An interesting fact about this show! When they were giving out caption awards for this year they gave the wrong corps the brass award. Carolina Crown actually won the brass award but they accidentally announced that the Blue Devils had won, So in the middle of them giving the award to the Blue devils they had to announce they made a mistake. They had to take the award from the blue devils and then give it to Carolina Crown and the crowd went NUTS. Just a cool interesting fact not trying to hate on the Blue Devils that year, The blue devils show in 2012 is amazing and is actually one of the shows that inspired me to do Drum Corps.
@@jeffgray7922 That opening hit was amazing.. in 1996. In 2012 they had that big build up and then it was just like.. "Oh, you're using this music again.. for five seconds.. Ok."
Danny Spoonamore immensely better? Nah. Hornline yeah but not immensely. Drill no. Guard no. It’s a great show though agreed. A great second place show.
The most insane part about this show that I haven't seen mentioned is just how much space the hornline takes on the field. It's so insane how tight the timing is though there are a few instances where you can hear different entrances.
I like in the ballad where everyone is literally spread across the whole field. You can hear the “different entrances” from the distance and I find it so cool
Just some more DCI lingo: -The “patterns” are normally called “drill” (like “that drill was amazing” rather than “those patterns”) -idk if you know all the drums so you got snares, quads (or tenors), and basses -really quick notes up or down a scale are called “runs” -quickly switching from one note to another a lot and really quickly are called “trills” And this one easily over BD
I think it would be fun for us to try & guess her favorite show. That is, if she can narrow it down to only 1 favorite. She went crazy when she saw Madison 95.......just saying.
Andrew Kim yes, but you said falling and climbing out when the whole premise is that Virgil leads him through the nine layers one at a time where he talks to people
@@spencenlevi2755 my headphones have a base and treble boost and to add to that theres a "super human hearing" mode that just triples all audio output. Im gonna try connecting it to my laptop to see if its close to irl lol.
Same that was my first year in the activity with Jersey Surf. I was on judge blocker loading duty and spent the first 3-4 shows on tour stuck in a hot Ryder truck sweating my ass off while the rest of the corps was watching the shows. I remember getting the props loaded quick enough one night in the Northeast (maybe somewhere in New York or Massachusetts) to be able to get in the stands and hear a hornline live for the first time. It was Crown and i was front row. Freaking nuts. I remember thinking "Is this what my corps sounds like?" LOL. I also remember Teal Sound folding the following show lol
Nice that they had you watch the High Cam. The multi-cam is cool, but being able to see all the drill design is always fun. 1989 Phantom Regiment is another one that didn't win but lots of people wonder why.
I'm a super huge fan of the 1989 finals but I have to disagree with you about people wondering why Phantom didn't win that year. The 1989 Santa Clara Vanguard show is consider one of the all-time great DCI shows and its winning score of 98.8 held the highest score title for the next 21 years! But none of that takes away from what Phantom did that year. Phantom had a phenomenal show as well and I actually like that show more than the two shows Phantom won their championships with. I've always had so much sympathy for that Phantom show having to go up against Santa Clara's. Phantom's score of 98.4 would have beaten the prior two DCI champions and beaten/tied the next FOURTEEN DCI champions! It was a really great show that just happened to go up against a transcendental show.
@@isaacm9333 I miss that about DCI. I'm a brass player, so yeah I look forward to seeing Crown when I go to a live show. Unless it's a solo, brass players hate being mic'd :) And apparently we don't like listening to other mic'd brass either lol
‘12 BD was flat and forgettable. Not even top 3 material. Most of their championship wins from 2007 on have asterisks tbh. It’s so obviously when you watch the vids.
Glad I got to see this live in Atlanta right on the 50. The part from 3:25 to 3:30 literally shook my chest. My dad who doesn't even care about "band" was like "Holy shit!" and started clapping haha. Carolina Crown... turning the biggest football fan/car mechanic into a Drum Corps fan.
I absolutely love to see how much you enjoy these shows. I really warms my heart. These kids work so hard, they deserve all the appreciation that they can get.
Wanna see still that “comes outta nowhere” (14:43)? You gotta check out Star of Indiana’s 1990 and 1991, particularly 1991. That drill was absolutely INSANE. Also, it’s been 8 years since For the Common Good came out, but boy do I still get goosebumps. Thanks for reminding me how amazing this show is!
How did this not win, I'm watching this and I'm trying not to cry it is that good. I can actually understand your reaction at one point your face actually blushed bright red because you were hit by the epicness of what you were watching and hearing
I showed this show to my 75 year old mom who has a strong music background. She loved this show throughout and had similar reactions to Courtney at all the big moments. She was shocked to find out it came in second place. Then I show her the Blue Devils show and she had zero reactions to the show. It just fell flat. It was nice to get a reaction similar to my own from a non-Drum Corp nerd.
My. Favorite. Show. Ever. The drill is AMAZING. That hornline... is probably the best I've ever heard. They're insane! I've seen this show sooo many times and I tear up and get goosebumps every single time. I would give anything to time travel and watch this show live. I am so glad you watched this show and enjoyed it, Courtney. I knew you would!
Crown 12 is my favorite show from the Bb horn era, by far. I immediately get sucked into Crown's atmosphere and am trapped until the show ends. Between the immediate triple tounging in Dreams, the triplet partial slurs in the 3rd movement followed by an _extremely tight_ double tounging section in the high brass, then followed by the immaculate Fanfare for The Common Man, which shouldn't be allowed for DCI because wow it's the only thing i think about from the 2012 season, and of course, _*the hit*_, also known as Star Of Indiana's soul implanted into Crown. That brass hit sends me no matter what video it's from, it's sooooooo beautiful. That's not even talking about the drill(just...... all of it)! or the drumline(i love this book, it's a shame it wasn't cleaner)! or the pit (I still don't understand how they got the final movement's 16th note barrage together, it must have been hell)! This show, and Star 91 and 93, Phantom 89 and 08 are my top 5, and I seriously don't think that will change soon.
About "Fanfare For the Common Man" , which was predominantly in this show: Aaron Copland, its composer, was one of 18 that were commissioned to write a fanfare for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in 1945 to honor the end of World War II. If those 18 fanfares that were submitted, only this one still remains in the classical repertoire for orchestras to this day.
Hands down hardest brass book in dci up to that point. Anyone who knew what they were listening to and how hard it was to accomplished was floored. This same scenario of Crown being the crowd favorite but still coming in 2nd place happened in 2009 too. This show was really well designed because the parts where they did difficult/fast drill were at the very start and end of the show. People were wow'd with the first 2 minutes but you have to understand that is when everyone is still fresh, you dont feel tired at that point and once they finished the opener, they barely moved. Once you get a chance to catch your breath, like the entire middle 2/3rds of the show, you are fresh again to do more crazy drill no problem.
When you take into consideration the amount of movement in this show as well as just how much of the field they use, I'd say probably it's the hardest performance a hornline has ever had to do in dci period. Though if your welcome to prove me wrong.
Their show was music of Aaron Copeland. That beautiful fanfare in the middle where they are so spread out and you were about to cry is called Fanfare for the Common Man. When I got married, that is what I marched down the isle to.
Hey Courtney! I don’t think you noticed, but at 13:14 if you look in the middle of the field, the drill creates this really cool massive rotating cube. The drill in this show definitely was one of the best of all time in my opinion
Went to high school with the drum major from this show. (The head conductor) He was 3 years below me, but we all knew at that time he was going to go onto do amazing things. Yes, they should have won that year too.
I don’t know if anyone else mentioned this but it was this show that started the beginning of the end for Crown’s Cream colors. Judges said there wasn’t a lot of color variety in the show and lighter uniforms usually show imperfections over darker ones. Most the 2011 crowd stayed for 2012 so brass was amazing. New visual head and uniforms and they couldn’t deny Crown a win anything longer. Little jealous I didn’t get to march this show though 😩
I love this show for many reasons, but the biggest one is that it remind me of Star of Indiana's Barber and Bartok show from 1993. The 2012 season as a whole has some similarities to 1993. A good show in 1st, the best remembered show in 2nd, and Phantom in 3rd.
Fun fact: Some corps have signature sets/drills. Carolina crown, for example, will always form a crown in their drill. Madison Scouts will form a fleur-de-lis. Santa Clara Vanguard's cymbal line will form a "V" using their cymbals. Something to look out for :D
Yeah, I don't know how this didn't win either. I loved their use of Fanfare For The Common Man throughout the performance. It's one the most beautiful pieces of music in my opinion. I'm glad to see you made it to your new place safely with no issues from the quarantine.
This show in my eyes is definitely a winner in my book. But I always heard things about the Carolina Crown drumline (no offense to any crown alumni) bringing down scores. I just noticed that this show revolved in the hornline & colorguard. Blue Devils of course got the higher score and every caption except brass. (Once again I don't mean to offend anyone)
Yup you're exactly correct there percussion scores were not high throughout the 2010s which caused their overall score to go down a bit. Not trying to disrespect Crown alumni.
There were also some GE issues. Having the corps proper and guard in the same color scheme in the 2nd half takes away from the effect. Not making this up, it's actually universal on judging both scholastic and independent groups. Plus I was on staff the year after and asked what else beside percussion brought them down and that was the answer I got
Guys I love this show, but dci is an group competition and BD uses all the captions that are on the scoring card to the best of their ability and you can’t say every BD show doesn’t deserve it. 2012, 2014, 2017, and 2019 all deserved the win. Cabaret Voltaire is actually a really good show and story.
Such an amazing show from a brass perspective. A lot of the drill was super spaced out which makes it difficult to align due to sound delay. The lip flexibility that they demonstrate at 7:20 and later when they repeat that phrase is also very difficult to do. Too bad their perc didn't do so hot that year
I love this show and Blue Devils 2012, and would've been fine with either winning. I know a lot of people don't like Cabaret Voltaire, but I love everything about that show. At the end of the day, I agree that BD deserved the win, but Crown 12 was probably the most physically demanding show ever. This was, in every sense of the word, a championship show. Most other years this would have won. But that's the way it goes.
The main reason the Blue Devils beat them this year was because BD got a perfect color guard score and crown got only 6th in perc. Plus the BD’s show was a complete game changer in terms of innovation and breaking the mold which gave them lots of GE points
Michael Moon Actually Crown's percussion could have maxed out a perfect 20 score in percussion and they still would have been nearly point behind BD. As much as people want to believe, drums would not have saved Crown. BD popped perfect 20's in 4 different captions. They maxed out perfect 40 in GE Visual. Maxed out perfect 20 in Visual Analysis, and maxed out perfect 20 in Color Guard. Crown 2012 was an absolute monster. But BD was on another level. Blue Devils went 12-0 head to head against Crown in 2012, only two of those match ups Crown was able to get within half a point of BD.........their first match up of the season in Minnesota..........and Crown's home show in South Carolina.
I did a triple suggestion on your website some months ago .. Things I would like to see (and haven't yet) .. but I think there is an important show to watch from Santa Clara Vanguard. Maybe a back to back episode of 1987 Champion Garfield Cadets (Appalachian Spring) and 2009's 5th placed Santa Clara Vanguard's (Ballet for Martha) ... both are based on the same source music material by composer Aaron Copeland (composer of the music from this 2012 Crown show). Both are exceptional shows. I think it properly illustrates the excellence of both organizations and their traditions ... and shows a drastic change in how drum corps design has changed in a 22 year period.
i think you would really like their 2017 show "it is" and their 2014 show "Out of This World". they both have amazing and dynamic hornlines and are really beautiful. The 2017 show is what the "Carolina Crown Drops the Hammer in Houston" video that you reacted to previously is for.
Hey Courtney! I highly recommend you react to blue Devils 2012. It is much different than this show by Carolina Crown, but I know you will like it all the same.
She needs to spend a season standing in front of those horn lines as they warm up and prepare for performance. That is where you really get to hear the wonderful, soul-crunching power of those lines.
“How did anyone beat that” The Bluedevils with their 19 Championship titles: Man y’know I have no idea either Edit: yeah you HAVE to come see DCI finals in 2021
lol I didn’t even look at the scores and I was like how did they not get 1st? Oh right there is this core out of Concord that kinda always crushes it. BD4L
@@CourtneyCoulston You will be blown away figuratively and literally by the sound. Make sure to get seats towards the center/ middle of the field (Inside the 40 yard lines, the closer to the 50 the better) and at least the upper part of the lower levels or the second level. I go every year to Atlanta but I think i'm going to start going to finals.
This is my favorite Crown show. Every time I saw it live that summer I was on the edge of my seat. Kudos to the kids that marched that year because the demand in this show both physically and musically is absolutely insane. As for BD.. They picked a theme that basically gave them the freedom to do anything they wanted and if you didn't get it, well too bad because that was the point. I haven't watched it in years but all I remember is the corps slowly putting their uniforms on piece by piece while the guard threw hoops and birdcages around, all underscored by some dude mumbling stuff about Dada that was borderline inaudible.
One of the best brass performances in DCI history. I'd probably personally give it the highest if it were up to me....either that or it would be tied with most of the other Crown shows this decade lol. They've been SO good, man. If I were judging, I would have the brass beating the rest of the field by at least half a point... maybe even a full point.
If I remember correctly, what stopped this show from winning was its percussion (although they’re still great of course). They scored 1st for most of the categories and 2nd for the rest except for percussion. That’s where BD was able to get an edge for 1st. I think Crown percussion got 6th. But also want to be fair and say that I absolutely LOVE BD’s 2012 show. If you’re familiar with the Dada art movement, the BD’s show just captivates you. But not everyone is familiar with it so several people were confused lol.
Xxolotll Actually Crown's percussion could have maxed out a perfect 20 score in percussion and they still would have been nearly point behind BD. As much as people want to believe, drums would not have saved Crown. BD popped perfect 20's in 4 different captions. They maxed out perfect 40 in GE Visual. Maxed out perfect 20 in Visual Analysis, and maxed out perfect 20 in Color Guard. Crown 2012 was an absolute monster. But BD was on another level. Blue Devils went 12-0 head to head against Crown in 2012, only two of those match ups Crown was able to get within half a point of BD.........their first match up of the season in Minnesota..........and Crown's home show in South Carolina.
@@andrewholifield2405 No they would have still lost, cause if you watched BD 2012.................they started the show with coats off, then put them on as the show went on.
How did they lose? 6th place drum line, down from 4th place in Semis. Congrats on the new apartment! Carolina Crown (2nd-97.65, up 0.20 from Semifinals) won Music Effect, Visual Proficiency, Brass and Music Analysis. The corps was 2nd in Visual Effect, 3rd in Visual Analysis and Color Guard and 6th in Percussion, down from 4th in Semis.
Jeff Gray I personally didn’t care for the Devils show and Crown Percussion has always been their weakness. If they had a better drum line, they would constantly be challenging the Devils.
The part about this that blows me away is there is no mic to amp the volume that sound your getting at the top of the bleachers in the video is ALL the players doing and they where playing ffff while practically running around the field for the whole show and keeping the sound crisp.
Oh my how I forgot how amazing they were in 2012. There are at least 3 years Crown should have won and didn't. This is definitely one of them. That drill is some of the most amazing and difficult ever put on the field. Thank you for the reminder!!!
I've been a DCI junkie for more decades than I'd care to say, and I'm not gonna touch the holy war of Devil's vs. the rest of World Class. But after Crown coming up short with "FTCG" in '12, I honestly believe LOS would have broken out in a straight up riot had "E=MC2" been denied. And as much as I loved their World Championship season, '12's show might have been just as epic. That chord during the closer is one for the ages...
Courtney: * cries *
DCI fans: “We did it!!!”
We fans had her in tears with Phantom Regiment as well
yup theres a few performances that had me in tears 🥺🥺🥺🤩
I thought I was the only that cried every time I see or listen to a drum corps lol
An interesting fact about this show! When they were giving out caption awards for this year they gave the wrong corps the brass award. Carolina Crown actually won the brass award but they accidentally announced that the Blue Devils had won, So in the middle of them giving the award to the Blue devils they had to announce they made a mistake. They had to take the award from the blue devils and then give it to Carolina Crown and the crowd went NUTS. Just a cool interesting fact not trying to hate on the Blue Devils that year, The blue devils show in 2012 is amazing and is actually one of the shows that inspired me to do Drum Corps.
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@@ryankim0874 truly an iconic line
With guest announcer Steve Harvey
The high point of the awards ceremony that year
@@jeffgray7922 That opening hit was amazing.. in 1996. In 2012 they had that big build up and then it was just like.. "Oh, you're using this music again.. for five seconds.. Ok."
“How did anyone beat that?” - we Crown fans have been asking that since that evening.
Devs were better. That’s how. I get it tho, I’m salty when devs finish lower than first every few years lol
6th place in percussion.
@@scvanguard1 This. They were immensely better that BD in everything else.
Danny Spoonamore immensely better? Nah. Hornline yeah but not immensely. Drill no. Guard no. It’s a great show though agreed. A great second place show.
Even some of us general drumcorps fans have been asking that since that evening.
The most insane part about this show that I haven't seen mentioned is just how much space the hornline takes on the field. It's so insane how tight the timing is though there are a few instances where you can hear different entrances.
I like in the ballad where everyone is literally spread across the whole field. You can hear the “different entrances” from the distance and I find it so cool
Just some more DCI lingo:
-The “patterns” are normally called “drill” (like “that drill was amazing” rather than “those patterns”)
-idk if you know all the drums so you got snares, quads (or tenors), and basses
-really quick notes up or down a scale are called “runs”
-quickly switching from one note to another a lot and really quickly are called “trills”
And this one easily over BD
It's so much fun describing technique to Courtney >w< She learns so quickly!
ooo thanks so much!! 😊😊
applies to high school marching band too!
I will never ever forget seeing this in person. The hit at 3:28 was an absolute wall of sound that I swear I felt push me back
I think we found Courtney's favorite show lol
Idk. Tilt made her cry.
Chad Tarver yeah probably tilt
I think it would be fun for us to try & guess her favorite show. That is, if she can narrow it down to only 1 favorite. She went crazy when she saw Madison 95.......just saying.
You should react to INFERNO by Carolina Crown 2015 Its about falling into then subsequently climbing out of the depths of hell :) should be fun
It’s about Dante’s inferno but yeah close enough
Big Eggolego yeah, his journey THROUGH hell.
Andrew Kim yes, but you said falling and climbing out when the whole premise is that Virgil leads him through the nine layers one at a time where he talks to people
Big Eggolego I thought by signifying the beginning (falling) and end (climbing out) of the story, the journey in between was implied.
Andrew Kim falling and climbing is different from journeying and peacefully talkinh
She's intuitively catching things like hitting the form at the end of the phrase and other things. I'm impressed
bruh i can hear the sound from her earpods in the reaction audio her ears must be dying
@@spencenlevi2755 my headphones have a base and treble boost and to add to that theres a "super human hearing" mode that just triples all audio output. Im gonna try connecting it to my laptop to see if its close to irl lol.
This show is phenomenal. I'm so lucky I was still marching DCI that year and could see it live a few times. Incredible!
Same that was my first year in the activity with Jersey Surf. I was on judge blocker loading duty and spent the first 3-4 shows on tour stuck in a hot Ryder truck sweating my ass off while the rest of the corps was watching the shows. I remember getting the props loaded quick enough one night in the Northeast (maybe somewhere in New York or Massachusetts) to be able to get in the stands and hear a hornline live for the first time. It was Crown and i was front row. Freaking nuts. I remember thinking "Is this what my corps sounds like?" LOL. I also remember Teal Sound folding the following show lol
Nice that they had you watch the High Cam. The multi-cam is cool, but being able to see all the drill design is always fun. 1989 Phantom Regiment is another one that didn't win but lots of people wonder why.
I personally despise multicam. Especially in recent years. They always miss such great moments.
I'm a super huge fan of the 1989 finals but I have to disagree with you about people wondering why Phantom didn't win that year. The 1989 Santa Clara Vanguard show is consider one of the all-time great DCI shows and its winning score of 98.8 held the highest score title for the next 21 years!
But none of that takes away from what Phantom did that year. Phantom had a phenomenal show as well and I actually like that show more than the two shows Phantom won their championships with. I've always had so much sympathy for that Phantom show having to go up against Santa Clara's. Phantom's score of 98.4 would have beaten the prior two DCI champions and beaten/tied the next FOURTEEN DCI champions! It was a really great show that just happened to go up against a transcendental show.
The closer is bae. Also, they were booking it the WHOLE show and were still playing like that. Insane.
This horn line was SO LOUD that year 😩
Best horn line in DCI last year
there was no amplification either bruh thats natural sound
@@isaacm9333 I miss that about DCI. I'm a brass player, so yeah I look forward to seeing Crown when I go to a live show. Unless it's a solo, brass players hate being mic'd :) And apparently we don't like listening to other mic'd brass either lol
Overtone central
Early 2010 crown hornline members are a different breed of humans
13:00 the chord heard around the world. this is truly gods hornline
I always get goosebumps because of how beautiful the brass sound. A truly symphonic sound!!
‘12 devils was pretty clean, but crown was a better story imo and just a classic
If this show had a story, I missed it
Malik Campbell same lmao
‘12 BD was flat and forgettable. Not even top 3 material. Most of their championship wins from 2007 on have asterisks tbh. It’s so obviously when you watch the vids.
Glad I got to see this live in Atlanta right on the 50. The part from 3:25 to 3:30 literally shook my chest. My dad who doesn't even care about "band" was like "Holy shit!" and started clapping haha. Carolina Crown... turning the biggest football fan/car mechanic into a Drum Corps fan.
This is probably the hardest show ever for hornline. This or Crown the next year lol.
cadets 15 is up there imo
@@ursamajor4684 I was about to say, I thought is was cadets '15
blueshades That, too.
C'mon guys ... Phantom Regiment's SPARTACUS show? That was just as monumental!
it wasn't nearly as difficult though
(i also don't really like spartacus that much)
I absolutely love to see how much you enjoy these shows. I really warms my heart. These kids work so hard, they deserve all the appreciation that they can get.
Wanna see still that “comes outta nowhere” (14:43)? You gotta check out Star of Indiana’s 1990 and 1991, particularly 1991. That drill was absolutely INSANE.
Also, it’s been 8 years since For the Common Good came out, but boy do I still get goosebumps. Thanks for reminding me how amazing this show is!
Agree with you there. Also 1993 Star has some epic drill moments in the closer.
3 words ... favorite show ever there’s even a lot of crazy things you couldn’t see from this high camera angle like some crazy color guard tosses
How did this not win, I'm watching this and I'm trying not to cry it is that good. I can actually understand your reaction at one point your face actually blushed bright red because you were hit by the epicness of what you were watching and hearing
I showed this show to my 75 year old mom who has a strong music background. She loved this show throughout and had similar reactions to Courtney at all the big moments. She was shocked to find out it came in second place. Then I show her the Blue Devils show and she had zero reactions to the show. It just fell flat. It was nice to get a reaction similar to my own from a non-Drum Corp nerd.
My. Favorite. Show. Ever. The drill is AMAZING. That hornline... is probably the best I've ever heard. They're insane! I've seen this show sooo many times and I tear up and get goosebumps every single time. I would give anything to time travel and watch this show live. I am so glad you watched this show and enjoyed it, Courtney. I knew you would!
Blue Devils 2012 is my favorite show of all time!! Courtney you gotta watch it with us on the funliner podcast!!
Interesting. I like it much more now than I did in 2012. I find that it’s a show that grows on you.
I'd love to see this!!! Courtney join them for that one TRUST you won't regret it!
If y’all can work out the time differences that’d be a fun video for sure!
Crown 12 is my favorite show from the Bb horn era, by far. I immediately get sucked into Crown's atmosphere and am trapped until the show ends. Between the immediate triple tounging in Dreams, the triplet partial slurs in the 3rd movement followed by an _extremely tight_ double tounging section in the high brass, then followed by the immaculate Fanfare for The Common Man, which shouldn't be allowed for DCI because wow it's the only thing i think about from the 2012 season, and of course, _*the hit*_, also known as Star Of Indiana's soul implanted into Crown. That brass hit sends me no matter what video it's from, it's sooooooo beautiful. That's not even talking about the drill(just...... all of it)! or the drumline(i love this book, it's a shame it wasn't cleaner)! or the pit (I still don't understand how they got the final movement's 16th note barrage together, it must have been hell)! This show, and Star 91 and 93, Phantom 89 and 08 are my top 5, and I seriously don't think that will change soon.
Unbelievable! Such dedication by these musician athletes and color guard Olympians. BRAVO!
Crown was my favorite. The devils are top notch always. Either way, all the corps give their hearts to the organization. Love watching them all.
About "Fanfare For the Common Man" , which was predominantly in this show: Aaron Copland, its composer, was one of 18 that were commissioned to write a fanfare for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in 1945 to honor the end of World War II. If those 18 fanfares that were submitted, only this one still remains in the classical repertoire for orchestras to this day.
Man I forgot how insanely fucking awesome they were that year.
I forgot how much running this drum corps did. Maintaining that high a performance level for that long is so underappreciated.
Hands down hardest brass book in dci up to that point. Anyone who knew what they were listening to and how hard it was to accomplished was floored. This same scenario of Crown being the crowd favorite but still coming in 2nd place happened in 2009 too. This show was really well designed because the parts where they did difficult/fast drill were at the very start and end of the show. People were wow'd with the first 2 minutes but you have to understand that is when everyone is still fresh, you dont feel tired at that point and once they finished the opener, they barely moved. Once you get a chance to catch your breath, like the entire middle 2/3rds of the show, you are fresh again to do more crazy drill no problem.
When you take into consideration the amount of movement in this show as well as just how much of the field they use, I'd say probably it's the
hardest performance a hornline has ever had to do in dci period. Though if your welcome to prove me wrong.
Yeah as a brass teacher myself, this has been the best brass line the entire decade, easy.
This is the show that made me fall in love with Crown and DCI.
Their show was music of Aaron Copeland. That beautiful fanfare in the middle where they are so spread out and you were about to cry is called Fanfare for the Common Man. When I got married, that is what I marched down the isle to.
Hey Courtney! I don’t think you noticed, but at 13:14 if you look in the middle of the field, the drill creates this really cool massive rotating cube. The drill in this show definitely was one of the best of all time in my opinion
Went to high school with the drum major from this show. (The head conductor) He was 3 years below me, but we all knew at that time he was going to go onto do amazing things. Yes, they should have won that year too.
I don’t know if anyone else mentioned this but it was this show that started the beginning of the end for Crown’s Cream colors. Judges said there wasn’t a lot of color variety in the show and lighter uniforms usually show imperfections over darker ones. Most the 2011 crowd stayed for 2012 so brass was amazing. New visual head and uniforms and they couldn’t deny Crown a win anything longer. Little jealous I didn’t get to march this show though 😩
my favorite show of all time. omg i’m so happy you reacted to this!
That big hit at 12:50 will NEVER get old!
I love this show for many reasons, but the biggest one is that it remind me of Star of Indiana's Barber and Bartok show from 1993. The 2012 season as a whole has some similarities to 1993. A good show in 1st, the best remembered show in 2nd, and Phantom in 3rd.
12:51 is the sound of the universe being created
Fun fact: Some corps have signature sets/drills. Carolina crown, for example, will always form a crown in their drill. Madison Scouts will form a fleur-de-lis. Santa Clara Vanguard's cymbal line will form a "V" using their cymbals. Something to look out for :D
Yup! Cadets will usually do a Z-pull, Phantom Regiment recently brought back the kick-out, Star of indiana would always form a star, etc.
Yeah, I don't know how this didn't win either. I loved their use of Fanfare For The Common Man throughout the performance. It's one the most beautiful pieces of music in my opinion. I'm glad to see you made it to your new place safely with no issues from the quarantine.
I love seeing people watch this show! It was such an honor to march this year
This show in my eyes is definitely a winner in my book. But I always heard things about the Carolina Crown drumline (no offense to any crown alumni) bringing down scores. I just noticed that this show revolved in the hornline & colorguard. Blue Devils of course got the higher score and every caption except brass. (Once again I don't mean to offend anyone)
Yup you're exactly correct there percussion scores were not high throughout the 2010s which caused their overall score to go down a bit. Not trying to disrespect Crown alumni.
There were also some GE issues. Having the corps proper and guard in the same color scheme in the 2nd half takes away from the effect. Not making this up, it's actually universal on judging both scholastic and independent groups. Plus I was on staff the year after and asked what else beside percussion brought them down and that was the answer I got
@@RatSlayerGaming Yea I heard about that too and that is like how Cadets 2015 color scheme change hurt them. Are u still involved in the activity.
I hope she watches crown 2016 soon.
It’s gotta get uploaded to RUclips without getting struck down for copyright infringement.
Guys I love this show, but dci is an group competition and BD uses all the captions that are on the scoring card to the best of their ability and you can’t say every BD show doesn’t deserve it. 2012, 2014, 2017, and 2019 all deserved the win. Cabaret Voltaire is actually a really good show and story.
Such an amazing show from a brass perspective. A lot of the drill was super spaced out which makes it difficult to align due to sound delay. The lip flexibility that they demonstrate at 7:20 and later when they repeat that phrase is also very difficult to do. Too bad their perc didn't do so hot that year
I love this show and Blue Devils 2012, and would've been fine with either winning. I know a lot of people don't like Cabaret Voltaire, but I love everything about that show. At the end of the day, I agree that BD deserved the win, but Crown 12 was probably the most physically demanding show ever. This was, in every sense of the word, a championship show. Most other years this would have won. But that's the way it goes.
One of the best closers of all time easily. The drill and music is INSANE. Up there with Cadets 2011, Phantom 08, Crown 2019
The main reason the Blue Devils beat them this year was because BD got a perfect color guard score and crown got only 6th in perc. Plus the BD’s show was a complete game changer in terms of innovation and breaking the mold which gave them lots of GE points
Michael Moon Actually Crown's percussion could have maxed out a perfect 20 score in percussion and they still would have been nearly point behind BD. As much as people want to believe, drums would not have saved Crown. BD popped perfect 20's in 4 different captions. They maxed out perfect 40 in GE Visual. Maxed out perfect 20 in Visual Analysis, and maxed out perfect 20 in Color Guard. Crown 2012 was an absolute monster. But BD was on another level. Blue Devils went 12-0 head to head against Crown in 2012, only two of those match ups Crown was able to get within half a point of BD.........their first match up of the season in Minnesota..........and Crown's home show in South Carolina.
I haven’t even seen the video and I already dropped a like. I’m SO EXCITED. YAY YAY YAYYYYYY i needed this during these stressful times!!!!
I’ve been waiting for this show since the dci react videos started lmao! So worth the wait!
I did a triple suggestion on your website some months ago .. Things I would like to see (and haven't yet) .. but I think there is an important show to watch from Santa Clara Vanguard. Maybe a back to back episode of 1987 Champion Garfield Cadets (Appalachian Spring) and 2009's 5th placed Santa Clara Vanguard's (Ballet for Martha) ... both are based on the same source music material by composer Aaron Copeland (composer of the music from this 2012 Crown show). Both are exceptional shows. I think it properly illustrates the excellence of both organizations and their traditions ... and shows a drastic change in how drum corps design has changed in a 22 year period.
again, the room changes are very drastic, it goes from what looks like a hotel room to a very small, plain room.
lol ive been from japan to florida to auckland to wellington all in one month
wow, thats a lot of places!
One of the best DCI performances in DCI history.
The Blue Devils has a fantastic show in 2012, but this takes the cake for me
idk if you saw it, but at the end one of the marchers balanced one of those giant cubes on his chin, which literally has me screaming
i think you would really like their 2017 show "it is" and their 2014 show "Out of This World". they both have amazing and dynamic hornlines and are really beautiful. The 2017 show is what the "Carolina Crown Drops the Hammer in Houston" video that you reacted to previously is for.
This is my favorite show ever, thanks for checking it out
I just love watching your reactions to one of my very favorite Crown shows of all time!
I’m so glad this show was recommended, one of my favorite shows of all time
Hey Courtney! I highly recommend you react to blue Devils 2012. It is much different than this show by Carolina Crown, but I know you will like it all the same.
Fun fact:
The mellophone lick at 4:20 was used again by Crown the next year in E=mc2.
Crown did that a lot back then. They would sneak in a lick from the previous year. I think it stopped in 2014
greggsovereasy they need to bring that lick back.
That’s the Klesch lick. You’ll hear it almost every year.
greggsovereasy 2016 has kicks from 2015 hidden in the show 😀
Licks*
She needs to spend a season standing in front of those horn lines as they warm up and prepare for performance. That is where you really get to hear the wonderful, soul-crunching power of those lines.
“How did anyone beat that”
The Bluedevils with their 19 Championship titles: Man y’know I have no idea either
Edit: yeah you HAVE to come see DCI finals in 2021
lol I didn’t even look at the scores and I was like how did they not get 1st? Oh right there is this core out of Concord that kinda always crushes it. BD4L
I thought the same but Dada grew on me the more I watched it back in 2012. That's an awesome show
I think shes going in 2022. Shes said in the past
yup 2022!!
@@CourtneyCoulston You will be blown away figuratively and literally by the sound. Make sure to get seats towards the center/ middle of the field (Inside the 40 yard lines, the closer to the 50 the better) and at least the upper part of the lower levels or the second level. I go every year to Atlanta but I think i'm going to start going to finals.
lotta love out here for you Courtney...thanks for all your vids and your joy...Kent in Ohio
thanks so much Kent!
Ima be honest, I don’t care for blue devils 2012. It’s just really clean as usual.
This is probably the hardest show I've ever seen put onto the field
My favorite show of all time.
This is my favorite Crown show. Every time I saw it live that summer I was on the edge of my seat. Kudos to the kids that marched that year because the demand in this show both physically and musically is absolutely insane.
As for BD.. They picked a theme that basically gave them the freedom to do anything they wanted and if you didn't get it, well too bad because that was the point. I haven't watched it in years but all I remember is the corps slowly putting their uniforms on piece by piece while the guard threw hoops and birdcages around, all underscored by some dude mumbling stuff about Dada that was borderline inaudible.
Courtney you should look at 2016 as it is a Wild West show
ooo sounds interesting!!!
One of the best brass performances in DCI history. I'd probably personally give it the highest if it were up to me....either that or it would be tied with most of the other Crown shows this decade lol. They've been SO good, man. If I were judging, I would have the brass beating the rest of the field by at least half a point... maybe even a full point.
crown 12 is probably the best hornline ever
I recommend Bluecoats 2015 Kinetic Noise
If I remember correctly, what stopped this show from winning was its percussion (although they’re still great of course). They scored 1st for most of the categories and 2nd for the rest except for percussion. That’s where BD was able to get an edge for 1st. I think Crown percussion got 6th. But also want to be fair and say that I absolutely LOVE BD’s 2012 show. If you’re familiar with the Dada art movement, the BD’s show just captivates you. But not everyone is familiar with it so several people were confused lol.
Xxolotll Actually Crown's percussion could have maxed out a perfect 20 score in percussion and they still would have been nearly point behind BD. As much as people want to believe, drums would not have saved Crown. BD popped perfect 20's in 4 different captions. They maxed out perfect 40 in GE Visual. Maxed out perfect 20 in Visual Analysis, and maxed out perfect 20 in Color Guard. Crown 2012 was an absolute monster. But BD was on another level. Blue Devils went 12-0 head to head against Crown in 2012, only two of those match ups Crown was able to get within half a point of BD.........their first match up of the season in Minnesota..........and Crown's home show in South Carolina.
@@gunner-qf9eh Apparently Crown needed to spend more time taking their coats off and putting them on racks during the show...
@@andrewholifield2405 No they would have still lost, cause if you watched BD 2012.................they started the show with coats off, then put them on as the show went on.
@@gunner-qf9ehReally innovative stuff...
@@andrewholifield2405 Dont remember seeing innovative on the score sheets.
Dude her reaction is SOOOO authentic it’s hilarious 😂😂😂
Crown from 2011-19 are all great shows and top shows of all DCI I’m my book
Finally... The show of shows!!! Love this show so so much
LETS GOOOOOOOO I was literally looking at the music when I got the notification
Just saw this but my band director was in this show,he was part of the baritone section
YES. THE DAY HAS COME. I LOVE YOU 😭❤️❤️❤️
👑👑👑👑 Courtney needs a ticket to DCI 2021 Finals --- Can anyone help her out??? Steve Rondinaro?? Dan Acheson?? Dennis DeLucia?? Will Pitts?? Hello??
so sweet! Im planning to come in 2022 😊😊
Finally! One of my favorite DCI shows of all time!
Finallyyyyy, thank you to whoever recommended it!
You’re welcome!!! ^_^
My second favorite DCI show. Second only to 2013 Carolina Crown
She’s one of us y’all. She cries during drum corps shows, she’s one of us.
How did they lose? 6th place drum line, down from 4th place in Semis. Congrats on the new apartment!
Carolina Crown (2nd-97.65, up 0.20 from Semifinals) won Music Effect, Visual Proficiency, Brass and Music Analysis. The corps was 2nd in Visual Effect, 3rd in Visual Analysis and Color Guard and 6th in Percussion, down from 4th in Semis.
Yeah, that drop in percussion was ridiculous. Seemed very fishy at the time, but I'm not a drum guy so whatever.
Jeff Gray I personally didn’t care for the Devils show and Crown Percussion has always been their weakness. If they had a better drum line, they would constantly be challenging the Devils.
cabaret voltaire was amazing show and was super clean but crowns show was infinitely harder and better
yea that part around 12:45 is pretty much my favorite moment in DCI
This show is based off of Aaron Copeland's 3rd Symphony, which is itself based off his "Fanfare for the Common Man".
carolina crown 2009!
For sure Crown 2012 for me over Blue Devils 2012. Crown 2012 is probably my favorite show that I have seen.
Her best reaction to a Corp yet.
The part about this that blows me away is there is no mic to amp the volume that sound your getting at the top of the bleachers in the video is ALL the players doing and they where playing ffff while practically running around the field for the whole show and keeping the sound crisp.
Oh my how I forgot how amazing they were in 2012. There are at least 3 years Crown should have won and didn't. This is definitely one of them. That drill is some of the most amazing and difficult ever put on the field. Thank you for the reminder!!!
I know its a bit of a long one but you should react to marcus luttrel's speech on operation redwing and becoming a navy seal
I've been a DCI junkie for more decades than I'd care to say, and I'm not gonna touch the holy war of Devil's vs. the rest of World Class. But after Crown coming up short with "FTCG" in '12, I honestly believe LOS would have broken out in a straight up riot had "E=MC2" been denied.
And as much as I loved their World Championship season, '12's show might have been just as epic.
That chord during the closer is one for the ages...
We agree Courtney! We wanted Crown to win too!
"Fanfare For The Common Man" by Aaron Copland. A masterpiece composed by a master himself!