1993 Cadets of Bergen County RARE FINALS Victory performance DCI Championship Summer Music Games
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- I was a mellophone player in the 93 & 94 Cadets of Bergen County. I became a High School Band Director & did that from 1998-2000, then moved on to training bank Underwriters @ USAA Federal Savings Bank for 7 years from 2001-2009. I am now a performing “country music” songwriter, entertainer, & recording artist playing on “Texas Radio.” I just landed my first Top 40 last year with “Movie Night” See my Country music videos on my main channel “Felix Truvere” www.Felix.Band
This video will take you up close to the intimate final closing congratulations to the corps & shows the FINAL "Attention" & dismissal of the World Champion 1993 Cadets Drum & Bugle Corps. There's even an appearance and final instruction from George Hopkins. Some liberties were taken with our final performance of this amazing show. The guard had some fun with the “Victory Performance.” Before the show you hear the brass staff yell "The reins are off mellophones!" (Larry) and before Phillip Bliss, "Let's go Malaguena!" (Dennis).
Wow! We just won the DCI World Championship!
We were excited. We decided to add back in some “difficult” mellophone parts of the show that were "hosed" to clean up the ensemble while we were running 50 mph... so you'll hear some extra mellophone runs that USE to be in there. I’m the mellophone player you’ll meet at the end. I was 19 years old :)
One of the things I love the most about Cadets is watching our plumes bounce when we march. This show was an inspiration to me and although I was too young to march THIS year, this is one of the performances that made me march Cadets in 99 and 2000. I wonder where a lot of those members are today. Thank you!
This show used to win a lot in my backyard competitions. I used to memorize the music to my favorite shows, create flag routines, and conduct fake competitions; of course, I was usually the only performer, judge, and audience member (when my neighbors weren't spying). I love the Cadets!
Same here baby I've done this exact thing to many a show at football fields and parks all over the United States glad I'm not the only one 😂 currently in Englewood Florida performing at the Larry Nicol Field I'm about to run cadets 1993 right now actually colorguard and then marching hornline ❤ I miss the cadets so much
The average fan will never know how hard these guys worked on this show.
I'd have NOOOOOOOO problems if they brought this show back...note for note!
15:55 “You’re A World Champion, now what are you going to do??”
“I’m on uniform crew, I gotta lotta stuff to do”.
That’s what I love about drum corps LOL
27 years later and it’s still one of the most aggressive shows I’ve ever seen. I was even in the stands that night, not far from this vantage point.
it's amazing how well the music flows seamlessly from start to finish...the drill and everything that's going on between the hornline, drumline, and color guard really does tell an amazing story that anyone can get caught up in...it was a show concept that was brilliantly thought out and pieced together by everyone on the staff. Looking forward to 2021 and beyond for more amazing Cadets performances! - FHNSAB....The Kid, Garfield Cadets '79-'84, snareline.
No doubt about it, this was the "Whiplash Era" in DCI. From 1990 - 1999 we saw some amazing shows, and speed and demand were the "in" thing. I like where DCI is at now as well. Much more about staging, various types of visual demand, artistry, and getting it clean. This show by Cadets was a gem. So was Star. And Phantom Regiment at Finals was to die for. :)
wonder if this era will occur again some day. or if some even newer era will. always interesting to see.
From 7:49 to 8:21...just glorious. Golden days of drum corps 1990's.
I stumbled across this video tonight. Forgot what an amazing show this was. Love those Mellophones. Thanks for posting.
I can still finger along to this whole show... & go through all the motions. It takes me back to even smelling the bus fumes after a show, being sticky in sweat, & eating PBJ from the food truck. Great times. Can never replace those memories & those days of no cell phones when we waited at a pay phone to call home.
Holy Name!
what a mello line!!!
I read on another video that the mello line played the pre-watered down parts for their victory run and apparently got yelled at for it.
I would totally buy a DVD of this if you ever made one... :-)
I LOVE THIS SHOW! I knew when I saw them in June they were going to win. Although, being a Star of Indiana fan as well, I knew they had a shot...but this show's effect was just amazing! One of the all time great! LOVE IT! FHNSAB!
My all time favorite show, it does not get any better than this!!!
So that's what the snare break was supposed to sound like instead of dirt. Much better.
Gama O. You can't trust recordings in that era. Extremely clean lines sounded dirty due to mic phasing issues.
@@cireravilob Star sounded just fine that year
@@tondog54 Pretty much every drumline sounded terrible at some point on the PBS broadcasts of finals, for years, and I think it's pretty well accepted that mic phase was the cause. Or are you accusing every line of being consistently dirty?
Nice!
Damn Felix. I have completely lost track of you, man. I am glad to see you are out there making it happen! (ed-mello-'94)
Awesome!
Very cool behind the scenes afterward. After finals is chaos.
Man, seeing that part with the bus noise and the swarm of drum corps people in a parking lot took me BACK, man. I remember that feeling clear as day. I miss it so much.
Every time I see this and remember The Star of Indiana, I'm still torn about who should have won the world championship. IMO, Star should have tied the Cadets. Star losing by one tenth must have been crushing.
Star shpuld have won hands down!! I was there.
There is a DVD of this show :) I have it along with all the top 12 shows from 84 - 2012. Go to the DCI shop.
*Those mellophone rips though!!!!!* 5:32
Piss-clean drumline. 🔥
dam that was some moving, sticking, spinning and playing...
PS...Philip Bliss....one of the greatest drum corps moments of all time!
Jackson, Mississippi. What a dump. I hated that they had finals there. It was a week of absolute misery with the heat, humidity, and bugs!
All that, and the threats of violence against corps at their housing sites...
Threats of violence? Are you serious and why???
What scares me is the possibility that ISIS will storm a contest and unleash mayhem. It's gotten that bad in this world. Not only ISIS but all other anarchist groups too.
as the above comment indicated, hateful domestic white supremacists were the more likely threat of violence in this country than international terrorism, and still continue to be. why ignore the anecdote and focus on so-called anarchist groups?
I live in Tennessee, which I would say is a very average state and definitely still backwards in some ways outside of Nashville, where I live. But Mississippi is fucking awful. The worst state I have ever been to by a mile. Having DCI Finals there at anytime, let alone in August, is insanity.
This was he first year I really saw Cadets start put some insanity speed into their shows. And it just got crazier through the 90s. I was a Star fan and thought they should have won but I was wrong. This show was more demanding and pulled off as good or better than Bartok. I'm with jaydsp1, it would be awesome to see some kind of remake of this for 2013.
Nice stop and go at 11:24
They look so indifferent about winning. Man when we won, we was extra excited after our finals run.
Probably just glad they never have to march that insane show again. They're obviously physically and mentally exhausted.
I love this era of CBC, especially their shows concepts and color guard. Watching this, though pisses me off. They had just won DCI by a tenth of a point against Star, who had been beating them pretty much all season. The opportunity to march your championship show again in encore is a really special thing that the majority of people who marched DCI will never get to experience. So why did the guard (I know it's just a few of them, but still..) decide to fuck around during this honor?
Matt Stryker - George Hopkins concluded with the same thing right after the show :/ I agree. There wasn't much he could say with it being the final sentiments of the season; so we ride with the history.
when we did the victory run through in 98, no one did that crap
they did a looser run thru. They all "screwed around with it" in 90. The 93 corps was under immense pressure all season in the competition with Star. The corps was a GE monster - but the show was virtually uncleanable in spots. Running much of it. That said - as a fan that season in the stands I sort of enjoyed the encore. And the "tight as nails" performance earlier that night.
Best drum corps ever! Phantom 96 is a close second.
I like the part at 3:49!!
I can still finger along to those mellophone runs!
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While warming up for this, the sabres kept messing up, and the crowd started getting into it (in a good way). So... their big opening toss, they ALL dropped on purpose. It was hilarious. Wish it was on this vid:(
Vee 10 that's not funny...
@@nickniehaus1763 I wasn’t trying to be funny. I was in Jackson. The sabres were warming up, and there were a few drops. So when they had their big toss, they ALL dropped. The crowd ate it up. 😅
It’s amazing how children can be motivated to perform when they are constantly afraid of punitive rapes by George Hopkins.
You are one supreme asshole. Why diminish the accomplishments of these members for a cheap Hopkins dig?
Lol how ironic: the Cadets are playing the music that Star played in 1993 in 2013.
Was that Hop in the beginning?
😢
Now really.. they'd just won Best Color Guard (one of the greatest perfs ever). Who would have trashed it? It was obviously done on purpose. But the Tool in the guard who was screwing around throughout the perf was uncalled for.
Well.. The snares did better. ;-)
Rolling onto their heels for backwards... with straight legs... uh