mfrontz Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 (edited) Of course, the biggest deal of the season was the migration of the DCI World Championship trophy to the East. The Garfield Cadets, powered by George Zingali's path-breaking drill, jumped from 3rd at Semis to 1st at finals. Perhaps the greater miracle is they did it in the last year of the tick system. I think I heard a story that Boston Crusaders mixed it up with some Miami toughs before/after prelims? If you were there in 1983, or know someone who was there, please share. If not, listen, watch, and learn, as I will be doing! Edited July 30, 2020 by mfrontz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Continental Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Rocky Point Holiday - High Cam To this day one of the best openers ever done on the field. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cptcastile Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Ah 1983, one of my favorite years of the activity. Do not make the mistake to only focus on the finalist corps this year. There were some outstanding corps from 13-25! Avant Garde, Troopers, Les Eclipes, Valley Fever and more!! I really liked Alliance from Boston as well. Crossmen and Geneseo did Russlan and Ludmilla, a very challenging classical piece as their opener. The top 12, well they were fantastic and some of the best musical shows IMHO. Variety is the spice of life and this year did not disappoint. Freelancers, 27th, Bridgemen, Sky Ryders...all excellent. I love Spirit this year. Suncoast tore then house down!!! Cavies did Pines of Rome making me fall in love with this great work. Phantom Regiment was pure power in 1983! Madison did an amazing classical opener and then jumped right into Strawberry Soup! Blue Devils were classic Devils, power, clean and amazing. SCV was on fire! One of my favorite years for SCV IMHO. And then the champions... What a great show. They set a new standard in the activity and would go on to pave the way for a truly new world in drum corps land. Yes, Boston did have an issue with some of the locals outside the stadium. I have always imagined that those locals had NO IDEA who they were dealing with!! LOL I do remember watching my brother play his baritone solo for solo and ensemble competition INSIDE the stadium. Yeah one guy standing on the turf inside this massive football stadium. Surely there was a better venue for this somewhere in Miami??? This was also the year Dagenham Crusaders from England made the journey to perform at DCI. It was a welcome addition to the international flavor of the activity. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Continental Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 1 hour ago, mfrontz said: Of course, the biggest deal of the season was the migration of the DCI World Championship trophy to the East. The Garfield Cadets, powered by George Zingali's path-breaking drill, jumped from 3rd at Semis to 1st at finals. Perhaps the greater miracle is they did it in the last year of the tick system. I think I heard a story that Boston Crusaders mixed it up with some Miami toughs before/after prelims? If you were there in 1983, or know someone who was there, please share. If not, listen, watch, and learn, as I will be doing! Too bad the video is no longer there, but at one point there was a full video of Phantom's '83 show on YouTube. When discussing Phantom '83 everyone almost immediately focuses on 1812. However, for me it was the massive wall of brass in the opener "Serenade for Strings" that I loved most. I did find a recording on SoundCloud however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cptcastile Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 5 minutes ago, Continental said: However, for me it was the massive wall of brass in the opener "Serenade for Strings" that I loved most. Yessssss, their opener was awesome!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84BDsop Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 (edited) Now waiting for any 83 X-men alums to chime in! Edited July 30, 2020 by 84BDsop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Continental Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 2 minutes ago, 84BDsop said: Now waiting for any 83 X-men alums to chime in! 1983 Crossmen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFA1970 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 (edited) First year the Cadets won. I don't remember much. Top 3 in 82, 83, 84 and 85 were Cadets, BD, SCV not in same order of course. And in 97 and 98 again top 3 placements. 6 times those 3 were top 3. I think that's a record. Edited July 30, 2020 by DFA1970 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troopers1 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 If you wanted to write a show that defined the musical mythos of the Troopers, '83 is it. They also were invited to perform in exhibition before finals. So, they drove out to the beach, picked up the members and ran them into the show. Salty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Continental Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 2 minutes ago, troopers1 said: If you wanted to write a show that defined the musical mythos of the Troopers, '83 is it. They also were invited to perform in exhibition before finals. So, they drove out to the beach, picked up the members and ran them into the show. Salty. 1983 Troopers 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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