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DCI 2010 HD Video Collection

The DCI 2010 season is proving to be one of the best ever! For those out on the east coast, I’ve got a collection of videos from early season west coast corps so you can see who will be coming to play in Indianapolis this year. Maybe one day I’ll find myself out east with [...]

Santa Clara Vanguard Drums in the lot in Walnut, CA on July 3, 2010

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Some familiar faces from the B corps are in the line this year at Santa Clara.  Check out their warm up from the Walnut show on July 3, 2010. Many more videos are available at Rance Costa’s Youtube Channel. The 2010 DCI season has just begun! For more information on where you can go see a [...]

Blue Devils Brass Line in the lot in Walnut on July 3, 2010

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Upon reaching Walnut one question became obvious:  How do the Blue Devils sound on their new King brass instruments in 2010?  After slapping hands with friends and visiting Mandarins, SCV and Pacific Crest on the way over, the Blue Devils horn arc was too tempting to miss. The Zoom H4N recorder captures so much more [...]

André Feagin has fun with the Santa Clara Vanguard Brass Line at Walnut, CA DCI Show – July 3, 2010

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This clip was hilarious, if you’re used to being around a DCI brass line, that is.  The humor is an acquired taste.  Andre is pretty funny these days, smiling and keeping everyone on an even keel even in a show warm up situation. I filmed André and company last year with my Canon 5D Mark [...]

Santa Clara Vanguard Brass Line at Walnut, CA DCI Show – July 3, 2010

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André Feagin is one of the most popular adjudicators in the country, and it’s no surprise.  I saw him last year at the Walnut show warming up his brass line and was quite impressed. I made it a point to visit the Vanguard brass in the lot again this year, and I returned with a [...]

Holy Name Cadets: On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss @ San Antonio, TX on July 18, 2009

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This video was originally a video that I didn’t plan to release. The original look of this video was strange, and even the final you can see some weirdness in the color space. I found the Holy Name Cadets brass line warming up under the world’s largest yellow light in the parking lot of San [...]

HD Video of Colts Opener and Ballad On the Field in July, 2009

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In one of the final stops of my 2009 tour, I managed to get down on the field for a show and record the last part of the opener and almost the entire ballad. Just wanted to see how the Canon 5D Mark II would behave under stadium lights with the 50mm 1.2L, and as [...]

HD Video of Bluecoats Drum Line Show Segment at DCI San Antonio on July 18, 2009

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One of the more mature lines, the Bluecoats had a nice crowd following them at the first few shows we shared. I had been on the road for about a week at this time, and I believe the San Antonio show was the third show of my tour thus far. They have attitude, but what [...]

HD Video of Colts Drum Line Warm-Up at Hutchinson, KS on July 13, 2009

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July 13th, 2009 marked my first show day on the road with the Colts in 2009. Eager to test my Canon 5D Mark II in the blazing hot DCI summer sun, I broke it out to hit up some early warm-ups at the Hutchinson, KS show. Luckily the drums were right next to where the [...]

HD Video of Blue Devils Brass Line Show Segment at Drums Along the Rockies on July 11, 2009

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My excitement was at an all time high at this location, Denver, CO for my favorite show, Drums Along the Rockies. I grew up in Denver and marched four years at the Blue Knights in the Brass Line, and was carrying my new baby the Canon 5D Mark II camera. Before meeting up with some [...]

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