aldenblaho Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 1991 Star, We did a lot of breathing in the horn arch or circle, but the single most effective technique we used on the field was........AGAIN!!!!! ABB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kstein Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 1991 Star, We did a lot of breathing in the horn arch or circle, but the single most effective technique we used on the field was........AGAIN!!!!! ABB Did you ever have that followed by, "Water is for sissies. Move faster!" (Two of my personal favorites from the staff in earlier years.) Cheers! Karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAC oboist Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 They had it split, half on each side of the front sideline.I'm also guessing that this show was the last instance of marching bells in DCI. Mike Blue Knights also marched bells in '91. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hulka Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Fran: You are too kind.Sam: Pines of Rome looked a little like this: See you at CNY!!! Looks like percussion music... is that a flam drag and some egg beaters I see on page 3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gellio Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Some of the judging at finals that year was a crock of crap. There's no way Star should not have won brass out right and there's no way they should have been 3rd in visual. That show simply blew the rest of the field away - they deserved more than a 97.0 and they deserved to win by much more than .7! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puppet Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Looks like percussion music... is that a flam drag and some egg beaters I see on page 3? My favorite subject - Star! I don't know why nobody has mentioned this about 1991: 33 Shows - 2 second place (1 to the Cavies and 1 to Madison) all the rest 1st. First time in my life I ever saw a "modern" Drum Corps merge music and fieldmanship to such a degree of cohesiveness as to leave me drooling show after show. Ottorino Respighi - 'nuff said! And if nobody else noticed, they just got better and better every show! Yeah, they had their swerve on that night, by then they'd deserved it. I wasn't until the '93 show that I would ever see and hear anything better. Barber & Bartok - can't beat that - (and they gave that show to the Cadets) Sorry for the editorial. Puppet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldenblaho Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 My favorite subject - Star!I don't know why nobody has mentioned this about 1991: 33 Shows - 2 second place (1 to the Cavies and 1 to Madison) all the rest 1st. First time in my life I ever saw a "modern" Drum Corps merge music and fieldmanship to such a degree of cohesiveness as to leave me drooling show after show. Ottorino Respighi - 'nuff said! And if nobody else noticed, they just got better and better every show! Yeah, they had their swerve on that night, by then they'd deserved it. I wasn't until the '93 show that I would ever see and hear anything better. Barber & Bartok - can't beat that - (and they gave that show to the Cadets) Sorry for the editorial. Puppet I dont remember the loss to Cavies, but the loss to the Scouts no one who marched will ever forget. Our Fearless Leader, Bobby (Que) Hullett, kicked all the tempos up 10 to 15 bpm. Imagine playing that music at around 230 BPM. Needless to say Bobby finished the show a little ahead of the corps that night. Love ya Bobby, Alden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SACMellos2010 Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 To maybe help answer the question about how the mellos helped to build stamina and play that book.... We never stood still in warmup... Barry Hudson was the mello tech along with lead hornline tech and from when we left for tour until finals we never stood still. We did circle drill to most everything so we were really most comfortable playing on the move versus playing standing still. I am sure that helped with the endurance. But as has also been previously stated.... we heard "Again" a WHOLE lot!! It was a fun book to play! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMichael1230 Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Some of the judging at finals that year was a crock of crap. There's no way Star should not have won brass out right and there's no way they should have been 3rd in visual. That show simply blew the rest of the field away - they deserved more than a 97.0 and they deserved to win by much more than .7! Elliot, my Brother.....1991 Blue Devils brass was arguably the best to ever hit the field....... G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 Elliot, my Brother.....1991 Blue Devils brass was arguably the best to ever hit the field.......G Yeah, as much as I love Star 91 and think the hornline was one of the best ever, I don't think it was any better than BD's that year. 2 of the best brass lines and best brass books ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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