It’s good to see a corps still running around the field like chickens with their heads cut off triple tonguing everything. Drill is not dead. Hopefully more corps will get that message.
I had so many doubts about this show early season, not that I’m in any position to make the assessment, but now I can’t get this show out of my head. The other corps can’t play this book or run this drill. Well done Harloff and team. This should win but it won’t.
You are correct in that most corps can’t play this book. This show had the highest total music score of any of the corps at the worlds, including BD and Bloo.
...cool to hear horn players react to certain portions of this show -- this Crown show has been a favorite of mine all summer...they definitely deserve a Top-3 finish... man, competition this year is outstanding! Fan favorite: Cadets! great post... thank you!
speaking of guards.. is it just me...or does SCV's guard seem to be holding them back some this year? Not feelin' the Vox choreography. Just two more weeks of DCI summer...enjoy while it's here!
@@amandakeeton6337 ha! You're just like me & thousands of us out here...sprinting thru winter to get to DCI summer. I was still watching Babylon, Demonic Thesis & SOS in February. & it's been an amazing year for battery fans - the strongest center snare class I've enjoyed in years!
Fantastic music and marching, just a less than fully coherent design. Give crown the consistency of BD's design team and it'd be silver or gold most years.
I’m very familiar with and love Bulgarian folk music, and I must say the opening brass captures the essence of the sound of the Gaida (Bulgarian bagpipe) beautifully. The rhythms are extremely difficult to play standing still, and yet these kids handle them while marching adeptly. Great job!
So.., we were at the Atlanta show on the 27th. Awesome show and definitely a fan favorite. I believe they deserve a top 3 if not World Champion. Their show was solid!!
@@jjh2456 Right?! For me, June '21 a hella, hella-long wait. Luckily, there's a ton of great DCI content here - watched Cadets '11 & '12 - holy sh*t - th-cam.com/video/hFWNkOrz6og/w-d-xo.html
Those 16ths @4:47 damn near in time with the alarm going off in the background lol.... CROWN BRASS IS SO CONSISTENT YU CAN SET YOUR CLOCK WITH THEM🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🔥🔥🔥
j smith Why get mad? Same style, different music… also that was so long ago. If anything it’s like opening a scrapbook and recreating old photos. They’re giving it their touch.
To me it sticks out being soft volume and it being the key finale moment.. Not mad its just glaring.. I would think that would be a classic mello moment at fff minimum.. It just sounded like they were running outta gas..
@@neal0071234able Yeah early in the season, it was so loud but it's gone down a bit. Goes for the whole show, probably something to do with the brass judges telling them to chill.
goldenpiggy Yeah they were told to chill. Everyone knows Crown’s mellos can blast a face off. The judges said “Y’all are gonna win the Ott, but seriously back off.”
The last 5 minutes of this literally brings you to tears it is that Epic. If you really want to understand how hard this was to pull off., watch their daytime run through then this will all start to make sense as to why Carolina Crown is a serious competitor in DCI
Man this makes me happy and sad as we dont know the next time we will be able to all sit together as a band and drum corp family and see these wonderful performances
Cole McCue I was a HUGE SCV fan at the beginning of the year but it seems show design caught up with them, meanwhile, I can almost say with certainty that Crown pretty much said “screw our senseless show design and GO FOR BROKE!!” It worked cause it’s probably the best PURE drum corps show I’ve seen since Crown 2015.
When I first watched crown in 2012 I was sold as a fan for life. Then by 2013 I was a fanatic. They will always be my #1 That being said, the patterns in their show design are getting so repetitive. Everything has to end in a major chord, which messes with development of energy and leaves all of their movements feeling compartmentalized. The design staff is obviously on to something with certain moments (4:38, the entire closer) that could make the show so amazing if the rest flows well (I.E. 2012/13/15). I'm not trying to say the design is bad, because crown's shows are certainly top 4 material year to year. Its just getting so basic compared to some of these championship shows from the post downside up era, that come championship week, they never have anything left in the tank, other than a closer change, to make judges sit with their jaws hanging even after repeat listens. I haven't felt that a mid-season crown show could win since 2015, whereas these other corps are really figuring out how to own your attention for 13 minutes straight and sell themselves as champions from the get-go. The tragic part about it all is that every single year I find myself saying if you paired Crown's roster with Blue Devils/Bluecoats staff, you would have a record setting year. Their brass capability is always stunning, no matter how far I get into the professional world of music. They just handicap themselves with design every year. RIP 2020, hopefully 2021 will be an exciting year for everyone involved.
No, not really. Devils and Coats are both more talented. Especially Devils. Blue Devils are the best at everything. They're soulless shills who are an embarassment to the sport. But it's about skill and Devils could run circles around every other corps in any given area.
@@lamestudiosinc418 I'd direct you towards the fact that Blue Devil's hornline got 4th in 2019 and they would have got 4th in music overall if it wasn't for their percussion. Blue Devils aren't "the best at everything", they just clean consistently. Also, Bluecoats really don't have a lot going for them other than show design and 2019 being one of their cleanest years. Bluecoats have never had a section that's consistently been the best, in fact, they've only ever won two caption awards in their 50 years. I don't see exactly what makes you think the Coats and Devils are "more talented" especially given that Crown has more medals than the Bluecoats and also has the same amount of brass awards as Bue Devils.
@@holmmz8062 How about that both corps have beaten Crown every year since 2015 except 2017? Cadets have more awards than any corps not called Blue Devils but let's be honest they are not still the second best corps.
@@holmmz8062 I'd say it's pretty easy to say that Coats are currently better than Crown although I'm not too opposes to the notion that Crown just had a bit of a slump from 2016-2019. However, please be quiet if you're trying to say Crown is better than Devils. 2013 is the only year Crown ever beat Blue Devils.
@@holmmz8062 bluecoats may not be winning captions, but they're freakishly well-rounded. in 2019, their brass placed second, and their cg and perc placed third. they've had super well-rounded captions since 2014 when their perc placed second. not to mention coats generally sweep other corps in ge and their visual rivals bd. compare this to crown, who in 2019 had sixth place color guard and fifth place visual
@@ARZiehm Ah okay. I'll be listening for it during the finals stream. I don't go for electronics, but I like the idea of a choir patch as opposed to the usual "subwoofer" patch
@@UbuntuBanksie use to my friend only for 14yrs tho. However, why is it that majority of people today think that the hardest is the best. Crowns hornline are easy the best this year and have been virtually for the last 10yrs. Your probably find BD are the safest corp.
Banks Nussman I know for a fact that no other top 6 corp marched and played as much as these guys. Also the level of music they were playing was incredibly difficult. Marching long parts of a show in 7/4 is no easy task. Crown is the perfect example of corp doing insanely hard things and making them look instantly easy and achievable
It was members of NC A&T marching band wearing them. They take a trip there every year there and wear blue and gold since it’s the schools/ bands colors
CHASE That comes from attacks, sustained tone, and releases being together as one. When you’re in tune with those next to you, the sound wave length will amplify
Love the show...... but I know Jeff Sacktig can do so much more- More movement, more out of breath moments. I'm waiting for those off-the-wall drill movements like when he was at the Cadets. More in step running, more alive drill movements that really show the depth of his work and the corp, like when he was at the cadets. My favorite work from him, cadets 2011 and 2007. Just crazy drill writing!!!!!
Love the music and drill. Guard uniforms are too similar to the instrumentalists so it kinda conjumbles everything. More "surface beneathness" is needed... bring back the super large silks from 2015.
I have been around Drum Corps a LONG TIME. I do not understand how you can be 1st in music and 7th in GE. I guess it is how much junk you put on the field.
@@DJ-xs9ki I have watched all of the shows numerous times. I know they give the shows a name but there is very little connection between the show name and what they are doing and or playing. Let me give you one example. Boston "GOLIATH". That connection walks out with about 45 seconds left in the show. Where else is the connection.? Cavaliers? WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS. DO YOU MEAN A COUPLE OF DRILL PATTERNS THAT THEY THINK RESEMBLE TRAIN TRACKS? Phantom JOAN Get serious. The whole show naming is a joke.
@@thatoneguy285 Actually that is one show that had a connection because the PROP they used. They ran up and slid down. I mean I guess that was the connection. Thanks for the get back
Noah Tibben-Lembke Nah, I didn’t chose for this to happen and I’m not getting payed for it. Since the show is owned by Flow Marching, they put advertisements in it and the revenue goes to them.
The costumes define nothing and just blend too much with surroundings and props. Outstanding Brass!!!! Not the best book Michael Kletch has written for them, but excellent. They seem to fare better with more accessible/recognizable material and difficult to say they've been cutting edge or championship level since the Dante's Inferno show. The audience stands up for the performance skills of the players at the end, not necessarily the book or costumes... Sorry, just an opinion...
probably the most breathtaking ballad i have ever heard
Same
dci 2019 best ballad
The clarity of the solo section @1:33 is out of this world. ;)
It’s good to see a corps still running around the field like chickens with their heads cut off triple tonguing everything. Drill is not dead. Hopefully more corps will get that message.
:) please get the message!
I had so many doubts about this show early season, not that I’m in any position to make the assessment, but now I can’t get this show out of my head. The other corps can’t play this book or run this drill. Well done Harloff and team. This should win but it won’t.
AND......this show went on to be the best show of 2019!!
You are correct in that most corps can’t play this book. This show had the highest total music score of any of the corps at the worlds, including BD and Bloo.
Jose Hill what’s new crown’s music is practically unmatched every year if you put drumming aside
Drum Corps Central but their battery was actually pretty good this year. Adding a 6th bass actually helped them be heard over that loud hornline.
@@ryanmele8159 Yo crown 2019 percussion was a banger and if i'm not wrong landed in 4th place.
High brass nails on their front field feature. They’ve gotten so clean so quickly
Yeah man the section starting at 2:08, nailed it.
Most beautiful ballad I've heard in a long time. Hat's off to y'all
This show is half Cadets, Crown’s brass, and the rest I don’t even know what but I love it
Scholars maintain that this rim shot is still echoing... 11:10
...cool to hear horn players react to certain portions of this show -- this Crown show has been a favorite of mine all summer...they definitely deserve a Top-3 finish... man, competition this year is outstanding! Fan favorite: Cadets! great post... thank you!
I can't believe they are not in the top 3. I actually think BD or Vanguard should be in 4th.
speaking of guards.. is it just me...or does SCV's guard seem to be holding them back some this year? Not feelin' the Vox choreography.
Just two more weeks of DCI summer...enjoy while it's here!
@@skaynekurtis I am not emotionally ready for the season to be over. It is ssooo long before show announcements start up for 2020.
@@amandakeeton6337 ha! You're just like me & thousands of us out here...sprinting thru winter to get to DCI summer. I was still watching Babylon, Demonic Thesis & SOS in February. & it's been an amazing year for battery fans - the strongest center snare class I've enjoyed in years!
Fantastic music and marching, just a less than fully coherent design. Give crown the consistency of BD's design team and it'd be silver or gold most years.
I’m very familiar with and love Bulgarian folk music, and I must say the opening brass captures the essence of the sound of the Gaida (Bulgarian bagpipe) beautifully. The rhythms are extremely difficult to play standing still, and yet these kids handle them while marching adeptly. Great job!
The impact of the ballad was the best part of the entire 2019 DCI season!!
Wingmanbill8007F This and the Cavies ballads were the best ballads of the year.
The closer change though
Fade xChaos I’m still unsure about it, I liked the old one melodically but I like the change just as much
I see A lemon couldn’t have said it better
I see A lemon the probably changed it so they could fit the crown set better as an ending
I see A lemon looks like the did a combination of both at finals so I was happy
4:38 not gonna lie that sounds really cool
Now THAT. Is a closer. THAT RIGHT THERE! Jesus Tyrone Christ I was not ready!😩😩😩
Didn't know Jesus's middle name was Tyrone but I'm here for it! Always thought if him as a Horatio myself. 😂😂
We need more company fronts in DCI not less.
I was at dci yestersay and omfg I almost cried
So.., we were at the Atlanta show on the 27th. Awesome show and definitely a fan favorite. I believe they deserve a top 3 if not World Champion. Their show was solid!!
Joseph Teague this comment did not age well
seriously one of the best shows ive seen in a long time. absolutely mesmerizing the whole way through
This show never gets old! Now we wait for 2021, ugh!!
I love this ballad so much
Wasn’t on board with this show until late season. It FLOORED me at finals. Especially that closer. Jesssusssss.
Gabriel’s Oboe, such a beautiful ballad
I just saw them last night and they are so good.
Wow just wow this show is so good like such a brass flex and it’s so good
...is it June yet?!? This winter sh*t sux... thanks for your DCI posts, CJ... gettin' a brother thru these cold months...
skaynekurtis lol No prob
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Well about that
@@jjh2456 Right?! For me, June '21 a hella, hella-long wait. Luckily, there's a ton of great DCI content here - watched Cadets '11 & '12 - holy sh*t - th-cam.com/video/hFWNkOrz6og/w-d-xo.html
skaynekurtis Cadets ‘11 is special.
Those 16ths @4:47 damn near in time with the alarm going off in the background lol.... CROWN BRASS IS SO CONSISTENT YU CAN SET YOUR CLOCK WITH THEM🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🔥🔥🔥
marcus hervey pretty sure 5e alarm was played by the corps to help them play in time actually Lol. Corps do stuff like that lol
Love their ballad
The horns section at 1:40 has a similar feel to Kinetic Noise. Really dig it.
i love kinetic noise
i will always love how this show knocks you out of your shoes right out of the gates. Not enough shows do that.
Hebron HS 2021 😈
That opener...….
The flugelhorn at 8:43 😱
12:03 somebody feed red meat to those mellos.. You gotta get angry right there.. Sounds like 2000 and 03 Boston..
j smith Why get mad? Same style, different music… also that was so long ago. If anything it’s like opening a scrapbook and recreating old photos. They’re giving it their touch.
To me it sticks out being soft volume and it being the key finale moment.. Not mad its just glaring.. I would think that would be a classic mello moment at fff minimum.. It just sounded like they were running outta gas..
@@neal0071234able Yeah early in the season, it was so loud but it's gone down a bit. Goes for the whole show, probably something to do with the brass judges telling them to chill.
goldenpiggy Yeah they were told to chill. Everyone knows Crown’s mellos can blast a face off. The judges said “Y’all are gonna win the Ott, but seriously back off.”
Mellos were told to back off because of judges comments. Trust me...they know how to blow people’s faces off :)
That “ohhhh” at 4:45 😂 Me every time...
Whats the reason for that though?
@@syrodani His "Ohhh" was a reaction to the double -tonguing 16th notes from the trumpets... VERY clean and balanced among 2-3 voices
@@dgmcswain Now i see, thanks for telling!
Joey Bowen dang that was pretty clean. That’s one of my favorite moments in the show
The detail of the pattern is movement
Saw this Live, it was amazing
fr if i ever played in a band like this one i’d become unhinged at the end of a show. the hype.
Corps Of The Year
Theres a reason why they get so many brass captions folks
Their brass is definitely the class of DCI. Dominating like the scouts did in the 90's.
Love all these new changes 👑❤️
The last 5 minutes of this literally brings you to tears it is that Epic. If you really want to understand how hard this was to pull off., watch their daytime run through then this will all start to make sense as to why Carolina Crown is a serious competitor in DCI
i know the colorguards ears be ringing😭
Man this makes me happy and sad as we dont know the next time we will be able to all sit together as a band and drum corp family and see these wonderful performances
I feel like an upset is brewing and they might take bronze over SCV.
This didn't age well 😢
Cole McCue I know. SOOOOO close though.
@@bdfan4ever next year we'll get them 😉
Cole McCue I was a HUGE SCV fan at the beginning of the year but it seems show design caught up with them, meanwhile, I can almost say with certainty that Crown pretty much said “screw our senseless show design and GO FOR BROKE!!” It worked cause it’s probably the best PURE drum corps show I’ve seen since Crown 2015.
@@bdfan4ever 💜💜💜
When I first watched crown in 2012 I was sold as a fan for life. Then by 2013 I was a fanatic. They will always be my #1
That being said, the patterns in their show design are getting so repetitive. Everything has to end in a major chord, which messes with development of energy and leaves all of their movements feeling compartmentalized. The design staff is obviously on to something with certain moments (4:38, the entire closer) that could make the show so amazing if the rest flows well (I.E. 2012/13/15). I'm not trying to say the design is bad, because crown's shows are certainly top 4 material year to year. Its just getting so basic compared to some of these championship shows from the post downside up era, that come championship week, they never have anything left in the tank, other than a closer change, to make judges sit with their jaws hanging even after repeat listens. I haven't felt that a mid-season crown show could win since 2015, whereas these other corps are really figuring out how to own your attention for 13 minutes straight and sell themselves as champions from the get-go.
The tragic part about it all is that every single year I find myself saying if you paired Crown's roster with Blue Devils/Bluecoats staff, you would have a record setting year. Their brass capability is always stunning, no matter how far I get into the professional world of music. They just handicap themselves with design every year.
RIP 2020, hopefully 2021 will be an exciting year for everyone involved.
No, not really. Devils and Coats are both more talented. Especially Devils. Blue Devils are the best at everything. They're soulless shills who are an embarassment to the sport. But it's about skill and Devils could run circles around every other corps in any given area.
@@lamestudiosinc418 I'd direct you towards the fact that Blue Devil's hornline got 4th in 2019 and they would have got 4th in music overall if it wasn't for their percussion. Blue Devils aren't "the best at everything", they just clean consistently. Also, Bluecoats really don't have a lot going for them other than show design and 2019 being one of their cleanest years. Bluecoats have never had a section that's consistently been the best, in fact, they've only ever won two caption awards in their 50 years. I don't see exactly what makes you think the Coats and Devils are "more talented" especially given that Crown has more medals than the Bluecoats and also has the same amount of brass awards as Bue Devils.
@@holmmz8062 How about that both corps have beaten Crown every year since 2015 except 2017? Cadets have more awards than any corps not called Blue Devils but let's be honest they are not still the second best corps.
@@holmmz8062 I'd say it's pretty easy to say that Coats are currently better than Crown although I'm not too opposes to the notion that Crown just had a bit of a slump from 2016-2019. However, please be quiet if you're trying to say Crown is better than Devils. 2013 is the only year Crown ever beat Blue Devils.
@@holmmz8062 bluecoats may not be winning captions, but they're freakishly well-rounded. in 2019, their brass placed second, and their cg and perc placed third. they've had super well-rounded captions since 2014 when their perc placed second. not to mention coats generally sweep other corps in ge and their visual rivals bd. compare this to crown, who in 2019 had sixth place color guard and fifth place visual
Incredible simultaneous difficulty in this show
This is so demanding. Each time I watch it my mind is blown
I love this new ending
Love that this show actually features more than an few minutes of marching. And melt your face brass sound. Deserves to win but won’t.
*deserved 3rd and got 4th
this show makes me actually 🥜
Is the synth playing a choral backup through the first few minutes of the show? I swear I can hear "singing" in the big brass moments in the beginning
i hear it too, could just be audio of the video but i definitely hear it
Ha, ha, ha!!!! In the olden days we used to sing (brass) on the field!!!! Don't know if that's been "ruled" out, now.
i heard it live too and really thought the horns were "singing" haha
There's definitely a choir patch, in of the streams you could hear it clear as day
@@ARZiehm Ah okay. I'll be listening for it during the finals stream. I don't go for electronics, but I like the idea of a choir patch as opposed to the usual "subwoofer" patch
Dear Bluecoats, that's how you finish with a closer.
hahah no all crown ever does is play it safe
@@UbuntuBanksie wouldnt go that far, Crown have the hardest horn book and most demanding drill.
Neil Palmer riggghhttt “hardest horn book”.... you obviously don’t play trumpet
@@UbuntuBanksie use to my friend only for 14yrs tho. However, why is it that majority of people today think that the hardest is the best. Crowns hornline are easy the best this year and have been virtually for the last 10yrs. Your probably find BD are the safest corp.
Banks Nussman I know for a fact that no other top 6 corp marched and played as much as these guys. Also the level of music they were playing was incredibly difficult. Marching long parts of a show in 7/4 is no easy task. Crown is the perfect example of corp doing insanely hard things and making them look instantly easy and achievable
Crown always has amazing brass
SICK thanks for zooming in on people doing nothing while the drumline was doing their breakdown .
Well I’m a brass player so that’s why I was focused on them and not primarily the drum line.
@@CJHissle haha yeah i figured but i still had to give you a hard time about it , no worries
Bruh 9:35 the contras tho that sound soo cool
That was worth getting another look at.
This is a really good cookie recipie
The buildup to 8:04 is unmatched
This was recorded from the perfect spot for the hit at 2:23
why am I sitting here crying omg
Thanks for sharing bro
WOW! That was awwwwwesome 😎👍
lol with crown i feel like i always like the old ending better
Roll at 12:28 is like a dream
What are the yellow shirts?
It was members of NC A&T marching band wearing them. They take a trip there every year there and wear blue and gold since it’s the schools/ bands colors
Why is 2:26 so loud?
CHASE That comes from attacks, sustained tone, and releases being together as one. When you’re in tune with those next to you, the sound wave length will amplify
CJHissle its frickin awesome
Did all of NCAT go to the show,just curious.
@Jesus Hernandez oh ok. I thought might have went to just enjoy and be spectators and also support the coldsteel.. I would've. Oh well..
The whole band went to watch
@@CJHissle oh. Thats the question I thought i asked.🤦🏽♂️
This is yearly band camp trip for them.
bro you HADDDDD the seats
I've been seeing these NOT xxx are they not suppose to be recording this lol
Mikey yeah, HUUUGE copyright stuff with Flomarching
8:02 will never not be beautiful
I miss band
OK, I do like BK, but they should not be losing GE or any caption to them other than a judge that wants to send them a message.
Love the show...... but I know Jeff Sacktig can do so much more- More movement, more out of breath moments. I'm waiting for those off-the-wall drill movements like when he was at the Cadets. More in step running, more alive drill movements that really show the depth of his work and the corp, like when he was at the cadets. My favorite work from him, cadets 2011 and 2007. Just crazy drill writing!!!!!
Carl Von Sirls 2011 Cadets was special
Love the music and drill. Guard uniforms are too similar to the instrumentalists so it kinda conjumbles everything. More "surface beneathness" is needed... bring back the super large silks from 2015.
What's with the Elon Musk prop?
There's something cool about 6 bass drums.... I mean.... why not?
I have been around Drum Corps a LONG TIME. I do not understand how you can be 1st in music and 7th in GE. I guess it is how much junk you put on the field.
There’s no real theme to the show...
Devon Jackson I mean no one knew the theme of down side up but it still won
@@DJ-xs9ki I have watched all of the shows numerous times. I know they give the shows a name but there is very little connection between the show name and what they are doing and or playing. Let me give you one example. Boston "GOLIATH". That connection walks out with about 45 seconds left in the show. Where else is the connection.? Cavaliers? WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS. DO YOU MEAN A COUPLE OF DRILL PATTERNS THAT THEY THINK RESEMBLE TRAIN TRACKS? Phantom JOAN Get serious. The whole show naming is a joke.
@@thatoneguy285 Actually that is one show that had a connection because the PROP they used. They ran up and slid down. I mean I guess that was the connection. Thanks for the get back
I still think Relentless was their best show since E=MC. This year is great but It's hard to follow whats going on.
Are you purposely running advertisements on this? Seems like you could actually get in some legal trouble for that.
Noah Tibben-Lembke Nah, I didn’t chose for this to happen and I’m not getting payed for it. Since the show is owned by Flow Marching, they put advertisements in it and the revenue goes to them.
OTT or nothing
Crown got f*n robbed.
clickbait
The costumes define nothing and just blend too much with surroundings and props. Outstanding Brass!!!! Not the best book Michael Kletch has written for them, but excellent. They seem to fare better with more accessible/recognizable material and difficult to say they've been cutting edge or championship level since the Dante's Inferno show. The audience stands up for the performance skills of the players at the end, not necessarily the book or costumes... Sorry, just an opinion...
True, but how many times have you given an ovation for a costume?