Northern Thunder Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 I've never seen ANY video of the Hollywood Knights before. They were only active 1982-1984. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uig27vcD0co Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Wow. That performance scored a 26.150. What would it score today? Compare, for instance, to the 37.85 that Blue Saints got this year on July 8 at Ft. Wayne (a show which is on the Fan Network). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Thunder Posted August 15, 2014 Author Share Posted August 15, 2014 Wow. That performance scored a 26.150. What would it score today? I got to thinking that it must be because they only did drill for about 5 1/2 minutes. They were pretty solid otherwise, given the early date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Thunder Posted August 15, 2014 Author Share Posted August 15, 2014 (edited) There were some really low scores early in '83. The Bridgemen only scored a 56.8 on July 8, and they still went on to make DCI finals! Sky Ryders had a 56. 05 on July 4 (losing to Valley Fever!). They also made DCI finals. Edited August 15, 2014 by Northern Thunder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigW Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Interesting you mention them. I remember in period DCW having a lot of hype for the corps including a couple of fancy ads. IIRC, game show host Geoff Edwards or another similar celebrity from that era was the brains behind putting the corps together. Lots of hype, but no real solid business plan pretty much killed the corps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Thunder Posted August 16, 2014 Author Share Posted August 16, 2014 Interesting you mention them. I remember in period DCW having a lot of hype for the corps including a couple of fancy ads. Drum Corps News had page after page of the Hollywood Knights early hype (late in 1981). The only other corps I can think of that had such limited on-field success for the enormous amount of media hype was Silver Spectrum 2001, from Marshalltown, IA, which was active 1978-80. They preceded their first season by claiming that all the top band instructors in the state of Iowa were involved, and they would field a full 128-member corps. The reality was that the corps had about 50 members, and wound up dead last at 1979 DCI with a score of 34. 95. The next year they were dead last at DCI Midwest, with a score of 20.75. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigW Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Drum Corps News had page after page of the Hollywood Knights early hype (late in 1981). The only other corps I can think of that had such limited on-field success for the enormous amount of media hype was Silver Spectrum 2001, from Marshalltown, IA, which was active 1978-80. They preceded their first season by claiming that all the top band instructors in the state of Iowa were involved, and they would field a full 128-member corps. The reality was that the corps had about 50 members, and wound up dead last at 1979 DCI with a score of 34. 95. The next year they were dead last at DCI Midwest, with a score of 20.75. Well, it proves that severe over-hype of corps and bands and their programs using the media isn't a new thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDale Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 One has to give them credit, as The Velvet Knights were making a very big splash in the SoCal drum corps scene at this exact time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Thunder Posted August 17, 2014 Author Share Posted August 17, 2014 Hollywood Knights were also lucky to have some Blue Devils alumni working with their corps during its formative stages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homebilly Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 (edited) well.........i was one of those blue devil alums that worked with the corps. Scott Kent was one as well. i was there in the early part of 1983. we rehearsed at the old Park Plaza Hotel across from MacArthur Park in downtown LA. Chuck Edwards was the buffoon that ran the show. he still owes me $500 for my work. there was a marine corps cat that did the horn arrangements and another that worked with the drum line. Daniel Bejarano (Stockton Commodores and now drummer with Kenny G) was a drum instructor as well. he's waiting for his $500 bones as well. Sandy & Doug Macdonald (?) were instructors as well as former Two Seven color guard member Anne McCormick (rifle instructor). we used to practice in a HUGE empty ballroom on the second floor and sometimes go out to the bandshell in Macarthur park and play for the bums. in those days the park was REALLY dangerous. then a run to Tommy's for a chili-burger after practice. Chuck was pure Hollywood BS. getting all of us to believe in the dream and do it until we got beat out of our dough. others that came along later like Bob McClure (Santa Clara) also got the Chuck Edwards, dude where's my money treatment. it was an interesting time to say the least. ron meza Edited August 18, 2014 by homebilly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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