Ode to the Santa Clara Vanguard - (Some Memorable Moments)
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- Опубліковано 15 гру 2022
- Dear Santa Clara Vanguard,
You were my first favorite corps. My connections through friends, educators, teachers, and peers runs deep. Although I marched the Bloo team, I have always had respect for the west coast Red team. It is hard to believe 2023 will go on without you. We all hope to see you back soon, stronger, and better than ever. Don't be gone long. There are more memories left to make.
-sfz - Розваги
Thank you for the tribute ❤️🩹💚 -SCV 2018-2021 member (age-out)
Finding somewhere to age out this season hopefully?
Thank you from a 2003-4 member! #TNPLSC
So sorry to find out Santa Clara not marching in 2023. Always enjoyed them. Hope they come back in 2024. To all who have marched in SCV thank you!
Ohhhh boy do I have some news for you...
As a member of SCV 2022/23, thank you for making this. Having so many people from the DCI community come together and support this corps means so much to me and many others.
You have the support of your fellow alum too! We're out here cheering you on even if you can't hear us and we're just so dang proud of you. Thanks for carrying our heavy legacy with such grace and finesse in 22.
Hope to see them in 2024.
I am sad beyond words. Their performances were pure class. I always loved seeing them in person. Heartbreaking loss.
They'll be back in 2024
@@Raymond_ChurchillSure.
@@brianjungen4059its like you guys wanna see them not come back
@@rifle2563 well they’re one of my favorite Corps so that’s a dumb thing to say. But apparently they are several million dollars is debt so I don’t really see a way for them to come back.
@@brianjungen4059 word on the internet is they paid the debt, but are currently 3 years back on their non profit status, so we will see.
For this art form, it hurts when ANY Corp stops bringing joy (e.g Glassmen, Oregon Crusaders and even Pioneer), but to see one of the behemoths of this industry to just “stop” making magic, the sadness that I feel for all SCV alumni and for the kids that were looking forward to the camps, move-ins, the tour and creating lifelong friendships/memories is overwhelming.
I was a professional orchestral musician and never had the pleasure of performing Drum Corps, but my son marched for five yrs (Phantom)and I lived vicariously through him.
Without SCV, for at least this season, finding Nirvana will be a lost cause.
DCI's current model is unsustainable.
It will never be the same without them.
They plan to return 2024
They will be back, have no doubt
They ain't gone forever
@@whodat1967 Still waiting for the Freelancers to come back...
@@omariparker3769 And the Glassmen…
All that's really missing is the 2014 trombone feature and the 2015 ballad and it's a perfect compilation of Vanguard's history. Gonna miss them so much man. 🖖
Great Video. SCV will be back one day.
2024
very well done... I love watching the corps my instructors marched, the corps I instructed, and the corps my students marched all in one montage..
I'm very sorry to hear that our corps family is not going to be on tour this 😞year, as a member of the Boston crusaders family to our brothers and sisters in the vanguard family 😢I am hoping that you will be able to regroup and be back in 2024 stronger than ever. You are very much in my prayers 🙏. It will not be the same without you. Wishing you all the best in the future ❤, you are very respected in our drum corps activities 😀
Today at indoor percussion practice, one of the graduates from my school came to visit our school. After she heard about SCV not competing, she described entering her college’s music hall that day as unreal. She even found out about how this one guy was crying after he found out because he just got accepted. I think that’s how the story went. Anyways, don’t be gone long, SCV. 💚❤️
Their 2009 closer is what got me hooked on drum corps. Cant wait to see them back in 2023!
2024*, they're not touring next year
I still remember watching the1980 PBS broadcast as SCV came "off-the-line" (though not literally) with Rimsky-Korsakov's Procession of the Nobles and that first asymmetric drill that blew everyone's mind ... I had played Procession of the Nobles in our school orchestra (2d trumpet) and hearing that work coming from Birmingham AL via the airwaves proved that Gail Royer was a genius, ahead of his time ... like the Beatles leading the British Invasion, if not for SCV, the marching music activity would have stayed anchored to yard lines & hashmarks & symmetry for much too long ... but SCV was NOT the harbinger of the death of traditions (THAT is the legacy of the Allentown Predator).
Well done! Only thing I would have added is Send In The Clowns somehow.........
I know. But I didn’t want to cry while I was editing 😢
@@Sforzando_DCI absolutely understand, several moments I choked up during your tribute.
@@Sforzando_DCI Surprise, here's Clowns from one of my years. #TNPLSC
Boo, I forgot the link. Here: ua-cam.com/video/z7zTIMDJ_OQ/v-deo.html
Aside from the sad news SCV isn't marching in '23, this compilation is a great overview of how DCI has changed over the years. It went from very traditional styled stuff to more off-Broadway styled stuff.
Always one of my favorite corps from the first time I saw them on PBS in the 1980s to seeing them live for the first time in Allentown in 1999. What a show! I was mesmerized by their music that year. Definitely depressing to hear that they won't be touring in 2023. Just when drum corps came back competitively in 2022. Very sad. Come back, please, SCV! You will be sorely missed.
They'll be back...
Always looked forward to their performances...will be an upset for the 2023 season without them...hopeful for a comeback for 2024...
I’m devastated by the news that SCV will not operate in 2023!!!
Praying that they just need some time to reorganize and get their financial feet under themselves again and that they will come back strong 💪🏻
DCI would be a shell of its former self without the OG’s
I sure hope the kids who planned to arch in 2023 can find another corp. especially those who will age out.
I’m gonna miss the Rennick sound and groove of the Front Ensemble and Battery this 2023. Five years worth of winning the Fred Sanford under them (14, 16, 17, 18, 19) and would love to see if they can take it back Home. At least both Paul and Sandi will still write for the Troopers, so I can grace their musical masterpieces.
A fitting tribute to SCV. I hope to see and hear the organization is successful in getting the corps back on the road for '24.
Dear Santa Clara Vanguard,
Though I may not be super knowledgeable in the ways of DCI because I'm a woodwind player, I still cannot express enough how much undying respect I have for you and the rest of the corps, both active and inactive. It's sad to see you go, and I hope you won't be gone for long. Some of my favorite moments of yours were the last big hit of the 1989 version of "Phantom of the Opera" and essentially your 2018 production of "Babylon" in its entirety. There will never be another corps as daring or as memorable as you, and I, along with the rest of the Drum Corps International community will miss you. I can speak for myself when I say that I want to learn how to play mellophone because of you. Promise you won't be gone long. There are more memories to be made, like what Sforzando said.
Sincerely,
William Sanborn
What a beautiful tribute!!! SCV has such a rich history… I remember the “fiddler” show like it was yesterday! Hope to see them back!!!!!!!! 🎶🥁
Thank you for posting. So sad.
Thank you for the compilation...SCV is/was special
Brought tears to my eyes. Thank You for sharing!
BRO... THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE
SCV 1989 was the first drum corps show I saw... no I'm not that old, we just had a DVD player in my high school band room and Phantom of the Opera was the very first show I marched, it took me some time to appreciate SCV's rendition, but it really hits me in a specific way now.
Also, whenever SCV does take the field again, the only way I can think of them announcing it is by doing the Bottle Dance. TRADITION!
92 was the last bottle dance right?
@rifle2563 I think so yeah.. the alumni corps did it a few years ago, but they're not the main corps even though the entire corps and the audience lost their minds over the alumni corps doing it
Great compilation; that Simple Gifts company front gets me every time. Best wishes, SCV, and may you come back stronger, cleaner, leaner, and louder ;0
SCV. Can't wait to see you back and better than ever. Hopefully 2024.
The vanguard have always been a first class organization 👏👌and thank you very much for your excellent tradition
To my brothers and sisters in scv don't gone for very long u will surely be missed but not forgotten
What a loss. Tragic.
the only corps to be a finalist in every year of dci since the beginning :(
DCI should put the year on the curtain at Lucas Oil
Santa Clara Vanguard Is DRUM CORPS … Is & Always will be ! Hands Down A Class Act ! They will return … 🙏🏻
Kudos for including 1992
🙏
The issues SCV are going through have me beyond sad. While I truly hope their absence is only for 1 year, I can think of several corps who we're waiting for their 1 year off to end.
Your shows are amazing, your hornline incredible, and entertainment value beyond description. Please come back, you're already missed.
EDIT: What year was 9:03? That mello line...holy crap!
Thanks for your kind words. 9.03? That would be our world champions from 2018. ;) Hyup. This alum is pretty proud of them.
8:00 is my favorite. Chills!!!!
Why can't some rich alumni just bankroll them ffs?
Where’s bill cook when you need him. Btw would totally donate to a save SCV campaign
@@erroneous3493 same here!
They have an end of year donation give-a-thon campaign - I donated there for now 😊
Because not everyone has two million just lying around.....🤦♂️🙄
@@brianjungen4059 but think about it... It's the bay area, they have 50+ years of alumni, someone surely must have that change lying around
@@ikurasake yeah. Sure. 🤦♂️
They made a production based on the mark of the beast a whole 2 years before the actual events.
Why does no one ever bring this up, besides me???
very sad they are done it’s so nice of other corps to offer free auditons to returning scv members
I loved Vanguard under Gail Royer. Some of the most entertainment years of drum corps. Today's band are just a shadow of what they once were because they overpriced themselves out if the market.
Let us forever remember that SCV Is the only corp to make it into finals since 1972. Truly super sad that they will finally lose their streak, and will join everyone else in not making finals every year.
If they aren’t actually competing, I would say the streak remains intact until they return to competition. If they fail then, the streak would be over. I would hope people would be generous in their interpretation of “streak.”
Love the vid but I’m kinda surprised Ramrod didn’t make the cut 😅
Sort of wished you showed the tunnel pant change in their opener from 1985. Otherwise, great compilation.
This makes me depressed.
Imagine having a tribute to SCV and not show the bottle dance. I imagine this is because of your video dedicated to the bottle dance so it's all good.
The Bottle dance is the very first clip in this video
For the algorithm. ✊
5:14 Crystallllllll
What is the show @5:11 ?
I've only ever seen it in this video and I'm obsessed 😭
One of my favorites was the closer in fog city sketches, and actually La Mer was good. I have no doubt this organization will be back in 24 ready to rock. The economy sucks and their operation costs on the west coast are beyond stupid. They need to make good business decisions.
Please tell me all the years of the shows in chronological order.
To never here Clowns again is unthinkable. Very sad. Who's next?
all of them.
The sad thing is, they didn't even tell staff. Staff went to the meeting and with a way to save millions of dollars, but it was too late.
Impossible news. Hopefully someone is working on a GoFundMe.
I believe you can donate directly to the organization on their website, which is the case for most corps. In thr past ive I've recieved letter from corps about donating.
Full disclosure, I am a phantom regiment alumni, and I believe that the kids of SCV have every right to replace the SCV corps leadership.
When Gail Royer was corps director, he also arranged the horn music and taught the hornline. Since Gail died, the corps has hired countless legions of "professional mentors," financial experts, and social compliance officers - to what end. THEY HAVE PROVEN TO BE LEGIONS OF INCOMPETENT PAID PROFESSIONALS. It takes a LOT more than putting a corps on the field. Don Warren used to say "the hardest part of drum corps is done on the practice field, and in the Board meetings.
Disastrous decision making isn't unique to SCV.
Last year, when Phantom Regiment desperately needed a corps director (in the second week of MAY) a multi-millionaire phantom regiment alumni offered to apply for the position and accept $0.00 pay for being director! Guess what, although desperate for cash to run the corps, pay for a new food truck, pay instructors, et al, the multi year alumni was turned down for the position, only to Pay (2) alumni brothers to both be co-corps directors. These are the very type of decisions that add thousands of dollars to the cost of membership. THAT is the type of "quality" decision making that also has caused SCV their 2023 season. Not one corps in existence will have been in finals every single year since 1972. Gail Royer would be livid. Don't get me wrong, SCV isn't the only group to have idiots running the organization - SCV is the most affluent group on the field, and not even SCV can overcome the idiotic leadership in place right now. The KIDS of Phantom, SCV, Madison, Cavaliers, Spirit, Cadets (and other groups), need to fire the lame leadership at every one of these groups. Care to know why it costs THOUSANDS of dollars to march just a few shows these days?? Look no further than bad leadership at your corps. When I marched in phantom regiment it cost a DOLLAR per week for dues and $150 per tour for food (2 tours). That's right, the reason regiment got incredible kids - the whole year cost a member $352 - so they could attract a lot of kids and be very choosey. For this to happen to SCV; it's an inexcusable oversight by not only the idiots running SCV, but also DCI.
Now the worst part; let me know how many SCV leaders resign because of this complete failure, because if history is right - none of them will resign. That will make the problem of successfully operating SCV in 2024 a very difficult task. Maybe you don't agree with me...
Anaheim Kingsmen
27th Lancers
Argonne Rebels
Des Plains Vanguard
Kilts
Muchachos
Bridgemen
Blue Raiders
Black Knights
Delasalle Oaklands
Purple Lancers
Royal Crusaders
Oakland Crusaders
Seneca Optimists
Capital Freelancers
Guardsmen
North Star
Sky Ryder’s
Suncoast Sound
Velvet Knights
Star of Indiana
Dutch Boy
Colts
Glassmen
Magic of Orlando
Seattle Cascades
Stockton Commodores
DCI has been run into the ground by Bands Of America alums for 20 years. These "leaders" have driven the activity to the edge of the cliff in the name of "progress" and now can't feign surprise that a beloved corps has fallen over the edge.
Nobody in a DCI audience 20 years ago - AND I MEAN NOBODY - ever thought it was important for corps to change uniforms every year, or to purchase that crucial 7th 5-octave marimba, or synths, amps, mixers, and dozens of wireless mics.
And while we're at it, $0 ever spent on trombones was money well spent.
@@nannyg666 nanny, I was a trombone performance major in college, but I would NEVER play a trombone in a Drum Corps.
If only the 70s, 80s, 90s generations had left the activity better than they found it. Not alot of people stepping up, alot of armchair ceos.
can you add time stamps for which show is what? lol
what year was the second clip?
We can hope for the best in 2024, but the history of drum corps is filled with corps who took a year off to “regroup” only to be never seen again…
The lack of headgear in the last few year has really made the corps look "unfinished."
They’re just taking a year off…they’re not folding!
Sure they are. They were financially mismanaged and owe millions in debt. The greed of the staff ran the corps into the ground. SCV paid out almost 1,000,000 in payroll in 2020. A year with no show to design and no students to teach.
Greedy bastards are done.
@@professorshadow470 seems like you must be pretty involved in the organization. No one saw this happening and started screaming about it?
@@ronlagg5379 I looked at their 990 non-profit disclosures. People have been screaming about the greed and egocentrism of designers for years and no one cares.
Look up for yourself. Why does SVC spend 1.9 million in 2019 on staff while Bluecoats only spent about 200,000? Who decided they deserved to be paid even thought there was no season in 2020?
This activity used to be about communities, students, and education. Now it’s about making a select few designers wealthy at the expense of the activity.
…so sad! Sounds like the BS that happened with all the Florida corps here in the 70s 80s and 90s! It just makes no sense because the ones that get hurt in the long run are the kids!
@@ronlagg5379 I’m old enough to remember Suncoast Sound and Magic of Orlando. It is a shame that the activity lost its focus.
What’s the piece at 3:40? And didn’t another corps use it in recent years?
I wondered the exact same thing. It’s from Bernstein’s On the Waterfront, Bluecoats used it in the opener of their 2008 show.
1997 Fog City Sketches. 3rd place
@@sonjawanninger2557 1986 Cadets did it
West Chester University played it in their opener in 2018 when they did finals exhibition at BOA Grand Nationals
It's "On The Waterfront," which our host Sfz documented here: ua-cam.com/video/l_FmuINbl_o/v-deo.html
LAMBRECHT 😱
not having Ouroboros in here is a crime against nature
DO SCV CYMS PLEASEEEEE!!!
Is CYMS, cymbals?
@@Sforzando_DCI yes
@@rylanjolley7808 it’s not all their visuals but maybe something to tide you over until I can create a full compilation
ua-cam.com/video/ZCeda4VSSys/v-deo.html
This is the only appropriate way to summon dat cymbal line. ;)
By 2017 18 19 22 - they were no longer Vanguard. No corps in 2021? Trouble was brewing. And even as good as 2018 was, imagine if it had been performed in their traditional uniforms?
You're kidding
piece at 4:09?
Blue Shades 🕶️
WAIT WHAT HAPPENED
scv doesn't have enough funds to compete this year ;-;
They’re at least one million in debt and need another million to field a corps...
First, Madison goes co-ed ... now SCV goes inactive, breaking the streak of finals appearances ... seems that DCI is where traditions go to die ... part of why I stopped any & all financial support for DCI after my nephew's final season with Magic of Orlando in 2003 ...
Please don't bother trying to change my mind ... it is MY opinion, and only DCI can do anything to change it ... and I am THOROUGHLY convinced that they never will, since what is termed "DCI" is (for all effect and purpose) BOA-Independent World Class, and has NOT represented DRUM CORPS in a LONG time ...
Madison is not "co-ed" it's gender neutral. If you knew anything about the accepting nature of Madison, you wouldn't wonder why they needed to go that direction. If you can't understand that, you were never meant for the Madison way of seeing things.
@@Apollostowel Regardless of why they had to go the direction they went, they will never be what they once were, and that's a shame. It's also quite hypocritical to be on your high horse about an accepting nature while rejecting someone's valid opinion. Where's your accepting nature?
@@Apollostowel Arguing semantics changes nothing … thanks for attacking me … that’s ANOTHER reason I eschew DCI - the attitude that who & what came before all-key tuning was substandard …
Marching Bands International.
I told people agendas were at play here, ultimately screwing over the entire activity and it’s fanbase. I was mocked for it, any of these commentators remember that?
Has DCI lost its way?
for about the last 20 years or so, yep. no disrespect to the performing members- the problem is the admin
The punishment for marching bent leg...
Femboy DCI 😳
Bro?
Madison scouts wants to know your current location
I’m just now realizing that that’s the guard, I am stupid
This video could have easily been over an hour long and no one would have complained. Thank you for putting this together. 🥲👍