bstar82 Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 My favorite arrangements and/or shows: 10. Geneseo Knights, 1981, Eleanor Rigby 9. Freelancers, 1983, Breaking up is hard to do 8. Sky Ryders, 1983, La Virgin de la Macarena 7. Velvet Knights, 1989, Yo Mambo 6. Madison, 1998, Rememberance 5. Blue Devils, 1983, One more time Chuck Corea 4. Velvet Knights, 1985, Final Analysis 3. Madison, 1979, The Sorcerer and the Latin 2b. Madison, 1982, Strawberry Soup 2a. Crossmen, 2002, Strawberry Soup 1. Phantom Regiment, 1981 & 1982, Spartacus At the time, I truly could see where drum corps was headed with Phantom's themed show. Such a powerful and dark selection of music and the guard telling so much of the story. Does anybody still have the libretto they handed out before each show? I have five in mint condition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Brady Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 I must correct myself re: my post previous. The Osage Precisionnaires played Evil Ways and Still a Young Man in their '76 show, not '75 as I stated. But '75 did have Saeta by Miles Davis and Chick Corea's version of Spain. The combined books of '75 and '76 were sweet, though the perfomance level of '75 was much superior.Boom <{POST_SNAPBACK}> 76 was a little rougher because the corps left for 2nd tour with about 25 horns and marched a full corps at DCI.They picked people up all along the way. I joined when they hit Toledo for "Key To The Sea" after the Glassmen had folded earlier that summer. What a trip! I was a soprano player carrying Contra for Osage! Had a blast with those guys though. It was a case of"If they only had one more week in the season, they would have made finals" Good show-just not enough time to clean it with so many new people every day! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bawker Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Glassmen 1994: Whole show really, but especially "Nights in White Satin". Show doesn't get near enough credit. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skajerk Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 DOH! Can't believe I left Freelancer's Breaking Up Is Hard To Do off my list! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kying1031 Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Let's see... The Canyon (Phillip Glass) Everything from Phantom 1996 the Millennium Celebration Mikrokosmos by Bartok (Phantom 2003) I'm sure there's some other stuff, but late nights prevent me from finding them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPHBARITONE Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 SCV 2002 - Trivandrum(opener) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_S Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 You reminded me of another lesser-known SCV chart that I really enjoy, that being New Era Dance from 2001. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bananas Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 What's your favorite drum corps tune that rarely, if ever, gets talked about? I've noticed that there are a handful of charts that get mentioned all the time, while a lot of great stuff sort of passes under the radar. Sometimes they're even in the same show as a tune that's frequently brought up as one of the all-time greats. Other times, they were part of more obscure shows. So what chart do you secretly love that has frequently been lost in the shuffle? Mine is "Variations on a Korean Folk Song" (Cavaliers '86 & '87). Honorable mention goes to "Concerto for Guitar & Jazz Orchestra" (Madison '88). <{POST_SNAPBACK}> 1983 - 84 Boston Crusaders arrangement of "Billie Jean". The nice drum major, whose name escapes me played a solo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dckid80 Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 (edited) '75 Royal Crusaders - Hallelujah Chorus '79 Guardsmen - Complete show(One of the best horn lines ever in DCI) '79 Bridgemen - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy(Listen to those sops go!!!!) 80 Rockland Defenders - Solitaire(Push out of the arc is a great GE moment) '80 Scouts - They're Playing Our Song(Awesome mellos, driving tempo) '80 North Star - Ole(Stop the whole corps, let Gerry play B) ) '81 27th Lancers - Greatest Love Of All(prettiest sop soloist you ever heard) Edited August 10, 2005 by dckid80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestro767 Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 The list is long... "Hymn to Red October" - Poledouris; SCV 94 "Down A Country Lane" - Copland; SCV 98 "Symphony No. 2" - Barber; SCV 99 (the part AFTER the canyon!) "Trivandrum" - Henderson, SCV 02 "Vide Cor Meum" - Cadets 01 "Variations on a Korean Folk Song" - Chance; Cavies 86 & 87 "Homage to Machaut" - Nelson; Cavies 90 (intro) "Morning Alleluias" - Nelson; Cavies 93 "Humming Chorus" - Prokofiev; Cavies 94 "Fantasia in G" - Mahr; Cavies 99 "Sunday in the Park with George" - Colts 95 / Bush 93 "Symphony No. 1" - Zoltan Kodaly; Glassmen 99 "Peacock Variations" - Zoltan Kodaly; Glassmen 99 "Symphonic Dances / Capprice Bohemian" - Rachmaninoff, PR 95 "Numero Uno" - Madison 93 "A Nightpiece for Orchestra" - Hermann; BD 2000 "The Wild Ride" - Hermann; BD 2000 "The Wind and the Lion" - Magic 02 "Autumn Leaves" - Bluecoats 87 & 88 "Pedal to the Metal" - Daugherty; Bluecoats 02 Everything in Bluecoats 2003!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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