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  • Nice routine, not original though. The used Expression Crew's Marionette Routine.

    At least they changed it up to include Color Guard Routines.

  • Guard directors always ind the most obscure music

  • This was my high schools exact marching show years ago... wow. Same music and everything!

  • its similar to Expression Dance Crew's Marionette Show. Music and choreography..

  • @fez304 Its more than similar.

  • best guard ever. very ligit!

  • oops, didnt see the names below:D

  • what songs are these?

  • it was in amelie

  • That was amazing! I absoloutely loved itt!

  • Juss beautiful <3 i love it

  • I love the Blue Lame ^.^

  • LOVE This To Freakn Legit.!!! <3.!

  • oh my good gravy gracious......one of the most creative shows i've seen BY FAR. ku-freaking-dos. that was epic!

  • The songs are all from the movie 'le fabuleux destine d'amelie Poulain".

    The music is from Yann Tiersen.

    The first song is Le Moulin,

    the second song is la valse d'amelie the orchestra version,

    the third song is J'y suis jamais allé, the fourth song is A Quai

    and the fifth one is la noyee. I hope i've helped you guys! :)

  • @ezabellaboem Thank you so much! You're amazing! :]

  • That is not at El toro high school.

  • btw this isnt el toro high school cuz i used to go to el toro and i promise u thats not our gym haha good show tho

  • This is the most beautiful, original performance I've ever seen. Very well done.

  • IF U BOUGHT THIS YEARS CHAMPIONSHIP WINTERGUARD CD PLEASE WATCH AKA WINTERGUARD. we do the song Bicycle Race by Queen. MUST WATCH. I am in auxilary and do the solo in the begining:D

  • OHh my God!!! AWESOMMEEE!!! =)

  • The flags have a retractable strap in them so they can do things that make it look like the flag is floating but it's not

  • Good routine, but a lot of their moves were ripped off of Expressions Crew Marionette Routine. Search it before claiming it was all original.

  • this is my favorite of all times i just love it!! you all did amazing

  • very well done! This guard is very very good. The puppet movement was right on part. I am amazed at how well these high schoolers got into character!

  • One of my favorite winterguard shows of all time to see

  • ok ok ok ok WHATTT did they dooo?!?!?! HOOWWW DID THEY DOO THATT DX im so confused 5:09 it was soooo cool but how

  • @freakinrobinson i think they had a retractable string in the butt of the flag. bc if you watch the right side of the screen you can see it a bit better.

  • love the finale..!! great job..!!

  • 0:37 got to love the coat flip <3 I wish I could have seen them live that show was awsome I saw it from a video one of my instructers brought in to show the new peeps and i fell in love lol

  • it's a mixture of songs from the amelie soundtrack

  • this is BEYOND amazing!

  • This is amazing. I can watch this over and over again.

  • Fawking amazing

  • Brilliant!

  • HEY THAT'S ME ANNOUNCING!!! Don't even remember being there!!  HAHAHAHA

  • That was amazing! Apparently 15 people don't know talent.

  • @jonasbrothersmate12 or they know that this isn't their original idea and routine

  • WOW! amazing

  • OMG I LOVE IT! It is different and pure genius, what is the song? I am in Colorguard and I want to be a Guard Instructor in the future.

    <3 Guard!

  • @afterguardparty

    it's a compilation of songs from the movie amelie :)

  • FIERCE!

  • what is the name of the song i love it

  • sountrack from Amelie

  • @AfterGuardParty

    This song is a mixture of Amelie. Uhmmm...I dont recall the songs! But I think one of them is Comptune du'n autre etea

  • i fucking love this concept :D

    is there another vid from better view?

  • wow

  • Trust me all commenters, they are AMAZING when your watching them in person(:

  • i am so truely inspired by this :)

  • That was the most original winterguard show I have ever seen, It was flawless!

  • amazzing((:

  • alright first off...this is gonna sound harsh, but hate watching high school guards unless there the top world class teams like Logan and Flanagan! haha but this was a great show! im guessing Open?!?! very entertaining! also, was looking at some of the comments on here! I was in ROTC all 4 years of high school and 3 years of college. and of course i was on the ROTC drill team...nothing i did in all my 7 years of RTOC drill team could compare to what I have been able to achieve in Winterguard!

  • @maddenofarrell They competed in SA in 2008.

  • wow you are all losers.

  • So I totally love the puppet show.... I know its weird but so good..

    Awesome job ladys.... Kept up the great work! ^_^

  • whoaaa this show waas AWESOME! they were all so good!!!! i think it was a little weird that it was puppet themed, but they all preformed it so well!!!

  • that was really clean.

    AHHH it looks so cool..

  • /watch?v=kRJ7T7BEkks

    hey good job stealing :3

  • ....that was AMAZING!! I LOVED the flag feature and the concept was awesome! :D

  • u guys were good the music is a little weird but cool i love the mat really nice and the outfits ROCK love em the r the best ones i seen so far i would know i do winterguard and colorgaurd :)

  • the songs a bit different. i would know cuz we ripped off from expression for a this dance competition

  • wow they used the same marionette theme as expression crew also the bite expression crew's entire remixed sound track of yann tiersen shoot they had better gave credit to the artist and expression crew for mixing the soundtrack

  • youtube .com/watch?v=kRJ7T7BEkks

  • Has anyone realized this song is "La Noyee - Yann Tiersen"

    I mean seriously, stop trying to say someone stole something.

  • Ok people, it wasn't stolen, is expression crew using sabres, rifles and flags? No, they came up with all the work on there own, they used the idea from them but everything they did out there was from there own talent, it's a just a theme.

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  • Love this! Really really cool show. What class is this - seems like SO or SW

  • @ccloyes Sch.A

    silver medalist at WGI

  • whats this song?

  • wow really nobody here knows that is stolen from expression crew...

  • @dance2advance I do, but a lot of great winter guard shows get "inspiration" from other groups. I love this show, and to be honest they did expression crew a lot of justice. It's a beautiful show.

  • @dance2advance

    Funny, I didn't see Rifles, Flags and sabres in Xcrew

  • loved*

  • OMG the blue flag wrok and tosses where all together i koved your show

  • your guard is really clean :) i enjoyed watching it. if only our shows had a theme similar to this. first year was taking flight, second was bells of barcelona, and now we're doing twilight's claire de lune.

    good luck on your future shows!!!

  • that was awesome! our schools marching band did a preformance like this and you all made it look you all were real puppets

  • that was impressive.

  • so many members =( im jealous!

  • i remember the two years our school did guard the first year we had 5 the last year we had i think 5 girls and 5 guys on it ..this year if we had one there would be alot more im sure cause our guard is huge..but no one is interested ..i think a requirement for color guard is you have to be in winterguard as well.. i wanna do at least color guard but it just so expensive at our school..

  • that routine was amazing. that was some of the best timing i've ever seen too. how did they place?

  • thats so cool how at the end they have the string on their flags. its so trippy! haha

  • Totally Fantastic. The blue flag sweeps were perfect and so beautiful.

  • COOL!

    but also kinda creepy becasue the way they looked!!!

  • loves it! they are so good!

  • WOW! This was amazing!=D

  • Where did you get this music? were thinking about doing this for our winterguard!

  • What was the song that came on when the marionettes got up?

  • amazing winterguard video :)

  • dude! how did they make the blue flags do that at the end? did they just run an elastic band the length of the pole?

  • did this team win the championship? because that was outstanding!

  • Oh wow, I danced to this music a couple of years ago for a summer program. Can anyone tell me what music this is? I've been looking all over for it.

  • Beautiful. I love the whole marionette idea.  I also like how nearly every song from the Amelie soundtrack was used. xD I'm a big Yann Tiersen fan. <3

  • Oh my gosh. That was soo amazing.

  • This guard didn't steal anything, they had an idea SIMILAR to some elses Marionette whatever and Mt. Carmel did their views on Marionettes, thats all. Nothing was stolen, and i'm not even sure why this is still be talked about like 2 years later, good job Mt. Carmel, the show was amazing and you guys are one of the first Scholastic A teams i know of to get a Standing Ovation @ wgi.

  • this is like my dream show. :O

  • Love it!!

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  • Everyone knows this already. There are at least a million comments under yours that say this. :] Please get over it. The show was awesome, the colours were great, and when I saw it at World's that year, I was very excited to see their show. All three times.

    I like it better than the marionette show.

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  • Don't be quite so uptight. :] If it bugs you that much, report it to the original marionette show guys, and see what they have to say about it. You dont know the details behind the copyright of that show, for all you know, they'd be completely flattered. Don't forget, life isnt just black and white, especially when dealing with copyrights. There's a lot of grey area. :] Whether you agree with it or not, I'm sorry, that's the truth of it. Just enjoy the show.

    No offense, just some friendly advice

  • I loveeee this show!!! Its soooo amazing!!!! :D

  • Maybe I was looking at it wrong....but did the first guy that ran out....trip?

  • OMG I LOVED THIS SHOW!

    <333

  • i think this show is fantastic. all the times i saw it live i felt so jealous that i couldnt do the show. great job you guys

  • this is my favorite mt. carmel show. does any one know the songs they used? i only know one of them, La Valse d'Amelie.

  • this show is effin amazing!!

  • OMG!! I LOVED YOUR SHOW!!! You guys were so creative and the music was glorious and I especially loved the tick pole. Amazing. :)

  • OMG U GUYS R GOOD!!!!!!

  • that was amazing

  • What music did they use? It was pretty cool!

  • Music From Amelie

  • amazing!

    any idea how they did the move at 5:09?

  • There is an elastic band on the pole, from top to bottom I believe.

    You can see them using it earlier on at about 4:42

  • yeaah, cypress falls used those same things in 2005.

  • I saw this show last year 3 times and every time it got better! Mount carmel, you guys did well. sadly, none the guards sitting in the back(including mine) got to see how truly amazing this was.

  • That show was FANTASTIC! just lovely... well done

  • who got 1st?

  • put a video of this year up

  • hat is the coolest guard show i have ever seen the idea is amazing and the guys in the background controlling the girls is ba it's a great show

  • lovelovelove the dancing.

  • OMG i loved them at WGI. i'm so annoyed that they didn't get first.

  • AMAZING! I love this show, this years is good too. I just can't get over how clean they were for this show! I hope the sences show will become this good by championships!

  • Fantastic Show! Definitely made going to SA finals worth it!

  • im on eldorados varsity guard

    this show is amazing

    best i saw last year :)

    cant wait for this season

  • What Circuit are you guys in?

  • Sorry if this was answered before but can someone explain how they did the last move, immediately after the final ensemble toss?

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  • Clear elastics on the tabs.

  • Amazing. I was in color guard in high school in a state winning guard and I couldn't tell what that last move was it was so flawless. You girls are good and be thankful that you have such a creative director - and one with skill at that. I ended up moving to a high school with a crappy one and it was sad, sad, sad.

  • They aren't just girls you know

    Thy have a respectable number of men in there as well.

  • this reminds me a lot of that show out of Tate a few years ago. they did all Amelie music. they also placed top 10 if i remember correctly. this show is done well but not all that original really.

  • You guys should have won in Dayton, you guys were way better than Colonial HS! And I should know, I'm in the same Circuit at Colonial and that was not their best performance nor did it top your guys! Anyways though, hope you guys have a great performance year this year too!

  • Probably my favorite Scholastic A show that I've seen... you guys looked GREAT at Dayton and I thought you should've won ^_^

  • Oh my gosh i watched this show like 5 times now! Its so good!! I love how it's so similar to the bboys show! I'm not saying they copied them or anything but its amazing how it's so similar! It's freeking awesome!!!

    <3 guard!! =)

  • wow this is really good!!

  • watch?v=rw_aT8ZxSsI

  • That was really amazing!

    oh my god, that was really good. you guys keep up the fantastic work!

  • you girls were amazing! my instructor told us about you and said you were crazy good!!! we def loved it once we got to see it!

    Love Northmont

  • wow those girls are amazing my instructor always tells us to leave it all on the field.. ( marching band color guard) and these girls def. left it all out there! great job!!!! dont let it happen, make it happen!!!!

  • Hey dumbie who said it was stolen, how do you think high school bands come up with routines. They get ideas from other places. yes, its basically the same at the beginning but while expressions took it to a dance level, these took it to an art level. Very good show guys. enjoyed watching it

  • that is so hot!

  • i was at dayton with black watch, they were most interesting guard i saw all day, they did great!!

  • Yann Tiersen <3

  • omg ive only been in guard for two years but ive seen alot of shows and that was amaaaziiinnggg so all the people with rude comments need to shut the hell up and aappreciate a good show when they see 1

  • that was so kewl, my guard actaully used that same music from the beginning in 2007 winter guard and we were puppets. that is so awesome.

  • WOW! What a stunning guard!

  • yeahh so i check out how people are either "dont effin bite off expressions crew"

    or "you dont know a thing about what Mt. Carmel has done to ear this"

  • not creative at all... routine stolen from expressions crew

    youtube search "expressions marionette"

  • RETAAARDS, you dont use real rifles in colorguard .

    its the "sport of the arts."

    it would be weird if you had to dance and spin a real rifle ..

  • I LOVED this so much. I wish we could have done something like this it was very creative ahh and the music was great.

  • whats the name of the song when the sabre comes in?

    i love the show by the way!:P :D

  • La Valse D'Ameilie [Orchestral Version]

  • - then again, i know nothing about the whole copying ordeal. :(

  • personally, i thought this show was amazing!

    (how come positive comments get bad ratings :( )

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    if you just swing your arm like a puppet or whatever, does it mean that you are a biter now? think about it for a minute

    as for the credit issue, one of these kids said it right that you do need copywright to use the music and stuff. regrettebly, the show wasnt named as a tribute for credit to them but i bet the least expressions would do is chuckle at the attempt (maybe out of flattery).

    last fact: expressions disbanded a few years after this show

    letting the smack come across..

  • yeahh so i check out how people are either "dont effin bite off expressions crew"

    or "you dont know a thing about what Mt. Carmel has done to ear this"

    so here's my word of wisdom:

    you haters try put up a puppet show of any kind and try your best NOT to use moves similar to Expressions. when you come up with a GOOD show to put out to an aware audience, let me know

    if you stop being biased and air headed, you'll realize all the moves MC "bit" off are all generic and not special at all.

  • For all of you that are whining about this show being "stolen" I'm assuming that you have never been in winterguard. You don't just pick a song and use it, you have to get the copywrite to it. Also, does it really matter? Even if the ENTIRE show was stolen, the guard members wouldn't have known that. They did a really great job, just give them credit for that.

  • ok so whatever you guys may think this idea is amazing. I dont care who stole what. These kids sure know how to spin. The elastic bands at the end i have seen used in drum corp and is very effective everytime. I say kudos to the performers you guys really out on a show. :)

  • you people who are complaining about this entire show being stolen from this expression crew.. u know if this is the music they use.. and they have the copywrites. this school does have to get the rights to it.... so.. maybe u should check that out too before u go and slander some kids who have no idea..

  • I liked this show it was awesome .good job .

  • not fresh!! --

  • shame on you for copying the whole concept and using it in competition. complete lack of originality or respect

  • all i can say for people who are comparing this to whatever this expressoin crew is.. is that the whole puppet idea for a color guard show was done back in 1997 (i think) by everybody color guard...strings and all.. and who ever is saying the group should be ashamed of ripping something off.. i think you are wrong. if u should be mad at anyone.. it's the staff of the color guard.. not the students performing.. they probably have no idea.....

  • all i can say for you who are trying to defend whatever your crew is...

    you should be ashamed of yourself. write whatever crap after watching expression crew because you dont seem to have any idea about wtf you are talking about right now

  • i wonder how many more of this bitting s...t were going to see.

  • the main point of this routine was stolen from expression crew. competing with someone elses idea is very wrong and disrespectful. watch that crappy movie 'bring it on' and then the expression crew marionette show, lol. shame on the choreagrapher...tsk tsk

  • The "whole" routine was not taken. Just the first minute or so.

    It's not like Expressions copyrighted their moves. If they did, they would look like an a** like that one guy who copyrighted the Electric Slide.

    Did this guard not evolve the concept? Did you even watch the middle section? There was dance with actual strings, ropes, and other moves that were clearly not from Expressions.

  • wow. fucking best show ever. everyone's ridiculously clean and the elastic on the flag poles and the music and the puppeteering!!! dfjhgjkfhgrjkehgkrhgrk jeg <3

  • if Expression had stolen your idea, i would have been really disappointed and also written such comments to them

    BUT you stole Expressions idea, and not only the idea, but also big parts of the choreography

    i think guard is cool, you guard girls and boys have my respect, but not my respect for stealing, i also dont have respect for b-girls and b-boys that steal

    if you "transform" it in this way, you HAVE TO CREDIT EXPRESSIONS BEFORE EVERY PERFORMANCE AT LEAST

    then nobody would be so mad

  • I am sure that, if honest, the Expressions people would admit that they got the idea from someplace else... There is NO SUCH THING as a truly original idea. And, the saying goes, "imitation is the most sincere form of flattery." These must be very young and/or not yet matured people,as anyone who has been in this business for any time would get that the copyright permissions are given by the composer/publisher/owner of the music, and these people grant permission to numerous groups.

  • scechal...

    of course, if you think that there is no originality, then it's clear that you defend this group

    but without the ideas of a few certain people, people like you or this group could never steal these ideas

    think about it

  • Yo, Dynamite, I said no such thing as "truly original." Truly original: compose new music, invent new equipment, design a new format for performance, etc....we all borrow. Costumes, formation changes, color schemes, etc. We cannot help but be affected by what has gone before us. STEAL implies violation. I guess, by your standards, no one can paint a sunflower again, right Van Gogh? Improvement is progress, not theft and I am writing from my laptop as opposed to my Commodore 64...

  • true well high school winterguards get thier music and rifle/flag/sabre work from their instructors so people who talk abt this guard sshould bk off because they are only doin what they're told and their persomance was amazing very clean

  • copycats.....