I grew up listening to the '78 version over and over again. In the original, you heard mostly drums, for good or bad. The new version is much more musical/lyrical, but it lacks the same excitement that the original version generated.
I had forgotten they played that as a full corps in 2011! Awesome. Thank you for sharing :) Quick story: The first year of Lezghinka was 1978, I was #1 bass. The first run through where we put that together with the horns on the field was at a camp in Salinas, CA, south of Santa Clara. Wasn’t a full run through, we were just running Lezghinka. After we finished, they let us relax and we were all looking at each other -horns AND drums…the lead bari’s were right behind me-and we all had chills, eyes bugged out, like, “WTF was THAT?” That tune and arrangement was awesome from the drop. Best drum solo of the Fred/Ralph era. By far…
By the way, I do appreciate the mallet parts, which could hardly be heard in the 70's. I marched mallets for BD in the early 80's, and my good friend Matt Springer (SCV xylo '82) has published a mallet quartet of selections from the Gayane Ballet.
![Santa Clara Vanguard 2011 Front Ensemble In The Lot Part 1 HD [**1080p**]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZMHiYRlUjwA/mqdefault.jpg)
still like 87 better...the pit looks bored, and un emotional...they should feel priv to play such a popular part of history
I grew up listening to the '78 version over and over again. In the original, you heard mostly drums, for good or bad. The new version is much more musical/lyrical, but it lacks the same excitement that the original version generated.
Wonderful
1987 88 or 89 percussion feature
:)
@Oceanic815 Naw, I marched in the 90's...Blue Devils, and Blue Knights
I can play the mallet parts to Lezghinka. Not quite to SCV's tempo though.
I had forgotten they played that as a full corps in 2011! Awesome. Thank you for sharing :) Quick story:
The first year of Lezghinka was 1978, I was #1 bass. The first run through where we put that together with the horns on the field was at a camp in Salinas, CA, south of Santa Clara. Wasn’t a full run through, we were just running Lezghinka. After we finished, they let us relax and we were all looking at each other -horns AND drums…the lead bari’s were right behind me-and we all had chills, eyes bugged out, like, “WTF was THAT?” That tune and arrangement was awesome from the drop. Best drum solo of the Fred/Ralph era. By far…
@JiMnEEzY1 did you march '87?
By the way, I do appreciate the mallet parts, which could hardly be heard in the 70's. I marched mallets for BD in the early 80's, and my good friend Matt Springer (SCV xylo '82) has published a mallet quartet of selections from the Gayane Ballet.
@multibuddhaneo also '78 too, i think.
The timpani, tenor , and bass drum parts to the 78/79 versions were bad ass!
yes ive been looking everywhere for a vid of this from 2011! thank you