jwillis35 Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 From the PBS perspective I thought the top groups were amazing, and certainly Garfield was a big WOW! This really was their era. Their show in 82 gave us a glimpse of where they were heading. The 1983 expanded on that and their brass line was exceptional. The intricacy of music to movement and the complexity of timing and artistry was stunningly different from what we had seen in the late 70s and early 80s. Choosing to perform Bernstein's Mass along with Rocky Point Holiday was a bold move. BD and SCV were truly fantastic as always. I liked Phantom better in 84. Madison was great! Here are the semifinal scores. Garfield did not jump from 3rd to first. They were the leaders coming into Finals week and maybe lost only 1 show all season. But at Semis they did tie BD for 2nd and SCV was 1st. Miami, FL DCI Semi Finals 1 Santa Clara Vanguard 91.90 2 Garfield Cadets 91.15 ^ Blue Devils 91.15 4 Phantom Regiment 88.45 5 Suncoast Sound 84.80 6 Madison Scouts 83.90 7 Spirit of Atlanta 83.45 8 Freelancers 81.95 9 27th Lancers 80.50 10 Cavaliers 80.30 11 Bridgemen 79.55 12 Sky Ryders 78.70 13 Crossmen 78.60 14 Alliance 77.10 15 Troopers 76.85 16 Knights 73.95 17 Velvet Knights 71.45 18 Valley Fever 69.55 19 Les Eclipses 67.25 20 Avant Guard 64.65 21 Boston Crusaders 63.75 22 Colts 60.60 23 Dutch Boy 59.60 24 Glassmen 58.25 25 Pride of Cincinnati 56.65 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwillis35 Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 (edited) Some of the notable shows with Garfield and top competitors from that season: ---------------- Friday, July 8 ---------------- Hamilton, ONT DCI DCI Canada Prelims 1 Garfield Cadets 80.80 2 Madison Scouts 73.45 3 Knights 65.95 4 Alliance 63.80 5 Bridgemen 60.20 6 Boston Crusaders 54.60 7 Dutch Boy 53.75 8 Les Eclipses 50.80 9 Avant Guard 50.40 10 Colts 44.70 11 Canadian Knights 39.40 12 Krescendos 37.25 13 Ventures 35.35 14 Brangford Girls 27.50 15 K. Kavaliers 26.25 16 Bandettes 21.35 17 Mello-Dears 12.80 - wow, there were some low scores in this one for July 8. But this is how it was back then during the tick days. Mello-Dears...sheesh! July 9 - Ypsilanti, MI DCI DCI North 1 Garfield Cadets 82.85 2 Phantom Regiment 78.85 3 Madison Scouts 74.20 4 Crossmen 67.95 5 Cavaliers 66.55 6 Knights 66.05 7 Alliance 65.00 8 Bridgemen 62.15 July 23 - DCE Championship/World Open 1 Garfield Cadets 84.05 2 27th Lancers 69.75 3 Alliance 68.20 4 Crossmen 66.65 5 Bridgemen 65.10 6 Boston Crusaders 57.05 7 Les Eclipses 52.40 8 Dutch Boy 50.20 9 Valley Airs 50.15 10 Avant Guard 48.85 DCE Championship/World Open 1 Garfield Cadets 84.05 2 27th Lancers 69.75 3 Alliance 68.20 4 Crossmen 66.65 5 Bridgemen 65.10 6 Boston Crusaders 57.05 7 Les Eclipses 52.40 8 Dutch Boy 50.20 9 Valley Airs 50.15 10 Avant Guard 48.85 - seeing 27th and Bridgemen this low had to be heartbreaking to many --------------- Friday, July 29 --------------- Madison, WI DCI 1 Garfield Cadets 86.10 2 Santa Clara Vanguard 82.30 3 Phantom Regiment 76.75 4 Madison Scouts 76.20 5 27th Lancers 70.85 6 Bridgemen 69.35 -------------- Saturday, July 30 -------------- Whitewater, WI DCI DCI Midwest Prelims 1 Garfield Cadets 84.90 2 Blue Devils 82.75 3 Santa Clara Vanguard 82.05 4 Phantom Regiment 75.55 5 Madison Scouts 75.10 6 Spirit of Atlanta 74.10 7 Suncoast Sound 72.15 8 27th Lancers 69.75 9 Knights 68.85 10 Freelancers 68.75 11 Cavaliers 67.15 12 Sky Ryders 67.05 13 Bridgemen 66.20 14 Crossmen 65.75 15 Troopers 64.65 16 Valley Fever 62.55 17 Velvet Knights 59.00 18 Glassmen 54.25 19 Les Eclipses 53.80 20 Colts 50.50 21 Saginaires 48.75 22 San Jose Raiders 47.30 23 Argonauts 47.25 24 Night Hawks 41.60 25 Rivermen 34.25 Whitewater, WI DCI DCI Midwest 1 Garfield Cadets 86.10 2 Blue Devils 84.85 3 Santa Clara Vanguard 83.75 4 Phantom Regiment 75.55 5 Madison Scouts 73.95 6 Spirit of Atlanta 72.10 7 Suncoast Sound 71.70 8 27th Lancers 69.20 9 Freelancers 66.70 10 Cavaliers 63.55 11 Knights 61.90 12 Sky Ryders 61.85 As I looked through the season it seems Garfield did not lose a single show, including all meeting with BD and SCV, until Semifinals where they tied for 2nd, and then won the title. Edited July 31, 2020 by jwillis35 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllianaLancerContra Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 On 7/30/2020 at 12:21 PM, Continental said: 1983 Troopers I forgot the Z-push starting at 12:40. I guess they did it before Garfield 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 i was looking for a recap of semis...i wanted to see that .1 between Crossmen and Sky Ryders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 found it...huge spread in brass. like almost 2 points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfrontz Posted July 31, 2020 Author Share Posted July 31, 2020 2 hours ago, jwillis35 said: Sadly I only saw one show in 1983. I spent the summer at the Chautauqua Institute (upstate NY) playing trombone in the youth orchestra for the summer. My only show was in the Dayton, OH area in early June. Pretty sure we saw Madison and Spirit of Atlanta but forget the others. Will have to check. I had seen Garfield in 1982 at Finals so I was not surprised to hear that they were in the hunt for the title from friends back home. But as was the case back in those days, keeping up-to-date with DCI and scores was not so easy. Unless you saw a show live or had a chance to get DCW news at shows where it was sold you were usually out of the loop. My son played cello for the CYO in 2019. He was sorry to miss out on DCI, but had a great summer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84BDsop Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 42 minutes ago, Jeff Ream said: i was looking for a recap of semis...i wanted to see that .1 between Crossmen and Sky Ryders https://fromthepressbox.com/1983season Recap button top right. M&M ex Sky 20.0 Xmen 20.20 Drums Sky 14.5 Xmen 16.1 Brass Sky 19.8 Xmen 17.8 GE Sky 24.6 Xmen 24.5 no penalties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwillis35 Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 7 minutes ago, mfrontz said: My son played cello for the CYO in 2019. He was sorry to miss out on DCI, but had a great summer. Great to hear. I love that place. A terrific place to spend a summer for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabMaster Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 23 hours ago, IllianaLancerContra said: And the way I heard the BAC story was there were local toughs harassing a young Corps as Boston happened to be rolling by. The Southies hopped of the bus to ‘assist’ the young Corps. Score: Boston 1, Miami 0. Nice story but not quite how it was. No other corps involved. Boston was protecting its own. Boston was warming up sections near the Orange Bowl. A local gang didn’t want Them there and decided to go after the little band, particularly after the drum line. It didn’t work out so well for the locals, although there was damage on both sides. It was chaos. Within minutes of it being over, Boston went in for their performance truly fresh off the altercation. Cops were dealing with the locals who were thought to be from Overtown. A dangerous area of Miami. Mind you Boston did their show minutes after this incident and only had 51 or 53 members total as well. Made DCI Associate member, the smallest corps ever to do so. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllianaLancerContra Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 38 minutes ago, LabMaster said: Nice story but not quite how it was. No other corps involved. Boston was protecting its own. Boston was warming up sections near the Orange Bowl. A local gang didn’t want Them there and decided to go after the little band, particularly after the drum line. It didn’t work out so well for the locals, although there was damage on both sides. It was chaos. Within minutes of it being over, Boston went in for their performance truly fresh off the altercation. Cops were dealing with the locals who were thought to be from Overtown. A dangerous area of Miami. Mind you Boston did their show minutes after this incident and only had 51 or 53 members total as well. Made DCI Associate member, the smallest corps ever to do so. Ok. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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