New Zealand Girl Reacts to BOSTON CRUSADERS 2017 | WICKED GAMES | DCI 

Hey Courtney! You’ll probably never see this, but I was the vocalist for this show and I just wanted to tell you that watching you react to the ballad like that was amazing and I may have cried a little bit. Thank you so much for posting this one and for all the kind words! P.s. the spoken words were all prerecorded, but I sang live for all but 2 shows when I caught a cold. Let me tell ya, spinning half a show before you have to sing is hard enough when you’re healthy 😅

This show changed everything about BAC, this year they hired a bunch of staff members from the Cadets and turned from just barely making it into finals in 2016 to an astonishing 6th place finish. A real shocker to everyone and a sneak peak of things to come for the next couple seasons.

Thank you so much for reacting to this! Edit: she sang live every show except for a couple where she was sick.

I am a 55 year old old school drum corps member from the mid 1970's. I heard of the changes, the amplified music, the new instruments etc. I hated the idea because that is not drum corps. Well I regret that notion now. The singing was fantastic. The drum line was awesome. Those rifles just killed it. Forgive me it is still drum corps but so much more progressed. So why the hell did I have to carry those huge tritoms lol.

I saw them do this show on a rehearsal day at a local high school. When they turn around and face the crowd for the first hornline blast toward the start of the show, the brass line is SO LOUD it's just crazy. Probably my favorite DCI show ever. The vocal solo, that girl has AMAZING pipes, and then they reprise her vocal solo with the mellophone solo right before the "now she must burn" scene. Holy cow, that was such a great show. I'm SO disappointed we didn't get DCI in 2020 and what we're going to get is VERY limited in 2021. I miss seeing these performances SO much.

this show has some of the best drill design and drill execution of any show ever imo edit: especially when you consider who boston was the year prior !

This show led to one of the highest year-to-year placement increases I have ever seen. In 2016, Boston Crusaders were 12th place, barely making it into DCI finals. In 2017, they were SIXTH, jumping by almost nine total points in just one year. Most corps only move up or down one or two spots from season to season, but a jump like that is truly amazing. Just goes to show what well coordinated staff placement, great recruitment efforts, stellar instruction, and a well designed show can do to completely turn a program around.

I'm a tuba player... I know nothing about the techicalities of guard, but even I can tell that guard was TOTALLY LIT!

I'm so happy you reacted to this show! This is one of my all time favorite shows and it is the main reason why I ended up auditioning for Boston the next year! You should totally react to more Boston shows like 2018 and 2019!

You should react to boston 2019 Goliath

This is a good show Boston has had some great progress after 2016 when they hired members of the Carolina Crown staff. Yeah and the title says 2007.

Now THIS should be a Superbowl show!

I remember printing that 🔥, we printed the flame on silk and shipped it the FJM.

Hey Courtney! Enjoyed this reaction, the only thing is that this show happened in 2017, not 2007. Just a minor title change. This was a great show that cemented BAC as a top drum corp for color guard!

Hard to believe that this was 'only' good enough for 6th place. Even better live in the stadium.

So excited to see you react to the Boston Crusaders. They are my all time favorite corp and I plan to audition for the 2022 season. Great video and I hope you react to more of their shows!

I was at DCI in 2017. This show was great. Their color guard was awesome!!!!!! FYI... the audio/voice is from the movie The Crucible based on the play by Arthur Miller. (it is a great movie with Wynona Ryder and Daniel Day-Lewis)

Kudos to the guard staff and shame on the guard judges to not give you the guard title this year. People use to say Boston area kids came out of the womb spinning a sabre and it shows here . It’s a shame camera missed the sequence during the vocals (also a magical moment). Well done entire corps. Best show since “Red”

Please do 2000 Boston Crusaders: “Red” It’s such a classic show. Great moves, awesome music. Also, the way the stadium was lit that year made their drill look all that much more intense.

I’ve been watching Courtney’s dci reactions since the beginning and this one feels the most natural and like she understands the nuances and musical stylings and enjoys the shows now (not saying she wasn’t before) yes yes yes loving the dci content. Please keep em coming

I was there in person. The sound from them was absolutely amazing! Worth every penny.

Loved this show! You need to do 2018 Boston! 2018 always moves me to tears by the end of the show!

8:54 goosebumps every time. That catch was so perfectly timed with the "WITCH"

My personal favorite show of all time

Watch their 2018 show!!! That was powerful and so emotional.

I loved their show that year. I actually got to see their show live in Orlando, it was amazing

This may well be the most elaborate DCI show I've ever seen!

This was the year when they got brand new guard staff and they like really brought them to shape! The following year the guard won their caption

Just a little thing for story. I believe I could be wrong this is centered around the Salem witch trials. These were a bunch of deaths ans trials that occurred because people thought there were witches( a long time ago) in Massachusetts. So the names(Sarah Good...) those are the people who were accused and maybe died.

"props to you, no pun intended" made me burst out laughing 😭

you know what's cool is they use that same fire prop in their next years show called SOS. they lay out the field like they've been stranded on an island and it's repurposed as a signal fire

I loved this show sm. My guard teacher was the first one that caught “on fire” at the end!!!

this show was fantastic, how is this my first time seeing this one, damn

Please please please react to Boston 2018 and 2019. They have THE BEST colorguard in DCI. Like the skill level of the guard and the difficulty of the choreography is off the charts and they are clean as hell. Michael Townsend and Kylie Hubbard and their staff are all truly LEGENDS in the colorguard activity

Oh my, this was another emotional dramatic performance ! What struck me was it’s based on actual American history!

My son played snare in this show - so great to see it pop back up on youtube again! Awesome BAC memories!

So proud of what Boston has made of themselves

This has been my favorite show since I started marching band and found out about DCI in 2016

I marched this team in 2010. Totally worth.

React to 2018 BAC

This show was mainly based on the book The Crucible

4:40 that fat bari and euphonium sound 💯

Courtney, I was a part of DCI as a marching member in the late 80's and early 90's, amplification and voice singing back then was strictly forbidden because it started out in the 1940's as just brass, percussion and color guard. If you think is amazing with amplification, you should see the shows from my days of marching. To be honest, DCI lost a lot of fans when they started using amplification and human voices.

Cadets 2000, and 2005!

Man, I can't find the original video. This is one of a few great shows that I don't have. I have 114 shows downloaded so far

Need to watch the 2000 Boston crusaders, best Boston show.

Hey 👋 from BOSTON!!!

I think you should check out Carolina Crown 2007 when you get the chance I’m sure you have a ton of videos to react to but it’s a fun show and I really think you’d love it

Never knew this was a show in 2017 sheessh I'm uncultured

So Courtney, when are you going to see the finals live???? It is 101% better live.

Check out The Cavaliers 2006 show. I added a brief description as well I sent a link to your Instagram. Cementing themselves as the corps of the decade, the Cavaliers won their fifth title in seven years with a show entitled MACHINE. Scoring a 97.200 at finals at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, it featured, among other things, crowd surfing and robot dancing. In caption awards, The Cavaliers won the Jim Ott Trophy for best brass for the second time in the corps' history, as well as best effect and best visual performance. The Cavaliers were also awarded the Spirit of Disney Award for Innovation, which marks the first time that a corps has won both the DCI Championship and the Spirit of Disney Award in the same year.

I now this has nothing to do with the Crusaders, but you should react to the 2012 Led Zeppelin tribute at the Kennedy Center Honors. Great stuff.

You should react to Halftime - Jackson State University vs UNLV 2016

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Oh damn finally

idk what's the story about, couldn't find anything referring to this

Do Bluecoats 2013 To Look For America!

Could you please react to the british RED ARROWS display team i think you will be a little SHOCKED and pleasently pleased

Oh the love for band

YAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSS (sorry, I'm just so happy rn

2017 not 2007. One of my students was in this one.

This is actually Boston Crusaders 2017, not 2007

2007?

React to 2022 Boston crusaders

You should reacting to F1 2020 crashes

I have the show shirt...probably the fan favorite for the year.

Not me being early!!!! Hey girl how ya doin 😁😁

When Courtney uploads oversimplified ww2 I will declare it a holiday

Aaron rodgers 2020-2021

The names of the voice overs were taken from a book and movie called "The Crucible". I highly recommend reading and watching it because it relates perfectly with the show concept!

Can u please react to 5FDP: Gone away. U will cry

check out the HBCU bands

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Oh my god what was that

What if you reacted to Bluecoats 2017? Haha jk... unless?

This is 2017 Boston Crusaders, not 2007 though I'm sure others have probably corrected that by now. The fire prop was cool, but all the voice over in this show was/is just not my cup of tea and just ruins my enjoyment of it. That's just my opinion and I'm happy for anyone who loves this show. Unfortunately, my brain just doesn't work that way. I personally thought 2018 was a lot better year for them.

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None of the people killed in the Salem Trials were burned to death though. They were hanged.

Hi beautiful. Ok..bye

2017, not 2007

There has always been something about blasphemy that has bothered me. If God were really offended by it, why doesn't He deal out the punishment? If God does nothing, perhaps God doesn't actually care. That begs the question: If God doesn't care, why should anyone else?

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