I've seen a lot of comments hating on this book. Playing with this degree of musicality, a book that complements the front ensemble, and is piss clean is superior to a line just ramming notes. It's not a competition to see who can play the most notes the fastest, especially if it impacts the quality and cleanliness of the sound. This was a well deserved win for the Cavies.
Man, i feel what you're saying. But damn. They might even be cleaner than the 2000 line. Vid quality from then makes it hard to tell, though. The writing, however, feels like some throwback to the 80s, to me. Either way, not a criticism from me. Those Kuhn books are mind bending, even by today's standards. This writing feels very meat and potatoes, and I love it. So musical.
visual fun fact: every Yamaha line that has won a Sanford in the past 10 years has had the same finish - classic maple. Cadets 2013, bloo 2022 and now cavies 2023
Congratulations to this group of young men for their Sanford Award winning performance. Kudos to the staff and writers who toil behind-the-scenes to make sure kids are receiving great instruction.
Well deserved Fred Sanford win. Love the balance of sound achieved by the players, strong fundamentals, and the capabilities to just tear apart some really complex feature parts by all sections. All of the backsticking stuff is seriously hard to get clean and they just rocked it.
People do not realize how difficult this book actually is with the musicality and amount of open space. Piss clean. Great writing. Glad judges can hear a difference between books that just sound like noise and ones like this that serve a musical purpose.
It's really not. Compare this book to Boston's book it's not even in the same league. You are correct it is difficult to play things with odd spacing etc but this isn't that. This is lots of space with easy notes. Drum break is nice but eighty percent of the book is easier than most top five lines excersise routine
No body gives a shit about how hard the book if it just sounds like noise and is not musical. There is a reason they do not win. It is not clean on the move and does not add to the show. Its difficult just to be difficult, without a musical purpose. Judges know better. Hence why SCV smokes them every year. @@marklower007
I've been saying this for years. I'm tired of books that are cluttered with notes and have no sense of groove or direction. White noise chops rams. This book was tasty and had beef, groove, and impacts in all the right spots. Spot-on, Cavies and congratulations!
@marklower007 they aren't judged on exercises or the lot show. Watch the Cavies show with the front ensemble. They had the best total on the field package
This book is dumb easy compared to bd and Boston. Granted they played it piss clean because it’s piss easy in comparison. Understanding that it goes well with the whole ensemble. But the same can be said for the top 5 corps.
All those double stops at the end, and how mfn clean/blended they are, is why they got that trophy. Seriously difficult stuff in this book in all subs, but that last 15 seconds of nothing but double stops (with accent taps, zone changes, shots, etc.) is ridiculous. Props to everyone involved with Cavies Percussion this year. Well deserved.
Don't forget the front ensemble y'all, this drumline played so clean and together WITH the front. Both were so clean and tasty and absolutely amazing. 2nd place in finals for perc was closer to third than to the cavies.
After listening to this and reading comments about the book, I immediately went to Star’s ‘93 show thinking, “these people just don’t know how similarly great this book is to Star.” Came back to the comments and saw yours. My faith has been restored in old school Corps fans. *tips hat* I saw that show in ‘93, and as a huge fan of the Cadets, I was even surprised by the finals scores.
@@pmillergroove1 great year, of course; congrats! I knew a few people from '93 and through '95 on the line and on the staff. My best friend, came up with the name Holy Bass in '94.
Congrats Cavies!! All this was super fire!!! Especially that tight edge roll before that beautifully placed left shot into all that sweetness afterwards!!
Well I said the Cavies Drumline was #1 before San Antonio so they just proved it from then on through Atlanta through Allentown and all three nights from Prelims to Semi-Finals to Finals. As Mike Fantini of Aged out Podcast says: CLEAN WINS EVERYTIME!!! Congrats to the Cavies!
CONGRATS🎉🎉 I saw a lot video on IG a few weeks ago and knew this was the line to take high drums. Love the book and writing style. And of course the cleanliness. You guys killed it!!!!! Congrats!!!!
The age old debate on a piss clean easy book vs some gray areas on a significantly harder book. The debate was really settled in the late 90s when judges awarded high drums over and over to lines with less density of notes and better clarity. Cannot be surprised to see the cavies win with this strategy. All in all, every line in the top 3-4 was great in their own right.
Vibe was awesome. Rain brought everyone in close under the couple of trees and the hype was real. Squeaky clean.... you had to have been there but TH-cam will get you in the ballpark 😅
DCI established long ago that an easier book that’s really clean will out score a hard book that’s pretty much clean. Cavs were definitely the cleanest line this year so congrats to them. I prefer Boston, BD and Bloo over Cavs any day but they have to do their thing better than the other group does theirs. Didn’t happen this year. Cavs deserved the trophy.
See my issue here is what the hell is the point of having separate scores for content and achievement if a book that is clearly less difficult than a couple others is going to win straight 1sts in content? Why is the distinction there if it’s not going to be represented in scores? And don’t get me wrong, I’m super happy they won, it’s incredible, I love that they got credit for it despite their overall placement, I wish that happened more often. But I’ve also had several people who are more qualified than me say similar things, that this book is not particularly difficult. So either they’re wrong, the judges were wrong, or the scoring system is broken, I don’t know.
This might need to be re-uploaded. Audio starts to seperate from the video as the clip goes on. gets really bad near the end. Idk. Congrats Cavs tho!!!
Yea, unfortunately the audio gets a little wide towards the last minute or so but we don’t wanna mess with the algorithm right now. Most of the video is fine but this is definitely something we’ll fix in the near future and reupload. Cheers!
Maaan. They can hang with some of the better ethnic drumlines I've seen!! Some of their techniques seemed to be derived from Black American drumlines. Take that and add military precision, you end up with this 🙌🏿. I thoroughly enjoyed this performance to my core!! Job very well done.
Why do the snares sound fuzzy almost to the point of dirty a lot of times, is it choice if tuning to sound more old school or something? I'm trying to figire it out
Honestly I think that stuff is more for the drum major. Most drum majors are very familiar with the percussion book so that they can understand how it relates to the horn book. At least that’s how it was for us at Crown when I was there.
After watching this video, it’s pretty obvious their front ensemble won them the award. Sure they’re clean but the book is pretty simple and not super musical.
Guess I'm in the minority, but not impressed with cleanliness of snares on attacks and syncopations. Make the first several notes 100% clean. That's the hardest thing to do, after any rest, for any interval, across the full line.
This drum line is ridiculously clean but the book is far easier than bd or Boston. I’m happy that they won percussion but this is boring to watch in comparison.
Nobody can tell me this book is more physically and mentally demanding than Boston’s. The claw thing is such a gimmick and they’re lucky they got it clean that one moment during finals. Literally the only time they played it clean.
80 percent of this book is easier than most top ten lines exercise routines. I'm not buying it. What top 5 line couldn't play this book perfect? I could play most of this in 9th grade
Have you ever won a Sanford???. If you have.... enjoy your memories If not then let them enjoy the work they put in and their time... Sometimes when ones words are no better than silence ....one should keep silent!!!!!
Primarily to ensure he's In time with the drumline. They are the controllers of tempo for the entire show, so if his hands are with the drumline, then the rest of the corps will be in time as well.
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I've seen a lot of comments hating on this book. Playing with this degree of musicality, a book that complements the front ensemble, and is piss clean is superior to a line just ramming notes. It's not a competition to see who can play the most notes the fastest, especially if it impacts the quality and cleanliness of the sound. This was a well deserved win for the Cavies.
I like that they're bringing more of the old DCI back instead of straight WGI on the field
Putting it that way reminds me of Cadets 88; high perc performance score at Finals with a 14.9 and a very musically subtle book.
I love how the majority of people in these comments are only capable of seeing those two options.
@@moobysnaxx6086yes that part! This just feels and sounds so much like old school cavies…but modernized. Just love it all
I don't see anything special. What top 5 line couldn't play this kindergarten book perfect?
This is like reincarnating the early 2000’s line to play again, with a modern clean focus, on modern equipment. Such a fabulous breath of fresh air.
Man, i feel what you're saying. But damn. They might even be cleaner than the 2000 line. Vid quality from then makes it hard to tell, though. The writing, however, feels like some throwback to the 80s, to me. Either way, not a criticism from me. Those Kuhn books are mind bending, even by today's standards. This writing feels very meat and potatoes, and I love it. So musical.
Absolutely agree.
visual fun fact: every Yamaha line that has won a Sanford in the past 10 years has had the same finish - classic maple. Cadets 2013, bloo 2022 and now cavies 2023
That’s a funny and accurate observation!
Congratulations to this group of young men for their Sanford Award winning
performance. Kudos to the staff and writers who toil behind-the-scenes to make
sure kids are receiving great instruction.
Most fun I’ve ever had in a lot, thanks for the vid guys!! Crowd was awesome pushing through the rain just to watch us 🙌🏻
the claw, leaned over drum-to-drum, crisp head movements, clean double stops, good ol "wipe the brim" visual...it's all here
Well deserved Fred Sanford win. Love the balance of sound achieved by the players, strong fundamentals, and the capabilities to just tear apart some really complex feature parts by all sections. All of the backsticking stuff is seriously hard to get clean and they just rocked it.
that front edge roll in the snare break is one of the cleanest things I’ve ever heard
People do not realize how difficult this book actually is with the musicality and amount of open space. Piss clean. Great writing. Glad judges can hear a difference between books that just sound like noise and ones like this that serve a musical purpose.
It's really not. Compare this book to Boston's book it's not even in the same league. You are correct it is difficult to play things with odd spacing etc but this isn't that. This is lots of space with easy notes. Drum break is nice but eighty percent of the book is easier than most top five lines excersise routine
No body gives a shit about how hard the book if it just sounds like noise and is not musical. There is a reason they do not win. It is not clean on the move and does not add to the show. Its difficult just to be difficult, without a musical purpose. Judges know better. Hence why SCV smokes them every year. @@marklower007
I've been saying this for years. I'm tired of books that are cluttered with notes and have no sense of groove or direction. White noise chops rams. This book was tasty and had beef, groove, and impacts in all the right spots. Spot-on, Cavies and congratulations!
@marklower007 they aren't judged on exercises or the lot show. Watch the Cavies show with the front ensemble. They had the best total on the field package
This book is dumb easy compared to bd and Boston. Granted they played it piss clean because it’s piss easy in comparison. Understanding that it goes well with the whole ensemble. But the same can be said for the top 5 corps.
Immaculate concentration and intensity! 😎😎😎🎩🎩🎩👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🥁🥁🥁
Such calculated execution. Their approach is so straight up, not letting anything get in the way of their playing.
Playing in the rain is always so hype. Great job all!!! Congratulations.
All those double stops at the end, and how mfn clean/blended they are, is why they got that trophy. Seriously difficult stuff in this book in all subs, but that last 15 seconds of nothing but double stops (with accent taps, zone changes, shots, etc.) is ridiculous. Props to everyone involved with Cavies Percussion this year. Well deserved.
I like how Cavaliers came out of nowhere with their line and ended up with the win..... it keeps DCI fresh
Congrats on the win boys.
Bring back 2000-2007 cavies 😢 the cavies that i fall in love with
that drum trophy was DESERVED!
Don't forget the front ensemble y'all, this drumline played so clean and together WITH the front. Both were so clean and tasty and absolutely amazing.
2nd place in finals for perc was closer to third than to the cavies.
Cannot say it enough. The musical nuances of this book is reminiscent of ‘93 Star of Indiana. Well deserved Sanford trophy…👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
After listening to this and reading comments about the book, I immediately went to Star’s ‘93 show thinking, “these people just don’t know how similarly great this book is to Star.”
Came back to the comments and saw yours. My faith has been restored in old school Corps fans. *tips hat*
I saw that show in ‘93, and as a huge fan of the Cadets, I was even surprised by the finals scores.
You beat me to it! I was thinking the exact same thing when I saw this. And the execution of this book is *amazingly* clean!
@@neccrownI’m a Cadets alum that marched in ‘93. I know firsthand, bro…🤦🏾♂️
@@pmillergroove1 great year, of course; congrats! I knew a few people from '93 and through '95 on the line and on the staff. My best friend, came up with the name Holy Bass in '94.
Congrats Cavies!! All this was super fire!!! Especially that tight edge roll before that beautifully placed left shot into all that sweetness afterwards!!
Love it. Not a bunch of rammed out notes but a classic book played with some of the best cleanliness. Cavies deserved the win 1,000%!
Sound quality alone, the win is very well deserved… super consistent, and that’s why they won!
Well I said the Cavies Drumline was #1 before San Antonio so they just proved it from then on through Atlanta through Allentown and all three nights from Prelims to Semi-Finals to Finals. As Mike Fantini of Aged out Podcast says: CLEAN WINS EVERYTIME!!! Congrats to the Cavies!
Haven’t seen a lot like this for Cavies in a minute. Great to see
So so so good wow. That was extremely awesome CAV’s . Thanks for the year . Congratulations
I love the bass drum writing
I did not expect these guys to be this amazing!! Thank you for blowing me out of the water with this stupid clean book
Alright I see it now. Cavs we're bringin it.
Chapeau to them for bringing the trophy back
CONGRATS🎉🎉 I saw a lot video on IG a few weeks ago and knew this was the line to take high drums. Love the book and writing style. And of course the cleanliness. You guys killed it!!!!! Congrats!!!!
I was set up front and center in their warm-up arc and then it started raining! I was so disappointed I didn’t get to check them out 😢
Sad times for sure! Thanks for all the footage though!
Cavaliers got shafted on their warmups for sure
Holy fuck I love this new style from the cavaliers, they have improved so much
This has the Paul Rennick less is more approach and isnpiss clean. Well deserved!
My favorite part: Twister 🌪 Movie 🎥 🍿 Tornado 🌪 5:20 to 5:35!
The techs with towels are the real heroes
Great snare sound!
4:47 chills
I said it before and I will say it again. You guys ROCK!!!!!!!!?
@1:30 that sticks in was indeed tight.
and the fist pound. flip'n glorious.
Are they wiping off the hot fire from the tenor heads? 😉
i miss the ritardando ending with a healthy amount of double stops, it was so hype and it seemed pretty clean so idk why they changed it
Full corps thing maybe
I really love this book
The age old debate on a piss clean easy book vs some gray areas on a significantly harder book. The debate was really settled in the late 90s when judges awarded high drums over and over to lines with less density of notes and better clarity. Cannot be surprised to see the cavies win with this strategy. All in all, every line in the top 3-4 was great in their own right.
This is the DCI I grew up with. Very old school feel to the battery section
That 4 stroke was nice! 1:00 Gave me Buddy Rich/JoJo Mayer vibes very nice.
You can tell who knows drums and who doesn't reading these comments, dear lord. This not a high school book folks. This is a HARD book.
TOP DRUMS BABY!
No question!!
I was so focused on the drumming I didn't even realize it was raining until staff came around with microfiber clothes
Vibe was awesome. Rain brought everyone in close under the couple of trees and the hype was real. Squeaky clean.... you had to have been there but TH-cam will get you in the ballpark 😅
It’s called being built different.
TIIIIIIGHT
😳EPIC😳
"TOM FLOAT!"
Well deserved Sanford Victory!
DCI established long ago that an easier book that’s really clean will out score a hard book that’s pretty much clean. Cavs were definitely the cleanest line this year so congrats to them. I prefer Boston, BD and Bloo over Cavs any day but they have to do their thing better than the other group does theirs. Didn’t happen this year. Cavs deserved the trophy.
See my issue here is what the hell is the point of having separate scores for content and achievement if a book that is clearly less difficult than a couple others is going to win straight 1sts in content?
Why is the distinction there if it’s not going to be represented in scores?
And don’t get me wrong, I’m super happy they won, it’s incredible, I love that they got credit for it despite their overall placement, I wish that happened more often. But I’ve also had several people who are more qualified than me say similar things, that this book is not particularly difficult.
So either they’re wrong, the judges were wrong, or the scoring system is broken, I don’t know.
This drum line was a message. Play clean or else. Frills mean nothing. Play clean. Or else.
This might need to be re-uploaded. Audio starts to seperate from the video as the clip goes on. gets really bad near the end. Idk. Congrats Cavs tho!!!
Yea, unfortunately the audio gets a little wide towards the last minute or so but we don’t wanna mess with the algorithm right now. Most of the video is fine but this is definitely something we’ll fix in the near future and reupload. Cheers!
@@agedoutpodcast appreciate ya'll🍻
Maaan. They can hang with some of the better ethnic drumlines I've seen!! Some of their techniques seemed to be derived from Black American drumlines. Take that and add military precision, you end up with this 🙌🏿. I thoroughly enjoyed this performance to my core!! Job very well done.
Good group yo. Fuh-sho.
Anyone know which ribbed stick they used this year at minute mark 4:15?
I think it was custom
4:41
I just noticed that the only blonde guy on the snareline is the center
crazy break at 2:41.. oopsies.
The truth
5:54 mcnutt
Tom Holland on snare
Is that drew snchieders bald head I just saw mid way through?
Why do the snares sound fuzzy almost to the point of dirty a lot of times, is it choice if tuning to sound more old school or something? I'm trying to figire it out
2:40 did I see a tick????
nah its a little guy solo. lol
You must be a professional tick caller, fantastic eye.
@@simonslaglethanks mate!
Seen but not heard…..thats control
@@901.design6 umm no it can be heard too. The single R L on reentry is an audible tick.
Dont think the drumline needs the drum major to help with the tempo.or count lol
Honestly I think that stuff is more for the drum major. Most drum majors are very familiar with the percussion book so that they can understand how it relates to the horn book. At least that’s how it was for us at Crown when I was there.
After watching this video, it’s pretty obvious their front ensemble won them the award. Sure they’re clean but the book is pretty simple and not super musical.
Guess I'm in the minority, but not impressed with cleanliness of snares on attacks and syncopations. Make the first several notes 100% clean. That's the hardest thing to do, after any rest, for any interval, across the full line.
This drum line is ridiculously clean but the book is far easier than bd or Boston. I’m happy that they won percussion but this is boring to watch in comparison.
Nobody can tell me this book is more physically and mentally demanding than Boston’s. The claw thing is such a gimmick and they’re lucky they got it clean that one moment during finals. Literally the only time they played it clean.
80 percent of this book is easier than most top ten lines exercise routines. I'm not buying it. What top 5 line couldn't play this book perfect? I could play most of this in 9th grade
Bro quit tripping lol. Go march some where and gain experience
Have you ever won a Sanford???.
If you have.... enjoy your memories
If not then let them enjoy the work they put in and their time...
Sometimes when ones words are no better than silence ....one should keep silent!!!!!
Upload a video of you playing it perfect for us to see then :)
Come on tough guy…..where you at?
Congrats Cavies...You deserve the win..clearly the Best!
However, Why is that DM directing...Lol...no one is watching him...Lol
Primarily to ensure he's In time with the drumline. They are the controllers of tempo for the entire show, so if his hands are with the drumline, then the rest of the corps will be in time as well.
Great drum line. No so great music and theme. Wizard of oz? Gimme a break.
Wizard of oz? Not sure where you got that from. Nothing in the show was about the wizard of oz.
Somewhere Over the Rainbow is their corps song
My gosh some people are just too young not to embarrass themselves.
@@MS-df2fk One tune doesnt make the theme of the show-