the perfectly straight sticks are key

11:59 I love the pitch bend effect!

This is hands down the funniest view of the jump

It's a shame this video doesn't get more views. I used to watch this over and over. Such a cool performance.

Got to see these guys perform at finals - it was my first time seeing drum corps live and this show was incredible to watch. They tied with SCV for first place - it was so awesome!

I won PASIC in 2000 in HS, and 2006 in College. This is still my favorite tenor solo of all time.

It just crazy how this guy didn’t manage to hit 1 wrong note the whole show

Cool angle of one of the best marching shows I've seen. The jump at the end is amazing and seeing it from this angle was fun. Top notch performance by this percussionist too.

I’m a freshmen metal player and watching this is blowing my mind. I’m not sure where percussion is leading me but if I continue this guy is my goal.

Is that “Q” with the shirt on that says Q?

Still watching 2021. Hype as hell pit view.

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6 years later and this is still one of my favorite shows

This is now one of my favorite videos of this performance! Hey, DCI: we like these, okay? We think these angles are cool and worth seeing. They also have potential educational value to teachers and performers, so there's that too.

Anyone got sheets?

Thank you peter. Sheet music?

I'm not good at lip-reading, but I'm pretty sure the man in the green shirt at 12:34 on the right says "What a show" and he certainly isn't wrong.

someone sign this man up for the blue devils

As good as it'll ever get.

Yeah Willy( the big quad player) go homie 👍

I can tell you right now that marching snare heads are never usually that tight anymore

This is literally the first video I ever watched on RU-vid 13 years ago. Fuck.

Fire.

What happens to the uniforms after the season like I know they sell props but what about uniforms

2:43 his left hand left mallet hit string

2018 almost 2019 still gives me chills.

Honestly, one of the most impressive things about this is how it's nearly impossible to tell when he messes up, the string hit and the mallet fumble for examples, He just comes in/keeps playing as if nothing happened, maintaining complete composure.

how his outer shit stay so still wtf

what sucks is you can hear pit from the camera, but from someone in the audience its impossible to hear the marimba

I'd box those punching bags all season long.

Y do they change mallets. Is it because of the kind of sound that they want.

Nice stick trick @scottjohnson.com it looks easy but I’m going to start practicing on my Snare Drum Stick Tricks Asap. Me right now Scott Johnson you giving me the motivation now to take out my Scott Johnson system blue DC50 one of my favorite Promark drumsticks and the BYOS Promark drumsticks by Ralph Nader as well let’s get it later

It's absolutely amazing that someone could set up so quickly at the beginning. Bluecoats front ensemble>Every other ensemble.

When the drum major gets really hyped at the tilt bend it gets everyone hyped it’s such an awesome ending. It gives me chills every time I hear it.

I miss these days

in retrospect, they should have won that year! XD

Did you guys also only realised the plate at 11:19?

I know it's been pointed out like 540872 times but I'm here to say that Peter can't spell.

I just love pit videos like this that you can see all of the other mallet players down the line so it just looks like they're a mirror tunnel all playing identically

4:57

HOLY CRAP!!!

7:00

I've never heard of that part of the snare break before in the pit!!!

pit percussion is the most impressive section of a drum corps to me. damn y'all move fast as hell

Are they yelling "Boo!" or "Blue!"

This is all I want to do with my life

Back when Blue devils kicked some serious ass

I CANT BELIEVE HOW FAST THEY SETUP HOLY CRAP! jk

I haven't seen a 5.0 Octave synthetic Yamaha marimba anywhere online, could this actually be Rosewood/Paduok?

This marimba might be the one my marching band uses. My band director probably bought it during the pre owned equipment sale.