Tromba415 Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 SCV 98.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CloudHype Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 90 Star- The chord with the low brass entry... OMG... That's a fat chord. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyRyder_FMM Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Track down 86 Bluecoats turn your volume up and brace yourself. Excellent choice. I loved that opener. It was really cool getting to hear you guys play that over an over during rehersal in Madison too. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyRyder_FMM Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 A couple of other non-finalists opener ending greats from the 80's include: 89 Dutch Boy 88 Freelancers 87 Florida Wave 86 Dutch Boy 85 Avant Garde 84 Les Eclipse 83 Knights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LancerFi Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 Although I don't know what to say about our horn line specifically, I love the way Jimmy Wedge ended most songs, like they were never going to end, you thought they were going to end and there would be maybe 24 more counts to go. Not sure if anyone knows exactly what I mean, but I enjoyed it. Especially the end of Crown Imperial - although maybe that's how most songs were written..... He was also very good at throwing in an ending say at the end of the 77 Rocky OTL, the judges tape said something like, only Jimmy Wedge could add an ending like that to any song and have such a smooth transition into it..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billj Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 (edited) If anyone else posts something here, could you do my fading memory a favor and in addition to listing the corps and the year, list the song? My favorites (yes, I browsed the DCI Season Pass to refresh my memory): '85 Garfield Cadets - Jeremiah Symphony (inverting infinity symbol) '87 SCV - Russian Christmas Music (classic SVC) '89 Phantom Regiment - New World (classic Regiment power) '90 Star of Indiana - Belshazzar’s Feast (crazy Zingali shoestring drill) '91 Star of Indiana - Pines of Rome (fast and loud and good) '93 Phantom Regiment - Estancia (the first crabstep & 360 snap-turn from Regiment, along with yet another LOUD hornline) '96 - Phantom Regiment - Shostakovich: Introduction to Fourth Ballet Suite (the pacing of the opener leads to a great climax) '97 - Cadets of Bergen County - Celebration by Phillip Sparke (the ending drill was fast & furious) '97 SCV - I'm cheating here a little, calling On the Waterfront as an extension of their opener (this & the next few years was where SCV really started showing off some velocity & power) '97 Crossmen - Birdland (this show was just a great crowd pleaser & Xmen had a great corps this year - Birdland as an opener worked better than I could have imagined) '98 SCV - Grogh (angry & loud & fast) '99 SCV - The Canyon (soft, loud & fast, mysterious) '99 Madison - Jesus Christ Superstar (classic Madison - had the crowd in the palm of their hands) '00 Boston Crusaders - Bolero (the crowd loved it & the Crusaders jumped into DCI's upper echelon) '03 Phantom Regiment - Canon in D (was this the loudest hornline ever?) '04 SCV - Scheherazade (a great opening to a great show) '06 Phantom Regiment - Scythian Suite (another great opening to a great show) '06 SCV - Moto Perpetuo - Chains of Reaction (a great unique design) sorry for the length of my list Edited January 9, 2007 by billj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Will Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 Again, '03 Regiment They still use something similar to that as a warmup I believe... Phantom people would know more about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claritone Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 2003 Phantom, 95 and 97 Cavies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOOKEDBYLEGEND78 Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 If anyone else posts something here, could you do my fading memory a favor and in addition to listing the corps and the year, list the song?My favorites (yes, I browsed the DCI Season Pass to refresh my memory): '85 Garfield Cadets - Jeremiah Symphony (inverting infinity symbol) '87 SCV - Russian Christmas Music (classic SVC) '89 Phantom Regiment - New World (classic Regiment power) '90 Star of Indiana - Belshazzar’s Feast (crazy Zingali shoestring drill) '91 Star of Indiana - Pines of Rome (fast and loud and good) '93 Phantom Regiment - Estancia (the first crabstep & 360 snap-turn from Regiment, along with yet another LOUD hornline) '96 - Phantom Regiment - Shostakovich: Introduction to Fourth Ballet Suite (the pacing of the opener leads to a great climax) '97 - Cadets of Bergen County - Celebration by Phillip Sparke (the ending drill was fast & furious) '97 SCV - I'm cheating here a little, calling On the Waterfront as an extension of their opener (this & the next few years was where SCV really started showing off some velocity & power) '97 Crossmen - Birdland (this show was just a great crowd pleaser & Xmen had a great corps this year - Birdland as an opener worked better than I could have imagined) '98 SCV - Grogh (angry & loud & fast) '99 SCV - The Canyon (soft, loud & fast, mysterious) '99 Madison - Jesus Christ Superstar (classic Madison - had the crowd in the palm of their hands) '00 Boston Crusaders - Bolero (the crowd loved it & the Crusaders jumped into DCI's upper echelon) '03 Phantom Regiment - Canon in D (was this the loudest hornline ever?) '04 SCV - Scheherazade (a great opening to a great show) '06 Phantom Regiment - Scythian Suite (another great opening to a great show) '06 SCV - Moto Perpetuo - Chains of Reaction (a great unique design) sorry for the length of my list GOOD PICKS!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aroura Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 I couldn't agree more, minus the BD 03. If you watch SCV 99, the guard totally completes the moment. The rifles do an awesome toss and then the flags do a toss AFTEr the release of the chord. Its just a chilling moment. SCV 99BD 03, 04 (really long openers) Phantom 96 Star 90 And probably my very favorite end of a closer would have to be the Cavies in 92. That final few sets of drill is still one of the most aesthetically memorable moments for me ever in drum corps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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