OT -- A Drum Salute For Pipe Band Vets

Pipey · Post by **Pipey** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:11 pm

http://www.ezprezzo.com/videoclips/top_ ... corps.html

djm · Post by **djm** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:17 pm

Whoa! Pump up the volume!

Way too cool! These guys are incredible! Thx for the link. I enjoyed that very much.

djm

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 3:40 am

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:35 am

Double Wow.

Loren · Post by **Loren** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:22 am

Love it. Looks like the snare line pulls out just about every Drum Corps trick in the book.

One thing puzzles me though: The video says they were secret until a few years ago, but how the heck do you keep a drum corps "secret"??? (if you've ever heard DC's practice, you know what I mean)

Giant Cone Of Silence?????

Loren

Loren · Post by **Loren** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:27 am

Seems they've already got the next generation in training: http://www.ezprezzo.com/videoclips/4_ye ... ummer.html

djm · Post by **djm** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:52 am

Way more clips of these guys on YouTube. Seems they've been taking Europe by storm. (Warning: for addicts only!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCNvk4Kh ... ed&search=

djm

Brian Lee · Post by **Brian Lee** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:25 am

they look like Musketeers.

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:17 pm

Fantastic! Amazing!

I just e-mailed the link to my drum sgt. and pipe major.

Uilliam · Post by **Uilliam** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:32 pm

Reminds me very much of Riverdance.Not impressed.
Slán Agat
Uilliam

Sylvester · Post by **Sylvester** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 3:13 am

Uilliam wrote:Reminds me very much of Riverdance.Not impressed.
Slán Agat
Uilliam

I must confess my first impression was pretty the same. I prefer straight simplicity.

Hard work to arrange all that, though.

djm · Post by **djm** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 6:42 am

Uilliam wrote:Reminds me very much of Riverdance.Not impressed.

Ignorance is bliss, they say. This stuff has been around for countless years. I don't know about the other forces, but in naval circles it was called "monkey drill". I wasn't in gun squad, so I never got to participate, but I got to see a team of about twenty POs go through one of these routines and it was awesome. As Loren notes, these Swiss guys seem to know every trick in the book and have put it to expert use. Great show!

djm

Loren · Post by **Loren** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 10:10 am

I can understand those who don't get it or appreciate it. It helps to see and hear in person, as opposed to watching something with editing cuts to different angles etc. because all of this stuff is choreographed specifically to be seen from from a distance and at certain angles. And the sound doesn't hit you in the gut like being there live.

One thing I didn't see in that clip, that hurts the performance was humor - typically the Drum Corps that I enjoy the most inject a healthy dose of humor, but that's more of a DCI thing, than standard international style Drum Corps. Still, too much seriousness makes for a bit of a unidimensional performance, no matter how technically proficient.

Loren

Baglady · Post by **Baglady** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 1:19 pm

The circle closes as far as I can see. Duthart brought Swiss rudements to pipeband drumming and now American DCI has come to the Swiss.

My daughter was doing this kind of show with her drum corp almost 10 years ago.

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 1:46 pm

Uilliam wrote:Reminds me very much of Riverdance.Not impressed.
Slán Agat
Uilliam

Exactly how? Sorry dude, but that is a very weak comparrison, I mean, not once does Michael Flatley make an appearence... and no synthesizers either. And I certainly do not hear fiddle, pipes, guitar, bass or castanets anywhere in these drills.