
I am so glad they took out the major chord in the first big hit! I personally hope they give the horn line more of "Land of the rising sun" melody right before the guitar takes off high. It would be perfect parking section. Overall they did great for their first public performance!
Sophisticated arrangements, attention-grabbing stage sets that support the music. Incredible guitar soloist. Great production values, well staged, well planned sequence of action. Recognizable melodies. Satisfying ending, and showmanship, to boot.
I can hear Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden say: THE TROOPERS!!!
Nothing like love from the hometown crowd.
stellar performance... find it funny not only is troop playing another vanguard piece, but also from the same scv show crown took from this year too 😭 those mellos actually sound just like the ouroboros mellos lowkey !!
Looks amazing Lets GO Troopers!
Absolutely EPIC.
They have stepped it up this year. Guard is much improved. I see them moving up.
What drugs are you on? The guard is dreadful like they have always been. Nothing near difficult, and they still can't get it clean.
THEY COOKED 🔥🔥🔥🗣🗣🗣🗣
I'm excited to see this on Saturday!
Well I tuned in just to see if there was some semblance of a sunburst. No such luck. Have a good season.
Better look a little more closely when the devils gets it....
The sunburst is typically added later in the season for hype :)
@@cannolivibraphone and it would be hard to really visulaize well at this shallow angle also.. I suspect by San Antonio the full special items will be in full swing.
Warms my soul. LFGGGG
Always like the Trooper and have for decades.
I love the moment that’s pulled from SCV 2017 closer. They did such a good job with it! This show will go far
They popped off. I wish i auditioned but it just didn't work out
America's Corp!
Badass show!
Wow! They are coming out of the gate strong this year. Watch out y'all. They are gunning for Top 5 this year.
@scottthomas4299 And the Mandarins just molly-whopped the Troopers by FIVE POINTS in Boise Idaho about an hour ago.
Oh this is fire
its only up from here
TROOPERS TO THE FINALS!!!! BY FAR one of the better shows I've seen surface so far and I've seen a majority of the ones up right now.
So glad to see the troopers continue to put out a solid product and resurface over the last few years!
Obviously you haven't seen very many, because almost everyone is better than Troopers this year. This is a musical disaster. Dreadful version on House Of Rising Sun, and not sure how they can even attempt the stellar piece SCV used a few years back. SCV version was absolutely amazing fire. Troopers version is like pissing out a campfire.
@@evanechoes253 the troopers haven't been known to put out WORLD CLASS shows.... This has been the case since and before I Marched with Carolina Crown 2007-2012...
If you're just gonna be a prick and not support a group of kids that give their all regardless how "good" it is, maybe... Just maybe, you should stick with your elitist types... I bet your favorite corps is the Blue Devils because they win all the time too...
vorAcious seems an appropriately foreshadowing term for their blazing out of the POST-COVID gate. lol
Really big ending...much clean up to do tho
Well, they still wear their stetsons. Just how many vibs is too many?
STYLISTICALLY STRONG! Your show is more entertaining than the cheats that always seem to win. TROOP!
Cheats?
TROOPERSSSSSSSS
Yeh, like that
Heat
Only corps show I’m looking forward to seeing in Monroe
🗣️🔉🔊SCV 2017 MENTIONED RAHHHHHH
MELLOS ❤
from what ive seen so far this season, i feel like if they can clean it up enough with the mics and the brass mixing with the solos, then this will be a top 3 show no argument
lol
Its amazing but they arent bd crown bloo and boston
Maybe boston they can get above but eh?? Troop top 5 i think
The recording is centered on the 35, so this may account for some of the balance issue..but there is some serious MEAT in this show!!
My friend could’ve marched this show!!
Mine too. Dropped because of not paying enough tuition. Imo they were dropped too early
@@SWilla00946 yeah, i agree. in my case, my friend just decided on a whim not to march. i guess it's because he didn't want to leave his family, friends and partner? I'm not entirely sure
is that the same prop from last year
Yes but it’s “burned”. They are on the other side of the Sun. Very clever.
MFCT >"
are there that many alternants?
That’s the Legacy Corps I think
@@jakearmstrong6993 jeez I can't imagine..
@@jakearmstrong6993it is the legacy corp
Silver horns?!
New horns baby!
King Brass
4:10 SCV 2018
Same instructors, I believe?
Is that a Lasso the Sun prop way to the left?
Yes…they are on the other side of the sun. Snd it’s blackened out…
Honestly dislike it. That prop alone probably just adds too much time to the members' hands to assemble/disassemble and especially if it adds any trucks to the fleet for transport costs. Bad financial decision to not just sell it after last season.
With that being said, looks neat
@@opem1383 depends on how it was made and materials. At least it's not that big oil platform looking thing they put it on last year. THAT had to be a royal PITA.
UNT UNT UNT RAAAAHHHH
🦅🟢
There's a lot of cleaning to be done but that's expected for June. As it sits, Troopers look like a problem for anyone below 6th place.
I think they're mostly lacking visual content where it really counts. Marching at a slow tempo, with a reduced tempo, and playing technical stuff is almost the same as standing still and playing the technical stuff. Might as well axe the easy marching for some stylized body and get some GE points. That being said, I think their music is in incredible shape and their impactful moments certainly shine through. Guitar solo dude can shred, there's no denying that. However, some moments do seem more half-baked than others (like 12:08, even the crowd doesn't know whether to applaud or not), but I'm sure it's just because an idea hasn't been finalized and the show is still going through revisions. It's just a matter of cleaning, and I'm not sure if anyone can out-clean the Colts, but they may just have enough content (or potential content) to out-content them into 7-9th place.
The show has so much potential! I love how it's percussion forward and harmonically aggressive from the beginning. Unfortunately "The House of the Rising Sun" piece is way overdrawn and a low point that goes on way too long. In addition, the focus on the guitar should be eliminated - and this is coming from the perspective of a guitarist. The last third of the show is sick AF!
Phantom Kick-Out at 3:43?!?!?!
no? not everything is a reference to something else
@@booker9816 u right! it just reminded me of it.
Thanks for posting, but way too low a view.
I was sitting in the highest seat available :(
i’m not sure stadiums in wyoming are very high viewing
This hornline could be pretty good this year with the right direction. They've got decent technique, but good golly their sound is so spread and the ensemble tonality is certainly... something. They're sounding a lot like they did in 2022 for almost the entire season before they cleaned up their act.
edit - also i smell some mid-late season rewrites coming. the show has an awkward flow to it. the transition from the 2nd to last movement to the last movement was very abrupt. also will say (purely a design team nitpick now) not really seeing much of a wrap up to this trilogy they were supposedly making? other than re-using brief clips of music from the previous 2 shows, I don't quite see the connection yet. i know the were loosely connected to begin with bc the themes were just "the greed of man", "the ambition of man", etc. but figured there would be a more grand finale to the trilogy. like i said, maybe we'll see some rewrites come late season and i'' change my tune!
either way this is definitely a finalist level corps once again!
I really dislike the Satanic images used (inverted pentagram and 666). Ruined the show for me and I can't cheer for that.
You do realize that Satan is the villain in this show, right? And that he is killed and banished back to hell in the end, right?
Only complaint I have is, that open was kinda stupid... What's up with the parade line up? Hay who am I? , Mr. Nobody...
This is the most non-melodic drum corps show I’ve ever heard
Bd 2013?
Also listen to the source music for this show
This and Bluecoats this year.
Watch Blue Coats show this year
I have always been a big fan of the Casper Troopers, out of respect, for Jim Jones and the original drum and bugle Corps. At first glance I knew they were the Troopers you can still identify them by their uniform, unlike the majority of other organizations I have no idea who they are or what they are I have looked at other organizations, they are no longer representing the activity of a real drum and bugle Corps. I believe Jim Jones and hardcore, drum and bugle Corps, would not go crazy for this routine but what's happened to the DCI organization in general turning it into a marching band competition, and three-ring circus. I understand to be competitive you have to conform. But in my opinion should change the title of Drum Corps International into marching band dance International. Just my opinion don't take offense I am a former member of the Long Island sunrises, and Floyd Bennett golden eagles from Brooklyn New York❤❤🎉🎉😢😮
I never went to a drum corps show to hear a guitar play. Stop ruining drum corps.
OMG that is absolutely DREADFUL!! They ruined House Of the Rising Sun that BD had done amazing with in 2002. This is painful to listen to. Then they ruined SCV closer from 2018 with the amazing SCV guard feature. This is definitely the worst show of all I've seen this season, which includes about 23 corps. This is the show to throw rotting fruit at. Looks like this will be everyones potty and concession stand break.
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I would agree with a lot of what you said. However Santa Clara Vamguard Wait Of The World was 2017 not 2018.
I think it is risky for a corps like Troopers to use that music. SCV did such an amazing job, and Troopers aren't on the same level. Luckily with BD House Of Rising Sun, that was over 20 years ago so most people won't remember how awesome that was. Best ever use of hair. This is one of the worst versions of House Of The Rising Sun o have ever heard. Dreadful singing, soloist is weak at best and guitar solo is awful. I had to look up year, but if anyone wants to see an amazing version check out BD 2002(I was thinking it was 2004 as those years run together now).
I am not impressed with Troopers and hope I can enjoy the show by the end of the season. I think they've been overrated the last few years. Haven't seen a show of theirs since the 80s that has deserved to make finals.
@@ericeggenbergrr2439 Whoops you're right. 2017 was that great guard feature and 2018 was the year SCV won. Those were 2 great shows that I get mixed together I guess.
@@ericeggenbergrr2439it’s the Ghost of Johnny Cash’s version. I think you’ll love it live.
Different version. It’s the Ghost of Johnny Cash version. I think you’ll love the show live.
this looks like a high school group