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My personal favorite though, is SCV 1992. Those mellos in the Fiddler show were just plain SICK.

Good call. An oft-neglected show, but the mello ornaments in the opener were ridiculous.

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When I heard PR's mello line this year in Rockford, I knew I was hearing one of the best Regiment mello lines ever, if not one of the best ever in DCI.

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I'm an admitted pit kid but also a music teacher so only have minimal experience and could never dream of being a drum corps mello player. BUT to my ears, the mello runs in PR 03 in the Canon reprise were some of the most amazing things I've ever heard.

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Star always had great mello lines, too. '91 in particular. Wow.

The two shows that made me want to play mellophone were both from '86: VK (four measures in "Goldfinger") and BD ("Spanish Fantasy").

I was thinking Star of Indiana 1991 before I even read your post! :worthy: Their entire horn book was written around their 16 (yes, 16, I was there at Finals and I counted) mellophones!

And thanks for the VK '86 plug, but honestly, do you really think we sounded that good?? :grouphug: I think half of us where playing whatever note we could hit! :worthy:

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IM not sure if they were the best I have ever heard, but SCV in 1985 had four mellophones. thats it and they balanced with the rest of the line!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Santa Clara Vanguard had only 4 mellophones from at least 1985 - 1991 or 1992! The remainder of mid voices were french horns (8 of them). << See avitar :)

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