"The uniforms look incredible." At the time, they were older than the people who wore them! Some other fun facts: This was Cadets' 50th anniversary show,. hence the gold drum shells and guard tops. This was also the last time a 1st-time champion successfully defended it's 1st title...hasn't happened since. Lowest caption placement for a championship corps (7th place drums...3 years later they'd take their first drum title with a perfect score) 1st year on-field vocals were allowed. Last year Cadets used a left-foot stepoff. Barbara Maroney's last note in the ballad was 19 seconds on one breath....amazing lungs. Since she had no left arm from the elbow down, Barbara could not work the 1st valve tuning slide...and all the corps old-timers know she had to "lip" those notes up to get them in tune. (You had the right person, Courtney....she used a prosthetic claw to hold the horn) Correction tho...Cadets didn't beat Santa Clara by one tenth, they beat Blue Devils (me) by one tenth! And Cadets won their 2nd championship with this show. Glad you enjoyed it!
Hi Sam ahhh I love all of these facts about the show thank you soo much for writing these out!!! Thanks for the legendary recommendation Sam!! Was the highlight of my day today!!!
@@CourtneyCoulston If you thought 84 was ahead of its time, go on to 1985 and have your mind completely blown. Both these shows could stand in the mix today and prove that props and amplification are superfluous to a well written and well delivered show. Sam, it was the first year vocals were sanctioned without penalty, but not the first vocals from Garfield (77, 78, 79 Amen).
@@dB_944 The older unis don't allow for modern movement...even as open as my BD top was, there's no way I could've performed modern body work in it....too heavy and stiff.
Sam, I think I remember hearing that Barbara used circular breathing on that last note - so maybe technically not on one breath.... but that may have been an "alternative fact" that was circulating (pun intended) back in the day.
Courtney, yes the Mellophone soloist had a prosthesis on her left arm. George Zingali designed the drill to drop her off to play her many solos then pick her back up genius! If you get to watch just the overhead video you'll see what I mean. It was a great summer the second of our third DCI Finals wins, 83-85 Good Times!!
I know you love Crown Brass. Here's WHY! Jim Prime wrote this brass book and Donny Van Doren taught this brass book. They then moved to Star of Indiana in 1985 and turned them into a legendary brass line. Star's members joined the Staff of Crown and taught the same pedagogy/technique to those brass players. It all Started with Garfield (The Cadets / Cadets of Bergen County / Holy Name Cadets) For a VERY VERY long time, this was considered one of the best horn lines in DCI history.
What about Don Angelica to Troopers (later Jack Meehan) where a tenor drum playing Fred Sanford honed his skills before moving on to teach Santa Clara (who had a young Long Island boy soloist named Wayne Downey).
That’s the incredible thing about all these staff in modern dci that do incredible things, is that they learned from the best and figure out how to go even further. I’d bet good money that maybe 10 years in the future the next corps that will have a consistently great brass caption will be taught by someone who marched crown. Matt Harloff learned from the staff at Star and was drum major in 93, and now he leads the most consistently great hornline in dci for the past 10 years. Greats learn from each other and make what they’ve learned better.
Dan, Jimmer and Donnie were both Muchachos. They learned the "breathe dah" from Larry Kershner and John Simpson, then taught it at Bridgemen, then "injected" the pedagogy with steroids at Garfield, Star, Troopers, Crown... Now the Bluecoats, Cadets, SCV, Crown, Mandarins and many others teach the same way through the Donnie Family Tree. Wait until you hear the Cadets this summer! I can tell you that the Cadet sound is BACK! Matt Stratton (Cadet alum from the 90's and former Bluecoats co-brass caption head) is on a mission to bring the Cadets brass back into the fight for the Ott. It will take a few years, but I am happy to see the start of that journey this summer.
I have a persistent memory of the first time Donnie taught us breath-da. Tom Grant taught us to play in tune in 79, Donnie came in 80 and taught us to play together.
It still is one of DCI’s best horn lines. Almost no one today plays with the musicality, nuance, and dynamic contrasts that the 83, 84, and 85 Cadets brass lines (and 90-93 Star brass) did. Today’s lines might play more notes and have similar intonation and timing, but not the musicality (or if they do it’s buried by electronics).
Getting to see it in person in 2018 was magical. Outdoor bowl stadium at twilight. The lights sparkling off of their uniforms. It was truly spectacular.
I love that you react to DCI. It's really cool to watch someone that otherwise wouldn't even know this activity exists enjoy something that means so much to so many of us. Thank you.
What amazed me was the footwork. It's easy (HA!) to have precise marching (every step the same, all synchronized with all the other marchers) when you're marching forward. Almost half the time, though, these people were marching backwards. Backwards! And they still hit every mark and made every precise turn needed!
I find it amazing that you caught on to some of the innovations this corps brought to the field especially the drill. It was revolutionary at the time.
What a classic, true-to-form, all star DCI show. This was my senior year of HS when PBS would broadcast the championships. My buddy and I would record the broadcasts on VHS and go back and watch these performances over and over again, memorizing guard routines and picking up different lines to play on our respective instruments. Barbara’s mello solo stands the test of time as one of the purest representations of tone and pitch to this day. And I was in the McDonald’s All American HS Band that year with the trumpet soloist toward the end. He was incredible. So, good. So, clean. And that z pull at the end; classic, rip your ears off DCI brass. I love this show so much and it brings back so many wonderful memories! Thanks for posting, Courtney!
That drill was written by the legendary George Zingali who left us way too early right after he wrote the drill for Star of Indiana in 1991. He was ahead of his time back then and although I never met him, his impact has had a lasting effect in the DCI community that lasts to this day. I also want to say I always look forward to watching your drum corps reactions. I sincerely hope you get to hear and see one in person because I don’t think a sound system exists anywhere that can come close to the experience of hearing it live. When you do see one live, you have to record yourself watching it for us to see!! ❤️❤️🎺🎺🥁🎶🎶
Thank you for your contribution Sam ... in all things drum corps. I know it's painful ...you guys were AWESOME!!!! Your guaranteed request just proves to me that you have as much respect for this corps and show as Cadets have for you and your organization!!!
@@supersop Oh certainly...it took one of the all-time greats to beat us! (I still give Cadet friends from that year grief, tho....we should've poisoned the beef stroganoff we fed them at the Canadian border after the Pt. Huron rainout show. They've told me it was the best meal they got ALL YEAR. You know how well BD and SCV ate.)
@@CourtneyCoulston that’s happened a few times actually! For a time, the Cadets seemed to be associated with winning by a tenth of a point 😅 At the top of my head, I can think of: 1984, 1987, 1993 (Cadets won all 3 times)
@@CourtneyCoulston Cadets designer the legend George Zingalli who tudored Marc Sylvester pushed the envelope in musician drill design. Of course the color guard was dated as heck being 1984; but his whiplash forms, an unorthodoxy creations + super-high velocity drills/staging molded the future. Ahead of his time as Marc his understudy who pushed Cadets more 1989- the Millennial. No show back then was as good as this. Guard/visual was about to revolutionize starting Cadets 1989 Les Miserables. Sylvester's 1 no Zingali. So yes I can't believe the margin was that close either. Cadets were also asked to perform in the 1995 ? Olympics. Check out Cadets 1987 Appalachian Spring, 89' Les Miserables, Cadets 1990 A Bernstein Celebration, 93 When Kings go off to War, 2000 We are the Future. All fantastic as Marc the understudy amplified the DCI Hall of Fame legend designer Zingalli. Zingalli also was asked to create the opening and closing ceremonies of the 19 something Olympics.
You’re right! Barbara Moroney was the one-armed mellophone soloist. She’s still considered the standard of excellence for mellophonists. That instrument in particular is super hard to play and keep in tune. But she made that horn sing. I loved watching your reactions to this epic, legendary DCI show. This is still considered one of the greatest shows ever put on the field. It holds up across the decades. Thanks for this vid!!! You should also watch the 1985, 1987, and 1989 (Garfield) Cadets. In 1989 (I was a member 1989-1992) we dropped Garfield and went with just The Cadets.
Your are correct about the girl soloist. She was at the start and end. Her name is Barbara Maroney. She is INCREDIBLE. She became an instructor for several years - my instructor for two years.
I marched in Garfield that year. Our uniforms were very old, lined with horse hair, and after our 25th or more show that summer they smelled so bad. You could smell us before you saw us. They bought old buses for us to travel in that year and they broke down alot. We had no dedicated food truck like today's corps. The rental truck we had broke down even more than the buses. So there were days we had cereal for 2 meals and sandwiches for dinner. We broke down at the Canadian border crossing, and the Blue Devils came thru shortly after us. Buses are inspected so we ended up sitting awhile next to them. It was very early in the morning, like 2 am or so, and someone mentioned to them that we hadn't eaten since 5pm, before the show the previous night. The Devils had a bus as a mobile kitchen, and they opened the door and Windows and proceeded to feed as many of us as they could. I will never forget that. They gave us beef stroganoff .. LOL.. I was never so grateful for a bowl of Dinty Moore. (unless it was home made, then I'm even more grateful) It showed that even though we were fierce competitors on the field, off the field we were all one in the love of the activity and would help each other when ever we/they needed. Barbara had perfect tone. Her lack of an arm didn't hinder her in any way. If we were tuning before a show, and the battery operated tuners weren't working, we all tuned to Barbara. She is that good.
Our HS band would listen to this show as well as Santa Clara and the Blue devils of the same year before every show we did. We loved it so much we replicated the unfolding of the front line when we did @ Courtney Tonight, Tonight. Thanks for the memories!!
This show is a classic! Their color guard was truly exquisite. I got to see this show many times as I marched a drum corps called the Freelancers from Sacramento in 1983 and 1984.
The Freebasers! uh...Freeloaders....er....Flearanchers...urgh....Freebasers!! I remember wishing you guys had done the opening vocal in French at the 84 Montreal show. I remember the announcer having issues with English...Zee Garfield CadeT, zee Velvet Knoit...zee Bleu Deveeeel, zee Free...LANCERS
Courtney, thank you ☺️ that was so much fun to watch this CLASSIC drum corps show, Garfield Cadets set the standard back in the 80’s! And yes Barb, the soloist, was an incredible person, musician and teacher!!! Yes Barb had one arm but that didn’t stop her from being so fierce.
The abstract design was by George Zingali a genius comparable to Mozart. We couldn't take him anywhere! At Wendy's everyone kept staring at him. Too many stories not appropriate enough to tell!!! He was a nut and a good friend. Best visual designer in history.
I know those uniforms looked great, but they smelled so bad. DCI Finals were held in Atlanta, Georgia that year and I just remember how hot and sticky it was in the stadium. (1983 was even worse as Finals were in Miami, Florida!)
We were on mid-afternoon (Northmen, Rochester, NY). I remember marching out of the tunnel onto the artificial turf, and seeing the shimmering wave of heat coming up off the field. Once we were off the field, we couldn't get our shoes off fast enough. Leather soled shoes, and everyone's feet were burning.
If you play drums, this is very much an 80's show! The item that was being played on the ground is a brake drum from a car, gives a metallic- high pitch sound. Definitely, a classic DCI show with constant drill movements and precision marching. Always love your DCI reactions!!!!!
The Cadets created the non-stop drill format seen throughout marching today. And, yes, mellophone soloist Barbara Maroney is an amazing musician! All this incredible sound with no microphones, amplifiers, speakers, etc. It was an amazing time in marching music.
Barbara Maloney wasn't even a French horn player. My big brother marched Cadets 1987-88. We spoke yesterday. Barbara was staff when he marched. She never played horn in her life and sounded better than my big brother who plays horn professionally. He was blown away too. We both think she's the best DCI mellophone/French horn soloist of all times.
Imagine the victory margin if the Drums were top 3. They didnt get to achieve any of that until after 1986, when it took Glen Crosby to work out the chops.
Old-school DCI. Back when they still played on 2-valve G bugles. Later they went to three-valve bugles and then to regular Bb and F trumpets, horns, baritones, and tubas. Very different sound back then. I was 2 when this happened, but it influenced a lot of the marching I experienced in the 1990s. Really, really good playing.
Hey Courtney ... another awesome reaction. These days in DCI they use electronic synthesizers to produce certain sound effects. Back in those days they had to make all the sounds down front, like the siren the one person was winding. Very cool stuff.
4:14 -- "I can't believe this is 1984!" That comment really puts the avant-garde nature of this show in perspective. 27th Lancers were still doing a production number, fer cryin' out loud.
As someone who marched in this group 40 years ago I appreciate your commentary. Yes the mellophone soloist had a prosthetic left hand. Same girl in the beginning and the end. Look for an interview with Barbara Moroney if you want to learn more about her
Yes, that was the person with the one hand. Her hands was taped up all around that horn. Also this was a really great pic. I thought because this was the 80s it was going to suck but you have to appreciate it because if we didn't have that we wouldn't have drum corps as it is right now. But this was really really really really good. Like they played. I've known Drum Corps now for 21 years and I never heard bugle sound as good as it did in this one show
Actually, it was a prosthetic claw that gripped the valve casing. You can see it more clearly here. ua-cam.com/video/PEfhjJfknv8/v-deo.html In 83, the fingers of her left glove were wrapped around the bottom of the horn...which means that she was supporting the entire mello with her playing hand. At least with the claw, her left arm could share the weight.
I always loved the music from West Side Story. Maria (the opening piece) is one of the all-time great songs. 1984 was the year I first got into the TV production industry, so I know how differently things were done back then.
Great comments and spot on- that show DID "push the boundaries" at the time..a very special and unique corps staff were together that year....basically a team of DCI future hall of famers. Tour was very hard on the members that year...but they got it done.
Courtney, now that you watched this you need to learn the story of Barbara Maroney (mellophone soloist throughout the show). You will be inspired! www.middlehornleader.com/Maroney%20Interview.htm
I like to think this is the corp, the show that splintered away from marching band. Drum&Bugle Corps was becoming a more artistic entity than a marching band.
The 80's where dominated by the BD and The Cadets...almost the whole decade was only these two corps winning...with the exceptions of the Scouts in 1988 and Vanguard in 1989. I do not remember who won in 80 and 81... BD 82 Cadets 83,84,85 BD 86 Cadets 87 Scouts 88 Vanguard 89 Cadets 90
I could be very wrong, but I was told once that the young man that was shown in the pit percussion, particularly at the very end right after the last cut off was blind.
@@jasonstraight1320 No worries...I've had to correct the myth about the guy who tripped and caused the Whitewater Wipeout earlier that season many times. I keep hearing that he broke his leg....the truth is he had a sprained ankle and missed a few rehearsals and one show run. he was back in the line after that.
Courtney i think you'd like this one (and if someone who actually has money wants to guarantee this) DCI lately have been releasing "who did it best?" videos, taking different corps. performing the same song in different shows and comparing them. Here's the latest one ua-cam.com/video/j1vjQWrGSfk/v-deo.html I'd love to see who YOU think did it best :)
I think we need someone to send some guaranteed request for the top 8 shows from 1989. Like, all of them are great. That being said the Bluecoats show is definitely the weakest of those 8. The Madison Scouts show is just a good one for all of us brass lovers. Star of Indiana was also a great brass show. Then you got the Cadets with their Les Miserables show, which I personally think is one of the best 5th place shows ever. Then you got the Blue Devils who basically spend 11 minutes just jamming and playing some fantastic jazz. Then you got the Cavaliers with their show Gloria. Personally this one is my least favorite, but it is a very clean and well done program. Next up is my personal favorite, Phantom Regiment's program From The New World...Into a New Age. Such a great show. That hornline might be my favorite apart from maybe Phantom '91. Then, last but not least we have The Santa Clara Vanguard who repeated their 1988 show Phantom of the Opera since they were salty they lost. I actually like the 1989 version more than the 1988 version. But I do think that Phantom should have gotten first and that Vanguard should have gotten second. Anyway, thanks for the video. I always love your DCI reaction videos
Can you a reaction video of Food Insider video on iconic US foods,desserts,sandwich, etc.... & you should react to other video from Food Insider Love your reaction video Take care
Those are Cadet uniforms going back to 1934 when the corps was founded inspired by US West Point uniforms. I am a 1971, 1972 alumnus. My father competed against Garfield/Holy Name in the 30's and 40's. Yes, drum corps did not start in 1972.
@@maxwellharris507 They were so close to west point cadet uniforms when adopted in 1937 (founded in 34 and wore different, Sousa-style unis) that they (had to ?) applied for and were granted permission from the Army to wear them, out of concern they might be taken for actual West Point Cadets. At least, this was published in one of the home show yearbooks back in the 70's when I marched. If not true, it should be.
@@samsignorelli I wore that laundry in 79 and 80. The uniforms we were wearing dated back about 5 years then, which the odd one here and there being older - some into the 60's - depending on oddball sizes. The next batch of new uniforms came in 1985, so this year was that same batch. Heavy as a horse blanket and thick enough to stop a bullet. Hot ? Oh yeah. Heavy ? With a few gallons of sweat absorbed into them, and salt lines seeping through, you bet.
Hi Courtney nice beautiful hair :D & ur smile is always lovely as always & I like this Reaction vid to Garfield Cadets 1984 West Side Story this was when I was 1 years old when it came out I was a baby back then :) also Courtney when u have the chance can u check my vid recommendation request for u? :) I'm still waiting for ur reply :) sending u my love
"The uniforms look incredible."
At the time, they were older than the people who wore them!
Some other fun facts:
This was Cadets' 50th anniversary show,. hence the gold drum shells and guard tops.
This was also the last time a 1st-time champion successfully defended it's 1st title...hasn't happened since.
Lowest caption placement for a championship corps (7th place drums...3 years later they'd take their first drum title with a perfect score)
1st year on-field vocals were allowed.
Last year Cadets used a left-foot stepoff.
Barbara Maroney's last note in the ballad was 19 seconds on one breath....amazing lungs.
Since she had no left arm from the elbow down, Barbara could not work the 1st valve tuning slide...and all the corps old-timers know she had to "lip" those notes up to get them in tune. (You had the right person, Courtney....she used a prosthetic claw to hold the horn)
Correction tho...Cadets didn't beat Santa Clara by one tenth, they beat Blue Devils (me) by one tenth! And Cadets won their 2nd championship with this show.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hi Sam ahhh I love all of these facts about the show thank you soo much for writing these out!!! Thanks for the legendary recommendation Sam!! Was the highlight of my day today!!!
@@CourtneyCoulston If you thought 84 was ahead of its time, go on to 1985 and have your mind completely blown. Both these shows could stand in the mix today and prove that props and amplification are superfluous to a well written and well delivered show. Sam, it was the first year vocals were sanctioned without penalty, but not the first vocals from Garfield (77, 78, 79 Amen).
Yes. Real uniforms. Not the spandex garbage they wear today. :)
@@dB_944 The older unis don't allow for modern movement...even as open as my BD top was, there's no way I could've performed modern body work in it....too heavy and stiff.
Sam, I think I remember hearing that Barbara used circular breathing on that last note - so maybe technically not on one breath.... but that may have been an "alternative fact" that was circulating (pun intended) back in the day.
Courtney, yes the Mellophone soloist had a prosthesis on her left arm. George Zingali designed the drill to drop her off to play her many solos then pick her back up genius! If you get to watch just the overhead video you'll see what I mean. It was a great summer the second of our third DCI Finals wins, 83-85
Good Times!!
I know you love Crown Brass. Here's WHY!
Jim Prime wrote this brass book and Donny Van Doren taught this brass book.
They then moved to Star of Indiana in 1985 and turned them into a legendary brass line.
Star's members joined the Staff of Crown and taught the same pedagogy/technique to those brass players.
It all Started with Garfield (The Cadets / Cadets of Bergen County / Holy Name Cadets)
For a VERY VERY long time, this was considered one of the best horn lines in DCI history.
What about Don Angelica to Troopers (later Jack Meehan) where a tenor drum playing Fred Sanford honed his skills before moving on to teach Santa Clara (who had a young Long Island boy soloist named Wayne Downey).
That’s the incredible thing about all these staff in modern dci that do incredible things, is that they learned from the best and figure out how to go even further. I’d bet good money that maybe 10 years in the future the next corps that will have a consistently great brass caption will be taught by someone who marched crown. Matt Harloff learned from the staff at Star and was drum major in 93, and now he leads the most consistently great hornline in dci for the past 10 years. Greats learn from each other and make what they’ve learned better.
Dan, Jimmer and Donnie were both Muchachos. They learned the "breathe dah" from Larry Kershner and John Simpson, then taught it at Bridgemen, then "injected" the pedagogy with steroids at Garfield, Star, Troopers, Crown... Now the Bluecoats, Cadets, SCV, Crown, Mandarins and many others teach the same way through the Donnie Family Tree. Wait until you hear the Cadets this summer! I can tell you that the Cadet sound is BACK! Matt Stratton (Cadet alum from the 90's and former Bluecoats co-brass caption head) is on a mission to bring the Cadets brass back into the fight for the Ott. It will take a few years, but I am happy to see the start of that journey this summer.
I have a persistent memory of the first time Donnie taught us breath-da. Tom Grant taught us to play in tune in 79, Donnie came in 80 and taught us to play together.
It still is one of DCI’s best horn lines. Almost no one today plays with the musicality, nuance, and dynamic contrasts that the 83, 84, and 85 Cadets brass lines (and 90-93 Star brass) did. Today’s lines might play more notes and have similar intonation and timing, but not the musicality (or if they do it’s buried by electronics).
13:55 It’s the Z-pull! Iconic for all time!
Getting to see it in person in 2018 was magical. Outdoor bowl stadium at twilight. The lights sparkling off of their uniforms. It was truly spectacular.
And then in 1990, the iconic z pull...
Cadets where the first corps to win three years in a row...
83,84, and 85.
I love that you react to DCI. It's really cool to watch someone that otherwise wouldn't even know this activity exists enjoy something that means so much to so many of us. Thank you.
It's such a blast to watch honestly!! I really appreciate that thank you!!
@@CourtneyCoulston Seen 87 Sky Ryders yet?
Barbara Maroney on mellophone, best ever!!
Yes by far! Of all soloist on horn/mello
Holy cow! I had tears in my eyes watching this again. This show was truly ahead of its time.
What amazed me was the footwork. It's easy (HA!) to have precise marching (every step the same, all synchronized with all the other marchers) when you're marching forward. Almost half the time, though, these people were marching backwards.
Backwards!
And they still hit every mark and made every precise turn needed!
I find it amazing that you caught on to some of the innovations this corps brought to the field especially the drill. It was revolutionary at the time.
What a classic, true-to-form, all star DCI show. This was my senior year of HS when PBS would broadcast the championships. My buddy and I would record the broadcasts on VHS and go back and watch these performances over and over again, memorizing guard routines and picking up different lines to play on our respective instruments. Barbara’s mello solo stands the test of time as one of the purest representations of tone and pitch to this day. And I was in the McDonald’s All American HS Band that year with the trumpet soloist toward the end. He was incredible. So, good. So, clean. And that z pull at the end; classic, rip your ears off DCI brass. I love this show so much and it brings back so many wonderful memories! Thanks for posting, Courtney!
That drill was written by the legendary George Zingali who left us way too early right after he wrote the drill for Star of Indiana in 1991. He was ahead of his time back then and although I never met him, his impact has had a lasting effect in the DCI community that lasts to this day. I also want to say I always look forward to watching your drum corps reactions. I sincerely hope you get to hear and see one in person because I don’t think a sound system exists anywhere that can come close to the experience of hearing it live. When you do see one live, you have to record yourself watching it for us to see!! ❤️❤️🎺🎺🥁🎶🎶
Marc Sylvester was the drill writer in high school
I know I paid for this one....but almost 40 years later, losing to it by .1 still stings.
Thank you for your contribution Sam ... in all things drum corps. I know it's painful ...you guys were AWESOME!!!! Your guaranteed request just proves to me that you have as much respect for this corps and show as Cadets have for you and your organization!!!
@@supersop Oh certainly...it took one of the all-time greats to beat us!
(I still give Cadet friends from that year grief, tho....we should've poisoned the beef stroganoff we fed them at the Canadian border after the Pt. Huron rainout show. They've told me it was the best meal they got ALL YEAR. You know how well BD and SCV ate.)
i cannot believe how SMALL that margin was......... ahhhh
@@CourtneyCoulston that’s happened a few times actually! For a time, the Cadets seemed to be associated with winning by a tenth of a point 😅
At the top of my head, I can think of: 1984, 1987, 1993 (Cadets won all 3 times)
@@CourtneyCoulston Cadets designer the legend George Zingalli who tudored Marc Sylvester pushed the envelope in musician drill design. Of course the color guard was dated as heck being 1984; but his whiplash forms, an unorthodoxy creations + super-high velocity drills/staging molded the future. Ahead of his time as Marc his understudy who pushed Cadets more 1989- the Millennial. No show back then was as good as this. Guard/visual was about to revolutionize starting Cadets 1989 Les Miserables. Sylvester's 1 no Zingali. So yes I can't believe the margin was that close either. Cadets were also asked to perform in the 1995 ? Olympics.
Check out Cadets 1987 Appalachian Spring, 89' Les Miserables, Cadets 1990 A Bernstein Celebration, 93 When Kings go off to War, 2000 We are the Future. All fantastic as Marc the understudy amplified the DCI Hall of Fame legend designer Zingalli. Zingalli also was asked to create the opening and closing ceremonies of the 19 something Olympics.
You’re right! Barbara Moroney was the one-armed mellophone soloist. She’s still considered the standard of excellence for mellophonists. That instrument in particular is super hard to play and keep in tune. But she made that horn sing. I loved watching your reactions to this epic, legendary DCI show. This is still considered one of the greatest shows ever put on the field. It holds up across the decades. Thanks for this vid!!! You should also watch the 1985, 1987, and 1989 (Garfield) Cadets. In 1989 (I was a member 1989-1992) we dropped Garfield and went with just The Cadets.
Your are correct about the girl soloist. She was at the start and end. Her name is Barbara Maroney. She is INCREDIBLE. She became an instructor for several years - my instructor for two years.
I marched in Garfield that year. Our uniforms were very old, lined with horse hair, and after our 25th or more show that summer they smelled so bad. You could smell us before you saw us. They bought old buses for us to travel in that year and they broke down alot. We had no dedicated food truck like today's corps. The rental truck we had broke down even more than the buses. So there were days we had cereal for 2 meals and sandwiches for dinner. We broke down at the Canadian border crossing, and the Blue Devils came thru shortly after us. Buses are inspected so we ended up sitting awhile next to them. It was very early in the morning, like 2 am or so, and someone mentioned to them that we hadn't eaten since 5pm, before the show the previous night. The Devils had a bus as a mobile kitchen, and they opened the door and Windows and proceeded to feed as many of us as they could. I will never forget that. They gave us beef stroganoff .. LOL.. I was never so grateful for a bowl of Dinty Moore. (unless it was home made, then I'm even more grateful) It showed that even though we were fierce competitors on the field, off the field we were all one in the love of the activity and would help each other when ever we/they needed.
Barbara had perfect tone. Her lack of an arm didn't hinder her in any way. If we were tuning before a show, and the battery operated tuners weren't working, we all tuned to Barbara. She is that good.
Maybe we should've poisoned that beef stroganoff...and even THEN, it would've been the best meal you got all year! 😅
Our HS band would listen to this show as well as Santa Clara and the Blue devils of the same year before every show we did.
We loved it so much we replicated the unfolding of the front line when we did @ Courtney Tonight, Tonight.
Thanks for the memories!!
This show is a classic! Their color guard was truly exquisite. I got to see this show many times as I marched a drum corps called the Freelancers from Sacramento in 1983 and 1984.
The Freebasers! uh...Freeloaders....er....Flearanchers...urgh....Freebasers!!
I remember wishing you guys had done the opening vocal in French at the 84 Montreal show.
I remember the announcer having issues with English...Zee Garfield CadeT, zee Velvet Knoit...zee Bleu Deveeeel, zee Free...LANCERS
Best show in DCI history.
Courtney, thank you ☺️ that was so much fun to watch this CLASSIC drum corps show, Garfield Cadets set the standard back in the 80’s! And yes Barb, the soloist, was an incredible person, musician and teacher!!! Yes Barb had one arm but that didn’t stop her from being so fierce.
The abstract design was by George Zingali a genius comparable to Mozart. We couldn't take him anywhere! At Wendy's everyone kept staring at him. Too many stories not appropriate enough to tell!!! He was a nut and a good friend. Best visual designer in history.
I know those uniforms looked great, but they smelled so bad. DCI Finals were held in Atlanta, Georgia that year and I just remember how hot and sticky it was in the stadium. (1983 was even worse as Finals were in Miami, Florida!)
As someone who lives in the south, I couldn't imagine the August humidity in Miami and Atlanta.
We were on mid-afternoon (Northmen, Rochester, NY). I remember marching out of the tunnel onto the artificial turf, and seeing the shimmering wave of heat coming up off the field. Once we were off the field, we couldn't get our shoes off fast enough. Leather soled shoes, and everyone's feet were burning.
One of my favorite shows musically.
If you play drums, this is very much an 80's show! The item that was being played on the ground is a brake drum from a car, gives a metallic- high pitch sound. Definitely, a classic DCI show with constant drill movements and precision marching. Always love your DCI reactions!!!!!
The Cadets created the non-stop drill format seen throughout marching today. And, yes, mellophone soloist Barbara Maroney is an amazing musician! All this incredible sound with no microphones, amplifiers, speakers, etc. It was an amazing time in marching music.
Barbara Maloney wasn't even a French horn player. My big brother marched Cadets 1987-88. We spoke yesterday. Barbara was staff when he marched. She never played horn in her life and sounded better than my big brother who plays horn professionally. He was blown away too. We both think she's the best DCI mellophone/French horn soloist of all times.
This is one of my all time favorite shows that year.
Zingali's "Z-pull"..... absolutely still amazing to this day.
Love the Z-pull at the end - classic Zingali move and execution by the Cadets!
Incredible musicianship, show and drill for its time ..pioneering! ...Bravo!
Imagine the victory margin if the Drums were top 3. They didnt get to achieve any of that until after 1986, when it took Glen Crosby to work out the chops.
That Z-Pull. 🥰 I put that in a lot of my drill as a tribute.
Old-school DCI. Back when they still played on 2-valve G bugles. Later they went to three-valve bugles and then to regular Bb and F trumpets, horns, baritones, and tubas. Very different sound back then. I was 2 when this happened, but it influenced a lot of the marching I experienced in the 1990s. Really, really good playing.
Hell, some top 12 corps still had valve-rotor contras (Garfield, VK, Cavaliers, Spirit come to mind)
Hey Courtney ... another awesome reaction. These days in DCI they use electronic synthesizers to produce certain sound effects. Back in those days they had to make all the sounds down front, like the siren the one person was winding. Very cool stuff.
You know that Gary Powell, the drummer from The Libertines marched Cadets
4:14 -- "I can't believe this is 1984!" That comment really puts the avant-garde nature of this show in perspective. 27th Lancers were still doing a production number, fer cryin' out loud.
Everyone was....except Garfield.
As someone who marched in this group 40 years ago I appreciate your commentary. Yes the mellophone soloist had a prosthetic left hand. Same girl in the beginning and the end. Look for an interview with Barbara Moroney if you want to learn more about her
Courtney, if We're going more old-school, please react to Madison Scouts 1988! Best rendition of Malaguena to ever be marched.
1980 Scouts followed by Cadets '03. Sorry.
I marched in Cadets 88 thru 90. 84 rocks but 87 is closest to my heart.
If a corps did this exact show at DCI finals, in those uniforms, using 2 valve bugles.....the audience would weep with excitement.
Yes, that was the person with the one hand. Her hands was taped up all around that horn. Also this was a really great pic. I thought because this was the 80s it was going to suck but you have to appreciate it because if we didn't have that we wouldn't have drum corps as it is right now. But this was really really really really good. Like they played. I've known Drum Corps now for 21 years and I never heard bugle sound as good as it did in this one show
Actually, it was a prosthetic claw that gripped the valve casing. You can see it more clearly here. ua-cam.com/video/PEfhjJfknv8/v-deo.html
In 83, the fingers of her left glove were wrapped around the bottom of the horn...which means that she was supporting the entire mello with her playing hand.
At least with the claw, her left arm could share the weight.
FOR HOLY NAME SHALL ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS BE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My love to my family of the 80's - I miss you.
I always loved the music from West Side Story. Maria (the opening piece) is one of the all-time great songs. 1984 was the year I first got into the TV production industry, so I know how differently things were done back then.
Great comments and spot on- that show DID "push the boundaries" at the time..a very special and unique corps staff were together that year....basically a team of DCI future hall of famers. Tour was very hard on the members that year...but they got it done.
They did so many firsts in that show!
They are the originators of the abstract drill design.
Courtney, now that you watched this you need to learn the story of Barbara Maroney (mellophone soloist throughout the show). You will be inspired! www.middlehornleader.com/Maroney%20Interview.htm
My dad always said "Barbara Mahoney, was perfect player to solo one hand, one heart" !!! what a terrible joke but was that a perfect solo
Still waiting for Madison scouts 1988 and Cavaliers 2006...😁
you should react to cavaliers 2006 next, one of the most creative and most well-executed shows of all time in my opinion
I like to think this is the corp, the show that splintered away from marching band. Drum&Bugle Corps was becoming a more artistic entity than a marching band.
The 80's where dominated by the BD and The Cadets...almost the whole decade was only these two corps winning...with the exceptions of the Scouts in 1988 and Vanguard in 1989. I do not remember who won in 80 and 81...
BD 82
Cadets 83,84,85
BD 86
Cadets 87
Scouts 88
Vanguard 89
Cadets 90
Blue Devils won in 1980. Santa Clara Vanguard won in 1981.
I would give anythingfor our corps to be back in that uniform on the field doing what they did best.
I could be very wrong, but I was told once that the young man that was shown in the pit percussion, particularly at the very end right after the last cut off was blind.
I don't remember hearing that at all...and I believe it's a woman. ( I can ask one of my FB friends who marched the show)
I asked a member who marched this show....no blind people in the corps, and the person at the end at 14:08 is a girl.
@@samsignorelli My apologies x.x
@@jasonstraight1320 No worries...I've had to correct the myth about the guy who tripped and caused the Whitewater Wipeout earlier that season many times.
I keep hearing that he broke his leg....the truth is he had a sprained ankle and missed a few rehearsals and one show run. he was back in the line after that.
You seem to love the drums- you have to check out 1990 Blue Devils then!!!!
oo ill write it down thanks!! :)
0:02 that Smile 😏👌🙌🔥🔥
I wonder how she would react to VK 87...hmmmmmmmmm........someone should say something to her.....COUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"OOoohhhhh, James!"
Oops....sorry H....wrong year!
6:10 Hand-cranked siren.
That little whining pitch was a siren
Cavaliers' Spin Cycle or 2005 Cadets :)
The good old days!
Courtney i think you'd like this one (and if someone who actually has money wants to guarantee this) DCI lately have been releasing "who did it best?" videos, taking different corps. performing the same song in different shows and comparing them. Here's the latest one ua-cam.com/video/j1vjQWrGSfk/v-deo.html
I'd love to see who YOU think did it best :)
Now go ahead 5 years to 89 Phantom Regiment. 🙂
Loved it..I knew some of those peple
Reaction to Captain Phillips Situation
I would like to see your reaction to Fife & drum section of US Army. Old Guard.
I think we need someone to send some guaranteed request for the top 8 shows from 1989. Like, all of them are great. That being said the Bluecoats show is definitely the weakest of those 8. The Madison Scouts show is just a good one for all of us brass lovers. Star of Indiana was also a great brass show. Then you got the Cadets with their Les Miserables show, which I personally think is one of the best 5th place shows ever. Then you got the Blue Devils who basically spend 11 minutes just jamming and playing some fantastic jazz. Then you got the Cavaliers with their show Gloria. Personally this one is my least favorite, but it is a very clean and well done program. Next up is my personal favorite, Phantom Regiment's program From The New World...Into a New Age. Such a great show. That hornline might be my favorite apart from maybe Phantom '91. Then, last but not least we have The Santa Clara Vanguard who repeated their 1988 show Phantom of the Opera since they were salty they lost. I actually like the 1989 version more than the 1988 version. But I do think that Phantom should have gotten first and that Vanguard should have gotten second. Anyway, thanks for the video. I always love your DCI reaction videos
Courtney, have you seen the movie West Side Story?
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Holy Name Cadets 2009
Attempt 5: Please watch video on b 21 raider. It's the replacement for the b 2 and basically all other strategic bombers
Now do 94!
Nice! Super early for this one
Earlyyyy!!
Hi Courtney, if you liked this group I put in another DCI request for The Cadets 2005. Thank you for all you do for our community!
Hi Chris! Thank you so much, i will try my hardest to get to it!!!! :)
Can you a reaction video of Food Insider video on iconic US foods,desserts,sandwich, etc.... & you should react to other video from Food Insider
Love your reaction video
Take care
Hi Ryan oooo would be awesome to watch thanks!!
U should react to PBR rodeos
react to the story of Michael Monsoor
React to Clint romashe Medal of Honor
Those are Napoleonic uniforms
Those are Cadet uniforms going back to 1934 when the corps was founded inspired by US West Point uniforms. I am a 1971, 1972 alumnus. My father competed against Garfield/Holy Name in the 30's and 40's. Yes, drum corps did not start in 1972.
They were about as old!
@@1johncabs I was beginning to suspect that they looked like West Point uniforms, thanks for confirming that.
@@maxwellharris507 They were so close to west point cadet uniforms when adopted in 1937 (founded in 34 and wore different, Sousa-style unis) that they (had to ?) applied for and were granted permission from the Army to wear them, out of concern they might be taken for actual West Point Cadets. At least, this was published in one of the home show yearbooks back in the 70's when I marched. If not true, it should be.
@@samsignorelli I wore that laundry in 79 and 80. The uniforms we were wearing dated back about 5 years then, which the odd one here and there being older - some into the 60's - depending on oddball sizes. The next batch of new uniforms came in 1985, so this year was that same batch. Heavy as a horse blanket and thick enough to stop a bullet. Hot ? Oh yeah. Heavy ? With a few gallons of sweat absorbed into them, and salt lines seeping through, you bet.
Hi Courtney nice beautiful hair :D & ur smile is always lovely as always & I like this Reaction vid to Garfield Cadets 1984 West Side Story this was when I was 1 years old when it came out I was a baby back then :) also Courtney when u have the chance can u check my vid recommendation request for u? :) I'm still waiting for ur reply :) sending u my love
Thank you so much Joel!!!
@@CourtneyCoulston Ur very welcome Courtney!! ;)
Look as beautiful 🤩 as ever
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Kia Ora Jimmy!!!
@@CourtneyCoulston Kia Ora Kia Ora I’m a huge of you and your reactions 🥰🥰🥰 Arohanui!!!
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Thanks Justin!!!!!