New Zealand Girl Reacts to The ATHLETICISM OF A DRUM CORPS MARCHING MEMBER! CRAZY!! 

It's been 32 years since I last marched in DCI. My pulse will still start to race whenever I hear a drumline. It never, ever, leaves you.

Directors bribe you with water😂. They’ll say “one more time then water.” “Do it right then you can get water.”😂😂

There is actually a corps that’s based out of Arizona where it regularly hits 110° in June-August. I go to college out there. It’s HOT.

"lets put your drumset on" dude should of grabbed the full kit from the front ensemble and strapped it on

Omg... I feel so blessed to have Courtney dropping marching band related videos back to back!!

Another reason they stopped letting the football players (and cheerleaders) march in the band during halftime at my school. The starting QB was also 1st chair coronet in the band, and would march in his football uniform while the rest of the team was in the fieldhouse preparing for the second half.

I always found that metabolic study interesting. As a brass player, I still wonder how hypoxic I was at all times. We can't breathe whenever we want to like the drums and guard. I bet my O2 rate was below 90% at all times while performing. Then again, we train our lungs differently. Breathing Gym, high lung capacity..... probably more surface area on the tissue to absorb oxygen. Cool video Courtney. edit: Imagine running a marathon when you can only breathe 6 times a minute.....

OH MY GOD COURTNEY IN THE CROSSMAN VIDEO THAT FEILD IS THE HIGHSCHOOL I GO TO. I PERFORM MARCHING BAND ON THAT FEILD.😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Video: Drum Corps Sound: Rock Music Yeah, I can see they really put some thought into this video. I'm talking about the video Courtney's reacting to, not this video.

Yes it is true. One of the corps actually got in trouble for over working them. I’m excited for Carolina Crown lol. 2013 is my favorite, but 2012 shows how fast some of them really move while still play amazing!

I love whoever got her to put crown 2013 on the list. Bless you.

I was marching Phantom Regiment the year the Denton show was delayed due to an INSANE heat index (2018). Texas drum corps rehearsals are generally VERY tough but that year was exceptionally hot. All the corps ended up having to perform the Denton show without uniforms, in matching section shorts and shirts!

Yooo I am Crossmen alum from the 2017 season. You can't see me in the 2nd video but I was there.

I marched with Crossmen in a couple parades when they were located out of my area. I knew a few people that were in Crossmen for years.

One thing not shown is sleeping. You stay at schools and sleep on gymnasium floors. You also learn how to make a summer home out of your seat on the bus. It is a wild activity when you see all the behind-the-scenes stuff

So you know, my age out at The Cavaliers in 2014 - I lost 62 pounds over the summer. shit is real.

South Texas Heat can’t be compared to any other area in the US. It’s a whole different level of heat.

I remember rehearsing in southern Alabama with a heat index of 125°F

Great, insightful video Courtney!!!

In the third video the lady called it drumline 💀. Oh and i live in SOUTH Texas...way hotter dude. We one time practiced in 112 degree weather for my high school band...it sucked

In 2007 we did a show the first weekend of August at Arizona State University. The forecasted high temperature for the day was 108. We woke up earlier than normal to rehearse before it got too hot then we had to stay in the school all afternoon till it was time to leave for the show. The next day we were in San Diego where the high was 84 and it felt like paradise!

I remember that show they were talking about in the last clip. It was 2018 and that show specifically was so hot that there was not only a delay, but all the corps were required to wear t-shirts and shorts. No uniforms. And because of that, it wasn't a show that was scored. It felt nice to travel to a show site and not have to worry about putting on a hot uniform. Just in a nice t-shirt (a corps sponsored one too!) and shorts. We still treated it like a normal performance, but it was definitely different due to that heat.

Awe, love watching new people react! My daughter marched that same year with Crossmen! It is a huge growing experience! You should consider volunteering for a summer with a group. There are also people who just kinda volunteer float around from drum corps to drum corps where ever help is needed.

“One more for water…” to this day I have never trusted the words “break”, “lunch”, “water”, “rest”, or “last time” ever again.

That season I marched with the Crossmen, in the video you watched. We had days in rehearsal in Texas where the turf field would be 110+ degrees. We had to rehearse without props multiple times because they would heat up to over 180° sometimes.

I really want one of those machines from the first video to be hooked up to me during a show from the colorguard perspective because we usually have much harder drill and choreography so I’d like to see how different the results are

When I was an active paramedic and my patient had a heart rate of over 200 and a respiratory rate like this guy did, I wouldn’t have been very happy

I am able to fall asleep under all sorts of circumstances because of drum corps. Once you learn to sleep on a bus with lights and noise you find is easy to sleep almost anywhere. My husband needs the lights off and the TV off, but I can fall asleep no matter what is going on!

Marching Band is a sport, you can’t tell me otherwise.

I was a cook truck volunteer with The Cavaliers during that Texas tour in '18 (thankfully all the schools in Texas have amazing air conditioning). The day of the competition in Denton it was 108° at 5:30 p.m. They made it into an exhibition and all the corps performed in shorts and t-shirts.

im sure i speak for most of us, but if you love to perform its all worth it, and the pain isnt felt like you would if you hated what you were doing. short story of mine and im sure others have done this as well. i was performing on field during the show i felt like i would pass out. kept blowing kept marching willed myself to finish. as soon as show was over and i marched off field i collapsed in a heap on sideline. woke up in a nurse tent in end-zone. Most of us would kill ourselves to finish a performance and not let anyone down.

I march in a high school marching band, and our show, being around 10 minutes long, is already very tiring. It's so impressive how DCI members can do this, 10 hours a day, 7 days a week for a few months.

I remember the hottest day on tour still - 18 years ago. It was 100+ degrees Fahrenheit in the middle of July. You just stay hydrated for physical health and block the heat out mentally. So much to concentrate on that the heat becomes a secondary thing. Since you block it out mentally, you really have to remember to hydrate physically.

Courtney we would eat 10000 calories a day and drink 2 gallons of water and everyone lost between 30-80 lbs in 90 days and hardly ever had a bathroom break because you sweat it all out. I love your videos!! They are so cool!

I marched drum corps too. You march all you have on that field. Much harder than people think!

Lol I went to that Denton show. The corps got to wear shorts and t shirts instead of uniforms. The Cavalier drumline signed a drum head and took pics with my kids. Got to see a friend of mine who was teaching them. Good times.

That's Jordan! He was our tenor tech when I marched in 07

Imagine playing contra and euphonium with controlled breathing 😜

during a texas rehearsal in '19, our athletic trainer or whatever had to tell the guard staff to give us a break bc it was so hot, so we got 30 mins to an hour off from rehearsal and just chilled inside the school's gym.

My local Corps is the LaCrosse Blue Stars. I was in the Decorah Kilties from Iowa

“One more runthrough than a water break” *one hour later* “okay, water break.”

Hey so there are some cool videos on what the guard member sees! Gives a new perspective and I feel like that guard is underrated.

I think my hardest day ever in corps is in 1975 or 76 on USA independence day (4th of July) My Guardsmen corps marched THREE parades in 3 different towns then performed a competition show that night.

I miss DCI. I marched one season in 2010 and it was the best

Bro, spring training in Lafayette Louisiana tho. We had 114 degree days, with humidity woooo

I’m so glad I came across your channel I can’t wait to dive into Wintergard I’m in a wormhole sending love to you and yours from Orlando Florida USA

Humidity is a thing. 100° in Denver is not the same as 100° in Miami. Denver is very dry and won't be as bad. Miami is next to an ocean and the high humidity will get to you. High humidity is likely what you experienced in Japan. Humidity can also work the other way and make the cold feel even colder.

I march for my highschool (just finished my first season, i play trumpet!) and seeing these make me hyper for bandcamp again, just to be able to perform infront of all the judges again I don't think we'll have another season like we had this year (We won 3/5 grand champions, a runner-up grand champion and first place in all places except our double-comp day, our show is called Uncaged!) but I'm still excited :) If you could, could you try reacting to highschool marching bands? Theirs are more story based compared to university shows!

I did it for four years Wintergard international and I did field season with the band in the summertime and you would not believe some of the injuries I would witnes and you had to just keep going

Classic breathing block for horn lines.. Parade formation jogging around with metronome.. Breathing in and out certain number of beats.. doing so til everybody is visibly on the ropes and really needs a break .. That was 03 season..

I was in a Junior Drum Corps and ended up with great exhaustion during hell week. Brutal but sooo worth it!!!

The summer of 2017 to me was the worst lol. I did a rehearsal in Whitney, TX the day before DCI San Antonio and it was the absolute worse. Around 110°F and the turf, 130°. What an experience. #HorizonDBC #CIOTH

I wish I had pursued it when I was that age. I was basically led to believe that you had to be the world's best brass player and the world's best marcher to even think about trying out and that's simply not true. I guy who was a year younger than me ended-up doing a couple years with the Blue Devils and now participates in alumni events.

Texas heat, the humidity is bonkers!

I remember we would get in trouble if we didn't drink enough water, water was so important!

Courtney.....were you on your high school marching band? What instrument did you play?

eyy crossmen 2017. i marched 18-19 so i know all those guys lol. i performed at that show In Denton that was 108F(42C) degrees when the show started and it was so hot they wouldn't let us wear our uniforms during the show so we performed in shorts and compression shirts. it was a fun time lol. btw we didn't get nearly that many breaks when we rehearsed, even in that heat, and I imagine most other corps didn't either.

There are some very good 'point of view' videos, typically with 'cam' (tuba cam, head can, etc) in the title. These videos typically show what it's like to perform a full show as a member of a corps. They can show just how much running around a member is doing over the course of a show. I think you would find these interesting.... I recommend something more recent, just for quality....

"5 minute water break" roughly translates to "ok I'm giving you one minute to drink and re-apply sunscreen and then you need to be ready to go"

I've heard it thrown around that marching a season of dci ages your body 5-7 years due to the amount of stress you're put under both physically and mentally. I doubt that's ever been confirmed, but that gives you an idea of how hard it is

Hardest high school football hits

The year I was in Corps the Madison Scouts did Jesus Christ Superstar and it was AMAZING!!!

You should React to Derrick Henry you’ll love it.

You should react to D-day battle of Omaha/Normandy beaches :) love from California

Drum Corps prepared me for my contract job in Dubai....It was still hot, but I learned how to deal with it

i havent been this early in so long!!! Love you courtney!! [edit: try pronouncing it Ath-let-e-cism)

Courtney please check out drum Corp international video: dci bucket list Allentown

Never say I could never because if you are moving to Florida, YOU WILL! Trust me. 😎💣👍

Texas heat don't fuck around!

Ath lettuce Sism That how you pronounce Athleticism

You should react to ww2 by oversimplified I think you would enjoy it

Ath-le-ti-ci-(zum)

Hey I help them when they come to north Texas

You should do a video on nfl best jukes or nfl best catches

Can you react to David Goggins please? He is a Navy Seal who went through hell week 3 times in a year!!

Hi five to whoever recommended this!

You would soooooo do it. :)

React to John Ross and jakeem grant

Please react to WGI. Its basocally just indoor drum corps

For football

Interesting

Can you do a video on Odell Beckham jr.

Hello

Can you please react to any of these shows? BlueDevils 2019(1st place)- "Ghostlight" Santa Clara Vanguard 2019- "Vox Eversio BlueCoats 2018- "Session 44" BlueDevils 2018- "Dreams and Nighthawks" Carolina Crown 2017- "It Is" Carolina Crown 2016- "Relentless"(full final run on dailymotion) BlueDevils 2016- "As Dreams are made on" BlueCoats 2016(1st place)- "Downside Up" The Academy 2016- "Drum Corpse Bride" BlueCoats 2015- "Kinetic Noise" Carolina Crown 2015- "Inferno" BlueDevils 2015(1st place)- "Ink" Carolina Crown 2014- "Out of This World" Carolina Crown 2013(1st place)- "E=MC^2" BlueDevils 2012(1st place)- "Cabaret Voltaire" The Cadets 2011(1st place)- "Between Angels and Demons" BlueDevils 2010(1st place)- "Through A Glass Darkly"

Please react to legion of zoom. Please I'm subscribed

ATH-LE-TIS-SIS-SEM

Can you PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE react to Troy polomolo that's spelt Rong

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Ath-LET-uhh-SIZZ-umm. And being a Texas native myself, I can tell you that it's not just the triple-digit (Fahrenheit) heat, but the anywhere from 70-90% humidity that gets you. And that can last up to six months depending on what part of the state you live in.

Speak on Vanessa Guillén R.I.P 🙏🏽

Can you do zion Williamson

Courtney in your free time please watch randy moss ultimate career heigh lights, it's way better than the one you reacted to

'ath-le-ti-si-zm'

In drum corps we have a saying: hydrate or die.

Do us Air Force pararescue

Ath-le-tee-thism.

Hi nice vedio

Ath / letti / ssism

Holy shit one minute ago

React to magic Johnson