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Among the numerous innovations Crown's production brings to the field this year, the one that stands out to me: The sounds they are creating. The blend of percussion, acoustic/amplified/sampled vocals, brass and color guard bring the music to life in a way that seems unique. Performer's virtuosity aside, this particular scoring and arrangement is really quite rare to hear on a football field.

Hey everyone, I'm new but I had to post because there are so many obvious things going on I had to share. Below are some less obvious, in no particular order: Bern 1905 is the year a young Einstein first began to scribble out the theory of relativity. You can imagine the numbers dancing in his head, much like the show. ​ You can read cos in the opening segment then, the corps makes the cosine of a line. Hyperbolic geometry is the basis of einstein's theory used to explain black holes. The theme of the stretched-out S shape (cos of a line) is throughout the show and reinforces the concept of Einstein in each instance. ​ The rolling bass drum serves as visual weight (gravity) that pulls the battery through the spread form on a 45. This idea comes back when Bass 5 serves as the gravitational force during the crazy brass runs. ​ Gravity, more specifically-a form of attraction, is explored in context of of two lovers whose love may prove boundless. As we all know Einstein explored the idea that Mass (see: Gravity) may ever increase as we approach the speed of light, preventing us from ever reaching the speed of light. Impossible, you say? The rotating prism is a fun hat tip to his use of a prism to show that light can be bent, and it should follow that space time can also be bent from the force of gravity. ​ The clock sounds after the first hit seem random and ethereal, but to say that misses Einstein's point. If Space time is "bendable" then it follows that time is NOT constant, but instead relative and multiple clocks/time may exist simultaneously. Think: clocks on clocks on clocks. ​ ​Soloists sprint to the middle of the first form, being pulled by gravity. ​ There are numerous panning effects, musically and visually. Each is an instance of bending space time. ​ The other effects are just a great drum corps show!