Old drum is exactly that corps now its marching arts on 100yd stage - DCI business model to operate is not a good one SCV almost folded they’ll be more with inflation corps fees astounding 4k to March it was $400 be in 91-92 when i was actively auditioning
i have watched these videos for years now. Just not all that convinced, getting rid of the 2 piston was necessary. . . . . this horn line was a prime example of good brass players know how to make such an instrument sound good.
I still get thrills listening to this show while driving. So many others agree with me that this is a masterpiece of drum corps. Concept, design, charts, arrangements, performance - all of it came together to create this unforgettable drum corps show. I stand and salute EVERYONE who had a hand in this spectacular show. My favorite moment is at 12:24 when the music and drill build to the thrilling company front ( missed by the camera, the director was definitely NOT drum corp savvy) I remember it like it was just yesterday. Bravo!
Garfield Cadets in 1983 may have put all the pieces together to win the DCI Championship (through innovative drill and beautiful composition), but in 1984 they perfected their new style and pushed the activity forward by leaps and bounds. Many consider this show THE GOLD STANDARD! There are certainly others worthy of such lofty praise, but the effect this show had on the entire marching activity -- drum corps, H.S. band, college band, European drum corps, Japanese bands, and so on. -- is the stuff of legends. Not until Star of Indiana 1993 do we see this kind of influence. Maybe to some degree we see it in Santa Clara's emotionally-charged Phantom of the Opera in 1988. The brass book in Garfield's WSS is insane and performed so well, so beautifully, so emotional, and powerful when needed. The nuance in dynamics and blends, the adaption to so many rhythms and styles, all while marching a George Zingali masterpiece is nothing short of electrifying! I still get goosebumps watching this on video, and this is such a nice conversion of this video to better quality. Some shows stand the test of time. Garfield Cadets 1984 is one of those shows. East East East!!!!!!!
I marched in the Blue Devils that year. I sat next to Hopkins during Garfields prelims performance and they were amazing. I saw 84 Garfield Cadets a few times that summer. Excellent, excellent drum corps. I marched 5 years in the Blue Devils (81-85). 84 was by far my favorite year. By far. Great competition, epic shows.
Just been to see the Spielberg movie, which is incidentally amazing, and had to check into this afterwards, next the Bernstein, Carreras and Kitawana in NYC film…
Can't believe I found this. I was in high school marching band at the time. Several of our staff were former Drum Corps members. Our fall 1985 show was inspired by this very show by Garfield (my senior year)....we did an entire West Side Story show. Every time I hear anything from "West Side Story", marching band still comes to mind....
The trade off going to Bb/F was never worth it. So, it's more in tune - at the expense of the identifying sound of drum corps. It's like doing plastic surgery on Marisa Tomei...."there, she's more perfect, balanced, facial harmony is correct - but she looks like a lizard and nothing like Marisa Tomei". I'm waiting for drum corps to do an Apple and realize, yeah, we made a mistake and fix it. We hear Bb/F in every instrumental genre and it's like eating the exact same thing every day. No matter how technical and exacting "it" sounds, it can never replicate, deliver or come even remotely close to the experience that G bugles deliver. Fortunately, I toured with this group throughout 1984 and heard them nearly every day and night and I can relive it as I heard it. RU-vid is a distant second.
What you said X1000! I sometimes enjoy watching contemporary drum corps, but I miss drum and BUGLE corps so very much. It is such a shame that most will never experience what we did in '84 (I was in Florida Wave).
This performance changed the whole dynamic of drum corps, it became the gold standard of DCI and remains so to this day. It has not been replicated and cannot be. It made Leonard Bernstein and all of us so proud!
@@johnolson5538 probably not unfortunately. Drum corps is not well known outside the music world as much as we want it to be. At the height of its popularity it was acknowledged by a U.S. president (JFK) when he donated money and uniforms to the Boston Crusaders in the early 60’s. Chuck Mangione and Maynard Ferguson were notable others that helped grow the activity but really that’s about it. I doubt Bernstein ever knew there was anything outside of marching band in general.
Love this show. HOWEVER...viewing this reminds me of how angry I used to get when they would continually show soloists and closeups of people marching, instead of the ever changing formations. They even came close to missing the famous "zig-zag"! I think the people choosing the camera shots were going for "artistic" instead of letting us see the best parts of the show. A few closeups here and there are okay, but not when you miss the amazing formations. The closeups of the siren, the tire rim, and the tympani player not playing.....SHOW ME THE FORMATIONS! I remember sending DCI yearly letters begging them to get people who knew drum corps and the shows to make the decisions on the camera shots . During the last 20 or so years the camera shot selection has improved immensely and you don't feel like you're missing important parts of the show.
best show i ever saw. being from Jersey they were my favourite corp. taught in WI; used to show this to my band every year before we started marching practice and would ask is they noticed anything about Barb [Maroney]. they didn't, until i pointed out how she was holding her horn with a prosthetic. she was the best! and a few years later was sitting at Finals in Madison and was talking about this show and her [didn't know her name] with a neighbour. person in front of me turned and said who it was and that she was a relative!
This must be from the George Zingalli era with the Cadets. He was an innovator, and a creator. When he exited drum corps, it was corps' loss. A marvelous corps director.
Thanks for sharing. It's one of the most revolutionary shows in DCI history. Unfortunately in '83 and '84 DCI a different company was used for the broadcast, which is why there's so many closeups that caused the viewer to miss some incredible George Zingali drill moments.
I was wondering why the footage is terrible. ‘83 Cadets is regarded as a milestone and the show that really started to change drill. And here’s an extended closeup of the inside of a horn. In regards to this video, I’m like thanks. I know what a break drum is. Can I see the drill please?
