has to be one of my all time favorite marching snare lines of all time.....!!!!! I remember sneaking off to watch them......my line would of killed me...lol.....but i did it the next year!!!
Our band this year is doing the same ballad as the Cadets. Im hoping we do it justice. We even have Jon Merritt as our percussion instructor, so we have to make it perfect.
"playing to back stands" .. won't forget that moment that night ever. Turning front field was always my "gun going off" moment. All the places where we can completely fall apart were over, all the real challenges were done -- once we "come around the mountain", its like the old school gun going off and it was time to play for ourselves.
@smn76 Actually, a lot of corps still have sections in their show where they play to the back. I have the World Championships for the past 5 years on dvd and it is still common.
This is a great show, but let's face it. DCI made up for the fact that the Cadets got ripped off of a deserved championship in '92. Star of Indiana's show in '93 revolutionized DCI as we know it today.
@TrumpetHero15 ... I think it's the "band" sound that what irks us the most. Could it be the Bb horns and the lack of engaging music that is played very sporadically throughout the show, and in between the running and dancing that takes place.
... I, for one, will not spend any more money on DCI. You've lost that loving feeling (and my money), DCI. :(
So hey... this is an intense show, and you gotta give these guys credit. It IS a DCI World Championship, after all.
But, in my opinion, that's all it was meant to be. Something to get the audience excited in a straightforward, simple manner. For the time it was performed it obviously worked. Star's show was meant to give something completely DIFFERENT to the crowd than anything they'd ever seen. It was the greatest show/screw-over in DCI history.
Star's book was subtle, nuanced, piss-clean. Great composition. Certainly more influential years after. It seemed like the next several years after, many DCI lines emulated a Star-like approach to battery. They wanted to put piss cleanliness and tasteful writing over demand and density.
But Cadets drummed so much! It's that straight-forward, extremely readable rudiment based, Tom Angst writing. One of the best years they had in the 90's.
One of the best DCI and Cadet shows ever. The guard work is history in the making. I think I played my VCR tape of this show every day for a year or more. I am sick. --former Rifle
That snare falling is my brother. Thank goodness he didn't get hurt and more importantly it didn't happen during finals but the championship run thru! Love you Geek
First three minutes is probably THE most dramatic few minutes I've ever witnessed from a corps. Sends chills down my spine every time I watch. I was in the crowd somewhere off to the left of this video...
dude ... victory run ... we got the green light to release the hounds. What I will always remember is watching the horn staff place themselves right in front of the brass at the loud part of philip bliss, and just let them selves get blown out of the water.
has to be one of my all time favorite marching snare lines of all time.....!!!!! I remember sneaking off to watch them......my line would of killed me...lol.....but i did it the next year!!!
JiMnEEzY1 6 months ago
5:00 Poor falling snare drummer. Well. Atleast he didn't have to worry about recovering fast haha. They won already! ANYTHING GOES!
Newlolz989 6 months ago
@MarineBugler.... yes, it is a real shame that the instruments play so much more in tune now??? :)
cccustommusic 1 year ago
93 has got to still be my favorite year from top to bottom! Thanks for posting the encore!
daverdci 1 year ago
Our band this year is doing the same ballad as the Cadets. Im hoping we do it justice. We even have Jon Merritt as our percussion instructor, so we have to make it perfect.
Theaterlover118 1 year ago
This was the post-retreat perf, yes? Nobody fell in Finals...
buckeyeba 1 year ago
"playing to back stands" .. won't forget that moment that night ever. Turning front field was always my "gun going off" moment. All the places where we can completely fall apart were over, all the real challenges were done -- once we "come around the mountain", its like the old school gun going off and it was time to play for ourselves.
tellinevery1 1 year ago
@tellinevery1 Moving, dude. always love this show. heard it countless times indeed.
Stimulator7 1 year ago
Man..... playing to the back stands...... Don't see that much anymore..... a lost art, and so well done by the Cadets.
smn76 1 year ago
@smn76 Actually, a lot of corps still have sections in their show where they play to the back. I have the World Championships for the past 5 years on dvd and it is still common.
TrumpetHero15 1 year ago
This is a great show, but let's face it. DCI made up for the fact that the Cadets got ripped off of a deserved championship in '92. Star of Indiana's show in '93 revolutionized DCI as we know it today.
cccustommusic 2 years ago
Heh, I don't recognize the "DCI of today" as drum corps at all. It's Bands of America without woodwinds.....for now....
flugel76 2 years ago
@flugel76 Can someone enlighten me on how DCI of today is "Bands of America"? I see many elements of past shows in today's shows.
TrumpetHero15 1 year ago
@TrumpetHero15 ... I think it's the "band" sound that what irks us the most. Could it be the Bb horns and the lack of engaging music that is played very sporadically throughout the show, and in between the running and dancing that takes place.
... I, for one, will not spend any more money on DCI. You've lost that loving feeling (and my money), DCI. :(
MarineBugler 1 year ago
i must hav saw this lik 15 times and this is the first time i noticed the snare player falling near the end. great recovery
NHSxDRUMMERx69 2 years ago
Where is the quad player's plume?
joshpr 2 years ago
at 3:18 you can see it on the floor behind the snares left of the 50 yd line. it fell off
hardh0usetechn0 2 years ago
The Star SHOW was amazing, but the CADETS Show was off the CHARTS
danarussell27 2 years ago
So hey... this is an intense show, and you gotta give these guys credit. It IS a DCI World Championship, after all.
But, in my opinion, that's all it was meant to be. Something to get the audience excited in a straightforward, simple manner. For the time it was performed it obviously worked. Star's show was meant to give something completely DIFFERENT to the crowd than anything they'd ever seen. It was the greatest show/screw-over in DCI history.
So props to the Cadets, but I love MEDEA!
crgeetar18 2 years ago
are you f'ing kidding me? this..... THIS is the shit that beat Star??
javajoeontheblow 2 years ago
Did you see the guy fall. LOL nice recovery.
isiah1977 3 years ago
It was very, very wet on the field at the finals.
stevenjamesburks 2 years ago
now i see where the bluecoats got their hornline break from. 1:30
CDT31193 3 years ago
Wow. That brought me back a few years. Thank you for posting this.............
Luckyjasondrum 3 years ago
great show!!
dasloan 3 years ago
lol i see my percussion instructer :)
KickinBabys 3 years ago
Awesome!
As far as the drum caption goes-
Star's book was subtle, nuanced, piss-clean. Great composition. Certainly more influential years after. It seemed like the next several years after, many DCI lines emulated a Star-like approach to battery. They wanted to put piss cleanliness and tasteful writing over demand and density.
But Cadets drummed so much! It's that straight-forward, extremely readable rudiment based, Tom Angst writing. One of the best years they had in the 90's.
jonasquad 3 years ago
Star was better for sure.
Vanman511 3 years ago
Hey ... who's that fat contra at the end there ... oh wait, sorry, thats just me
tellinevery1 3 years ago
Great performance, but Star of Indiana had a legendary performance..enough said!
5150smp5150 3 years ago
STAR OF INDIANA ALL THE WAY
elginsweeperfan 3 years ago
best show ever
jcase02 3 years ago
Boy, without amplifiacation and narration, drum corps really SUCKS!
cainanuk 3 years ago
sarcasm?
drumlinefreak92 3 years ago
I love from 4:19/4:20 till the end. WOW.
reblakeevans 4 years ago
One of the best DCI and Cadet shows ever. The guard work is history in the making. I think I played my VCR tape of this show every day for a year or more. I am sick. --former Rifle
THANKS FOR POSTING
reblakeevans 4 years ago
lol i see my percussion instructor =]
GO MERRITT!!
Who1Pass 4 years ago
I have the recording of the finals show...is it possible that they were even cleaner in this run-through?? They sound amazing!!
uncdrummer 4 years ago
Sucks that your bro fell, but at least he's safe... :)
Japnoyboi3 4 years ago
That snare falling is my brother. Thank goodness he didn't get hurt and more importantly it didn't happen during finals but the championship run thru! Love you Geek
denise101468 4 years ago
First three minutes is probably THE most dramatic few minutes I've ever witnessed from a corps. Sends chills down my spine every time I watch. I was in the crowd somewhere off to the left of this video...
Schadde 4 years ago 2
Those first three minutes are Holsinger's "On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss." ^.^ I got to play that my 8th grade year. ^.^
AkaneKonae 4 years ago
dude ... victory run ... we got the green light to release the hounds. What I will always remember is watching the horn staff place themselves right in front of the brass at the loud part of philip bliss, and just let them selves get blown out of the water.
tellinevery1 3 years ago
Oh, and somwhere around 3:20 the plum of the tenorplayer was hit by a guard... ;)
henne2k 4 years ago
also at 3:36 notice the centersnare is playing the "bnot watert version" of the part :)
I LOVE THIS SHOW!!!!
henne2k 4 years ago
Thats the champion show, not finals! They have the medals around the neck!!!!
henne2k 4 years ago
WOW, nasty fall. Never noticed that before.
phil970hayes 4 years ago
Damn... I didn't see that when they were performing. Never saw that either. ;p
Schadde 4 years ago