scv9396 Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 2012 will be Vanguard's 45th Anniversary. Should they blow off the dust on some old charts and revamp them. What would you like them to do besides Phantom of the Opera or Fiddler? My list is long but recently I keep listening and watching '85: Festive Overture by Dimitri Shostakovich Grover's Corner (from Our Town) by Aaron Copland Tender Land by Aaron Copland The Red Pony by Aaron Copland Very Santa Clara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeN Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 For an anniversary show, I'd love to see new treatments of - http://www.corpsreps.com/corpsreps.cfm?view=corpsdet&corps=3&corpstype=Junior The Canyon (SCV '99) The Young Prince and the Young Princess (SCV '04) Stained Glass for Percussion (SCV '00) Great Gate of Kiev (SCV '87) ... okay, maybe my future is not in show programming, but I'd still love to see it... Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwscv87 Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 I have always wanted to see SCV do a complete Les Mis production, but not one year after BAC did it. Rather than just pulling certain pieces I would like to see a complete production of Pictures at an Exhibition. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruckner8 Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 2012 will be Vanguard's 45th Anniversary. Should they blow off the dust on some old charts and revamp them. What would you like them to do besides Phantom of the Opera or Fiddler? My list is long but recently I keep listening and watching '85: Festive Overture by Dimitri Shostakovich Grover's Corner (from Our Town) by Aaron Copland Tender Land by Aaron Copland The Red Pony by Aaron Copland Very Santa Clara Ahhh, the first year of the King K90 Contras, solidifying SCV's Low Brass sound of the 80s. I would only change one thing about your request: I'd want the 1984 push from Tender Land instead of 1985, but keep the French Horn high Bb from 85, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dccollins Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 (edited) I would take having someone that's been with the Corps before on staff. That's a start. You know, Tradition and all. Edited August 17, 2011 by dccollins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84BDsop Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 I would only change one thing about your request: I'd want the 1984 push from Tender Land instead of 1985, but keep the French Horn high Bb from 85, lol. THIS!!!!!! Key Poulan and John Meehan were gonna stick that push into Vanguardian Sketches for the 07 BD/SCV alum corps...I was STOKED when Key told me....and majorly bummed when they took it out...I think they replaced it with the stuff from 04 (which was a poor choice, IMO). Ah well...at least I got to play Bottle Dance, PoTH, and the Festive Overture opening!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Anello Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Either Festive Overture or Russian Christmas Music for starters, followed by Young Peoples' Guide to Drum Corps. Closer would have to be Send in the Clowns. We'll leave the staff to surprise us with Bottle Dance as an ending tag. I've always felt that YPGDC is a timeless piece. With their percussion, they'd really shine during the drum breaks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84BDsop Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 And now my selections...in no particular order: Bottle Dance (DUH!) Procession of the Nobles (with the Peter T 4th opening) Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Lezghinka/Stone Ground Seven (gotta throw a bone to the drum line!) Slava Tender Land (as before...84 version) Festive Overture Great Gate of Kiev Something from Phantom of the Opera New Era, New Era, New New New...New Era Send in the Clowns (again, DUH!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skajerk Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Lezghinka They played this as their instant encore for the ToC show in Houston. It was one of the few that I really enjoyed (along with Cavies and Phantom). I'd love to hear any of the following: Giannini's 3rd symphony, 4th movement Grover's Corner The Red Pony The Tender Land Russian Christmas Capriccio Espanol Slava Festive Overture The Great Gate Young Person's Guide Don't Cry For Me Argentina All I Ask Of You But... no matter what they play, they have to bring back the tunnel and white pants!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRacer Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 (edited) I was thinking about this on the ride home from Allentown PA during my 6500+ mile Lap of America trip I just took on my motorcycle...I don't wear ear buds or listen to music when I ride, so I found myself mentally rehearsing all the music for Freelancers Alumni Corps since I'm heading to DCA, and kept cycling back to YPG. It's now been over 30 years since SCV has done Young Person's Guide, and I could see a whole show structured around it. I agree with Bruckner8 about the T-land push; between the two I for one very much disliked the '85 version not only from a musical standpoint, but the drill was weak too even though Vince Noble and I landed a camera closeup. To this day I still can't believe we won Visual that night; I would rather have won (or tied for) Brass. Sam-- Thanks to you, after years & years I finally got to "legally" play the lead bari part in Free (on a K-70!) in '07; what a hype! Edited August 17, 2011 by TRacer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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