Northern Thunder
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Yes....I was just going to say 1988 Blue Devils won everything prior to DCI Championship
weekend.
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There was an entertaining appearance by Saints Brigade Drum & Bugle Corps in that parade in 2020.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgKpnoFuOio
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Anaheim Kingsmen were 3rd at DCI in 1974, didn't tour the following season....
just did a few exhibitions.
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Ames Field has been the scene of drum corps contests going back to the 1950s, and it was home to the DCI Open Class Championships for a number of years.
This happened last Thursday night: https://wsbt.com/news/local/man-killed-when-car-crashes-into-ames-field-in-michigan-city
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1 hour ago, Terri Schehr said:
I bought two books at Bill Ives exhibit last week. One was the first decade of DCI and the other was the first 35 years of DCI. I found one photo of my kid in Capital Sound in the 35 years book so it was worth it. I know this has nothing to do with the yearbook but I figure if other nonsense can be posted on threads, why not?
Those were Steve Vickers-Drum Corps World publications. His dedication to such projects has been huge.
https://www.drumcorpsworld.com/product-category/history-books/
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9 hours ago, ElSuarez said:
If Boston places 4th or better, it will be their best DCI finals placement ever. If they beat SCV at finals, it will be the first time ever.
Well.....we can't say EVER.....there was the 1969 VFW Nationals.....Boston--5th place 87.35, Santa Clara--14th place 84.05.
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The 1974 Mariners opened their show by shooting off fireworks as a lead in to the 1812 Overture.
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33 minutes ago, jjeffeory said:
There have been countless times where a corps makes finals, then their finals score drops below the 13th or even 14th place corps prelims' score.
Or....in the case of the 12th place Guardsmen at the 1976 championship.....lower than the 21st place corps at prelims.
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Wishing you all the best. You and I have been on DCP for quite some time, and I've always appreciated your posts!
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I have a 1974 SCV shirt that Gail Royer sent to me early in '75. I have the 1977 Blue Devils triple crown shirt, celebrating their 1976 "triple crown"
wins at World Open, CYO and DCI. I inherited a couple shirts from the 1969-70 years of the Troopers and Kilties.
1980 27th Lancers, and a couple dozen from the 1980s/early 1990s.
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They're expecting 110° for Broken Arrow on Tuesday!
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3 hours ago, corps8294 said:
What's the highest a corps has ever placed in the Top 12 with a caption failing to make finals?
Back at the 1972 DCI Championship, the 2nd place Blue Stars were 14th in marching.
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Back in the 1970s/early 1980s I would contact various corps directors to get a preview of what music their corps was going to perform for the upcoming season. For both the 1979 and 1980 seasons, Santa Clara Vanguard director Gail Royer told me SCV was planning to perform "Cavatina", ("The Theme From The Deer Hunter") on the field. I can only imagine what that would have sounded like.
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On 6/14/2022 at 3:36 PM, Bob984 said:
I know that Canadian Corps regularly competed in many of the big shows (US Open, World Open, CYO, etc.), but on first glance didn't see any at VFW, AL......I am going to look more, though.
The Lionettes All-Girl Corps (Sarnia, Ontario) competed at both the 1960 & 1961 VFW Nationals prelims.
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DCW has the 1973 U.S. Open recording of the Royal Coachmen.
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Great to hear, Keith!
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On 6/4/2021 at 1:49 PM, KeithHall said:
DCI owns the Kobold library. I wish I could by some recordings again because my cassette's I got from him don't work any more
Drum Corps World has both the 1975 and 1976 Precisionnaires on record albums. Just go to their store.
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The story is extremely sad.
The Kamloops Indian Residential School (British Columbia, Canada) mentioned in this article had its own drum & bugle corps which appeared in western Canada and northwest U. S. for a number of years.
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10 hours ago, edtop40 said:
did the commodores compete in 1975?
Yes, they competed the whole summer. They were 11th place (out of 15 corps) at that season's Northwest Championship.
Unfortunately, only 10 corps made finals.
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On 5/8/2021 at 8:10 AM, ajlisko said:
Brian ... was Drum Beauty an actual show? ... the 61 record is a composite of various times by Chicago, Garfield, Madison and others ... could there be a connection to these pins?
Drum Beauty was the actual name of the contest. They had lots of memorabilia, including record albums, buttons, etc. The show first started Aug. 5, 1956 (Cavaliers, Madison, Kilties).
For many years the contests (into the 1990s) were held two consecutive nights to accommodate the large crowds. The show lasted well into the 21st century.
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Drum Beauty dates back to the 1950s.
Happy Halloween
in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
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One of the "scariest" repertoires in DCI history came in 1972, when the Wayne (NJ) Monarchs played:
Witches Call, March to the Scaffold, Soul Sacrifice, Evil Ways, Evil of Eternity and Lullaby From Rosemary's Baby.