Exactly! If their guard had been more visible (what's with those drab costumes that blend in with the turf??!!), their visual scores would have been closer to BD's.
This was my first year at DCI Finals. Marched with The Academy, so we were long out, and got to be in the stadium to see this live. Pardon my French, but when the show ended, my buddy and I turned to each other, jaws on the floor and unashamedly sobbing like children, and said “Dude. They just fuckin did it. They just beat BD.” And you know what? They fuckin did. NINE EIGHT POINT ONE TWO FIVE!!!
RealLordRodney As a BD fan looking back, I am glad we got this outcome. If BD wins in 2008, I don't think we get the back to back unbeaten seasons in 2009-2010 and utter dominance by the BD.
Brandt Crocker: "Receiving the silver medal tonight, with a score of 98.1 ... nine eight point one... Blue Devils" BEDLAM It was the single greatest crowd reaction I have ever heard. I'll never forget it.
Was there. Can confirm. And I thought the place blew up when they shanked Will Pitts. They announced the score and that the whole place was absolute MAYHEM.
This show was electric that night. The energy when they won was insane. I love The Cavaliers but I also felt 2006 should have gone to Regiment on finals night.
@@burdrchitect1680 when my dad was in high school he hit a field judge in the back of the head with his trumpet while he was putting it up to plays. His band director said if they’re in the way, act like they’re invisible and run into them
This show was spectacular...I saw it at pacific procession in Stanford stadium and I was blown away. I marched drum line for vanguard in the 80s and shows like this are what make me coming back for more and I'm 56 now. Just spectacular 🤩👍
Toby - I agree 100%.with you. I too was there at the Stanford show and was so certain this show had the potential if everything fell into place to win it all I immediately purchased DCI Championship tickets the following day. I had to see this show at the end of the season . I was so fortunate to see not only their spectacular Finals performance but their amazing Quarter and Semifinals performances. Spartacus at the levels of performance they reached could have only been performed by this corps which made it all the more spectacular.
I’m so late to the legendary performances. After seeing them this year at DCISW, and then seeing this…no words. The legacy is still intact, but this show just crushed me. Phenomenal.
As many times as I have watched this show, this is my very first time seeing it from the "bird's eye" view... Understand even more so now how they were the crowd favorites to win!
There's also something about 2004 Boston Crusaders, 2004 Carolina Crown, 2005 Seattle Cascades, 2005 Blue Devils, 2006 Cadets, and 2007 Cadets that I find myself laughing for the wrong reasons!
FOr sheer theatricality, I think this may be the gold standard for a quite some time. THere have been many amazing shows since, but none had quite the same "grab you by the throat at the last second" as this one has!
This show set the stage for the concept of "every member is a character, not just the guard". So much so, that one article humorously miscast Koji (the assistant conductor responsible for Will's grim fate) as a guard member.
😎🤔BRO🤔😎 Seeing this show from this pov is pretty GALACTIC honestly and I was there and saw it live. What a nice half coliseum by the brass and drum line formation at 5:01
Crowd was electric that night. I think Crown had the only other good show that you looked forward to seeing. Brother was with Phantom, never cheered louder when we heard "Blue Devils" it was like everyone came for Phantom at that moment.
This was definitely the year that Crown established themselves as true contenders to the world of Top 6 programs, and did it by tastefully paying homage to the old folks in the room. That's a show I still enjoy listening to on a regular basis.
Ironicly, it was supposed to be the first one held inside, but LucasOil Stadium was still under construction, so DCI said, "Screw it!" and they had it outdoors.
That was first year in DCI with The Academy and I remember finding out it wouldn’t be at Lucas Oil and getting to Bloomington and seeing the stadium half under construction and looking pretty janky. Probably a good thing it was under construction though. Between Cavvies Alumni, Phantom’s Finals night show, and the crowd reaction during scores, they would’ve blown a hole in the stadium anyways.
I personally don't understand how. I'm a longtime Phan, and this was the first show I was personally invested in during the first part of the season. When I found out they won (two weeks after the fact), I nearly lost it. I can't even say that those who dislike this are BD fans, maybe just a bit salty in general.
My favorite show of all time, but I always wondered what Koji Mori (drum major with the spear) had to do with the story. Was he Spartacus, because I thought the male guard member from the ballad was playing him? I know the staff wanted to give him a moment to shine, but was that it, or was he playing a character from the story?
@@MicahtheDrumCorpsPseudoboomer yes remember near the beginning of the show the two romans were arguing about what to do with this "spartacus uprising" then yes near the end one of them became sympathetic to Spartacus whom they killed... this was real history!
As a Blue Devils Fan this is a great show. that season BD was on top. I happened to see BD show live and knew they'd win, but after checking scores and seeing that Phanton won I was confused. So when I recieved my championship CD I cranked that volume up in my car and played Phantoms show. My mouth dropped to the damn floor. I was in awe of what I was hearing. Phantom deserved the championship. It was definitely a Championship show too. BDs win based on execution of the show written based on the score sheet in my opinion. As a Blue devil fan I love them but not every championship show they put out is great.
Sam Campbell As a BD fan this was best case scenario looking back. If BD won in 2008..........IDK if they come back and eradicate everyone in 2009-2010 with back to back unbeaten seasons, and continue to consistently boatrace the competition to this day. Phantom earned and deserved this title, BDs hornet's nest was poked, pure domination since...........everybody wins.
I have. I'd suggest watching old DCI shows from 90s and early 2000s. Today's shows are more theatrical. No much marching now. Jazz running was a thing. and if it was clean and done right it looked beautiful, imo.
The neck is a chime scrape - two mallets, right hand high to low, left hand low to high… the other sounds are a garden hoe against a galvanized steel pipe (gladiator scene and stabbing DM)
For relation to this show: 1981 and 1982 Phantom Regiment played Spartacus, but they reek of being early 80s drum corps shows (though the 40-inch bottom bass drum is awesome, as is the greater use of tempo changes and gradients) 2005 Mandarins used the Spartacus mellophone solo, but this time, a trumpet played it, and in [concert] F-major rather than E-major 2017 Boston Crusaders played Alberto Ginastera's Piano Concerto no. 2, op. 27, which 2008 Phantom Regiment played after the opening fanfare Some hidden gems that time forgot about: 2014 Boston Crusaders has some crazy drill demands and tempos from time to time, especially for a corps that placed 10th 2005 Santa Clara Vanguard and 2005 Phantom Regiment had some tounged 16th note features, which were uncommon in that era 2010 Blue Stars feels more like a 2014 show rather than a 2010 show, but in a good way 2001 Phantom Regiment has somewhat dated yet cleanly executed drill, but is a joy to listen to 1979 27th Lancers has an insane colorguard feature i'll tell you more later
This is Drum Corps! Someone please tell me why we need props and constant hornline choreography in 2023? All the shows nowadays just look like they're trying to win BOA.
Multiple recent corps offerings [Bloo 2023, Crown 2023, Stars 2023, for example] are particularly guilty of bringing a Broadway show to a football field.. and only the missing woodwinds stops it from being an insane BOA show. Create a new activity if you're so f**king insistent on being able to do whatever you feel like - no one will mind that at all. But the insane, stunning, insult and disrespect to not only DCI founders, but to all the young men who brought the activity out of the military so civilian youth could experience it... there aren't enough words to quantify the hatefulness of it. "Gee thanks for creating an amazing art form we can enjoy, based on military Drum & bugle/fife/lyre corps, but we're gonna do whatever we want to and F*** the military history and tradition." I was a marching band member 1977-1980 - no drum Corps in Utah back then - not until 2014. Ad I also had ot memorize the entire repertoire of our shows, unlike most ordinary bands - (we had a US National Guard Staff Sergeant as our band director). But I am also an 8 year Navy vet who spent most of 4 years in Italy on the military honors/daily colors detail and we had to do both US *and* Italian colors ceremonies. I also remember our marching and drilling practice for boot camp that went on for 12 weeks. I have no problem with the variances of uniforms through a core identity, but theatrical costumes are for a different activity. The insane cost of changing them EVERY YEAR? Yikes. Costumes that can really only be used for one show and maybe never again (see Cavvies 2022 and the very specific detail on their costume). Is it any wonder the kids are being priced out of any possibility of participating? Fine - go nuts with the flags and some other accoutrements, but enough with the uniform insanity. I'm honestly wondering if their isnt some truly underhanded collusion between those making rules decisions about uniform standards and the costume manufacturers.. it looks THAT suspect now. Amplification - Soloists only, nothing else - musicians should be beating the drum and blowing the horn to project sound -- just like decades of corps before did it. Guitars/Keytars/Synthesizers/Keyboards as standard? WTAF. Troopers are pushing that concept to a reasonable limit and no more with the Harmonica and E-Cello, but remaining true to the basic concept Jim Jones had in mind when he founded them. Vocal numbers and/or significant voiceover narration: Bloo 2022/2023, Blue Knights 2023, Crown 2022 - and a few other obvious offenders - if your show requires THAT much constant narration/explanation, then you are doing it wrong. How many decades of shows had zero detailed narration and yet everyone completely enjoyed them? Phantom 2008 (Spartacus) told their story on an overwhelming emotional level with nothing more than some screaming of "I am Spartacus!"- all the proof in the world that voiceover is 100% unnecessary, but a bit now and then isn't unreasonable. BAC 2023 has hit it right about the sweet spot.. a few lines in 3 - 4 spots throughout entire show and everyone understands clearly. The addition of the orchestral pit I believe to be perhaps the single best addition beyond old standard elements the activity has ever seen. Gives a whole new range of young musicians a chance to show off and learn. See? I'm not completely irrational about some evolution being inevitable. But considering the very name is a military reference, if you cant make *some* effort to even pretend to honor that as the bedrock of the activity, please PLEASE go create a new one between DCI and BOA if necessary. I would be shocked if people who marched in the last 20 years even understood what an actual "Color Guard" is supposed to be... look at the National Anthem ceremony before a big football game, and you'll see. Evolution of that element was gonna happen, and I'm glad it is now open to all genders. Bottom Line people - earlier the year the Marine Drum & Bugle Corps performed at one of the early shows... and were truly brilliant. They showed how you can be stunning in every way with a standard traditional and unit-specific uniform, no amplification or electronics insanity, and no actual musicians putting their instrument down to dance around or lay on the ground. THAT should be your core inspiration, and then work outward from that. TL;DR: GET OFF MY LAWN.. wait... I don't have one. I truly do encourage people in musical and theatrical fields to be experimental, but they need to create a new field of endeavor for it, if they intend to abandon the entire military history and tradition of DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS - the very name is a direct lift from the military. Please remember you wouldnt even have this activity to express yourselves if those generations of men (and eventually women) hadn't been so 'Hardass" and dedicated to the concept. You quite literally owe ALL of them, collectively, your respect and honoring of their traditions and trailblazing.
I think the choice was intentional. The colorguard were the slaves. Ubiquitous, yes, but in context and period, slaves were everywhere and nowhere. The corollary to that is that the titular character began as just another slave, and indistinguishable from the rest. I do get what you're saying, though. Some of that may be the visual quality of the recording as well; it was 2008, after all. Run this through Premiere to clean up the color balance and remove the visual artifacts and you would probably see those colors much better than you can here.
Holy cow, I thought it was me! I didn't even notice that they had a color guard until part way through the show and then, I kept losing them. Perhaps it is just this recording and perspective. But I think it would have made a better visual presentation if it stood out, even, a little bit more. Just my opinion, I should look at a different recording.
You don't get a sense of the sets they're making until you watch this view. Makes what they pulled off even more incredible.
Exactly! If their guard had been more visible (what's with those drab costumes that blend in with the turf??!!), their visual scores would have been closer to BD's.
Fun fact: the drill writer for my high school's marching band wrote the drill for this show
this is my first time seeing it from this high up. wow. way more impressed now.
@@dciaudio wow which HS?
@@dctrbrass Fairview High School in Boulder, CO
Still one of the best GE shows of all time. The audience involvement is unmatched.
5:00 the guys in the crowd shouting “KILL HIM” is intense
This show not only touched my soul, but stuck its entire hand through it. I'm going to the hospital. See you there.
This was my first year at DCI Finals. Marched with The Academy, so we were long out, and got to be in the stadium to see this live. Pardon my French, but when the show ended, my buddy and I turned to each other, jaws on the floor and unashamedly sobbing like children, and said “Dude. They just fuckin did it. They just beat BD.”
And you know what? They fuckin did.
NINE EIGHT POINT ONE TWO FIVE!!!
Great comment.
Still holds the record of the slimmest margin of victory in DCI history. They did it for themselves, and for the Phans.
RealLordRodney As a BD fan looking back, I am glad we got this outcome. If BD wins in 2008, I don't think we get the back to back unbeaten seasons in 2009-2010 and utter dominance by the BD.
Brandt Crocker: "Receiving the silver medal tonight, with a score of 98.1 ... nine eight point one... Blue Devils"
BEDLAM
It was the single greatest crowd reaction I have ever heard. I'll never forget it.
About as good as the crowd reaction to cadets getting third in 2014.
Was there. Can confirm. And I thought the place blew up when they shanked Will Pitts. They announced the score and that the whole place was absolute MAYHEM.
@@trumpetguy13 Agreed. Was there that night as well. This show is a classic.
Same. Still my favorite show of all time.
Best ever for a corps that isn't named the Madison Scouts. Madison 88 and 95 are the only shows that can beat this for audience engagement.
This show was electric that night. The energy when they won was insane. I love The Cavaliers but I also felt 2006 should have gone to Regiment on finals night.
Early 2000s Phantom Regiment was really something special!
i will never forgive myself for being too busy being a toddler to have seen this live
You ever pick a judge to watch and see if they’ll survive?
Always bet on Jeff Prosperie to come very close to dying, but surviving every time 😂
I despise on field judges. I'm not part of this world, just a fan, but I hate seeing them run around out there.
@@RD-vt9uu when I marched in high school the thing was to tap the judge if they are in the way to get a extra point..lol..
@@burdrchitect1680 when my dad was in high school he hit a field judge in the back of the head with his trumpet while he was putting it up to plays. His band director said if they’re in the way, act like they’re invisible and run into them
@@evanblalock9744 my director says if there’s ever a judge in the way of your set you better run them over
This show was spectacular...I saw it at pacific procession in Stanford stadium and I was blown away. I marched drum line for vanguard in the 80s and shows like this are what make me coming back for more and I'm 56 now. Just spectacular 🤩👍
Toby - I agree 100%.with you. I too was there at the Stanford show and was so certain this show had the potential if everything fell into place to win it all I immediately purchased DCI Championship tickets the following day. I had to see this show at the end of the season . I was so fortunate to see not only their spectacular Finals performance but their amazing Quarter and Semifinals performances. Spartacus at the levels of performance they reached could have only been performed by this corps which made it all the more spectacular.
Did you march 87 and 88,? My two favorite scv shows of all time?
@@darrinthorpe9292 I marched in 85....to old to march in 87, 88. Those were great shows
I’m so late to the legendary performances. After seeing them this year at DCISW, and then seeing this…no words. The legacy is still intact, but this show just crushed me. Phenomenal.
I went down a Regiment rabbit hole today and have never seen the high-cam version of this and it made me love the show even more.
Thank you!
As many times as I have watched this show, this is my very first time seeing it from the "bird's eye" view... Understand even more so now how they were the crowd favorites to win!
Man there’s something about the drill, design, and style (and lack of props) of corps from before 2010 that I just love so much
Couldn’t agree more
There's also something about 2004 Boston Crusaders, 2004 Carolina Crown, 2005 Seattle Cascades, 2005 Blue Devils, 2006 Cadets, and 2007 Cadets that I find myself laughing for the wrong reasons!
FOr sheer theatricality, I think this may be the gold standard for a quite some time. THere have been many amazing shows since, but none had quite the same "grab you by the throat at the last second" as this one has!
This show set the stage for the concept of "every member is a character, not just the guard". So much so, that one article humorously miscast Koji (the assistant conductor responsible for Will's grim fate) as a guard member.
😎🤔BRO🤔😎
Seeing this show from this pov is pretty GALACTIC honestly and I was there and saw it live.
What a nice half coliseum by the brass and drum line formation at 5:01
The attention to detail in this show to make it how it is makes it fantastic!
Whoa! this is the first time i watch the uncut version of Spartacus
Crowd was electric that night. I think Crown had the only other good show that you looked forward to seeing. Brother was with Phantom, never cheered louder when we heard "Blue Devils" it was like everyone came for Phantom at that moment.
This was definitely the year that Crown established themselves as true contenders to the world of Top 6 programs, and did it by tastefully paying homage to the old folks in the room. That's a show I still enjoy listening to on a regular basis.
10:18 is the coolest marching I have ever seen
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You couldn't perform a show like this today.
i just love how much you can tell everyone wants them to win
Absolutely incredible!!!
Ok, watching this video made me realized that the drill is Star 91 quality, wow!
One of the best shows of all time.
Show was project Bluebeam.
I was there, in the show.
Everyone else was a hologram.
I love how you can hear Koji slam down the stake when he chucks it on the ground at like 13:06
So glad the oil can was delayed in opening in 2008
2008 the last best dci championship held outside.
Ironicly, it was supposed to be the first one held inside, but LucasOil Stadium was still under construction, so DCI said, "Screw it!" and they had it outdoors.
@@MicahtheDrumCorpsPseudoboomer it was also my sons age out year with Crown. So that also made it a great year
@@happyyad they had a great show that year, looked forward to seeing them that night.
That was first year in DCI with The Academy and I remember finding out it wouldn’t be at Lucas Oil and getting to Bloomington and seeing the stadium half under construction and looking pretty janky. Probably a good thing it was under construction though. Between Cavvies Alumni, Phantom’s Finals night show, and the crowd reaction during scores, they would’ve blown a hole in the stadium anyways.
How could anyone dislike this?
I personally don't understand how. I'm a longtime Phan, and this was the first show I was personally invested in during the first part of the season. When I found out they won (two weeks after the fact), I nearly lost it. I can't even say that those who dislike this are BD fans, maybe just a bit salty in general.
Beautiful solo in the show
Wow this is a really high cam like right on top of them but loved the show even more
9:41 reminded me of that "My Spanish Heart" show that BD did in the 90s lol
And that unmistakable PA announcer is a classic.
One of my highschool directors marched in this show makes it that much cooler
4:19 “yeah bass”😂😂😂
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My favorite show of all time, but I always wondered what Koji Mori (drum major with the spear) had to do with the story. Was he Spartacus, because I thought the male guard member from the ballad was playing him? I know the staff wanted to give him a moment to shine, but was that it, or was he playing a character from the story?
i think were both supposed to represent spartacus ? because when he's running to stab the drum major, they all yell "i am spartacus"
@@hyunsamor no, he is a Roman elite who later becomes a Spartacus sympathizer, hence him shouting, "I am Spartacus!"
@@MicahtheDrumCorpsPseudoboomer yes remember near the beginning of the show the two romans were arguing about what to do with this "spartacus uprising" then yes near the end one of them became sympathetic to Spartacus whom they killed... this was real history!
Brilliant
I wish this is the cam they showed more often. Most of the time the multicam misses huge GE moments..
Ive learned my lesson.. I watch the High Cam on FLo for live, and then the multicam the next day on replay to get closes ups and such.
Legendary
GOAT
The person who disliked this is prolly a BD fan
only a few select individuals would know why too!!! BD lost by 0.005 I think the margin was?
@@thebearded_guardian3671 they lost by .025
As a Blue Devils Fan this is a great show. that season BD was on top. I happened to see BD show live and knew they'd win, but after checking scores and seeing that Phanton won I was confused. So when I recieved my championship CD I cranked that volume up in my car and played Phantoms show. My mouth dropped to the damn floor. I was in awe of what I was hearing. Phantom deserved the championship. It was definitely a Championship show too. BDs win based on execution of the show written based on the score sheet in my opinion. As a Blue devil fan I love them but not every championship show they put out is great.
Sam Campbell As a BD fan this was best case scenario looking back. If BD won in 2008..........IDK if they come back and eradicate everyone in 2009-2010 with back to back unbeaten seasons, and continue to consistently boatrace the competition to this day. Phantom earned and deserved this title, BDs hornet's nest was poked, pure domination since...........everybody wins.
What make of the brasswinds is PR using? I've always thought that they have a better sound.
IRC, they were on the Jupiter Quantums with us (The Academy) and Jersey Surf that year.
King Brass
Pretty amazing although I only recognized the "dead Kennedy's" sign... ☺️
Dead Kennedy's sign?
@@MicahtheDrumCorpsPseudoboomer google it. Look at the pictures. You'll understand what I meant.
Ive never seen anyone move like this corps moved
I have. I'd suggest watching old DCI shows from 90s and early 2000s. Today's shows are more theatrical. No much marching now. Jazz running was a thing. and if it was clean and done right it looked beautiful, imo.
Uhhh, Cadets much??? They were the kids of velocity in the early 90s and 2000s. Also, check out Star of Indian. They were speedsters too.
Winner
IU!
My director would have went bonkers over 1/10th of a point. i get what they feel!
Having lost to Cadets by 1/10th...I know that pain!
When you see a show like this in isolation, it makes you wonder how they finished 4th.
They got 1st wym
you must be thinking of 07, they got first this year
We won gold dawg
I think they had been 4th going into semis and finals. But they ended up winning by a tiny margin.
11:08 Epic bird
Can anyone weigh in on how they achieved the percussion effect when the throat slitting happens. I've tried so hard to figure it out.
Without looking at the sheet music, it sounds like some sort of metal scraping against a cymbal.
@@alstudiowebdev It almost sounds like chains on chimes or something. It must be a Tam, because I feel like the timbre is kind of low.
The neck is a chime scrape - two mallets, right hand high to low, left hand low to high… the other sounds are a garden hoe against a galvanized steel pipe (gladiator scene and stabbing DM)
@@benfirkus74 regular chime mallets? It sounds more metallic.
I was there. :)
they are just running all the time
Does anyone have anyone have any suggestions for some other good dci shows???
For pure entertainment value: Velvet Knights 1992
My personal favorites: Cadets 2000, Madison Scouts 1999
For relation to this show:
1981 and 1982 Phantom Regiment played Spartacus, but they reek of being early 80s drum corps shows (though the 40-inch bottom bass drum is awesome, as is the greater use of tempo changes and gradients)
2005 Mandarins used the Spartacus mellophone solo, but this time, a trumpet played it, and in [concert] F-major rather than E-major
2017 Boston Crusaders played Alberto Ginastera's Piano Concerto no. 2, op. 27, which 2008 Phantom Regiment played after the opening fanfare
Some hidden gems that time forgot about:
2014 Boston Crusaders has some crazy drill demands and tempos from time to time, especially for a corps that placed 10th
2005 Santa Clara Vanguard and 2005 Phantom Regiment had some tounged 16th note features, which were uncommon in that era
2010 Blue Stars feels more like a 2014 show rather than a 2010 show, but in a good way
2001 Phantom Regiment has somewhat dated yet cleanly executed drill, but is a joy to listen to
1979 27th Lancers has an insane colorguard feature
i'll tell you more later
@@MicahtheDrumCorpsPseudoboomer thanks for the suggestions :)
@@pdog_hammond Update: You HAVE to see 2012 Madison Scouts. I just watched it yesterday on Blu-ray Disc, and....wow.
Jeeezus they are booking it all the time😅
Did I hear a boo? And see toilet paper thrown? Is that how people were back then?
Streamers
This is Drum Corps! Someone please tell me why we need props and constant hornline choreography in 2023? All the shows nowadays just look like they're trying to win BOA.
Multiple recent corps offerings [Bloo 2023, Crown 2023, Stars 2023, for example] are particularly guilty of bringing a Broadway show to a football field.. and only the missing woodwinds stops it from being an insane BOA show. Create a new activity if you're so f**king insistent on being able to do whatever you feel like - no one will mind that at all. But the insane, stunning, insult and disrespect to not only DCI founders, but to all the young men who brought the activity out of the military so civilian youth could experience it... there aren't enough words to quantify the hatefulness of it.
"Gee thanks for creating an amazing art form we can enjoy, based on military Drum & bugle/fife/lyre corps, but we're gonna do whatever we want to and F*** the military history and tradition."
I was a marching band member 1977-1980 - no drum Corps in Utah back then - not until 2014. Ad I also had ot memorize the entire repertoire of our shows, unlike most ordinary bands - (we had a US National Guard Staff Sergeant as our band director). But I am also an 8 year Navy vet who spent most of 4 years in Italy on the military honors/daily colors detail and we had to do both US *and* Italian colors ceremonies. I also remember our marching and drilling practice for boot camp that went on for 12 weeks.
I have no problem with the variances of uniforms through a core identity, but theatrical costumes are for a different activity. The insane cost of changing them EVERY YEAR? Yikes. Costumes that can really only be used for one show and maybe never again (see Cavvies 2022 and the very specific detail on their costume). Is it any wonder the kids are being priced out of any possibility of participating? Fine - go nuts with the flags and some other accoutrements, but enough with the uniform insanity. I'm honestly wondering if their isnt some truly underhanded collusion between those making rules decisions about uniform standards and the costume manufacturers.. it looks THAT suspect now.
Amplification - Soloists only, nothing else - musicians should be beating the drum and blowing the horn to project sound -- just like decades of corps before did it. Guitars/Keytars/Synthesizers/Keyboards as standard? WTAF. Troopers are pushing that concept to a reasonable limit and no more with the Harmonica and E-Cello, but remaining true to the basic concept Jim Jones had in mind when he founded them.
Vocal numbers and/or significant voiceover narration: Bloo 2022/2023, Blue Knights 2023, Crown 2022 - and a few other obvious offenders - if your show requires THAT much constant narration/explanation, then you are doing it wrong. How many decades of shows had zero detailed narration and yet everyone completely enjoyed them? Phantom 2008 (Spartacus) told their story on an overwhelming emotional level with nothing more than some screaming of "I am Spartacus!"- all the proof in the world that voiceover is 100% unnecessary, but a bit now and then isn't unreasonable. BAC 2023 has hit it right about the sweet spot.. a few lines in 3 - 4 spots throughout entire show and everyone understands clearly.
The addition of the orchestral pit I believe to be perhaps the single best addition beyond old standard elements the activity has ever seen. Gives a whole new range of young musicians a chance to show off and learn.
See? I'm not completely irrational about some evolution being inevitable. But considering the very name is a military reference, if you cant make *some* effort to even pretend to honor that as the bedrock of the activity, please PLEASE go create a new one between DCI and BOA if necessary. I would be shocked if people who marched in the last 20 years even understood what an actual "Color Guard" is supposed to be... look at the National Anthem ceremony before a big football game, and you'll see. Evolution of that element was gonna happen, and I'm glad it is now open to all genders.
Bottom Line people - earlier the year the Marine Drum & Bugle Corps performed at one of the early shows... and were truly brilliant. They showed how you can be stunning in every way with a standard traditional and unit-specific uniform, no amplification or electronics insanity, and no actual musicians putting their instrument down to dance around or lay on the ground. THAT should be your core inspiration, and then work outward from that.
TL;DR: GET OFF MY LAWN.. wait... I don't have one.
I truly do encourage people in musical and theatrical fields to be experimental, but they need to create a new field of endeavor for it, if they intend to abandon the entire military history and tradition of DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS - the very name is a direct lift from the military. Please remember you wouldnt even have this activity to express yourselves if those generations of men (and eventually women) hadn't been so 'Hardass" and dedicated to the concept. You quite literally owe ALL of them, collectively, your respect and honoring of their traditions and trailblazing.
@@ZakhadWOW couldn't have said it better!
@@ZakhadWOWyappatron 5000
9:21
at the end you can hear a bd fan booing
They're blooing
@@Mario-gd5qk my mistake!
maybe it was whooooo.. bc the bluecoats aren't obviously on the field.
@@burdrchitect1680 yeah I wasn’t actually being serious haha
@@Mario-gd5qk lol..
Romani ite domum
I can c why this show won. But I still think the cavies show was better and should have won. No insult intended. ☺️
Very poor color choice on the color guard and flags. They get totally lost on the field.
I think the choice was intentional. The colorguard were the slaves. Ubiquitous, yes, but in context and period, slaves were everywhere and nowhere. The corollary to that is that the titular character began as just another slave, and indistinguishable from the rest.
I do get what you're saying, though. Some of that may be the visual quality of the recording as well; it was 2008, after all. Run this through Premiere to clean up the color balance and remove the visual artifacts and you would probably see those colors much better than you can here.
Holy cow, I thought it was me! I didn't even notice that they had a color guard until part way through the show and then, I kept losing them. Perhaps it is just this recording and perspective. But I think it would have made a better visual presentation if it stood out, even, a little bit more. Just my opinion, I should look at a different recording.
6 mins in and I’m still asleep. Bet the concession stand was busy when they were on. Honestly terrible. Double ugh