mrshowfan Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 (edited) I just ordered the Taste of Madison DVD. Great DVD. I marched in 97 and 99 so I dont have much to say about those Couple things about the DVD: '75 There was a young bari player who seemed to be about 16 yrs old. How old was he? Rifles were bad #####!!! Tambourine was sweet. I wish more pit players could play the tambourine like that. '83 Were there Velvet gauntlets that year? The backwards march? Was the heel up part of the backwards march? If so when was that modified? I love the DM conducting at the end of Strawberry Soup? Sweet! Wondering if if the bari player at 11:00 minutes is the same bari player in '88 that plays the duet in the slower section of the show. What was the ratio of french horns and mellos? '88 Wow! High High Step!! Interval Control High Toes Individ. Technique! Cant get much better than that! Visual ticks, I couldnt find any! '95 Should have won high brass outright Interval Control not as good as as 88. '97 Wave set used to be pretty hard to set There used to be 6 tenors. During the drum break, there was cool drill that the cameras didnt catch. '99 First time I've seen the show in about 5 years. Nice show. (patting self on back). Edited March 28, 2004 by mrshowfan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSGreen Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 They did win High Brass in 95, in a tie with Blue Devils and Cadets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l2elic Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 it was a three way tie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scerpella Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 I just ordered the Taste of Madison DVD. Great DVD.Couple things about the DVD: '75 There was a young bari player who seemed to be about 16 yrs old. How old was he? Rifles were bad #####!!! Tambourine was sweet. I wish more pit players could play the tambourine like that. '83 Were ther Velvet gauntlets that year? The baackwards march? Was the heel up part of the backwards march? I love the DM conducting at the end of Strawberry Soup? Sweet! Wondering if if the bari player at 11:00 minutes is the same bari player in the '88 bari player. What was the ratio of french horns and bari's? '88 Wow! High High Step!! Interval Control High Toes Individ. Technique! Cant get much betteer than that! TICKS!! I couldnt find any! '95 Should have won high brass Interval Control not as good as as 88. '97 Wave set used to be pretty hard to set '99 Nice show " 75 - There were 3 Baritone players who were 16 or younger in 75. The one youre probably referring to in The Way We Were was Tim Pence. He marched until 78. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrshowfan Posted March 28, 2004 Author Share Posted March 28, 2004 (edited) Ooops! I meant to say they should have won outright in brass. Sorry. I CAN see how they didnt place higher in visual in 95. But it was exciting show from begining to end. No doubt about that. Also, I'll correct my spelling errors. I drank too many Sierra Nevada (Bigfoot Ale's) last night. I should also mention that the DVD has all audio shows from 1974 to 2003 In addition there are 4 extra audio shows from 1960, 1962, 1971, and 1973 Not bad for roughly $30 Edited March 28, 2004 by mrshowfan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucas97 Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 '88Wow! High High Step!! Interval Control High Toes Individ. Technique! Cant get much better than that! Visual ticks, I couldnt find any! From a marching standpoint alone, one of the finest performances I've ever seen. And the whole ending sequence, getting into the triangle wedge, the quick turn-around move, the high step, and most importantly-- the transition getting OUT of the traingle wedge to the curvelinear form and ending sets...THAT'S what championships are made of. That is top level design and execution to generate a maximum of effect that both the audience and judging community can appreciate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumo27 Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 too bad the sop line wasn't strong. How can you play Malaguena with no soprano solos? Hornline was really weak, in my opinion, in 1988. I would've put SCV on top in 88. The drill although, was squeaky clean, and technique was insanely good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucas97 Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 I agree about the hornline. Some weak moments indeed throughout the show. Though by the end of the show, the fans didn't seem to really mind there not being any soprano soloists in Malaguena. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrshowfan Posted April 6, 2004 Author Share Posted April 6, 2004 Agreed. I remember our vis tech. who marched 88 tell us flat out that they didnt have a great sop line that year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madalumni Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Sly - They had the crushed velvet gauntlets and hat bands in both 83 and 84 (85 is when they switched to the shiny red) I don't know the name of the bari soloist from 83, but he didn't play in the ballad duet of 88...that was Dave Teroller on lead baritone (he was a "rook-out") and Brian Gregg on Euphonium (and Brian's first year was 86) As far as visual ticks...there were ALMOST none. If you go to the very end of the drum feature in Malaguena, right before the horns come back in, look in the very right corner of your screen, toward the back of the curvelinear form, you'll see a lone contra player (name deleted to protect the "innocent") step into the form 2 counts early! He recovered very quickly though...to the point where most people never notice it at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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