KeithHall Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 When was their best year? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHall Posted April 13, 2016 Author Share Posted April 13, 2016 1970, 1971 or 1976? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 I'm going with 1969. The first year of their groundbreaking "Requiem for an Era" color presentation production. To the best of my knowledge, it was the first time a competition drum corps had used a "split" corps and simultaneous multiple tempos the way they did. A great corps.... and IMO, better than some of the scores they received that year. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHall Posted April 13, 2016 Author Share Posted April 13, 2016 I saw them at a show in Lockport NY with Crusaders but don't remember who else was there (maybe Cabs). May have been 1976 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 I saw them at a show in Lockport NY with Crusaders but don't remember who else was there (maybe Cabs). May have been 1976 In particular, YR's percussion section was the real deal back then... all the way through 1976. Great staff, including John Flowers and Rodney Goodhart. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajlisko Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 >>The first year of their groundbreaking "Requiem for an Era" color presentation production. To the best of my knowledge, it was the first time a competition drum corps had used a "split" corps and simultaneous multiple tempos the way they did.<< I dunno ... when I was in Sky, we did that all the time ... and it wasn't even planned!!!!! LOL ... Winky's fav saying: "When in doubt ... turn about"!!!!! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHall Posted April 14, 2016 Author Share Posted April 14, 2016 My first year marching we had Bill McGrath writing and teaching our drill. What a treat! I later worked with Bill Jr. with Rochester Patriots. Great man too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickiJay Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 You can't mention the Yankee Rebels without remembering their shows at the Dream Contest in the late 60's maybe early 70's. It was like the civil war never ended, and the judges were not going to let the grey boys win. The Yankee Rebels really knew how to entertain the crowds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 (edited) You can't mention the Yankee Rebels without remembering their shows at the Dream Contest in the late 60's maybe early 70's. It was like the civil war never ended, and the judges were not going to let the grey boys win. The Yankee Rebels really knew how to entertain the crowds. I hear ya... YR definitely paid the "outsider penalty" a few times back then. LOL Edited April 15, 2016 by Fran Haring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironlips Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 The first time I attended the Dream was in 1963, at the suggestion of a high school buddy from Jersey who marched in our Xavier corps as well as with the Rough Riders, a parade unit from the other side of the Hudson. Traveling from Queens to Roosevelt Stadium via public transportation on a Sunday in August took two forevers and felt like going to another planet. We had great seats, right smack on the 50, surrounded by the nuns and priests. When the Yankee Rebels tore into "The Stripper", complete with choreography, the reaction all around us was "out of this world", believe me. Some of the nuns were hiding their faces while others clapped on 2 and 4 along with many of the priests. A young novice in front of us was swaying back and forth until Mother Superior gave her a sharp poke in the ribs. I was convinced I had landed on Mars, and there was life there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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