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Yep...but back then everyone had a standstill concert -- except for Garfield. They were the first of the new school move-most-of-the-time shows...we ere the last of the old concert-era.

Death, taxes, and me responding to any mention of 84!

I only just saw the thread....you KNEW I'd react if I saw it!

John Waggoner (RIP) and I occasionally argued over who's .1 loss was closer....

"* BD & Garfield tied in brass" Correction, BD/SCV/Garfield in brass (let's not ignore SCV's first ever share of a brass title). One of our contras still feels that we got dumped in brass from semis to finals.

I pointed that out to a 94 BD alum on the subreddit yesterday, in fact.

Boise??? Never marched there, nut heard stories about his high it was.

84 (ducks and runs)

I get the angst over recording quality, but ANY recording is better than none. Look up the 1986 Dagenham Crusaders on YouTube. Although it looks like it was shot by a drunk parent with a singe camera who didn't understand the concept of focusing, that vid is the ONLY visual record of the show I'm aware of....and I'm grateful to have it. Originally DCUK refused to sell the finals tape to me, citing the poor quality compared to prior years...which was odd, because they DID sell it to people in the UK. I had to tell them directly that I didn't care. If that was the only video of my show, I wanted it. They finally sent me the tape...in PAL format, so I had to pay to get it converted. I was FAR more upset with the single camera from the top of the stands setup than the actual quality of the recording to be honest. Even worse is 2003 SoCal Dream...the only vid of that show that exists was our very first public run...shot by a staffer with a vid quality SO BAD, it makes 86 DCUK look like a high-end Hollywood production...yet, it ALSO is the only record I have of that show -- my first as DM -- in any format...I'll take it. The only shows I don't have of the 10 I was involved in - 1 DCI (BD), 1 DCUK (Dageham), 6 DCA (Empire/SCD), 1 alum (BD), and 1 as director (Nightfire) -- are 2002 SoCal Dream and 1996 Nightfire. I don't know that ANYONE has vid of 2002 SCD, since it was our first year and merely a standstill, and my assistant director for Nightfire DOES have vid of our last run, but he never digitized it and I don't even know if the tape is able to be converted now...it may have aged too much...but I'd happily take either if they ever popped up somewhere.

Hell...if we'd scored 1/10th higher or Garfield 1/1th lower I would've had the distinction of tying for both the DCI AND DCUK titles (86 with Dagenham Crusadesr....wearing a BD-style uni and playing FREAKING WEST SIDE STORY!)

And this is their ballad....

First perfect perc score since 87 Cadets....and interestingly, BOTH of those perc wins were the first for each corps.

*Cries in 1984*

If you have the golden show...you have the golden show, regardless of WHEN you go on. Y'know who took 2nd in percussion in 84? 27th Lancers...2nd in the appearance order that night and placed 11th overall...yet pulled a 19.7 in percto our 19.8...with 10 other corps yet to perform. Should the judges have left room for BD, even though we were still on the freeway to GA Tech when 27th was on the field in their last-ever Finals appearance? I say no....27th's line was excellent all year and should've been rewarded as such regardless of appearance order.

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