Elmo Blatch Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 What was the size of the 1986 Garfield hornline? I remember folks telling me that it changed over the course of the summer. I do remember hearing that it was the largest hornline in dci up to that date. Can anybody elaborate if or why it did change? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84BDsop Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Somewhere around 85 brass, as I recall...only 12 guard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jthomas666 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Didn't they have some horm members who moved between hornline and guard during the show? Particularly with the larger props? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumno5 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 What was the size of the 1986 Garfield hornline? I remember folks telling me that it changed over the course of the summer. I do remember hearing that it was the largest hornline in dci up to that date.Can anybody elaborate if or why it did change? That was the year they had about 80 horns and that little 12 member color guard. I recall that theories abounded at the time: trouble with guard recruiting? an artistic decision? had to clean house because of attiude problems in the guard? Of course there were no YEA website, DCI.org, DCP or HopBlog at the time, so folks got most of their information (or misinformation, as the case may be) through the rumor mill, by word of mouth. The corps was a little lumpy that year, especially when compared to the '83-4-5 threepeat teams. But they sure came back stronger than ever in '87, didn't they? regards, Fred O. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumno5 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Didn't they have some horm members who moved between hornline and guard during the show? Particularly with the larger props? Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84BDsop Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 That was the year they had about 80 horns and that little 12 member color guard. I recall that theories abounded at the time: trouble with guard recruiting? an artistic decision? had to clean house because of attiude problems in the guard? Of course there were no YEA website, DCI.org, DCP or HopBlog at the time, so folks got most of their information (or misinformation, as the case may be) through the rumor mill, by word of mouth. Artistic decision.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NR_Ohiobando Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 from a previous thread here Answers: There were 84 horns (28 sopranos, 18 mellos, 26 baritones/euphoniums, 12 contras). The guard members were actually guard people. All were supposed to play but I think only a few of them really did. During first half of the tour, twelve of the sopranos spun flag in the opener and there were 5 or six horns that were flags at the end of the show. Unfortunately that got changed to what you saw on the video. The original concept was to have 128 "cadets" that were interchangeable as musicians or visual people. Unfortunately, the staff failed to think through the necessary learning curve to make that work at a "top 5" level of competence. I know the Hoppy bashers will be shocked to know this, but my understanding was that the large hornline/small guard was Michael Cesario's debacle. The contra was played with a soprano mouthpiece by none other than Jeff Sacktig, Cadets's current drill designer. As for how the guard felt, they were not happy about it. It was a tough season for them. The boxing ring things were brutal. Was guard shortage an issue? Not really. There were a lot of ageouts in '85, so it was the "ideal" time to try such a thing. But there were enough girls that returned in '87 from the '85 guard and earlier seasons to have fielded a guard that was 50% vets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 i always kinda liked that show Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84BDsop Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 i always kinda liked that show I dunno...wan't nearly as loud as you'd think that many horns would be, and the program seemed more than a bit disjointed...a big letdown after the spectacularness of 87. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Rott Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 i always kinda liked that show Me too....and I thought the boxing ring things were pretty cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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