SCV 2009 - Ballet for Martha ("Simple Gifts" ending)
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- Опубліковано 3 лип 2014
- In 2009, the Corps performed "Ballet for Martha," using selections from Aaron Copland's masterpiece "Appalachian Spring." In Indianapolis for the Drum Corps International World Championships in August, the Corps placed 5th with a score of 95.65, their highest score and placement since placing 3rd with "Scheherazade" in 2004.
I was there that night. When they started playing the first note of Simple Gifts, It was a standing ovation until everybody was off the field. What a great performance.
I would kill to have been there for this closer holy crap
I saw them at Drums Along the Rockies in Denver that year. Probably the best show of the night!
Your statement is not consistent with the video evidence.
Everyone is seated until the company front at 0:38.
same, Drum corps is the best.
@@ehess1492 and you can clearly see everyone sitting back down at 1:23
A company front to Simple Gifts gets dust in my eyes and causes them to water uncontrollably. And oh to be that trumpet player on the 50 yard line
Dude that would literally be an honor to stand there. It made me cry too 😭
The camera man who took the shot at 0:43 deserves a raise
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they’re told to stuff like that
It's been over ten years and that company front still cuts the onions every single time. Few things are more powerful than a DCI E-Flat Major power chord.
Jacob Grigg oh time be that trumpet player on the 50 yard line.
I only get to listen and it definitely cuts the onions for me,too.
Hands down, one of the best DCI moments in history.
This and Bluecoats 2011 with Creep are my two favorites
I was at a SCV camp this weekend and we played this but just watching them hit that company front I just burst into tears. Incredible drill writing with the music.
+Andrew wilson I was at the SoCal camp this past weekend too dude. I loved playing this in the horn arc. Literally almost burst into tears.
My school played this song and did that walk to the front
I was on the field, on the 50 yard line, when I saw SCV first do this in an exhibition performance in 1982. It was my first time seeing a drum corps, the whole show left me awestruck, and Simple Gifts became embedded in my heart. In 2012 I held my six year old daughter on my lap for her first drum corps show, and when this was played, I bawled. Life was perfect in that moment.
Thank you for enjoying our music. SVC '82 Euph.
0:27 so we just all gonna ignore dude by the bottom left screen around the 25 going to the 30 yd line doing 360 spin kicks like a damn ninja😂😂😂😂😂
Watch 87 cadets (Garfield)...you'll flip out😅
I was on that very field for BOA--my last time on a field as a senior, less than a year before this. Couple of us got back together to see DCI in 2009 to bear witness to one of the greatest moments in its history. This closer ended an era for me like nothing else could have. I'll never forget the feeling that the wall of sound that hit me brought with it the future itself. Still gives me chills to this day. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY was sitting down.
SCV: always in a class of their own. I remember them playing Simple Gifts in the mid-70’s and it still gives me chills.
If DCI were the Staples Center, a statue of the trumpet player would be one of those out front. Iconic. We (Academy) did a lot of the same early shows with SCV the beginning of 09 and I was absolutely floored when I heard Simple Gifts for the first time.
The use of the Maestoso on the company front was sheer genius. The crowd reaction says it all. Goose bumps and tears when I saw it live and whenever I watch this clip. This IS the definitive version. Once again - SCV got it right.
I was there all week quarters, semis and finals. No one was going to beat the Blue Devils. I was actually there supporting Crown because one of my former students was in that group. No one has ever beaten the effectiveness of this stately closer but the exit was even better with the unfurling then merging of the S symbols. This had to be one of the most effective drills to music I have ever seen. It was an amazing ending for a 5th place group.
Best closer in drum corps. Ever.
I LOVE this one but sorry- Spartacus. Lol
This, 1989, and Bluecoats TILT
Bluecoats 2019
@@acousticfoam4184 bruh really? EVER? park and bark for 2 minutes and then a really dirty rendition of hey Jude?
@@carterwaite4665 hey man. I dont care about the quality. If it gets me hyped the fuck out of my seat, its good to me.
And then they just march their asses right off the field. Legend
One of the most magical moments in drum corps history. This performance is for the ages.
whenever I have a bad day, I always look up this video and it never fails to make me cry
SCV. Simple gifts, it's a GIFT that you got to have this song in your program. Great job SCV. Go Santa Clara Vanguard!!! Keep going strong and do more amazing shows!!!
There hasn't been a show like this since
Check out Cadets 2013
Samuel Greenberg heck Cadets 2011
I mean inferno was pretty good
I don't know man ghost lights up there to
@@kylemariano6710 and the same
have to see the whole show to get the full effect. This is just the climax. Perfection!
RIP SCV…. You will be missed
Best held note, with a great tone all the way through.
John Johnson you do understand that the difference in audio quality between videos and actually being there makes Blue Devils sound like an all age corps some times. Videos can expose those small details that in person no fan can hear.
@@sploo13 😂
@@sploo13 please, can we just respect these people who put so much time and effort into this and not go criticizing them? That is up to the judges
@@sploo13 I did not mean to make you think that, and I respect every member that attends drum corps
@@sploo13 i feel you on this. someone on the left end of the company front (baritone?) is being a 'hero' and the breaths are painfully obvious. this whole section is still a tear jerker for me tho
One of the most magnificent moments in drum corps history and a masterpiece performance for fans to enjoy ad infinitum.
The corps i marched Revolution DBC used this song as our corps song. This was my age out year, i was in the stands balling my eyes out when they played this that night.
Nothing but chills when it comes to the company front...
Legends say she's still on the cymbals
This reminds me of my senior year in high school. We did a Wizard of Oz theme. The final push was the forward push like this with Somewhere Over the Rainbow. We had an Emerald Castle as a back drop and balloons were released filling the sky.
Hats off to scv awesome
I always love interpretations of Simple Gifts, this by far is my favorite
If there is a person out there who doesn't burst into tears at a good Simple Gifts company front, they need to be yeeted off the planet. We don't need that kind of negativity here.
Chills. Every time.
Perfect.
12 years later and I'm still go back to this. I miss watching corps... those were the good ole days...
How in the heck did they place 5th? This show should’ve been god tier. I would’ve placed them 1st with no regrets
Just fantastic! When I saw this live at Finals I was Blown Away! The ending of this show is definitely a tip-of-the-cap to Zingali and the Garfield Cadets of 1987, with a touch of Blast! style body movement thrown in. And yet it is uniquely Santa Clara. That is what I love about the activity. Take great ideas and make them work for you in your own way. What Zingali and Jim Prime did for Garfield's 87 production (one of the best of its' era) was maybe a small impetus for the staff of SCV to create their own version. This is why I can watch 2009 SCV and 1987 Garfield and see two totally different shows that are both amazing, yet also see some connections.
I get layers of chills every time I watch this
Every single ballet for Martha show I've ever seen is absolutely amazing. Especially this, BAC
2002, and Garfield 1987. The melody is just so heartwarming and has a very reassuring sound to it.
I never thought about it but you’re right. Seven years later I hope you feel my heartfelt appreciation. I’m in complete agreement. Magic…
I saw them at Drums Along the Rockies in Denver that year. I would honestly say it was the crowd favorite of the night! 😍
SCV, you've always made me cry. Every year. Please.. do it again. #2014
Fuutonquick Babylon had to have made you cry 🔥😢
THE most amazing DCI moment, if not THE most amazing moment of my life was when I experienced this show in Central California, Clovis/Buchanan High School to be exact.
THIS is REAL ARTISTRY!
i was crying my eyes out here. this was my age out year and the corp i marched used simple gifts as the corps song
That's a cracking way to end a show! 👍 And most of the corps is like 'Laters!' 👋 🙋 LOVE IT!!!!! 😁 👌 👊
the cadets are doing the same theme at the end of their show this year. I'm not sure that it will be able to compete with what SCV did in 2009, but I love their show!!
Kevin Thomas cadets actually originally did this first but they did the full Appalachian Spring back in the 80s and my dad and I are always fighting over who did it best.
Charlotte whritenour....... 1987 :))
Santa Clara actually did Appalachian Spring for their first time in 1976. They have done it also in 1977, 1982, 1983, 2009 and was the closing feature of the first movement for the 2017 SCV Alumni Corps.
Damn. Even in the band's final exit, there was a show
This is the performance that sold me on DCI. I sobbed so much
Good tears, right?
gives me the chills every time
Dictionary definition of epic
Wow, no voiceovers. Who’d a thunk something could be this powerful WITHOUT a voiceover to explain it to me? Huh, I guess show designers can do it after all.
I'm still somewhat puzzled by Vanguard's uniform choice of 2019. But this throwback warmed my heart.. SCV FOREVER.
Some fantastic moments in this show. Powerful and elegant brass. Very emotional.
that drum build up tho🤤
Wow what did I watch thats awesome
Makes me cry every time. I love this.
Always Brilliant! This show is 100% Class.
most underrated part of this is the CAMERA WORK
My favorite DCI moment ever
My band director would never let us stand on the cymbals.
involuntary shivers every time
I just discovered this omg i love it
Beautiful - Powerful - Classy
Glorious!
I marched in a small texas corps named Revolution Drum and Bugle corps and simple gifts was our corps song. we sang it after everyshow, and i even have it tattooed on my chest. I was there this night on Semis for the age out ceremony and was balling my eyes out during this part . lol
PERFECT
This is 2021, please bring back the iconic uniforms.
This is so good
We are playing this song at our concert tomorrow!
Very nice
Those mellos cut through the entire corp like butter. Chilllllssss.
Wow I miss this SCV
I don’t even know what SCV is anymore. Yeah they might be good, but I don’t like the direction they’re heading. The beautiful and elegant SCV will always be the true and best SCV.
An American classic ! Copland rules .
They really just went, "iight imma head out"
anyways that was amazing
Best part about this is that field isn't covered in props.
And the uniforms aren’t embarrassing.
Like they’d ever need them
@@jayfuri58352018:
it sound so gooooooooooood
love the poses everyone does, culminated by the TOAST!
Lord, take me back to 2011 autumn band senior year, so I can perform this again at The Capitol City Expo.
Best moment ever
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The play off at the end 👌
Nobody does company fronts like SCV
Chicken Permission 2.0 Madison Scouts would like to speak with you.
Jose Hill understandable
We used to say that same thing about the 27th Lancers of the 80's. They had a traditional 27th company front in every show and they turned it and it was a real crowd pleaser.
The company front is really what does it for me
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THE TOAST!!!!!! bruh AM LOVING IT!!!!
What I would give to be that one trumpet player on the 50 yard line during the company front with the whole world watching from the front and the full power of god himself behind me. I would give anything to be him for those short 10 seconds.
Honestly by just putting on a uniform and being there you’re already at 99% transcendence.
From 1:30 and on, always wondered if those soft chords in the back ground were synthesizers , but then I think the brass is just playing turned away from the cameras.
I think it’s both but only bass on the synth
Does anyone know why you can hear the mellos so clearly on that last note compared to the rest of the clip?
About a year late here, but I think I know why. It sounds like mic placement. You can hear that one mello taking breaths while the note is being held. The mic is probably really close to that one mello. I could be wrong, but that's my best guess.
Because your brain hears the crowd roar and finally starts to turn back on, and you remember it’s probably the last time you’ll ever have that horn on your face in that setting ever again. So you just let it rip for all you’re worth, and mellos just have the little special sizzle when you pump them full of air.
wow 11 years ago...
I wish drum corps would go back to the way it used to be
My HS marching band show this year is supposed to end with Simple Gifts. I hope we do something similar.
Our season is finished and it was great! Pretty funny actually, it was a similar arrangement but at the end there was a 35 second long variation with the trombones glissing into power chords at ffff, it was really great and i’m totally gonna be back next spring
1:09 should've been the close imo.
Nah... That playout and exit to the back... When the Mellos hit that note and hold..., Cymbals come rushing in, Layout the platform and raise her in that gorgeous outfit and they clap! .. Incredibly artistic ending... I love the big ending, but this adds that SCV touch
@@Jamler3 as much as I like big finishes, this has been something scv has done time and time again
@@illumynarty Agreed my friend... thus the SCV touch... like '89 Phantom :)
@@Jamler3 and 89 scv
You're all forgetting 2016 and 2014
that one guy is a god
Svc: this is loud right
No one, absolutely no one
Svc: company front, an fffff
*all the trumpets valve oil rushing to the mouth pice *😂
this did little for me because it was primarily synthesizer. if you can't hear it you must be deaf.
Ah yes as the wise sage once said "dci festival marketplace enter here"
Ahh, When Drum Corps uniforms and field judges were still a thing.
Should’ve been a ballad or opener. Still one of the best moments of DCI, ever
this was the last real year of "drum corps"
nah, i’d say around 2014 was the last year of “drum corps” with that logic
Kyoto tachibana shs still the best
If only they had trusted this great moment to the pure, gorgeous sound of the SCV brass, and left the god-awful, unnecessary, cheesy, ear-insulting, obviously fake electronic bass completely unplugged… 😞
It’s hard to imagine being a contra player, and knowing that my signature brass tone is being treated like it needs “help” from this characterless keyboard shit.
yain't bitter, are ya Shieldy? :D
@@keemez - Happy 5th birthday, Keemy. 🎂👶🏻