Cmon, you put professional bowling, poker, men on steroids pulling trucks, and pool. The number of people that would watch 1 DCI Championship on ESPN, i would GUARANTEE you, would outnumber the amount of people that watch all those weird ass sports in one year combined!!! PUT DCI BACK ON TV
@golfdad75 Oh wow, hmmmm. I really dont know what to say, other than the fact that is was a joke. But way to go. I mean really, it was a joke dude. if i said "The skeleton didnt cross the road because he didnt have the guts" would you get your panties in a bunch about that? Don't call me stupid for joking. Good job on your part ass hole.
@privatechavez0022 but i thought you had to be 16 as an age requirement to march. at least thats what it says on the DCI website. Because I'm 16 and even if i made it this year, i would only be able to do five years.
@tjw889 but do his math. 3 years of cavies and years of blue devils? yeah no. Cavaliers has no feeder corp that i know of and it's age requirement is 16. so 3 years of cavies and 4 years of blue devils makes him 23 as an age out. when 22 is age out. =P
@dylstick3 I'm not doing any math... as a member of a corps I know that the overall restrictions for DCI are 14-21... what individual corps do is their business and can change
@DoC007EJ wondering what you cherish more, the 3 summers with Cavies or the 4 with Devils. I am an old drum corp guy (circa '70's) so I am just wondering
I get emotional when I watch these DCI and Drum Corps video's. Im 29 years old and I was in band in high school, I miss the music and the field, I also miss the intensity of performance. The college I went to didnt have any type of marching band and their concert band was not active in any way. I want to thank all of you that perform for us to watch, I watch you and I tear up because I know that you LOVE what you do and it shows, so let me end by saying:
Where do these kids get such chops?! I marched for two years, I'm now 30 and practice trumpet and drums everyday, but I am still truly amazed by all drum corps.
I'd like to see all the people who criticize us try it. Hit a dot 10 yards away in 8 counts with quads playing helicopters and figure 8's. How bout march a show in rain and snow? Or march around while constantly blowing into an instrument. When they fail, we wont laugh, or rub it in. We will simply help them to get better. Ya know why? Cause we're drum corps. And we're better than that.
i love daytime competitions. I think the sun blaring down on ur face and horn is an awesome feeling. The best part is when you are marching off the field and there is sweat absolutely pouring into your eyes. Stings like hell sure... but its an awesome feeling.
You want the truth from an interested (but turned off) viewer? DCI 'excellence' seems to have devolved into playing bizarre music (I have my Masters), but doing it to near perfection. If there were more like the Madison Scouts that seem to focus on entertainment, you'd have a much larger audience. That's the harsh reality that DCI leadership doesn't favor. When I go to DCI events, I feel sorry for the performers, because they seem to all give their all, but the content is often painful.
cmon i dont think it can get on espn with the 20+ reruns of sportcenter a day but espn2 does NOTHING! i havnt watched a full thing on espn2 except football which is august-january DCI is june-august so...why isnt it on any network?
The reason that they stopped televising DCI events is because 1. ESPN wasn't making any money, and 2. ESPN wanted DCI to change rules and regulations in order to fit TV schedules. DCI didn't want to end up moving World Championships into the middle of November, so they said forget it! I'm perfectly fine with buying DVDs and WATCHING THE SHOWS LIVE. DCI doesn't need TV.
I can't stand the people who think that playing and marching is easy and that it's not physically demanding. I would love to see them hold a baritone (and they have to hold it right, 10 degrees above eye level) for 10 minutes straight, hit the highest note on a trumpet and hit it good, and march with nearly perfect technique in super hard drill sets. If they can do all of that, then they can say it's easy
Were not "band geeks!" people are just jealous of the real talent that people who do marching bands, or DCI, have. Sorry that dribbling a ball or running a ball down a feild takes months of practice and is sooo hard. Yeah right.
Its people like dchapm that make you wish there was a button that was worse than having a thumbs down button. . . . . hmmmm. . . . I know how about a middle finger button!?
marching is not a sport ITS SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT!
i don't understand why you all want to consider it a sport. it doesnt deserve a pathetic title like "sport", its more intense than any sport out there. it is its own classification.
it is not a sport, and i don't want it to be. instead of calling it DCI they should call it EPIC :D
@crazitaco I think the cause is more to get people to recognize that this isn't some every-other-weekend thing that band weenies with no friends do during the summer. More to stop the historic 'marching band' stereotype of high-stepping dorks with busbys than to lump us in with the NFL. It would be nice to be recognized with something more than an 'oh that's nice...' when you talk about being in a corps.
its amazing how the main stream doesnt take this seriously,Drum corps deserves so much more respect than it gets. this is alot harder than any other sport,it requires so much more. And the feeling of it is just incredible,nothing can beat it. I dont think the main stream will ever accept it. Im ok with that because i know i did it and i enjoyed it,and everyone else who just decides to be ignorant and title us as "band geeks",its just there loss
@DominictheLegit I couldnt agree more with you. The mainstream will never accept drum corps, that's just the way it is, unfortunately. Its really just something your allowed to think is more awesome than anything else, even if people don't agree with you.
I love DCI and wish most people knew and respected what it takes to do this, but unfortinatly most people just regard it as marching band, if they saw a show live I bet money even the biggest anti band/corps sports junkie would change their mind. Music is passion and this is best example I can find. Go get them guys and keep pumping out those awesome shows
i like how when the girl asks what is DCI... Dan Potter starts talking.... obviously taken from some announcement,,, but im not complaing... just laughing
Most of my friends actually respects me for doing marching arts. But as usual, there are those groups of people that say "it's a waste of time", "All you do is just play horns and walk about... I could do that.." and etc... Most of these people don't understand the achievements we(the marchers) get on the field.
i hate having to explain to the ignorant how DCI is a sport. "all you do is blow horns and bang drums...anyone can do that.." MY ASS. if you ask me. DCI is way more a sport than NASCAR....
You all think you've seen or heard real drumming?! You're wrong. If you want to see a real musical show check out "Cranky Pants," Kevin Murray's lightning fast up and coming drumline composition.
So I was just checking on the ESPN website and wanted to find DCI, so I clicked under sports. I looked and DCI wasn't on it but POKER was! When was poker a sport? WTF?
They asked the question "Why do Drum Corps" My answer is "Because every one that does drum corps is a Bad-ass Motherfucker." Regiment '04? What about 2003, Harmonic Journey was the best show in drum corps history, and one of the loudest. In Canon on moment was recorded as one of the most loudest moments in a show.
It takes an athletic person to be able to manage. Marching requires coordination and movement with one goal in mind, a championship. So yes, it's a sport.
What sucks is that we see drum corps as the coolest thing ever, and most people regard us as band geeks. No one can understand that being in drumline or being in horns takes more perseverance, determination, and hard work than any other activity out there. Not only do we coordinate our drills to perfection, but we work our asses off to produce very intense music. Being in drumline, it's where I release all my anger and emotion. I feel so pumped each time I perform. It's where I can be set free.
@keymaster2 i like dci but i think the reason why they call us band geeks is because the band doesnt play popular tunes or songs that people might have heard of. thats why alot audiences prefer showbands like pvamu or famu for performances, but famu does play orps music as well even though they are a showband
@347826able That's because core drum corps play different types of music.. HBCU bands do.. You can still be alumni and drum after you're out of college.. :D
@keymaster2 no, what sucks is that the general public only care if you're in the drumline or not. Kind of like that is the only thing out there on a field. "You're in band? Do you play the drums?" "No, I play the blah-blah-blah"
@keymaster2 It doesn't suck that people have no clue what stokes us. Screw them! I've been dealnig with that crap since 1974. Dealt with idiot school administrators who don't understand what it can do for many of us who finally have a place to excel and belong. Idiots with Ph.D.s clueless of the performing arts.
The fact is, I have many friends from the activity cultivated over these many years, and as long as WE get it, and love and feel the zen, THAT is what counts- screw the normals!
@keymaster2 in the words of ochocinco..child pleeze dont worry about those people you keep doin your thing...i use to marcch in high school (snare)...it was awesome...you have more of an affect on people marching than you think...its more to it than music and movement...its Huge...keep it up.
@keymaster2 - That's what people do in other activities... why do you have to be so negative? Don't act like you do more "hard work than any other activity" if you want people to take you seriously. Apparently people in drumline are pretentious assholes.
@aaron8862006 wtf is your problem? he's only being down about it not because everyone else doesn't work as hard as a corps member, but because in the eyes of others that's what they see and it's not a positive picture.
With my band, I do believe that we actually get a lot of respect from our community and our school. As the drum major, a lot of people have actually told me that they believe that the band is the only good thing that comes from our school. Our football team is super horrible! They have yet to win a game. And I think its so sad that most of the players think they are the kings of the school, yet most of us feel sorry for them, considering the fact that they cant play to save their lives.
who feels marching band is a sport? bands compete other bands like bands compete other bands thers scoring like track team stuff theres A LOT of preperation put into shows like a football team practices for a game. so i would say its a sport what do you have to say?
i don't want to fight just to offer another opinion. Band could be a sport considering the physical endurances it undertakes. Just so I know, what would you define as a sport that makes marching band not qualify?
band at my school was considered phys. ed. we didnt have to take regular PE if we did marching band.
so in that aspect we're classified as a "sport" but that doesnt mean other kids in school call it a sport. we had a flawless season (first in all categories in all competitions) and our football team went like 1-8 and what happens? no mention of anything... city champs 3 of 4 yrs and we got no respect.
we get half a PE credit for a semester of marching band. and same with us with the no respect. we got 4th in state this year and no one cares. no article in the school paper. but this big picture that covers 2 pages of the football team on it. we only made playoffs once. in our schools existence.
I understand the feeling. Our football team is hyped but they only won one game to the worst football team in the district. And we go all the way across the state to compete. Got best in small class drum major and all. No mention of us at all at school. :I
What the fuck? 6 thumbs down. I know exactly what I'm talking about. It's not a negative comment, its just that I don't view it as a sport. Is it physically demanding? Hell yes. Ask anyone who has ever done circle drill at 200 bpm(me included). Ask anyone who has done 6 to 5's backwards across the entire length of a football field. Anyone who does junior corps should definitely be considered an athlete. But I wouldn't say you need to be athletic to play in your marching band, or to march DCA....
There are plenty of unfit, fat, unhealthy band kids marching out there. PE credit or not. But just because I don't view it as a sport does not mean I have any less respect for the activity. It's something I have a passion for and go broke every year to do, so hey buddy. Fuck you. You have no idea.
Ive gotta say that im most impressed by amazing visual feats, so naturally my favorite corps is the Cavaliers! Im auditioning for them in 3 weeks!!!! YES!
because the trombones have a slide and in most dci shows they have a compressed part or they have people passing in front of one another really close so the trombones wouldn't be able to maneuver passed people and play.
nah, its becuase ever since drum corps were created it was always brass and drums dating back to the civil war, and it has always been that way, a lot of boy scouts troops used only brass and drums for their corps, also drum corps work and play in all types of climates and woodwinds can screw up easy. Drum corps have just always been brass and drums :l
Woodwinds aren't as durable (can't get wet, too cold or hot etc.) and a pit can replace the parts they have (seeing as they're usually the same) anyway.
Plus its just the sound they're going for too.
I do sort of wish they did have woodwinds though. I'd try out on piccolo asap.
@DaltonDrums i've marched in 10 degree weather. we dont know why they didnt cancel the competition but i did it. all the brass valves froze. worst show ever. woodwinds actually out played the brass that show.
@craighall92 Deja Vu. So did my marching band. It has 21 people. It was just that cold, and all the woodwinds froze, so for that competition, we became and drum and bugle corps. We were all so cold, tired, and numb, that we never wanted to march ever again. The worst show in the history of our school. I wish they would've canceled the competition because some marchers even got hypothermia. It was our 1st competitive marching band, so it was not the best place to make a first impression.
@Thunderflower367 because when marching bands were put together, they were drum and bugle corps. Woodwinds were instituted into marching band to allow those sounds (sounds that you would only get out of a flute or clarinet in a concert setting) to broaden the repertoire and enhance the music. It's like playing the Requiem by Mozart and having no choir; the music isn't the same even if it's close. They toss a choir out there and hey, you can play other stuff with choirs out there too.
I love music, I am on the Van Buren High School marching band (best band in the great state of Arkansas btw.) But I am a woodwind, and When I get older, I wanna go somewhere to try out for DCI, I wish something would take woodwinds :(
Try picking up a Baritone or trumpet! A lot of Alumni at Rosemount High school (4th year best state marching band in minnesota) [: they play woodwind instruments but they switched to a brass instrument! if you really have the passion to do it, you can.
i want to do this bad.....music is my life....and i love the feeling when i step onto the feild...not real sure what drum corp i want to try out for though
You might just want to go to auditions. Most of the times you can get a feel for the corps when you hang out with them. I hope that whatever you go for the best of luck and that you choose the right one :). Personally I'm going for the Boston Crusaders
I think it would be so amazing to be able so perform with the Phontom Regiment, but I'd have to take up a brass or percussion instrument....(I play flute as of now...) I'm probably try and pick up french horn....
Can someone tell me which Drum Corps is all male, I know one is Cavaliers...I cant really think of the other ones, Im a female in junior high, and went i graduate I want to join SCV..
Hey, you should start training now. Some of the top corps have junior corps which would be great training for you. I don't know if SCV has a junior corps, but I think that BD does.
My information might be a little out-of-date. It has been about ten years since I marched PR. If SCV has a junior corps, then absolutely get involved now. Besides the Corps training, you'll undoubtedly get access to the people in the Class A Corps. That will help you, too. Good Luck in your corps quest!
I love that all the videos they show are from Drums Along the Rockies in Denver :D Yeah!
xcrunner289 2 months ago
Chuck Henson narrating some of that? YEAA, BUDDY.
WoWKoest 3 months ago
i forgot SCV had a hornline, ive only watched their drumline haha.
jakubrox19 3 months ago
No. Drum Corps can not be summed up in 3 words. Any number of words, no matter the meaning, wouldn't come close to summing up Drum Corps.
th3mexican227 3 months ago
Cmon, you put professional bowling, poker, men on steroids pulling trucks, and pool. The number of people that would watch 1 DCI Championship on ESPN, i would GUARANTEE you, would outnumber the amount of people that watch all those weird ass sports in one year combined!!! PUT DCI BACK ON TV
StankySwank 5 months ago 3
@StankySwank Agreed,.... lots of lame stuff on ESPN,.... put DCI Championships back on TV,.... tons of talent there!!!!
zephead2002 5 months ago
someone put DCI finals in ESPN where it belongs and take out nascar and poker, THOSE AREN'T EVEN SPORTS!
lowbrasskicksass1 6 months ago 4
DCI isnt staged on a football field, football is staged on the band field. get your shit strait people.
dylstick3 6 months ago 89
@dylstick3 How stupid are you, that is exactly what it is. Do you think anyone has ever built a stadium for band or dci?
golfdad75 6 months ago
@golfdad75 Oh wow, hmmmm. I really dont know what to say, other than the fact that is was a joke. But way to go. I mean really, it was a joke dude. if i said "The skeleton didnt cross the road because he didnt have the guts" would you get your panties in a bunch about that? Don't call me stupid for joking. Good job on your part ass hole.
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@dylstick3 I bet you are just another feminine band geek that has no life other than the internet.
tmtv633 6 months ago
@dylstick3 CORPS FIELD
EddieTattoProduction 1 month ago
best years of my life 2002-2004 Cavi 2005-2008 BD
DoC007EJ 6 months ago
@DoC007EJ you marched seven years of corp?
dylstick3 6 months ago
@dylstick3
while rare it is possible
make a corps when you're 15 and have a summer birthday you can do 7 years
privatechavez0022 5 months ago
@privatechavez0022 but i thought you had to be 16 as an age requirement to march. at least thats what it says on the DCI website. Because I'm 16 and even if i made it this year, i would only be able to do five years.
dylstick3 5 months ago
@dylstick3 The age range is 14-21, though some feeder corps take even younger
tjw889 4 months ago
@tjw889 but do his math. 3 years of cavies and years of blue devils? yeah no. Cavaliers has no feeder corp that i know of and it's age requirement is 16. so 3 years of cavies and 4 years of blue devils makes him 23 as an age out. when 22 is age out. =P
dylstick3 4 months ago
@dylstick3 I'm not doing any math... as a member of a corps I know that the overall restrictions for DCI are 14-21... what individual corps do is their business and can change
I'm also too lazy to read any prior comments^^^
tjw889 4 months ago
@privatechavez0022 I marched Music City this year at 13
MCDCSop 4 months ago
@MCDCSop dude cool! you daniel krenz? he was trumpet 16
bikerbo2 4 months ago
@bikerbo2 yeah i know him he was one of the other leads hes really cool
MCDCSop 3 months ago
@bikerbo2 I was also a lead trumpet
MCDCSop 3 months ago
@DoC007EJ wondering what you cherish more, the 3 summers with Cavies or the 4 with Devils. I am an old drum corp guy (circa '70's) so I am just wondering
thogy 6 months ago
what year is all this?
ArmenianLegion 6 months ago
who could possibly dislike this vid are yall crazy
MintThunder 7 months ago
the first that comes to most peoples minds when i say the Cavaliers is the basketball team. -_-
HyaItsNathan 8 months ago 4
@HyaItsNathan then I think I speak for everyone here when I say...GET OUT
sfhsmello29 7 months ago
I miss when they had the complete shows from all top 12 corps on PBS.
citizengar 8 months ago
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MrDtedwards1 9 months ago
I get emotional when I watch these DCI and Drum Corps video's. Im 29 years old and I was in band in high school, I miss the music and the field, I also miss the intensity of performance. The college I went to didnt have any type of marching band and their concert band was not active in any way. I want to thank all of you that perform for us to watch, I watch you and I tear up because I know that you LOVE what you do and it shows, so let me end by saying:
Thank you from my heart for what you do
MrDtedwards1 9 months ago 5
Oh look, another DCI promotion video in which only the top 6 corps are featured...
tonynoyes 10 months ago 3
ok this is so sick.. but the narrative is effin cheesy. let the images speak for themselves.. or get another voice over..
raptordudeJCR 10 months ago
Where do these kids get such chops?! I marched for two years, I'm now 30 and practice trumpet and drums everyday, but I am still truly amazed by all drum corps.
JazzyJonas 11 months ago
to those who deny that marching band is sport. once something is on espn its a sport!
HuizengaAndKrohnBOSS 11 months ago
I'd like to see all the people who criticize us try it. Hit a dot 10 yards away in 8 counts with quads playing helicopters and figure 8's. How bout march a show in rain and snow? Or march around while constantly blowing into an instrument. When they fail, we wont laugh, or rub it in. We will simply help them to get better. Ya know why? Cause we're drum corps. And we're better than that.
sailorbob123 11 months ago 35
...so suck it everyone who thinks Marching isn't a sport...we're on ESPN now!
StreetMarcher728 11 months ago 2
Only 6 more months till' band camp... Sigh... Anticipation! WHEN CAN WE START MARCHING AGAIN!
iPodiNsanity 1 year ago 2
i love daytime competitions. I think the sun blaring down on ur face and horn is an awesome feeling. The best part is when you are marching off the field and there is sweat absolutely pouring into your eyes. Stings like hell sure... but its an awesome feeling.
sfhsmello29 1 year ago
I don't understand the term band geek as being a negative thing.
It makes as much sense as making fun of someone for liking football (playing or watching).
DRUM CORPS ARE SO FUCKING COOL
littlegreenboxes 1 year ago
are these all from the same year?
deathkinglord 1 year ago
You want the truth from an interested (but turned off) viewer? DCI 'excellence' seems to have devolved into playing bizarre music (I have my Masters), but doing it to near perfection. If there were more like the Madison Scouts that seem to focus on entertainment, you'd have a much larger audience. That's the harsh reality that DCI leadership doesn't favor. When I go to DCI events, I feel sorry for the performers, because they seem to all give their all, but the content is often painful.
saildapper2001 1 year ago
the danceing euphonium player for phantom regiment at 6:55 is my old middle school/assistant high school band director
Samuelblahblahblah 1 year ago
cmon i dont think it can get on espn with the 20+ reruns of sportcenter a day but espn2 does NOTHING! i havnt watched a full thing on espn2 except football which is august-january DCI is june-august so...why isnt it on any network?
ceana27 1 year ago
The reason that they stopped televising DCI events is because 1. ESPN wasn't making any money, and 2. ESPN wanted DCI to change rules and regulations in order to fit TV schedules. DCI didn't want to end up moving World Championships into the middle of November, so they said forget it! I'm perfectly fine with buying DVDs and WATCHING THE SHOWS LIVE. DCI doesn't need TV.
MrDustyK 1 year ago
I can't stand the people who think that playing and marching is easy and that it's not physically demanding. I would love to see them hold a baritone (and they have to hold it right, 10 degrees above eye level) for 10 minutes straight, hit the highest note on a trumpet and hit it good, and march with nearly perfect technique in super hard drill sets. If they can do all of that, then they can say it's easy
dastreet1 1 year ago 2
Were not "band geeks!" people are just jealous of the real talent that people who do marching bands, or DCI, have. Sorry that dribbling a ball or running a ball down a feild takes months of practice and is sooo hard. Yeah right.
Quads1992 1 year ago
Its people like dchapm that make you wish there was a button that was worse than having a thumbs down button. . . . . hmmmm. . . . I know how about a middle finger button!?
ChunckyMonkey26 1 year ago
marching is not a sport ITS SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT!
i don't understand why you all want to consider it a sport. it doesnt deserve a pathetic title like "sport", its more intense than any sport out there. it is its own classification.
it is not a sport, and i don't want it to be. instead of calling it DCI they should call it EPIC :D
crazitaco 1 year ago
@crazitaco I think the cause is more to get people to recognize that this isn't some every-other-weekend thing that band weenies with no friends do during the summer. More to stop the historic 'marching band' stereotype of high-stepping dorks with busbys than to lump us in with the NFL. It would be nice to be recognized with something more than an 'oh that's nice...' when you talk about being in a corps.
crazyrainee 1 year ago
I have auditions this Saturday and Sunday!! Can't wait!!
Broadway2010 1 year ago
oh u know when bowling poker and darts are on people are glued to their TVs....... Drum Corps. snooze fest! (sarcasm)
zacho999 1 year ago
they finaly compare our work to work done by top olympians :)
jayisamazazing 1 year ago
Sorry people poker, darts, and bowling take priority. Btw, 2004=very good year
mirro379 1 year ago
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mirro379 1 year ago
@keymaster2 amen to that d-line all day
Valwhora 1 year ago
its amazing how the main stream doesnt take this seriously,Drum corps deserves so much more respect than it gets. this is alot harder than any other sport,it requires so much more. And the feeling of it is just incredible,nothing can beat it. I dont think the main stream will ever accept it. Im ok with that because i know i did it and i enjoyed it,and everyone else who just decides to be ignorant and title us as "band geeks",its just there loss
DominictheLegit 1 year ago
@DominictheLegit i've already accepted that people will never get it. oh well
header8 1 year ago
@DominictheLegit I couldnt agree more with you. The mainstream will never accept drum corps, that's just the way it is, unfortunately. Its really just something your allowed to think is more awesome than anything else, even if people don't agree with you.
andeath445 1 year ago
this is a great video.
Trapmaker677 1 year ago
Any football jock he tells you that DCI is hard, SLAP THEM, THEY DONT KNOW WHAT THERE SAYING!!!!!!!!!!!!
McFlury9687 1 year ago
I love DCI and wish most people knew and respected what it takes to do this, but unfortinatly most people just regard it as marching band, if they saw a show live I bet money even the biggest anti band/corps sports junkie would change their mind. Music is passion and this is best example I can find. Go get them guys and keep pumping out those awesome shows
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japadotuba 1 year ago
7:00 he leaned into it!
narutojames225 1 year ago
i like how when the girl asks what is DCI... Dan Potter starts talking.... obviously taken from some announcement,,, but im not complaing... just laughing
muzambarian 1 year ago
What else could I possibly want to do with my life?
HarryPotterObsessed7 1 year ago
Most of my friends actually respects me for doing marching arts. But as usual, there are those groups of people that say "it's a waste of time", "All you do is just play horns and walk about... I could do that.." and etc... Most of these people don't understand the achievements we(the marchers) get on the field.
tytzer93 1 year ago
i hate having to explain to the ignorant how DCI is a sport. "all you do is blow horns and bang drums...anyone can do that.." MY ASS. if you ask me. DCI is way more a sport than NASCAR....
flyinhawaiian124 1 year ago 3
@flyinhawaiian124 and cheerleading too. That takes some skill but it's not a sport.
nmk9543 1 year ago
PUT THE DCI FINALS BACK ON LIVE TV WHERE THEY BELONG!!!
justabill61 1 year ago 238
@justabill61 you should be president dude
WayneBoyles1 8 months ago
@justabill61 instead of bullshit shows like "You think you're good at a sports game? Try the REAL sport."
I hate ESPN now.
jewboy11505 6 months ago
Any idea what the drum & bass song in the beginning was?
drmmrboy88 1 year ago
You all think you've seen or heard real drumming?! You're wrong. If you want to see a real musical show check out "Cranky Pants," Kevin Murray's lightning fast up and coming drumline composition.
JanetJackson57 1 year ago
@JanetJackson57 there is no such thing as real drumming. just because its not DCI doesnt mean its not real drumming
TheDragonmaster18 1 year ago
6:55 need to change my pants, brb.
mbmaccin555555 1 year ago
So I was just checking on the ESPN website and wanted to find DCI, so I clicked under sports. I looked and DCI wasn't on it but POKER was! When was poker a sport? WTF?
mygarage95 1 year ago
i really wish they still showed DCI on TV
rdaniels95 1 year ago
They asked the question "Why do Drum Corps" My answer is "Because every one that does drum corps is a Bad-ass Motherfucker." Regiment '04? What about 2003, Harmonic Journey was the best show in drum corps history, and one of the loudest. In Canon on moment was recorded as one of the most loudest moments in a show.
Drag2hand 1 year ago
Hahaha 8:42 what a sausage fest. (I'm just messing)
PapaDharok 1 year ago
0:00 to 1:15... Goosebumps from Hell, it brings me to tears, i love what i do
Excapted 1 year ago
It takes an athletic person to be able to manage. Marching requires coordination and movement with one goal in mind, a championship. So yes, it's a sport.
AL101584 1 year ago
im going to preforming along the Blue Devils B Corps this year, I hope we win! Good luck to all, this is my first time and im excited.
viperx4wert 1 year ago
big fish soundtrack...
Ooshbala 1 year ago
What sucks is that we see drum corps as the coolest thing ever, and most people regard us as band geeks. No one can understand that being in drumline or being in horns takes more perseverance, determination, and hard work than any other activity out there. Not only do we coordinate our drills to perfection, but we work our asses off to produce very intense music. Being in drumline, it's where I release all my anger and emotion. I feel so pumped each time I perform. It's where I can be set free.
keymaster2 1 year ago 248
@keymaster2 so so true
vote4dancingpenguin 1 year ago
@keymaster2 i totally agree with you man im in the drumline also im the biggest bass
BIGmike305tillidie 1 year ago
@keymaster2 i like dci but i think the reason why they call us band geeks is because the band doesnt play popular tunes or songs that people might have heard of. thats why alot audiences prefer showbands like pvamu or famu for performances, but famu does play orps music as well even though they are a showband
347826able 1 year ago
@347826able That's because core drum corps play different types of music.. HBCU bands do.. You can still be alumni and drum after you're out of college.. :D
KC816KC 1 year ago
@347826able which is, I'm sorry, quite ridiculous.
XylussN 1 year ago
@keymaster2 What is the only Activity That the members are as Athletic as Olympic Athletes? Answer: MARCHING BANDS!!
Hellfire918 1 year ago 4
@keymaster2 yes no one knows wat its like to be out there
kingjokerful 1 year ago
@keymaster2 the reason people call you band geeks is because ya'll dont play music people hear on the radio or dance during ya'll shows
TheDragonmaster18 1 year ago
@keymaster2 no, what sucks is that the general public only care if you're in the drumline or not. Kind of like that is the only thing out there on a field. "You're in band? Do you play the drums?" "No, I play the blah-blah-blah"
nmk9543 1 year ago
@keymaster2 man u cant be more rite. exept i play keyboards but still its the same princaple
turtlescanplaydrums2 1 year ago
@keymaster2 It doesn't suck that people have no clue what stokes us. Screw them! I've been dealnig with that crap since 1974. Dealt with idiot school administrators who don't understand what it can do for many of us who finally have a place to excel and belong. Idiots with Ph.D.s clueless of the performing arts.
The fact is, I have many friends from the activity cultivated over these many years, and as long as WE get it, and love and feel the zen, THAT is what counts- screw the normals!
YEP321S 1 year ago
@keymaster2 in the words of ochocinco..child pleeze dont worry about those people you keep doin your thing...i use to marcch in high school (snare)...it was awesome...you have more of an affect on people marching than you think...its more to it than music and movement...its Huge...keep it up.
jusprazem 10 months ago
@keymaster2 - That's what people do in other activities... why do you have to be so negative? Don't act like you do more "hard work than any other activity" if you want people to take you seriously. Apparently people in drumline are pretentious assholes.
aaron8862006 9 months ago
@aaron8862006 wtf is your problem? he's only being down about it not because everyone else doesn't work as hard as a corps member, but because in the eyes of others that's what they see and it's not a positive picture.
you're either a football player or a trumpet.
drumline are pretentious, my ass.
193614 7 months ago
@193614 - You're proving my point. Thank you.
aaron8862006 7 months ago
@aaron8862006 Couldnt have said it better myself. to excel at anything takes perseverance, determination and hard work and plenty of it.
firetruckjoe 6 months ago
@keymaster2 I could not have put it any better myself.
Tuba408Bass 8 months ago
@keymaster2 LOVE UR POST MISSIN' DCI 10 Years Removed...MAN!
PopTopicTVChannel 6 months ago
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SolidSnake1162 6 months ago
the only reason why corps is not a sport is because its to difficult = ) woo BAC 2010 mellophone!!!!
2011BANDIE 2 years ago
The guy at 8:42 Went to my high school
jjwilke2112 2 years ago
With my band, I do believe that we actually get a lot of respect from our community and our school. As the drum major, a lot of people have actually told me that they believe that the band is the only good thing that comes from our school. Our football team is super horrible! They have yet to win a game. And I think its so sad that most of the players think they are the kings of the school, yet most of us feel sorry for them, considering the fact that they cant play to save their lives.
luispalomo8a 2 years ago 3
I want to see more Scenes like 3:08....Where can i get them?
Excapted 2 years ago
i plan on joining the blue devils do i have to live in california can i just like get an apartment if i make it?
icerider606 2 years ago
usually they find someone to house you. foar a payment. unless it's the cavaliers, they have their own housing facilities.
chickmunk1208 1 year ago
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LoukOod 2 years ago
6:11 - 6:22
Damn get it snares...
DaltonDrums 2 years ago
I'm going for the Boston Crusaders in exactly 3 weeks! good luck to every trying out for a DCI corps. : )
Forcef2 2 years ago 2
Ah! Lucky!
KameronID 2 years ago
who feels marching band is a sport? bands compete other bands like bands compete other bands thers scoring like track team stuff theres A LOT of preperation put into shows like a football team practices for a game. so i would say its a sport what do you have to say?
RayezProductions 2 years ago 8
i disagree that it is a sport but like track, it is a competition with sport qualities
oboejones 2 years ago
i don't want to fight just to offer another opinion. Band could be a sport considering the physical endurances it undertakes. Just so I know, what would you define as a sport that makes marching band not qualify?
Forcef2 2 years ago 3
@oboejones if cheerleading is a sport then hell this is a sport. but in my school marching band is a performing art not a sport
craighall92 2 years ago 2
band at my school was considered phys. ed. we didnt have to take regular PE if we did marching band.
so in that aspect we're classified as a "sport" but that doesnt mean other kids in school call it a sport. we had a flawless season (first in all categories in all competitions) and our football team went like 1-8 and what happens? no mention of anything... city champs 3 of 4 yrs and we got no respect.
djduran 2 years ago
we get half a PE credit for a semester of marching band. and same with us with the no respect. we got 4th in state this year and no one cares. no article in the school paper. but this big picture that covers 2 pages of the football team on it. we only made playoffs once. in our schools existence.
craighall92 2 years ago 2
haha same here with your PE, but in the yearbook, we were called a CLUB. i mean could you be any more stupid? haha
knhorsegirl 2 years ago
I understand the feeling. Our football team is hyped but they only won one game to the worst football team in the district. And we go all the way across the state to compete. Got best in small class drum major and all. No mention of us at all at school. :I
PhoenixFirewolf 2 years ago
if you've never done it, you wouldnt understand
rootbeerazor 2 years ago
@craighall92 That really sucks. We are athletes at our school. I'm sorry.
Musician2013 2 years ago
I thought a sport required physical exertion and competition..............omg sounds like band and drum corps...
just saying. thats nothing to fight over. thats facts.
TheHCHSmarchingband 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
I would say say that a sport requires competition. Band and drum corps do not. It's really just ranked performance....
bchapm 2 years ago
hey buddy, fuck you. you have no idea
totalydude44 2 years ago 2
What the fuck? 6 thumbs down. I know exactly what I'm talking about. It's not a negative comment, its just that I don't view it as a sport. Is it physically demanding? Hell yes. Ask anyone who has ever done circle drill at 200 bpm(me included). Ask anyone who has done 6 to 5's backwards across the entire length of a football field. Anyone who does junior corps should definitely be considered an athlete. But I wouldn't say you need to be athletic to play in your marching band, or to march DCA....
bchapm 2 years ago
i hate 6 to 5's at 180. gahd especially with bass 4..
and im just in high school! x[
famguy619 2 years ago
@famguy619 i know what you mean man.. i know what you mean
tagger3369 1 year ago
@famguy619 my pal marched bass 7 at Troy University last year. lol
XylussN 1 year ago
i suppose that depends on where you went to high school...
FCO0710 2 years ago
There are plenty of unfit, fat, unhealthy band kids marching out there. PE credit or not. But just because I don't view it as a sport does not mean I have any less respect for the activity. It's something I have a passion for and go broke every year to do, so hey buddy. Fuck you. You have no idea.
bchapm 2 years ago
@bchapm Hey, just wondering. What about it doesn't make it a sport for you?
XylussN 1 year ago
@bchapm wtf we're talking about dci right? theres no unfit fat unhealthy band kids in dci, they're all buff as far as i see
xxzhoutaixx 1 year ago
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1992photographer 1 year ago
lol, if you don't think drum corps is competitive, you're kiddin yourself!
FCO0710 2 years ago
@bchapm lol you no clue what your talking about
lawlol313 1 year ago
Ive gotta say that im most impressed by amazing visual feats, so naturally my favorite corps is the Cavaliers! Im auditioning for them in 3 weeks!!!! YES!
JakeBros3 2 years ago
I feel the same way, I play slide trombone...
psych214 2 years ago
yea! same here! i mean come on, the tromboen is so close, i mean it's already brass, why cant they just include us?
Thunderflower367 2 years ago
because the trombones have a slide and in most dci shows they have a compressed part or they have people passing in front of one another really close so the trombones wouldn't be able to maneuver passed people and play.
Forcef2 2 years ago
hmmm, so why don't they take woodwinds? do they just not like the sound?
Thunderflower367 2 years ago
nah, its becuase ever since drum corps were created it was always brass and drums dating back to the civil war, and it has always been that way, a lot of boy scouts troops used only brass and drums for their corps, also drum corps work and play in all types of climates and woodwinds can screw up easy. Drum corps have just always been brass and drums :l
DaltonDrums 2 years ago
hmm that doesn't seem to be the best reason for not including them....oh well, i guess it's...tradition...
Thunderflower367 2 years ago
Woodwinds aren't as durable (can't get wet, too cold or hot etc.) and a pit can replace the parts they have (seeing as they're usually the same) anyway.
Plus its just the sound they're going for too.
I do sort of wish they did have woodwinds though. I'd try out on piccolo asap.
PhoenixFirewolf 2 years ago
@DaltonDrums i've marched in 10 degree weather. we dont know why they didnt cancel the competition but i did it. all the brass valves froze. worst show ever. woodwinds actually out played the brass that show.
craighall92 2 years ago 2
@craighall92 Deja Vu. So did my marching band. It has 21 people. It was just that cold, and all the woodwinds froze, so for that competition, we became and drum and bugle corps. We were all so cold, tired, and numb, that we never wanted to march ever again. The worst show in the history of our school. I wish they would've canceled the competition because some marchers even got hypothermia. It was our 1st competitive marching band, so it was not the best place to make a first impression.
Musician2013 2 years ago
Not classified as a bugle.
KameronID 2 years ago
@Thunderflower367 because when marching bands were put together, they were drum and bugle corps. Woodwinds were instituted into marching band to allow those sounds (sounds that you would only get out of a flute or clarinet in a concert setting) to broaden the repertoire and enhance the music. It's like playing the Requiem by Mozart and having no choir; the music isn't the same even if it's close. They toss a choir out there and hey, you can play other stuff with choirs out there too.
nmk9543 1 year ago
Not considered a bugle.
KameronID 2 years ago
I love music, I am on the Van Buren High School marching band (best band in the great state of Arkansas btw.) But I am a woodwind, and When I get older, I wanna go somewhere to try out for DCI, I wish something would take woodwinds :(
TheCodygiles 2 years ago
Try picking up a Baritone or trumpet! A lot of Alumni at Rosemount High school (4th year best state marching band in minnesota) [: they play woodwind instruments but they switched to a brass instrument! if you really have the passion to do it, you can.
Starcraftgod95203 2 years ago
i could think of like 10 bands better than van buren high school lol
berryville
har-ber
springdale
fayetteville
rogers
rogers-heritage
siloam springs
lol the list goes on :P
im trying out for the colts/music city this year :)
dakotaatchley666 2 years ago
@dakotaatchley666 lol berryville...cheif export: beans...
nmk9543 1 year ago
SCV HERE I COME!
dyllanwloch 2 years ago
i want to do this bad.....music is my life....and i love the feeling when i step onto the feild...not real sure what drum corp i want to try out for though
prestone2763 2 years ago
You might just want to go to auditions. Most of the times you can get a feel for the corps when you hang out with them. I hope that whatever you go for the best of luck and that you choose the right one :). Personally I'm going for the Boston Crusaders
Forcef2 2 years ago
thanks
prestone2763 2 years ago
Blue Coats!!
Bradyisamerica 2 years ago
glassmen! november 27!
grockey3 2 years ago
i was in the blue devils snare line this past season. what an amazing experience
sbradyspl 2 years ago
I think it would be so amazing to be able so perform with the Phontom Regiment, but I'd have to take up a brass or percussion instrument....(I play flute as of now...) I'm probably try and pick up french horn....
Gaara9Sasuke 2 years ago
Can someone tell me which Drum Corps is all male, I know one is Cavaliers...I cant really think of the other ones, Im a female in junior high, and went i graduate I want to join SCV..
Enuop 2 years ago
The Other all-male corps is the Madison Scouts.. Good luck with SCV!
Barney1993 2 years ago
Hey, you should start training now. Some of the top corps have junior corps which would be great training for you. I don't know if SCV has a junior corps, but I think that BD does.
mathproof 2 years ago
We'll I think SCV has the Cadets, but I'm from Louisiana, soo I guess I'll start getting ready now..
Enuop 2 years ago
My information might be a little out-of-date. It has been about ten years since I marched PR. If SCV has a junior corps, then absolutely get involved now. Besides the Corps training, you'll undoubtedly get access to the people in the Class A Corps. That will help you, too. Good Luck in your corps quest!
mathproof 2 years ago
@mathproof yes, blue devils do have a junior corps, BDB
xxzhoutaixx 1 year ago
@Enuop The other all male corps is the Madison Scouts. That is if my information is correct.
CJF9568 1 year ago