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Blast! An Explosive Musical Celebration

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780780634565
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Compilation, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 078063456X
Label: Pbs (Direct)
Manufacturer: Pbs (Direct)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Pbs (Direct)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 08, 2001
Running Time: 115 minutes
Sales Rank: 28899
Studio: Pbs (Direct)
Theatrical Release Date: June 05, 2001



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Amazon.com essential video:
If your favorite part of a football game is when the marching band takes the field, then you're going to love Blast. Think of the most rousing, in-sync band that you ever saw, turn them way up, add cool costumes and a black-and-white checkered stage with colored spotlights, throw in a good helping of the Stomp vibe, and you've got Blast.

Color is the theme that threads the different musical pieces together. Beginning with Ravel's Bolero, the audience is pulled into this new music/dance/theatre experience as the band takes the stage marching, twirling, and weaving. The performers aren't simply musicians--they dance, sing, act, and play their brass and drums. 'Loss,' in the Blue section of the color wheel, is particularly touching. Even the flag team--a very sexy and talented flag team--is represented. The Green section melds into a sober and lovely rendition of 'Simple Gifts,' then concludes quietly with Copland's Appalachian Spring. In the black light of 'Battery Battle,' you're pulled into the rhythm of the lone drummer, then dueling snare drums, and finally a row of energetic, blindfolded drummers who never miss a beat. 'Medea' combines movement and music in a dramatic interpretation of Samuel Barber's piece, and, set to a dance-club beat, 'Lemon Techno' is a flurry of yellow flags, poles, and sensuous movement. A spectacularly sultry 'Malaguena' drenched in red ends the program.

It's easy to see why Blast is a PBS favorite. It's an amazing new type of performance--one that every high school marching band member will want to emulate. Included here is a 25-minute documentary, Music in Motion: The Making of Blast, which takes you behind the scenes to the conception of the show and into the ensemble's homes and lives as they perform in London's West End. --Dana Van Nest



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Unlike something you have ever seen before! Spectacular!
Taped in 2000 at the London Apollo Hammersmith Theatre, is unlike anything we have ever seen before! ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - You'll be out of breath when it ends!
I happened to catch the tail end of a BLAST! performance on my local PBS station and was disappointed ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Good if you like Blast
I bought this to show my students in band class at the end of the year. I enjoy this type of thing but ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - VEY GOOD
This is GREAT Musical video i enjoy a lot IT'S GREAT, FINE, VERYGOOD AND MORE


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Another Gem
I am a veteran marching member of the Drum and Bugle Corps fraternity.
I also had the extreme honor ... Read More

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