TRacer Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Going back old skool....27th Lancer's "Crown Imperial", any year they played it. Seconded. When I marched in SCV I wore out a cassette tape of '81 2-7 listening to Crown Imperial at high volume on my Sony Walkman to get me into "The Zone" before a show. The marching tymp section should be voted into the DCI Hall of Fame as nothing has come close to what those 4 guys did, and the chordal "stack" in halftime countering the lead sop passages prior to the accelerando where the horn arc form compressed at the end is sheer off-the-charts awesomossity. I don't know if it was intentional, but the ffff SCV drum tag at the end was a great touch! 87 SCV was a close second, and after that I'd have to fast forward right to CC 2013. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRacer Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 1985 Santa Clara - The pants changing thing is just visual icing on that musical cake.. Honorable mention - 1985 Freelancers Opening Tag Wow, thought I'd never see anyone mention that year as usually '87 SCV overshadows it by a mile. Thanks! -- Tracer AKA Tail End Charlie in the Tunnel of Doom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipmartin Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 93 Cadets, yessir! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllianaLancerContra Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 SCV's 1979 version of Verdi's Requiem Mass. Boo accurately called in "brutal". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeN Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Two Crossmen charts that immediately jump out - Baroque Samba (1990) and Heat of the Day (2002, but the early season version, pre-hosing). Mike 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWEST Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 As a big Garfield fan. 1987 Santa Clara Vanguard is the greatest off the line/opener ever. Video is in synch with the music now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n33KOXXRYDk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fsubone Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Cadets 1997 is absolute insanity as an opener SCV 2000 is one of the best slow openings ever, and it's beautiful. SCV 1985 is so awesome, Festive Overture is a great piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveKathyG Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 1984 SCV - Fanfare and Allegro 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Other Mike Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 I realize it was a 7th place show but SCV 1980 was always one of my favorites 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlejaw Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 2000 Cavaliers - Niagara Falls. The Punches at the start, through the phenomenal percussion writing/execution, massive laying down of the theme, a loud Cavaliers hornline, and the drill...the drill. 2011 Bluecoats - Creep. Simple and effective writing and the sound that was produced. 2002 Cavaliers - Frameworks. How effortlessly that hornline executed is just phenomenal. 2011 Blue Devils - Beat My Heart Skipped. Great entertaining show that started off with an awesome solo. 2012 Crossmen - Fragile. They were groovin again and that soloist (Chris) was phenomenal. 2010 Cavaliers - Mad World. If you get to include all of the preshow then yeah that thing transported me right into their Mad World. 1992 Cavaliers Gavorkna Fanfare so good. 1995 Madison Scouts - A Drum Corps Fan's Dream. From the solo and turnaround that thing was gonna be good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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