Last night, I attended Minnesota’s premiere drum corps event: Drum Beauty. Six corps performed: three senior corps and three division one corps. Minnesota Brass impressed the crowd with their creative program and tight execution. Of the D-I corps, I found the Cavaliers‘ show the most appealing. Titled “Machine,” a nod to their nickname “The Green Machine,” the Cavaliers’ show featured their trademark visual precision and musical prowess. When the show starts with the drum major doing the robot, you know it’s going to be good.

From what I understand, drum corps competition is highly political; thus, the winner of a contest can often be predicted prior to its start. So, when the scores were being read at the end of Drum Beauty, a murmur when through the crowd when the Cavies took silver. The winner? It was the Blue Devils, who beat the Cavaliers 86.080 to 85.500.