This was unquestionably the year that Crown had achieved something exceptionally rare in the activity: a signature brass sound, one where you could listen to a portion of their show and know who was performing based on nothing but the sound of the hornline. Very few corps really achieve it, but they all have one thing in common: they're all championship-caliber ensembles.
What the hell? I had no idea that crown had a drumline that got second place. And they’re really good too. It took me awhile to get into this show but I like how unique it is. Nothing like I’ve ever seen.
The reason I didn’t know this line was so good is because of the crown stereotype this past decade. “If only they had a drumline they could win more championships.” I did not like that they had that reputation. Luckily, their drumline might be close to their 2009 form soon.
@@colinkelly8393 honestly if you look back at their scores throughout the years it was only a few years like 12-15 where their drumline was lower than the rest of the corps. I believe they won a regional or 2 in drums in 2016.
@@colinkelly8393 their percussion section was exceptional in 2019 and arguably could have won a Sanford. 17 was another great year. Solid in 16 and 18 as well.
What I love about it the most (and this may be a reflection of that time period in drum corps overall), is that it's the perfect blend of, in layman's terms, old school and new school. It has the exaggerated theatrics of the modern times, but there's also very little narration and absolutely no props for this. The music comes first, and this is just straight up good drum corps. A stellar performance, definitely one that never fails to disappoint.
Even though I really do love modern corps myself, I do put music first when writing my shows as well. I never even think of show designing because I am a composer who loves brass impacts and intense drum features lol 🤣.
@@WolfgangXP65-67brass impacts and drum features are apart of show design!! You're just thinking of the modern theatrics that are commonplace now, but the music is absolutely and always has been part of the design. You just prefer to get the music sorted out before the visuals, or theme.
7:45 - 7:58 was absolutely nails for the battery. I was in the stands wanting to throw something out of frustration because JJ was standing in front of the front ensemble. That shit was so good you can even see Lee Beddis throw his hands in the air and jump up and down between the podium and the stands. These finals recordings and this venue simply do not do this percussion ensemble justice. Legends
Prosperie wasn’t the perc. Judge in this but your notion still stands. It sounds like the pit wasn’t even doing “difficult” stuff to warrant the judge being up there either
@@Mattyfear even if the FE isn't doing anything difficult, the judge still has to judge them too, you don't want to only judge the more demanding aspects of a corp. you have to sample all of what you can and sometimes that leads to unfortunate timing in what they sample. (The judge still placed the percussion fairly high this year)
Seems like it's near impossible to find this online. One of my absolute favorite shows of all time! From top to bottom this was one of the best performances as well!
@@DrumCorpsClips what made it so weird is that there was no other reference to the 09 show. When cadets did their repeat show in 2006 of the 05 show there were references throughout
This is the first show I really fell in love w CROWN! Their brass was always kinda okay for me from early 00's and I had heard good things about their 07 and 08 brass, but I really hadn't heard it LIVE until 09, and WOW! I kept shaking my head saying, "This can't be Crown!! This can't be Crown!!" They haven't stopped blowing my mind since!!
@@jared0111 because to me, it pretty much looks and sounds the same. Really high HD looks like a picture trying to stay still but it keeps moving. It looks weird.
If you spot it? It's in the name of the 2010 show lol. Not to mention that several pieces of the music are shared in both shows. Everyone present knew what was up in 2010.
Thank you very much for sharing this video, but I must admit that the volume on the video is quite low for some reason. I actually found myself syncing your video with audio from a soundcloud upload to watch it. Not sure if that's something you're able to adjust on your upload, but I thought I would give the feedback. That said, the quality is fantastic, and I appreciate you sharing this rare find!
The ending of this show sounds like 2010, or 2010 sounds like this show...And LOOKS like it in some spots.....May just be me. But it sounded very familiar.
Yeah the whole thing with 2010 is that it’s “A second chance” at winning. Tons of symbolism but they play several hits from 2009 and they have the same ending, with a few changes. Even the gradient color guard flags are the same despite being a different color. In 2010 tho, they both run off together instead of just the one in 2009.
