Old school, new school…this is a great show. CLEAN. Wow! They could march. White shoes and dark pants hide nothing. Great horn line for the era. Percussion always Vanguards’ strong suit.
I also march with the Ridgemen from New York and competed at that DCI 1975 at Slippery Rock Penn.We never made the finals but personally being there and watching Santa Clara, I was hooked ! Santa Clara came in 2nd place, Madison scouts came in 1 place but it was the BEST Show ever.Sad part Los Muchachos were disqualified after having a fabulous season. I am an Old school Drum Corp person .
My high school band director marched timpani at SCV in 80/81. Oddly, our HS uniforms were exact copies of BD (from the late 1980's, but in green/white/silver)....and I marched VK in 1987. This 75 show is so close to the 87 show.
Yes 1975, we still had Real Drum and bugle Corps. I was there at that competition in person, the crowd was totally engaged, in the music as well as the drill. The crowd related to the music because they recognize it. If you notice the crowd there were a lot more people attending in those days then there are today. Because people loved Real Drum and bugle Corp today, today they are marching bands. Combined with Broadway Type shows, which is fine but not for me. Former member of the Long Island Sunrisers, 1964 through 1968. Today is March 3rd 2022. Santa Clara Vanguard in this clip still gives me chills to this day, they were absolutely fantastic. Thank you for the post I appreciate it. You did a great job with your, comments through their program.
I marched in the Cavaliers percussion section in 1976. Santa Clara Vanguard drumline was insanely cleaner than any other drumline in 75. They had a better book and better talent on every instrument. CYO Nationals 75 was one of those weird scoring shows. Much respect to Muchachos but their drumline was not in the top 3 in my opinion.
that was a fantastic year from Drum Corps, eveyr top 12 show was great. I was in drum corp from 68-79, small class b corp in Mass. till 77 then joined Boston for my last two years started with g bugle piston slide soprano., nothing like the valve rotary Saw all these shows every corps did an east coast swing that year. DCI East, World Open, CYO were amazing. Muchachos performaces were off the charts and their CYO show they only had 3 ticks in the drum line. fantastic show.
1975....back when DCI was about marching, and bugles, and guardwork, and percussion work, and precision. Not about dancing all over the field. Guardwork hasn't shown this type of precision and exact stops in years....many years. And the Bb trumpets and such just don't have the same sound as those G bugles. It really was better in those days. I'll fight you on this.
What’s your honest opinion on the freemasonry take over of dci? I find it odd all the old stuff is in style again. Did anyone here know back then it didn’t cost millions to start a core or an endorsement from the local lodge?
so when did the Freemasons take over DCI? that's an interesting comment. they have so much influence in so many other areas of society. as someone that marched in a Corps from 1975 until '79...it is very sad how things started changing during the mid to late 80's already. I have been under the assumption that a bunch of feminist women were running DCI the past 20-30 yrs.??
Did YOU know that back then you basically had to swear a loyalty oath to either your church or lodge post if you wanted to be funded to put a corps on the field? Kind of one of the reasons DCI was formed.
There actually was one corps, the Belleville Black Knights, which had close ties to Masonry. Formed in 1953 (long before DCI) and lasting until 1989, they recruited members from the Order of DeMolay, a Masonic organization for boys. However, they cut ties with DeMolay in the 1970s so they could admit girls. The corps founders were Shriners, which themselves have boasted drum corps among their activities.
Concert numbers you couldn’t have a drill…stand and play…usually your guard feature. Drill was taught on the fly and you had a note book on your counts…don’t loose your note book…. Or you trust the people around you….didn’t do a dot drill until my last year in 82….fun times
Old school, new school…this is a great show. CLEAN. Wow! They could march. White shoes and dark pants hide nothing. Great horn line for the era. Percussion always Vanguards’ strong suit.
Those soprano bugle runs are almost IMPOSSIBLE on a piston/rotor bugle but Santa Clara always makes the difficult sound ridiculously easy.
not really just takes practice. lot of it
I also march with the Ridgemen from New York and competed at that DCI 1975 at Slippery Rock Penn.We never made the finals but personally being there and watching Santa Clara, I was hooked !
Santa Clara came in 2nd place, Madison scouts came in 1 place but it was the BEST Show ever.Sad part Los Muchachos were disqualified after having a fabulous season.
I am an Old school Drum Corp person .
My high school band director marched timpani at SCV in 80/81. Oddly, our HS uniforms were exact copies of BD (from the late 1980's, but in green/white/silver)....and I marched VK in 1987. This 75 show is so close to the 87 show.
Yes 1975, we still had Real Drum and bugle Corps. I was there at that competition in person, the crowd was totally engaged, in the music as well as the drill. The crowd related to the music because they recognize it. If you notice the crowd there were a lot more people attending in those days then there are today. Because people loved Real Drum and bugle Corp today, today they are marching bands. Combined with Broadway Type shows, which is fine but not for me. Former member of the Long Island Sunrisers, 1964 through 1968. Today is March 3rd 2022. Santa Clara Vanguard in this clip still gives me chills to this day, they were absolutely fantastic. Thank you for the post I appreciate it. You did a great job with your, comments through their program.
The corps that pulled a 19.5 in drums (during the tick sheet era), AND a perfect 30 in GE, and STILL lost to the Boys.
The Muchachos line had 3 ticks at CYO that year. I have the drum sheets
@@Mrtellitlikeitis , this is really the story of the season. 'the boys' beat the red team in m&m . . ?
I marched in the Cavaliers percussion section in 1976. Santa Clara Vanguard drumline was insanely cleaner than any other drumline in 75. They had a better book and better talent on every instrument. CYO Nationals 75 was one of those weird scoring shows. Much respect to Muchachos but their drumline was not in the top 3 in my opinion.
I marched with Santa Clara that year.
that was a fantastic year from Drum Corps, eveyr top 12 show was great. I was in drum corp from 68-79, small class b corp in Mass. till 77 then joined Boston for my last two years started with g bugle piston slide soprano., nothing like the valve rotary Saw all these shows every corps did an east coast swing that year. DCI East, World Open, CYO were amazing. Muchachos performaces were off the charts and their CYO show they only had 3 ticks in the drum line. fantastic show.
1975 was such a great year for many corps.
Was this your first time watching vanguard 75
1975....back when DCI was about marching, and bugles, and guardwork, and percussion work, and precision. Not about dancing all over the field. Guardwork hasn't shown this type of precision and exact stops in years....many years. And the Bb trumpets and such just don't have the same sound as those G bugles. It really was better in those days. I'll fight you on this.
Note: Back then most drills tended to symmetry.
What’s your honest opinion on the freemasonry take over of dci? I find it odd all the old stuff is in style again.
Did anyone here know back then it didn’t cost millions to start a core or an endorsement from the local lodge?
so when did the Freemasons take over DCI? that's an interesting comment. they have so much influence in so many other areas of society. as someone that marched in a Corps from 1975 until '79...it is very sad how things started changing during the mid to late 80's already. I have been under the assumption that a bunch of feminist women were running DCI the past 20-30 yrs.??
Did YOU know that back then you basically had to swear a loyalty oath to either your church or lodge post if you wanted to be funded to put a corps on the field? Kind of one of the reasons DCI was formed.
There actually was one corps, the Belleville Black Knights, which had close ties to Masonry. Formed in 1953 (long before DCI) and lasting until 1989, they recruited members from the Order of DeMolay, a Masonic organization for boys. However, they cut ties with DeMolay in the 1970s so they could admit girls. The corps founders were Shriners, which themselves have boasted drum corps among their activities.
Um...what?
Seems most corps came out of VFW posts at least in Chicago.
Concert numbers you couldn’t have a drill…stand and play…usually your guard feature. Drill was taught on the fly and you had a note book on your counts…don’t loose your note book…. Or you trust the people around you….didn’t do a dot drill until my last year in 82….fun times
Nice job.
Nice😁
The Bottle Dance....copied by roughly half the HS bands in the country....and brilliantly parodied by the Bridgemen alumni corps.
...and VK😅