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14 minutes ago, MikeN said:

It wasn't until the late 90's that I, for the first time, heard the ballad the way it was supposed to be played.  After all of these years, hearing it correct sounds wrong!

Mike

I read some very interesting thoughts from former BD brass players about why that probably happened on Finals night. It was not practiced enough or it was played down an octave too many times in practice.

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1989 was one of my favorite seasons. I was teaching and on the road with BAC that summer.  I think they came in 17th...not bad for only 40 horns!  And, if my memory serves me (it WAS over 30 years ago after all), I have the distinct recollection that Boston was on late at night in semis, wedged right between PR and BD.  I know this sounds preposterous, but I am 99% sure that's when we went on.  Anyway, the corps was very tight and extremely clean that summer, with a very visceral vintage Boston show.  It was a pleasure to teach them!

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1 hour ago, mfrontz said:

I'm almost sure that's Freelancers repertoire. 

 

Velvet Knights 11 87.000 Yo Mambo * Velvet Knights in Tunisia * Sing Sing Sing * 'Round Midnight * Kansas City  

 

You are correct.

Sorry for the mis-post

Velvet Knights World Tour was

Yo Mambo by Charles Argersinger / Velvet Knights in Tunisia by Dizzy Gillespie & Frank Paparelli./
Sing, Sing, Sing by Louis Prima / 'Round Midnight by Thelonious Monk /
Nutcracker's Ball by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Kansas City by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller

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Just now, craiga said:

1989 was one of my favorite seasons. I was teaching and on the road with BAC that summer.  I think they came in 17th...not bad for only 40 horns!  And, if my memory serves me (it WAS over 30 years ago after all), I have the distinct recollection that Boston was on late at night in semis, wedged right between PR and BD.  I know this sounds preposterous, but I am 99% sure that's when we went on.  Anyway, the corps was very tight and extremely clean that summer, with a very visceral vintage Boston show.  It was a pleasure to teach them!

Every night, Conquest, huge response.

I had an incredible convo with the DM, contra section leader, and a couple of old-skool baritones in the Allentown lot in 1990 the about the 1986 Malden parade.  They were awesome guys, and bad@sses in the best sense of the word.

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43 minutes ago, Jeff Ream said:

yeah they were

There will always be disagreements about the way it all came out. It was said SCV was somewhat sterile at finals. I've always said that they sounded a little more "careful" than sterile but that might be the same thing. SCV's opening hit was super solid and I think from an "in your face" perspective, it's hard to beat during that time in DCI. 

I would also agree that there's a pretty big gap between the top 5 and the rest of the top 12. It's still interesting to have someone compare late 80s and 90s shows to those of today as Britt does. 

Just as an aside, I HATED the tuning on the snares that SCV had in 89'. I'm pretty sure they were using the first generation of the Falam K's and they sounded very "wet." They seemed to hide some pretty tasty parts. The tenors and those super deep flat cuts had some interesting timbre as well. 

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16 minutes ago, Weaklefthand4ever said:

There will always be disagreements about the way it all came out. It was said SCV was somewhat sterile at finals. I've always said that they sounded a little more "careful" than sterile but that might be the same thing. SCV's opening hit was super solid and I think from an "in your face" perspective, it's hard to beat during that time in DCI. 

I would also agree that there's a pretty big gap between the top 5 and the rest of the top 12. It's still interesting to have someone compare late 80s and 90s shows to those of today as Britt does. 

Well, there was just 0.3 separating 5th place Cadets and 6th place Star. So maybe that gap was between the top six and the rest of the field. 

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12 minutes ago, HockeyDad said:

Well, there was just 0.3 separating 5th place Cadets and 6th place Star. So maybe that gap was between the top six and the rest of the field. 

I can agree with that!

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89 was an interesting year. Star of Indiana came west and actually beat BD in a few shows. To be honest the 88 SCV doing Phantom of the Opera was better as a viewer at least for me than 89 Phantom of the Opera. Actually really didn't care for the 89 version. Technically yes it was better but it just didn't connect. Actually my favorite corp that year was the Cavaliers. The opener Gloria was splendid.

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8 minutes ago, MikeN said:

Definitely felt bigger than 0.3.  There was a massive leap in complexity between Star and Cadets.  But then a massive leap between the bottom 6 and Star too.

Mike

1989 was really what I consider the "set up year" for Star. The sound, design and overall complexity difference between 89 and 90 are pretty breathtaking. 

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