The DCI Yearlys: 1983

[uncle z]

I <3 drum corps conspiracy theories!!!!!! ^0^

[BamRam]

DCI Midwest Prelims: July 30

1 Garfield Cadets 84.900

2 Blue Devils 82.750

3 Santa Clara Vanguard 82.050

4 Phantom Regiment 75.550

5 Madison Scouts 75.100

6 Spirit of Atlanta 74.100

7 Suncoast Sound 72.150

8 27th Lancers 69.750

9 Geneseo Knights 68.850

10 Freelancers 68.750

11 Cavaliers 67.150

12 Sky Ryders 67.050

13 Bridgemen 66.200

14 Crossmen 65.750

15 Troopers 64.650

16 Valley Fever 62.550

17 Velvet Knights 59.000

Doesn't look like Geneseo knocked the Bridgemen out of Midwest Finals, does it?

DCI Midwest Finals: July 30

1 Garfield Cadets 86.100

2 Blue Devils 84.850

3 Santa Clara Vanguard 83.750

4 Phantom Regiment 75.550

5 Madison Scouts 73.950

6 Spirit of Atlanta 72.100

7 Suncoast Sound 71.700

8 27th Lancers 69.200

9 Freelancers 66.700

10 Cavaliers 63.550

11 Geneseo Knights 61.900

12 Sky Ryders 61.850

Rockford: July 31

1 Garfield Cadets 84.950

2 Phantom Regiment 77.300

3 Spirit of Atlanta 73.350

4 Sky Ryders 66.150

5 Bridgemen 63.850

6 Geneseo Knights 59.900

In one day...

Spirit > -0.75

Sky > -0.90

B'men > -2.35

Knights> -8.95

Even in the days of the tic, a 9 point drop in one day was virtually unheard of. So, I wouldn't say the Bridgemen "beat" the Knights the next day in Rockford so much as the judges "beat" the Knights the next day in Rockford.

DCI Semi: Aug 19

1 Santa Clara Vanguard 91.900

2 Blue Devils 91.150

2 Garfield Cadets 91.150

4 Phantom Regiment 88.450

5 Suncoast Sound 84.800

6 Madison Scouts 83.900

7 Spirit of Atlanta 83.450

8 Freelancers 81.950

9 27th Lancers 80.500

10 Cavaliers 80.300

11 Bridgemen 79.550

12 Sky Ryders 78.700

13 Crossmen 78.600

14 Alliance (MA) 77.100

15 Troopers 76.850

16 Geneseo Knights 73.950

17 Velvet Knights 71.450

Over three weeks...

Cadets> +6.25

Devils > +8.40

SCV > +9.85

PR> +12.90

Scouts> +8.80

Spirit > +9.35

Sound> +12.65

27 > +10.75

Knights> +5.10

Free> +13.20

Cavs> +13.15

Sky > +11.65

B'men > +13.35

Cross> +12.85

Troop> +11.85

VK> +12.45

I guess the Bridgemen worked harder than everyone else while the Knights took a 3 week long vacation

Give the Knights even a +10.00 change over the last three weeks and the corps makes top 12!

[strutta]

Pretty compelling numbers...but what does it all MEAN, Spock?!?!

[johnric]

could it mean that earlier in the season Knights were the ones getting the push?? and the powers that be changed their way of thinking?? that maybe they felt that the Knights' scores were a little inflated at that time? thats really what it looks like.

[johnric]

all this in 83. wait til 84!!! Oi, Vai!!! don't get me started!! :P

[bd5times]

I'm pressed for time......I'll post a bit of something about 83......

Touring the south was a big fat ol' negative on the summer. Talk about hot and sweaty.

[raphael18]

I'm young - but Regiments score really just popped out at me - between DCM prelims and finals they got the EXACT SAME SCORE.

I mean, that's odd. No theories or anything - I'm nowhere near being experienced enough for that, just an observation.

[Cainan]

1983 -- Best Freelancers show EVER! That contra line was out of this world.

[Jd83]

I'm young - but Regiments score really just popped out at me - between DCM prelims and finals they got the EXACT SAME SCORE.

I mean, that's odd.  No theories or anything - I'm nowhere near being experienced enough for that, just an observation.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

We found it odd, too, since our DCI Midwest Finals performance was much better than our Prelims performance. Rumor had it that Bob Briske (sp) was really angry about ours, Troopers', and Geneseo's Prelims scores, basically saying the judges screwed us over.

After DCI Midwest, we knew we weren't going to win DCI Finals, so our attitude was if we weren't going to win, we would make sure our performances made people wonder why we didn't win. Instead of bickering and finger pointing, we gelled together as a group and tried to be the best we could be. Rehearsing and performing with this group of people was one of the greatest experiences I've ever had in a drum and bugle corps or anywhere for that matter. This was a very special group of people.

Edited May 11, 2005 by Jd83

[byline]

Memphis Blues, Rivermen, Imperial Guard, Saginairs, Blue Stars, Guardsmen, Seattle Imperials, to name a few all lost their relevance as corps were vanishing left and right.

Imperial Guard was the new kid on the block in that group, having been formed in 1980. (Not sure when Memphis Blues first came into being; it might've been around that same time. I was living in Evansville at the time, so I'm a lot more familiar with Imperial Guard's story.) So much hope and promise, yet so much chaos in their first year. They stumbled out of the gate and never seemed to recover. It was a sad situation. I would've liked to have seen them build slowly on success, rather than fold only a few years into their existence. A lot of folks' dreams, and finances, went with the corps.