1999 Blue Devils - Precision West - Lights Out Performance

This is the infamous 1999 Blue Devils "Light out performance". It was the first show of the year for the corps. Half way through the show, the power in the city went out. You will just have to watch to see how it ended!

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• 1999
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• world
• champions
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• baritone
• euphonium
• concord
• marching
• band
• soprano
• trumpet
• screamer
• jazz
• lights
• out
• brad
• eugenio
• jeff
• lynn
• standstill
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• ott

[SHOTiRiGHTi]

Not to take away from the performance, it is really incredible, but the light conditions are similar to what my High School band practices in. Around 8:30 pm it is about that dark and we are doing run-throughs of the show.

[a53mp]

@SHOTiRiGHTi 1. This was about 9:30 and pitch black, yes you see city lights in the background, but there was nothing behind the front sideline after the stadium. 2. This was a performance 3. This was the first performance of the year. 4. This is not high school band 5. If your high school band is practicing in complete darkness on purpose, it wasting it's time, putting its members at risk, has poor time management and probably not very good.

[SHOTiRiGHTi]

@a53mp I understand your points completely. But, that is not what I was saying at all. The field we practice on does not have lights, and when the practice is almost over, it is dark. We do not deliberately practice in the dark. The point I was trying to make was, that if a high school band can complete their show in the dark, a drum corps should not have a problem, considering that they have years more of experience and practice considerably more.

[a53mp]

@SHOTiRiGHTi That is true

[VerySnowy]

Their eyes could adjust after a couple mins or so. But still, Very, VERY impressive. Good job men!

[a53mp]

@VerySnowy no.. we pretty much couldn't see much the entire time. The only time it really adjust was once the power came back on, not long after the show was finished... but yes, your eyes do adjust however we were half way through the show when the lights were out.. there was only a couple minutes left, not really time to adjust.

[betaomega04]

Props to the person who illegally recorded this epic part of Drum Corps History!

[Atechet]

I would have loved to hear the judges tapes to this

[Amendous]

Judges scoring must of been in their favor.

[wildnuggets2]

DVC!!!!!!!!!!!

[bcbandie4ever]

They were just so awesome the lights couldn't handle it!

[VerySnowy]

7:15 - the greatest part of DCI history. You can't really hear it here, but it is Godly.