Spotlight: 1979 Cavaliers
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- čas přidán 22. 02. 2015
- The Cavaliers had a rough season the previous summer, finishing out of the Finals competition in 16th, the corps’ lowest DCI placement ever and the only time since 1973 that the group hasn’t advanced to the top 12. In 1979, the Green Machine rebounded into 11th place and introduced audiences to “Santa Esmeralda Suite.” Based on the disco-flamenco rendition of “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” by the U.S./French disco rock band, Santa Esmeralda, the song had originally been a hit with the Cavaliers’ winter guard the year before.
Read more: www.dci.org/news/view.cfm?news... - Hudba
Can you imagine marching 5th Timpani?! I would be so hurt...
They'd probably have a guy who was use to bass 5 do it.
They were made of fiberglass.
Don’t need to imagine.... I was one of those,
Sacrifice your back to the band gods
It looks like they’re carrying barbecue grills 😂
Ahhh. Birmingham, AL. My first exposure as a teenager. Loved it. My brother was with the Blue Stars.
We played this in High School. Loved playing this! Such a fun piece to play! It was awesome!
My first live drum corps show---ahhh that revolving drill !!
I'd love to hear this from the beginning. Love the opening solo!
what wonderful memories
love the tuning of those battery drums
We played this version when we matched in the SuperDome
I started marching Drum Corps in 1976, Junior and Senior corps. My thoughts are that there are 2 categories; Traditional Drum Corps, and Non-Traditional. The non traditional type is when amplification is used, the way Color Guards march, the usage of brass that are not Bugles (Are they really using trombones now?) for a few examples. How can it be called a Brum and Bugle Corps when they are NOT using bugles?
So, it's a personal preference for which one appeals to a person. I prefer Traditional. The grounding of Drumline instruments was minimal, and as a bell player, I was a bit jealous when they were able to ground them (LOL) AFTER I was no longer marching, but glad it was done. Especially for the tympani's sake. That practice seemed to have opened the door for the "Pits" as they are now. Damn, so much stuff down there now.
That's my 2 cents, thanks to all who read this and remained open -minded and respectful.
can you imagine being a member of THAT RIFLE LINE??????? :>)
What is there show titled
I don't recall it having one. 1979 was before most drum corps shows had titles.
pinkusensei do you at least know what the song is called
Minihawk734 It's in the description of the video, "Santa Esmeralda" based on The Animals "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood."
Minihawk734 "Santa Esmeralda Suite", Look in the description.
It's called a real drum and bugle Corps not like the fake marching bands of today
I like the look of traditional MARCHING. Not the dancing and prancing of today Save the dance for the stage. Just my opinion.
Dancing and prancing? Example shows please?
you do realize you sound just the old bitter fans that complain about everything in today's drum corps that everyone makes fun of, right?
That's because I am an old bitter fan that appreciates the marching of yesteryear. Doesn't make us bad people.
There's nothing wrong with today's marching. It's the same as it was in the past except without the cheesy high knees. It looks way better.
bambithewasian High knees look great, especially in parades
One thing that I think might be cool is to have a combination show or something along those lines. Use styles from this era of DCI (maybe not this early on) and combine them with modern era DCI corps. It might help bridge the gap between some of the older fans of drum and bugle corps who enjoy this style more and fans of modern DCI.
Because there are aspects of both styles that I like. Both also have aspects that I don't like. Like marching timpani and marching keyboards? No. Maybe they can be used nowadays for novelty reasons, but there is no way they should be marched for an entire show, I think that was a bad idea from the start (especially timpani!). But the use of bugles in modern day corps might be cool, along with maybe some older marching styles. I don't really know how it would be executed, but just some food for thought.
The rifle routine on this opener is just laughably simplistic. Look at 0:48 -- the rifle work is so basic that the color guard actually looks disengaged. Later in this show they're doing impossible things like spinning two rifles and once and harrowing exchanges, but the guard work in this opener is bizarrely subdued, even for 1979. Were the guard instructors "saving the show for later"? Were the earlier segments of the show intentionally subdued in order to build to a more visually exciting ending? The Cavaliers guard style in 1979 was stoic, mechanical and masculine, with heaps of emphasis on military bearing, but here it ends up looking just tired with many many counts of just holding the equipment in a stationary position while changing drill sets. The worst is when the rifles simply single spin their rifles, and then stop and pulse them a couple of times in their hands to emphasize the music, then single spin with the other hand and repeat. ( 0:37 ) I mean, come on. That's awful guard work.
Equipment was a lot heavier. A *LOT* heavier. Throwing a quad was a big deal. You could knock yourself unconscious if you lost it doing a double-fast. Our rifle captain broke her nose so many times it became a running joke.
Check out the Color Guard during their 1982 closer (Softly As I Leave You), and let's hear what you think.
Drum Corps as it should be! :D
Carrying timpanis around was as stupid as putting trombones in drum corp.
not quite as fuckin stupid as u
Yeah putting trombones is dumb, Timpani no.
Timpani is awesome
@@instrumentalheadquarters7062what wrong with trombones
That's back when the Cavaliers Were Real Drum and bugle Corps before they turned into a marching band the marching working relations of today should not be cooled drum and bugle Corps far from it we still like the old style you can look at the attendance and see what people enjoy back when we had close to 7,000 drum and bugle Corps throughout the United States compared to what we have today and attendance was way up 40 50000 up to 60,000 people in attendance today you lucky to get 20,000 for the DCI Championship what does that tell you