I marched in the Royal Marquis this same year and had never heard of these guys until we had a show one night with them and I was blown away. Amazing horn line. That opener!!!!! Fantastic .
Opener from the classic movie " The Seahawks" The Sea Hawk is a 1940 American adventure film from Warner Bros. that stars Errol Flynn as an English privateer who defends his nation's interests on the eve of the launch of the Spanish Armada. No Props or electrics !!!! Nice tune 8:00 / 12:53 Big horn line, with so many corps long gone, there still must be much equipment out there, ( Drums. Horns etc ) My brother and I played with the Kenosha, WI Kingsmen for many years.
They were an excellent corps, sad that many corps are gone. My brother and I played with the Kenosha, WI Kingsmen for many years in the 60's era, they best of times !
I always thought the march of the Wooden Soldiers was by far the best, color guard, wearing their original uniforms, not like the later years when it became, too much like DCI, with way too many props dancing and prancing. Much of the Wooden Soldiers starring, Laurel and Hardy, one of my all-time favorite movies. I don't remember of the broadcast the movie twice a day 7 days a week, and that first week that they were on TV they showed the march of the Wooden Soldiers, twice a day 7 days a week, my brother and myself watched every single broadcast. May he rest in peace. Sorry I don't remember the name of the show at the time, probably early 50s I'm guessing?
, guardsman. But I still prefer when they wore their original Guardsmen uniforms. Especially their March of the Wooden Soldiers performance. Today is November 22nd 2022. Former member of the Long Island sunrise, 1964 through 1968.
Excellent performance by the Guardsmen, my preference though is their original uniforms, when they were all girls. Just my opinion. Former member of the Long Island sunrises.
Their uniforms, always reminded me of, the march of the Wooden Soldiers, starring, Laurel and Hardy. One of my all-time favorite Christmas movies. Today November 22nd 2022. That program, is the best color guard I've ever seen. It is an outstanding program, and extremely well executed throughout. The young ladies that participated in competing with this, color guard, can be very proud today. Especially when they show this to their children.
The, guardsman, or one of the great Junior drum and bugle c o r p s at that time. They never got the credit from the judges that they definitely, deserve. They always had an outstanding color guard as well. Thank you for posting this clip. I never did see their color guard in competition before. Today is, November 22nd 2022. Form a member of the Long Island sunrises, a real drum and bugle Corps.
After watching this video quick, I had to make a second comment. First off is your father a professional, video photographer? He follows the rules of recording video and that is allowing the subject to move, and not pay the camera back and forth, 30 mph, like so many people do and you get nothing but a headache. And the side from the lighting and considering the equipment that your dad was using I think he did an outstanding job. Unfortunately for me I did not get to see them compete that year in competition, so I feel I'm lucky that I stumbled across this clip and very fortunate I was always a great supporter of the Guardsmen and I always felt the judges never gave them the do credit, that they deserve. Thank you for posting this clip. I saved it so I can view it many times later on. God bless you and your family.
Thank you so much for this post, that is very few recordings let alone videos of the Schomburg guardsman. I am a former member of the Long Island sunrises, 1964 through 1968. Today is November 9th 2022. In my opinion, DCI is the reason for the demise of what was one of the greatest activities throughout the United States and Canada. They turned it into a marching band competition, superimposed on the three-ring circus. We no longer have real drum and bugle c o r p s. They need to stop referring to it as, Drum Corps International, and start calling it what it really is, marching band International.
I miss this so much….I loved Quasar shows!! Disco on wheels!! I was in the HS CG group….being a guy and tossing sabers got a lot of comments!! I lived in PA…CG was my life and theatre…I wish I could go back and appreciate George and learn from the master!! RIP
Yeah I remember that well. I played bongos and timbales and marched alongside the quads until the closing song where I played one note on the chime in the pit. That was my first and last year with the guardsman because I aged out afterwards. They were really great people to perform with on the field. Lots of good memories. 🙏❤️
The competitive high water mark for this corps. Those of us who didn't realize the financial struggles imagined a midwestern regional dynasty with Madison, Phantom, Cavaliers, Guardsmen all making up a third of DCI's top 12 at the time
The drill for Greensleeves is a real disappointment with regards to it's simplicity. You can't go all in for simplicity and sacrifice GE hoping for a bump in score? Just a thought.
@@craigedling7001 Epic retort, sir. You just made my evening. And thank you very much for uploading this massive hunk of memories. Seeing this performance live on TV in San Antonio when I was 15 was life-changing. It was the very first corps I have ever seen… I did not really even know what "bugles" were at that time. A few years later I joined Sky Ryders. After that I played in a US Army band for a living, then used my GI Bill $$$ to attend a conservatory. I have played professionally in a symphony orchestra for the last 31 years. Watching this corps perform this show as a kid really lit a fire under my butt that has never died. I still play every day, and pay for my house and bills and food with that money. This was a pretty influential show for me, I guess. Again: thanks.
They didn’t fold after 81. The corps competed in 1982, took a break in 83, competed as the Guardsmen Cadets for a couple of years, and then had a very good run as a Class ‘A’corps in the late 80s. The Winter Guard was competitive into the 90s. As with may corps, they struggled financially throughout, and it finally caught up to them. Even in our heyday (76-80) we were riding in broken down used school busses, and eating cereal and taco salad most days. The stars aligned in the late 70s after a few other corps stopped competing, and we ended up with a bunch of talented kids, and three future hall of fame instructors. By 1980 however they were struggling even to pay the staff. Competing at the top level just became too much of a financial burden for the organization.
@@craigedling7001 you can thank DCI, for the Guardsman along with many many other, organizations to fold. Another major mistake by DCI, they never encourage kids to go on to a senior, drum and bugle Corps, after turning 21. That would have perpetuated the activity further as it did, years ago. Also would bring in much much larger crowds at competitions. After I turn 21, I joined the Long Island sunrises in 1964 through 1968. When I was competing in junior course, most of our members could not wait till they turn 21 to join, a senior Corps, like the sun rises, like the Caballeros, like the Connecticut hurricanes, like the writing Buccaneers, like the Riley Raiders from Philadelphia Pennsylvania, also the archieve Musketeers, just to name a few, Pittsburgh Rockets. And many more that were active and still are some of them today. But their ranks or shrinking, because DCI does not encourage Junior core members, after they turn 21 to join, senior Corps. Today is, October 28th 2022
@@craigedling7001I marched in a b class corp back then. Always like the Guardsmen and I remember hearing about the Corp folding, but nobody knew exactly what happened, it was just rumors but I remember being a bit saddened hear about it.
