Tuesday, January 20, 2009

2227 Drumlines

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

The previous post sent me off to YouTube to find drumline videos. I've got the hunger again. This post is for me, a place to keep some of my favorites.

Some basics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl8PgmZ9iOc&feature=related

Florida A&M University on the field. Can't see the hands, but still good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc2M94mbMJk

This is a practice. Very bad sound, but very good example of what FAMU does better than anyone else - watch the hands! Precision! The Rockettes couldn't do it as well. Note that they're passing sticks to the guy next to them down the line without missing a stroke.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSIEM_hCphA&feature=related

Black Fire Percussion:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9GdmSaW1L4&feature=related
These guys really have fun!

Cavaliers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eZ_Hqs4HkE
Thrilling! One of my favorites.

The Phantom Regiment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnIFoCk-KSc&feature=related
The small city across the river is a stop on the junior corps tournament tour, and all day before the evening competitions, you find them on lawns, in parks, in parking lots all over uptown, doing exactly this. Note the feet moving. On the field, they move constantly, and FAST!, in and out of patterns.

Blue Devils:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2QixmwAl5Y&feature=related
Perfection. Notice the camera shots at rim-level - the sticks are all the same height!

Mississippi State University:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmCJTs7dFhs&NR=1

Santa Clara Vanguard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bImbwdPu28
(They have a fault - they look down. They should never look down.)

The Cadets of Bergen County:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiYA_OVuDXU&feature=related

The Glassmen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzJDxFvgptI&feature=related
(Past 3:10 is of no interest.)

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