Michael Boo Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Cavaliers 1991 DCI DVD Spotlight of the Week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mingusmonk Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 -I can still sing Nutville from start to finish - one of the catchiest songs the Bluecoats ever played. Bluecoats: hung out a lot with these guys...great group of folks and a show that to me seems really undervalued. That hornline could blow man! A really cool drum feature too. Coincidentally, here is a rehearsal video edited with just Nutville and the drum feature. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scout9193 Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Thanks for sharing that- good stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeN Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Nice! (Yup, really can sing the whole song...) Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lameisrob Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 1991 - the first year I'd gone to finals. Had been detached from the activity for a couple of years and saw an ad in The Shreveport Times sports section the day of finals. Crappy seat in the Cottom Bowl (maybe the 10-yard line). Star just blew me away. Wanted to get a souvie, but after finals they were sold out of everything (except small sizes). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 But 1991 Cadets blew me away. I think it's one of the most underrated shows in their post-1983 history. uggghhh... You didn't see it live, did you? I love Cadets (I love 'em all) but I would not call their show that year "underrated," but "underpowered." Not a criticism, just an observation. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vis Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 You didn't see it live, did you? I love Cadets (I love 'em all) but I would not call their show that year "underrated," but "underpowered." Not a criticism, just an observation. Did see it live 1/2 dozen times. The complete show was really a stylistic mishmash, but 'Short Ride In a Fast Machine' was possibly the most original thing I had seen on the field at that time - musically and visually. For me, it still holds up. 1991 was a great year for DCI which I've watched many times when I miss George Zingali'sinflunce (Star), and I always find my way to Cadet's opener also. I wish that Cadets would have built on the electric energy of that number in future years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerriTroop Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 You didn't see it live, did you? I love Cadets (I love 'em all) but I would not call their show that year "underrated," but "underpowered." Not a criticism, just an observation. I saw it only once live - Finals... in Dallas. Ugh! Anyway, I didn't find it underpowered, but that's just me. I think part of it was the selections of music. I already had strong emotional connections to Short Ride and Prelude, Fugue and Riffs. The Cadets version of Short Ride was nothing short of incredible - such a great capture of its pure ecstatic movement! And the percussion in PF&R blew me away, along with everything else. I just wanted the backbeat section to go on about 10 seconds longer. Gives me chills again just hearing it in my head! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vis Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 My favorite BD show for sure! In addition to a great musical book that year, BD had a really good guard and visual program. Having been at finals, I remember being disappointed by the camera locations and editing in the broadcast. I don't think they showed many of BD's best visual moments. Cavies also had what I think was one of the best saber lines ever that year but they were hardly shown in the broadcast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWEST Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 This could be the best musical year for drum corps. Thank god for the CD's, if not , I would have never heard Dutch boys ending or Freelancers' Bells. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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