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The irony for SCV in 1984 is that in 1983, we smoked in prelims leaving BD and Garfield (undefeated until then) in a tie for second. Then we went out in finals and did a flat show. In 1984 we botched prelims and came back in finals and did a good show. 1984 was a pretty amazing year for SCV, especially for the hornline. As was mentioned above, all of the leaders in the hornline went to join Gordon Henderson and the Olympics Band. There were a couple horns and quite a few drummers who also went to BD (inluding one pit player who went on to play baritone in BD) This left the hornline with one of, if not the most inexperienced hornlines that SCV had seen since DCI started. We had one member in his fifth year (George Brown, SCVC Director), one in his fourth and and handful in their third. But that hornline could perform!!!!! From the very first show in San Jose, the Corps would hit the first impact point in Fanfare and Allegro and the crowd would respond. At show after show, we would bring the crowd to their feet at that first impact and then multiple other times as the show progressed Prelims- The bottom line is, the show was flat and we had some major phasing problems in Tenderland - phasing problems that we had never seen in rehearsals or performances. Why did it happen? Who Knows. I don't think that it was due to an inexperienced hornline overwhelmed by semi's. We had gone into every major show that year and we took charge. Even when BD yelled 10 on the ready front at our show (Pacific Procession) because they intended to win our show for the 10th time in a row...sorry Rob & Sam we couldn't let you win that one ;) We won horns at every major show that year including finals (I know it was a three way tie but we can all stilll claim it)........... Ultimately, I think Sam said it best "I suspect they just chose the wrong time to have a bad show and made it up at finals...that kind of a drop was NOT in character for SCV in 84. They were hammering us until Whitewater... " except for the until Whitewater part. (Sam we hammered you until Nats). We did come back at Finals and do a great performance. Maybe it wasn't quite the performance that it would have been had we not been shaken the night before but we certainly showed the audience what we had. Going into Nats, three Corps were fighting for the top spot and trading wins back and forth. Each of us felt that we had a good chance, if not the best chance to win it. Ultimately, it came down to .1 between first and second and .6 between first and third, a three way tie for high brass, a tie for high visual and three Corps that turned it on for finals night and took the audience for a ride that they will never forget. Politics? in 1984? No, I don't believe so. This was just good old throw down the guantlet and let the notes fly drumcorps. Jeff Pearson SCV 81-85