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Your Top 3 Brass, Visual, Percussion Designers of the 1980s


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I thought it would be neat to see who your choices would be for the top 3 designers of visual, brass, and percussion in the 1980s.

I'll start and see if you agree or not. I listed in no significant order.

Brass Designers:

1. Wayne Downey

2. Jim Prime Jr.

3. Jim Wren

 

Visual Designers:

1. George Zingali

2. Steve Brubaker

3. John Brazale

 

Percussion Designers:

1. Tom Float

2. Jim Campbell

3. Ralph Hardiman

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Visual is a slam dunk:

George Zingali

John Brazale

Steve Brubaker

Brass:

Jimmer

Wayne Downey

Michael Klesch

Percussion:

Tom Float

Dennis Delucia

Charlie Poole 

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Brass Designers:

1. Wayne Downey

2. Jim Prime Jr.

3. Jim Wren

 

Visual Designers:

1. George Zingali

2. Steve Brubaker

3. John Brazale

 

Percussion Designers:

1. Tom Float

2. Thom Hannum

3. Ralph Hardiman

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All choices are what I'd choose too.

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1 hour ago, Hook'emCavies said:

Anyone from The Cavaliers 1989 season

Ok, you said anyone from The Cavaliers in 1989. Well in 1989 The Cavaliers were under the leadership of: Lenny Wilkins, Dick Helm, and Brian Winters. Therefore they will be listed as your choices.

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On 3/8/2019 at 12:24 AM, Jeff Ream said:

Brass Designers:

1. Wayne Downey

2. Jim Prime Jr.

3. Jim Wren

 

Visual Designers:

1. George Zingali

2. Steve Brubaker

3. John Brazale

 

Percussion Designers:

1. Tom Float

2. Thom Hannum

3. Ralph Hardiman

This is probably what I would say too. I know many will throw Dennis Delucia some love. 

I always wondered, from a visual standpoint, how much credit we should also give Marc Sylvester for his work with George Zingali? They were a team for many years...and I believe it was Marc who worked out the routing on the field for many of Zingali's designs? 

Also, I used to absolutely love the percussion scoring of Mark Thurston (is that correct?) from the Crossmen in the 80s/90s. 

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On 3/9/2019 at 10:48 PM, Stu said:

Ok, you said anyone from The Cavaliers in 1989. Well in 1989 The Cavaliers were under the leadership of: Lenny Wilkins, Dick Helm, and Brian Winters. Therefore they will be listed as your choices.

Maybe he was intending to mean Steve Brubaker,  Tim Salzman, Ken Snoeck, and Jim Campbell. Corps Director at the time was Adolph DeGrawe.  Also, I believe Jeff Fiedler was involved as Program Coordinator.

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19 minutes ago, cavies79 said:

Maybe he was intending to mean Steve Brubaker,  Tim Salzman, Ken Snoeck, and Jim Campbell. Corps Director at the time was Adolph DeGrawe.  Also, I believe Jeff Fiedler was involved as Program Coordinator.

You missed the joke. Look up who was coaching the other better known Cavaliers in 1989.

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