The Best DCI Moments of the 20th Century 

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Blue Coat

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Cadet

They were one of my favorite crops, other than my own of course! :D

That’s awesome! What state?

dont feel the same but i can see why one would think that way i hella respect your opinion dawg both sides of the coin got kickass shows with or without electronics

I largely agree. One thing I find a little strange though: Those dance/ballet routines you mention are definitely a great advancement in diversifying what is done in the performance and *should* be far more expressive. However, in a stadium much of that choreography is not really visible at height or distance. Sure, we can see it in close-ups in video recordings or if you are seated near the front and low in a stadium. But otherwise, it pretty much goes to waste. This was and is the advantage of large color visual elements such as flags, right? Perhaps the next innovation should think more about *visible* choreography using larger, colorful materials and objects visible at distance. Just a few thoughts from an art historian with a music background.

Not mention sharks! 😂 Probably not a caption before or since. JS

Sorry just by the sheer number of participants I have to go with the seventies. Also the wall of sound had to be experienced.

And when you watched finals, you breathed fresh air and saw the sky when you looked up.

My college prof (Jim Campbell) wrote the drum book. The actual words were Clap For Us

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@@simonking5381 and demons

Do they even exist anymore?

@@lucasb3462 They do not. The original VK disbanded after the 1996 season due to being heavily in debt. The name "Velvet Knights" was used for a new corps that started competing in 2007, led by alumni and associates of the original corps, but they also folded shortly thereafter, in 2012.

I would LOVE to see VK come back and just do a straight up 90's Corps show in 2022 for the 30th anniversary of that 1992 classic.

@DECLAN DOUGAN Played the G horns back in the day. No difference... just the nostalgic memory of power that is just as bold today as it ever was.

@DECLAN DOUGAN When Bluecoats need to use a recorded "bend" gimmick" to juice the crowd, you just lost the argument on amplification ... (Sorry, Nancy Johnson)

@DECLAN DOUGAN apologies ... but the Bluecoats’ “bend” WAS OBVIOUSLY recorded, so that still falls under the use of electronic “amplification”, even if the volume was not amplified ... the G bugles WERE improving, but the market wasn’t big enough to keep the “all-keys” down, especially with Hopkins and Yamaha pushing the issue ... another decade would have brought the G’s closer to the quality of “real” brass (sarcasm underneath “real” fully intended)

@@ThePMcDonald That's not an amplification, dude.

G bugles we’re louder. That is a fact.

Yasss

I heard them in Toledo in June that year. I remember turning to my wife and saying "I really think this show has a chance this year." Even though it was a tie, I went crazy in Orlando when it came true!

Lol, I guess that came through as my wife, I am the husband! :)

@@bethanyhoward3196 saw them my first year marching in Kitchener, Ont that year. The whole city heard their impacts!

96 Regiment Closer is proof that you can effectively conduct while crying. That show should have won outright.

those uniforms are incredibly bad-ass from that year

Thank you! I definitely missed a lot of stuff but I tried to pack as much as I could into the video, and I was hoping this compilation was something the traditional fans and modern fans could both appreciate.

PJMPercussion I have no idea why 86 Suncoast was in there and first. Put 83 Suncoast soprano solo, or 84 Suncoast Requiem, Suncoast 88 any part. 86 was just loud and nothing special except a skilled hornline. Ever listen to 83 Suncoast “Time Out”. You should.

Vk 1990 actually did the bottle dance for a bit

That's awesome! I wish I would've been alive to see VK live, but I'm glad we can at least appreciate them through recordings. I can only imagine how bonkers that reaction was!

Yikes. Embrace the rain man.

I was there, that was a great Final all around but...SCV’s Phantom...but MADISON 😜.....and they sang You’ll Never Walk Alone...fan for life!

@@cicook7 Keep your eyes shut, blind man ... Hopkins was the Trump of DCI

@@ThePMcDonald hahahaha... good one. DCI, was the trump of DCI.

@@cicook7 Thank you for proving your myopia ... what is DCI except a gathering of Hopkins minions?!?

Christopher Brian Hayes And right before them, the Garfield Cadets changed everything.

@Tide 1990 Agreed...I always feel that Star wasn't quite as ground-breaking as they are often given credit for...if you watch Garfield's shows through the 80's, it is readily apparent that Star just was building upon both Garfield's sound and movement style.

@@johns3106 yeah I honestly felt like 93 Cadets had just as much "groundbreaking" content as Star that year, if not more. The music packed into that show could hold up in the modern era, some serious Crown vibes going on there. I also found their drill more difficult, although Star did some to have a more modern style going on.

@@aaronreilman1472 and before that the Blue Devils changed everything, and before that the Kingsmen changed everything, and before that the Cavaliers changed everything....

No, Blue Devils changed everything in 82. Suncoast and Cadets in 84. Suncoast in 85. Star was Suncoast 88 in 1993 after taking 5 years to figure it out.

Kids today would be saying, "But they didn't move, and the drum battery wasn't cramming a million notes per measure!!! So easy!" But what they don't realize is sometimes less is more and people coming to a musical show to hear fantastic music is what its about. I would do ANYTHING ... PAY ANYTHING to hear a Madison or Blue Devils horn line from the late 80s to mid 90s. Hearing these recordings gives me the chills. There is nothing like the sound of those bugles. The crappy band instruments they use today just aren't up to speed. I can not believe DCI let this happen. Imagine the sound today with the musicians we have today .. it would be incredible.

86 Suncoast bass line was the prototype for modern bass drum features.

I was in that Cavies '91 show. I was proud of it and still am today. Didn't win, but still has one of the hardest endings I've seen (or marched). The beginning of the second championship era for Cavies (the '50-'60s being the first)

Don’t forget the ‘91 Phantom show. The guard and drill design were so good. I marched Glassmen in ‘91 and couldn’t watch Phantom’s and Cavvies’ shows enough.

I marched Phantom Cadets in ‘91 so am guessing shared several retreats with both of you! 😀 The Cavies show truly was one of their best (I still have fun playing along to the drum solo) and Phantom’s visual program were good but IMHO the drum book was simply was behind the times, despite a ton of talented players and good people I learned from and eventually marched with in ‘94.

The Clown Princes of Drum Corps. Play your ass off, but don't take yourself so seriously. A shame those days are gone.

They actually did the bottle dance in 1990

I just finished up watching that Spirit show and I regret not adding them to the video. How have only I seen this until now!?

No recording could ever capture that

@@aaronreilman1472 check out '80 Madison's last note.

Spirit 79, One of the best horn lines EVER !!!!

I'm planning on coming out with a few more videos. Next one is likely going to be the top moments of the 21st century.

Mark was a great drum major!

I was there in Dekalb in 82!! That was my first major show (I watched since my corps was small and not competing in the final show). That run-off was EPIC!

I was thinking of making a top 10/15 for each decade, since after these first two compilations I have concluded that it is basically impossible to truly capture the activity in a single video. I'm thinking about sitting down and compiling some videos once finals are over.

@@aaronreilman1472 I'd love to help with this Aaron, your taste in clips spoke to me as I was walking home with groceries and the 92 Cavies drum feature played. I had totally thought it would be remiss to the closer segment you posted, was so overjoyed you included it. Those 2nd and 3rd numbers (B sides if you will) from so many were magic that needs further exposure. Also the back 6 and semifinalists, so much brilliant activity to cover. You're amazing to post this, you're giving wind to the times that changed.

That VK show was off the charts!! A rare medium well done!!

Imo, 1986 Suncoast is probably the most underrated hornline of all time. They'd be looked at in a whole different light had they not been overshadowed by an all time great Blue Devils line.

Aaron Reilman I think Suncoast’s hornline actually beat BD’s hornline during the season at one point!

I was in the city of Nottingham Drum and Bugle corps uk during the 80s and absolutely loved it.

@@aaronreilman1472 My dad was a member of Suncoast Sound in '86. He was my inspiration for joining marching band and so far I have two FMBC state championships under my belt. I will forever be grateful for the inspiration from my dad. I love you, Dad!

@@MrLancealot That's awesome! Suncoast really packed a punch at their peak.

I'm in this video-multiple times-we were transitioning to 3 valves and it was becoming not drum corps. Whatever the heck Star put on the field in '93 was absolutely ridiculed and heavily disliked at the time. Who puts Bartok on a football field with plain poles?

LMAO

Coronavirus is fake.

trap4dafu2k0fit oh fuck off dumbass

trap4dafu2k0fit dumb ass

@@samglover4923 Scv 2018 barcode on pants, foreshadowing of the mark of the beast.

That kinda started back in the 80's when I was with SoA. It started with certain high school bands from major cities with a high population of African Americans. At marching contests they were ridiculed and received very low scores. Flamboyant high stepping, no synchronicity and drill teams that were embarrassingly sexualized. Eventually, parts of that trend infected HS bands across the nation to varying degrees then it made it's way into DCI. Traditionalist hated it but more and more judges from these inner city areas started challenging the standard and started giving low scores to traditional bands, stating they were boring, wooden and lacked the ability to entertain. With DCI, it started with the auxiliary corps, then the percussion units and finally the brass. When I played with MB&B, they ran every tradionalist off. Their first and only year ended with disaster at every show. DCI standards had been lowered and then the field antics started. Now, running around like a bunch of drunks is acceptable. I hate the change in standards over the last 40 years but money from the stands sets the rules. Whatever sells the most tickets and corn dogs. Anyway ...

Yes we are :D 83-85 Troopers here ;)

always loved how intentionally hard the attacks were on each note at 38:45, so deliberate its just hammered home

Or the 2007 Cadets show. I saw that one live at quarterfinals in Pasadena. I cringed.

Musically, and visually it was great. Voiceover, this I believe, was just wrong!

@@Harrierar I was a huge fan of the Cadets starting in 1982....until that show. I haven't cared for anything they've done since... :-(

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@DECLAN DOUGAN my favorite vocal/singing show is Bluecoats 2018, since the whole premise of the show revolves around the singer and it's not just random singing or narration, it really ties in well.

1995, rotating company front

Was great drill and that hornline, wow!

The story of how they learned that ending is just wild, have you heard it?

"What's so amazing to me is that they've just done a 10.5 minute show and still have the energy to finish so strongly." Or any year with Cavaliers, including that one.

It's sad I never had the chance to see them in my lifetime but at least they gave us Blast! The shows from 1989-1993 packed some serious heat.

Star would be interesting due to their boundary pushing, I think of their 1991 show and how it could legitimately keep up with modern DCI in it's difficulty and boundary pushing. Velvet Knights need to come back, they always showed an audience that the best show doesn't have to be top 5 (like, how can you NOT enjoy that 1992 show!?), and I feel like a lot of bottom half corps have sorta lost the whole having fun aspect of performing (kudos to Crossmen this year for defying that trend though!). Also, I had to include that North Star show, I'm not a fan of 70s DCI but that solo was so godly and I omitted the fact that they actually played Star Wars music in the same show.