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2014 Carolina Crown - Out Of This World

One of my Bluesky friends posted lyrics from Major Tom to celebrate the successful return of Artemis II from its mission around the moon, reminding me of Carolina Crown's Out of This World.

#ArtemisII #DrumCorps #CarolinaCrown

https://medi-nerd.com/b/J8H

2014 Carolina Crown - Out Of This World

One of my Bluesky friends posted lyrics from Major Tom to celebrate the successful return of Artemis II from its mission around the moon, reminding me of Carolina Crown's Out of This World.

#ArtemisII #DrumCorps #CarolinaCrown

https://medi-nerd.com/b/J8H

2014 Carolina Crown - Out Of This World

One of my Bluesky friends posted lyrics from Major Tom to celebrate the successful return of Artemis II from its mission around the moon, reminding me of Carolina Crown's Out of This World.

#ArtemisII #DrumCorps #CarolinaCrown

https://medi-nerd.com/b/J8H

2014 Carolina Crown - Out Of This World

One of my Bluesky friends posted lyrics from Major Tom to celebrate the successful return of Artemis II from its mission around the moon, reminding me of Carolina Crown's Out of This World.

#ArtemisII #DrumCorps #CarolinaCrown

https://medi-nerd.com/b/J8H

2014 Carolina Crown - Out Of This World

One of my Bluesky friends posted lyrics from Major Tom to celebrate the successful return of Artemis II from its mission around the moon, reminding me of Carolina Crown's Out of This World.

#ArtemisII #DrumCorps #CarolinaCrown

https://medi-nerd.com/b/J8H

2014 Carolina Crown - Out Of This World

One of my Bluesky friends posted lyrics from Major Tom to celebrate the successful return of Artemis II from its mission around the moon, reminding me of Carolina Crown's Out of This World.

#ArtemisII #DrumCorps #CarolinaCrown

https://medi-nerd.com/b/J8H

2014 Carolina Crown - Out Of This World

One of my Bluesky friends posted lyrics from Major Tom to celebrate the successful return of Artemis II from its mission around the moon, reminding me of Carolina Crown's Out of This World.

#ArtemisII #DrumCorps #CarolinaCrown

https://medi-nerd.com/b/J8H

2014 Carolina Crown - Out Of This World

One of my Bluesky friends posted lyrics from Major Tom to celebrate the successful return of Artemis II from its mission around the moon, reminding me of Carolina Crown's Out of This World.

#ArtemisII #DrumCorps #CarolinaCrown

https://medi-nerd.com/b/J8H

2014 Carolina Crown - Out Of This World

One of my Bluesky friends posted lyrics from Major Tom to celebrate the successful return of Artemis II from its mission around the moon, reminding me of Carolina Crown's Out of This World.

#ArtemisII #DrumCorps #CarolinaCrown

https://medi-nerd.com/b/J8H

2014 Carolina Crown - Out Of This World

One of my Bluesky friends posted lyrics from Major Tom to celebrate the successful return of Artemis II from its mission around the moon, reminding me of Carolina Crown's Out of This World.

#ArtemisII #DrumCorps #CarolinaCrown

https://medi-nerd.com/b/J8H

2014 Carolina Crown – Out Of This World

https://medi-nerd.com/2026/04/10/2014-carolina-crown-out-of-this-world/

2014 Carolina Crown – Out Of This World

https://medi-nerd.com/2026/04/10/2014-carolina-crown-out-of-this-world/

12 Corps Of Christmas – 2003 Carolina Crown

This was the first time Carol Of The Bells was used as a full musical selection, and Crown used it to full effect.

#MarchingArts #DrumCorps #Christmas #CarolinaCrown

https://medi-nerd.com/b/eK

12 Corps Of Christmas – 2003 Carolina Crown

This was the first time Carol Of The Bells was used as a full musical selection, and Crown used it to full effect.

#MarchingArts #DrumCorps #Christmas #CarolinaCrown

https://medi-nerd.com/b/eK

12 Corps Of Christmas – 2003 Carolina Crown

This was the first time Carol Of The Bells was used as a full musical selection, and Crown used it to full effect.

#MarchingArts #DrumCorps #Christmas #CarolinaCrown

https://medi-nerd.com/b/eK

12 Corps Of Christmas – 2003 Carolina Crown

This was the first time Carol Of The Bells was used as a full musical selection, and Crown used it to full effect.

#MarchingArts #DrumCorps #Christmas #CarolinaCrown

https://medi-nerd.com/b/eK

12 Corps Of Christmas – 2003 Carolina Crown

This was the first time Carol Of The Bells was used as a full musical selection, and Crown used it to full effect.

#MarchingArts #DrumCorps #Christmas #CarolinaCrown

https://medi-nerd.com/b/eK

2025 DCI World Championship Finals – Carolina Crown Photos

https://medi-nerd.com/2025/10/26/2025-dci-world-championship-finals-carolina-crown-photos/

2025 DCI World Championship Finals – Carolina Crown Photos

https://medi-nerd.com/2025/10/26/2025-dci-world-championship-finals-carolina-crown-photos/

VIDEO – Carolina Crown 2025: ‘The Point of No Return’ DCI World Championship Finals (CrownMedia Multicam)

https://youtu.be/iOE3Vlg3GS8?si=KEYTldf7UhMpOwWy

Carolina Crown dropped their official video of their 2025 program, The Point of No Return, on their YouTube channel on Sunday. Unlike most other show releases from other corps,  Crown’s own media team put together their own multi-camera edition of the corps’ DCI Finals performance, doing an incredible job in the process.

Throwback Thursday – 2025 DCI World Championship Finals Retreat

https://youtu.be/2QgErDimmz8?si=Ucs_6yWsp68aG5TM

Yesterday, WFYI, the Indianapolis public television station, released a video from their Across Indiana series covering the Drum Corps International World Championships which recently took place there. The focus was mainly on Carolina Crown, though it also featured interviews with DCI CEO Nate Boudreaux and other drum corps performers. It was a great reminder of how wonderful the 2025 season was and how much I’m already looking forward to […]

https://medi-nerd.com/2025/08/21/throwback-thursday-2025-dci-world-championship-finals-retreat/

Throwback Thursday – 2025 DCI World Championship Finals Retreat

https://youtu.be/2QgErDimmz8?si=Ucs_6yWsp68aG5TM

Yesterday, WFYI, the Indianapolis public television station, released a video from their Across Indiana series covering the Drum Corps International World Championships which recently took place there. The focus was mainly on Carolina Crown, though it also featured interviews with DCI CEO Nate Boudreaux and other drum corps performers. It was a great reminder of how wonderful the 2025 season was and how much I’m already looking forward to […]

https://medi-nerd.com/2025/08/21/throwback-thursday-2025-dci-world-championship-finals-retreat/

Throwback Thursday – 2025 DCI World Championship Finals Retreat

https://youtu.be/2QgErDimmz8?si=Ucs_6yWsp68aG5TM

Yesterday, WFYI, the Indianapolis public television station, released a video from their Across Indiana series covering the Drum Corps International World Championships which recently took place there. The focus was mainly on Carolina Crown, though it also featured interviews with DCI CEO Nate Boudreaux and other drum corps performers. It was a great reminder of how wonderful the 2025 season was and how much I’m already looking forward to […]

https://medi-nerd.com/2025/08/21/throwback-thursday-2025-dci-world-championship-finals-retreat/

2025 Drum Corps Full (AND LEGAL) Performance Videos

It’s Wednesday. The day between Drum Corps International Open Class Championships and DCI All-Age and World Class Championships. In other words…THERE’S NO DRUM CORPS TODAY!!!

EVERYBODY PANIC!!!

Not to worry. DCI, FloMarching, and even some of the performing drum corps have dropped full performances of their shows throughout the season. You don’t even have to search for them as I’ve gone and curated them for you below.

We start with Carolina Crown and their performance of “The Point of No […]

https://medi-nerd.com/2025/08/06/2025-drum-corps-full-and-legal-performance-videos/

2025 Drum Corps Full (AND LEGAL) Performance Videos

It’s Wednesday. The day between Drum Corps International Open Class Championships and DCI All-Age and World Class Championships. In other words…THERE’S NO DRUM CORPS TODAY!!!

EVERYBODY PANIC!!!

Not to worry.DCI, FloMarching, and even some of the performing drum corps have dropped full performances of their shows throughout the season. You don’t even have to search for them as I’ve gone and curated them for you below.

We start with Carolina Crown and their performance of “The Point of No […]

https://medi-nerd.com/2025/08/06/2025-drum-corps-full-and-legal-performance-videos/

2025 Drum Corps Full (AND LEGAL) Performance Videos

It’s Wednesday. The day between Drum Corps International Open Class Championships and DCI All-Age and World Class Championships. In other words…THERE’S NO DRUM CORPS TODAY!!!

EVERYBODY PANIC!!!

Not to worry. DCI, FloMarching, and even some of the performing drum corps have dropped full performances of their shows throughout the season. You don’t even have to search for them as I’ve gone and curated them for you below.

We start with Carolina Crown and their performance of “The Point of No […]

https://medi-nerd.com/2025/08/06/2025-drum-corps-full-and-legal-performance-videos/

2025 Drum Corps Full (AND LEGAL) Performance Videos

It’s Wednesday. The day between Drum Corps International Open Class Championships and DCI All-Age and World Class Championships. In other words…THERE’S NO DRUM CORPS TODAY!!!

EVERYBODY PANIC!!!

Not to worry.DCI, FloMarching, and even some of the performing drum corps have dropped full performances of their shows throughout the season. You don’t even have to search for them as I’ve gone and curated them for you below.

We start with Carolina Crown and their performance of “The Point of No […]

https://medi-nerd.com/2025/08/06/2025-drum-corps-full-and-legal-performance-videos/

2025 Drum Corps Full (AND LEGAL) Performance Videos

It’s Wednesday. The day between Drum Corps International Open Class Championships and DCI All-Age and World Class Championships. In other words…THERE’S NO DRUM CORPS TODAY!!!

EVERYBODY PANIC!!!

Not to worry. DCI, FloMarching, and even some of the performing drum corps have dropped full performances of their shows throughout the season. You don’t even have to search for them as I’ve gone and curated them for you below.

We start with Carolina Crown and their performance of “The Point of No […]

https://medi-nerd.com/2025/08/06/2025-drum-corps-full-and-legal-performance-videos/

2025 DCI Little Rock Thoughts

I caught the DCI Little Rock show on FloMarching last Saturday. After each performance, I posted my thoughts on social media. I’ve collected those thoughts here as this was my first viewing of these corps.

Memphis Blues: Welcome to Open Class! Great to have the legacy of the Memphis Blues Brass Band on the field. Also nice you took advantage of Rhapsody In Blue going public domain this year.

Zephyrus: Welcome to Open Class! You’ve got the horses in the horn line, so be sure to […]

https://medi-nerd.com/2025/07/14/2025-dci-little-rock-thoughts/

2025 DCI Little Rock Thoughts

I caught the DCI Little Rock show on FloMarching last Saturday. After each performance, I posted my thoughts on social media. I’ve collected those thoughts here as this was my first viewing of these corps.

Memphis Blues: Welcome to Open Class! Great to have the legacy of the Memphis Blues Brass Band on the field. Also nice you took advantage of Rhapsody In Blue going public domain this year.

Zephyrus: Welcome to Open Class! You’ve got the horses in the horn line, so be sure to […]

https://medi-nerd.com/2025/07/14/2025-dci-little-rock-thoughts/

2025 DCI Little Rock Thoughts

I caught the DCI Little Rock show on FloMarching last Saturday. After each performance, I posted my thoughts on social media. I’ve collected those thoughts here as this was my first viewing of these corps.

Memphis Blues: Welcome to Open Class! Great to have the legacy of the Memphis Blues Brass Band on the field. Also nice you took advantage of Rhapsody In Blue going public domain this year.

Zephyrus: Welcome to Open Class! You’ve got the horses in the horn line, so be sure to […]

https://medi-nerd.com/2025/07/14/2025-dci-little-rock-thoughts/

2024 DCI World Championships – Carolina Crown

Since my perch in the Lucas Oil Stadium press box is higher than Crown’s Mt. Olympus, does that mean I was above the gods for Promethean?

All of these photos are available under a Creative Commons license, free for you to use as long as you give me photography credit.

You can find all of the edited photos from this and other events on my Flickr site.

You can find all of my photos on my Smugmug site.

#2024 #2024DrumCorpsSeason #CarolinaCrown #DCI #drumCorps #DrumCorpsInternational #Indiana #Indianapolis #LucasOilStadium #MarchingArts

2024 DCI World Championships – Carolina Crown

Since my perch in the Lucas Oil Stadium press box is higher than Crown’s Mt. Olympus, does that mean I was above the gods for Promethean?

All of these photos are available under a Creative Commons license, free for you to use as long as you give me photography credit.

You can find all of the edited photos from this and other events on my Flickr site.

You can find all of my photos on my Smugmug site.

#2024 #2024DrumCorpsSeason #CarolinaCrown #DCI #drumCorps #DrumCorpsInternational #Indiana #Indianapolis #LucasOilStadium #MarchingArts

2024 DCI World Championships – Carolina Crown

Since my perch in the Lucas Oil Stadium press box is higher than Crown’s Mt. Olympus, does that mean I was above the gods for Promethean?

All of these photos are available under a Creative Commons license, free for you to use as long as you give me photography credit.

You can find all of the edited photos from this and other events on my Flickr site.

You can find all of my photos on my Smugmug site.

#2024 #2024DrumCorpsSeason #CarolinaCrown #DCI #drumCorps #DrumCorpsInternational #Indiana #Indianapolis #LucasOilStadium #MarchingArts

2024 DCI World Championships – Carolina Crown

Since my perch in the Lucas Oil Stadium press box is higher than Crown’s Mt. Olympus, does that mean I was above the gods for Promethean?

All of these photos are available under a Creative Commons license, free for you to use as long as you give me photography credit.

You can find all of the edited photos from this and other events on my Flickr site.

You can find all of my photos on my Smugmug site.

#2024 #2024DrumCorpsSeason #CarolinaCrown #DCI #drumCorps #DrumCorpsInternational #Indiana #Indianapolis #LucasOilStadium #MarchingArts

2024 DCI World Championships – Carolina Crown

Since my perch in the Lucas Oil Stadium press box is higher than Crown’s Mt. Olympus, does that mean I was above the gods for Promethean?

All of these photos are available under a Creative Commons license, free for you to use as long as you give me photography credit.

You can find all of the edited photos from this and other events on my Flickr site.

You can find all of my photos on my Smugmug site.

#2024 #2024DrumCorpsSeason #CarolinaCrown #DCI #drumCorps #DrumCorpsInternational #Indiana #Indianapolis #LucasOilStadium #MarchingArts

Carolina Crown is most notable for their stellar brass lines, having won the Jim Ott Award 8 Times in the past 14 seasons. In fact, the corps has won every caption in DCI World Class…except one.
That may change soon.

#MarchingArts #DrumCorps #CarolinaCrown

https://medi-nerd.com/2024/02/19/carolina-crown-2023-dci-finals-week-rehearsal-full-production/

Carolina Crown is most notable for their stellar brass lines, having won the Jim Ott Award 8 Times in the past 14 seasons. In fact, the corps has won every caption in DCI World Class…except one.
That may change soon.

#MarchingArts #DrumCorps #CarolinaCrown

https://medi-nerd.com/2024/02/19/carolina-crown-2023-dci-finals-week-rehearsal-full-production/

Carolina Crown is most notable for their stellar brass lines, having won the Jim Ott Award 8 Times in the past 14 seasons. In fact, the corps has won every caption in DCI World Class…except one.
That may change soon.

#MarchingArts #DrumCorps #CarolinaCrown

https://medi-nerd.com/2024/02/19/carolina-crown-2023-dci-finals-week-rehearsal-full-production/

Carolina Crown is most notable for their stellar brass lines, having won the Jim Ott Award 8 Times in the past 14 seasons. In fact, the corps has won every caption in DCI World Class…except one.
That may change soon.

#MarchingArts #DrumCorps #CarolinaCrown

https://medi-nerd.com/2024/02/19/carolina-crown-2023-dci-finals-week-rehearsal-full-production/

Carolina Crown is most notable for their stellar brass lines, having won the Jim Ott Award 8 Times in the past 14 seasons. In fact, the corps has won every caption in DCI World Class…except one.
That may change soon.

#MarchingArts #DrumCorps #CarolinaCrown

https://medi-nerd.com/2024/02/19/carolina-crown-2023-dci-finals-week-rehearsal-full-production/

Carolina Crown is most notable for their stellar brass lines, having won the Jim Ott Award 8 Times in the past 14 seasons. In fact, the corps has won every caption in DCI World Class…except one.

That may change soon. The team of Mike Jackson and Kevin Shah came to Crown in 2023 and produced immediate results, with the percussion placing in the top 3 for their caption and helping bring the corps back into medaling for the first time since 2017. It’s only one season, but the future is looking bright for Crown.

Check out Crown Percussion in the Vic Firth video below.

https://medi-nerd.com/2024/02/19/carolina-crown-2023-dci-finals-week-rehearsal-full-production/

#CarolinaCrown #DCI #drumCorps #DrumCorpsInternational #Kevin #MarchingArts #MarchingMonday #Percussion

If you ask fans of Carolina Crown when the corps’ rise to become one of the perennial competitors for the DCI World Championship, a good number of them would point to the 2003 season. After dropping out of finals the season before, Crown made a number of changes, not the least of which was the addition of Matt Harloff as brass caption head, a position he still holds as of this article. Crown’s horn lines are legendary for their power and dexterity, but it took time to build to that level, and 2003 was step #1.

The theme of the 2003 show was “Bellissimo”. Much of the music in the show was inspired by religion, such as Debussy’s Engulfed Cathedral, or by how the selection used bells, such as when the guard used rifles with bells as part of the handle, ringing with each catch or slap of the rifle in the guard member’s hand. The guard uniforms, a mixture of gold, silver, and bronze, panels, provided a visual complement to the metallic sounds used throughout the show. The closer, though, is why I’ve added this show to my list, the classic Carol Of The Bells.

Crown’s rendition of the Ukrainian Bell Carol was a show within itself, starting, fittingly enough, with the front ensemble and many bell sounds during the intro before the brass came in. This was the first time Carol Of The Bells was used as a full musical selection, and Crown used it to full effect, building the intensity throughout the song until the mellophones, in a diamond block front and center on the 50, played the melody at full volume while expanding the block and marching in a high stepping half time, all while the rest of the horns, in three similar formations behind them, rotated at full speed before all four diamonds expanded and joined together to form a full horn diamond before finishing out the song and the performance, a brief touch of winter and Christmas during an otherwise hot and humid August Orlando night.

https://medi-nerd.com/2022/12/23/12-days-of-drum-corps-2003-carolina-crown/

#1 #12CorpsOfChristmas #12CorpsOfChristmas2003CarolinaCrown #2003 #CarolinaCrown #DCI #drumCorps #DrumCorpsInternational #MarchingArts

If you ask fans of Carolina Crown when the corps’ rise to become one of the perennial competitors for the DCI World Championship, a good number of them would point to the 2003 season. After dropping out of finals the season before, Crown made a number of changes, not the least of which was the addition of Matt Harloff as brass caption head, a position he still holds as of this article. Crown’s horn lines are legendary for their power and dexterity, but it took time to build to that level, and 2003 was step #1.

The theme of the 2003 show was “Bellissimo”. Much of the music in the show was inspired by religion, such as Debussy’s Engulfed Cathedral, or by how the selection used bells, such as when the guard used rifles with bells as part of the handle, ringing with each catch or slap of the rifle in the guard member’s hand. The guard uniforms, a mixture of gold, silver, and bronze, panels, provided a visual complement to the metallic sounds used throughout the show. The closer, though, is why I’ve added this show to my list, the classic Carol Of The Bells.

Crown’s rendition of the Ukrainian Bell Carol was a show within itself, starting, fittingly enough, with the front ensemble and many bell sounds during the intro before the brass came in. This was the first time Carol Of The Bells was used as a full musical selection, and Crown used it to full effect, building the intensity throughout the song until the mellophones, in a diamond block front and center on the 50, played the melody at full volume while expanding the block and marching in a high stepping half time, all while the rest of the horns, in three similar formations behind them, rotated at full speed before all four diamonds expanded and joined together to form a full horn diamond before finishing out the song and the performance, a brief touch of winter and Christmas during an otherwise hot and humid August Orlando night.

https://medi-nerd.com/2022/12/23/12-days-of-drum-corps-2003-carolina-crown/

#1 #12CorpsOfChristmas #12CorpsOfChristmas2003CarolinaCrown #2003 #CarolinaCrown #DCI #drumCorps #DrumCorpsInternational #MarchingArts