Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps 1998 DCI Finals - Orlando, Florida 

Crossmen have always been DCI's secret sauce for Jazz. Most people would say BD plays more jazz, but looking back over the years, Crossmen have had many more shows based on popular contemporary jazz artists. Birdland , first circle, Third Wind, even Michael Jackson's music had been played by this corps. I think they are the best at bringing these jazz composer's music to life on the field.

Saw them live. Loved this show!!

I really loved playing that show. I definitely don't miss circle drill....ever! I thought the uniforms that year were a little bit colorless. I wish they would bring back the early 90's Unis!!!

the last 43 seconds is everything

the best years of the Crossmen!!! The colorguard and drum line were always placing top 5 at finals:)

i loved their guard that year!!!

We played this opener my sophomore year. Our show was called "Full Circle."

This drum book was awesome (written by Thom Hannum, Colin McNutt and Jim Ancona) and I wish I could've played it!!! Aged out in 97 though!

Loved it when Crossmen's biggest issues were picking out colors. Nothing to take away from the members at the present, they're obviously talented. Hoping this year everything gels.

We are playing Third Wind in our show this year.

my high school marching band played this opener for our 2008 show. look up Musselman High School 2008 Marching Band. It should be at Ravens Stadium

The Indoor Drumline I teach for did an adaption of this last season...it was pretty wicked

Thom Hannum (and Colin McNutt) arranged the 1998 Crossmen percussion book, with Jim Ancona arranging the pit parts. Mark Thurston arranged the 1991 Crossmen Pat Metheny show.

I marched this yr as well. I played euphoneium

Yea I agree. 1991, 1998 and 2009 are all totally different eras as far as I'm concerned. The book for both 97-98 was great and they had some really super talent on that battery line regardless what people say.

I wonder what was of Ryan Braun 3:10, Chris Li, Popeye, Hector Vazquez, Sean, Marc Rodz, Caroline, Angel, Leo, and the rest of the 97 sops. I didnt return for 98 but 97 was a nice story. Thanks for the memories guys. Alex Garcia

Sure wish someone would post the video for First Circle.

I love this Show AND 1991 Bones. However, I like the 1991 arrangement of 3rd wind better. I feel like it has a little more emotion behind it. But I still absolutely love this version!

Same here, mine was in pit

@c1981 Yes he does....

I absolutely loved this segment of that show. I still walk around all these years later humming the melody, and I don't even like Metheny that much heh. This was a great percussion year for Crossmen and just a fun show.

@JessOnTheRun al least the crossmen are still performing! that's all that matters.

@YEP321S While I am not a Crossmen alum, I do know that the corps leadership has taken and continues to take great pride in NOT forgetting the history of this great corps. They may be from TX now, but they have not forgotten where they came from. The staff makes damn sure that every kid there knows what Bones were and still IS! You my friend are downright disrespectful.

nothing is better than 93 star lol

Yea Perna! :)

tenors @1:40 just so amazing!!!

me too

@YEP321S Haha then prepare to be thrilled. This season's "vehicle to succeed" is pretty the much the equivalent of a ferrari enzo. Top 12 for sure.

anyone have the entire show???

Ace year; hard work though :-)

@YEP321S I have to agree with that. I hate all the hype talk, lets just see how next season unfolds. I hope every year that I see Bones out on Final Night, unfortunately design and execution has been a serious issue. I look forward to seeing what the new staff will bring to Bones.

@laduzi2 We'll see. Pre-season talk and hype many times falls far short of actuality. I see enough of it on Drum Corps Planet. The 2010 show was supposed to be that vehicle, and was roundly panned by the judges and also by the fans. Will it have the zen of shows like 1990, 1991, 1992, and 2001 for instance that really got people excited about what was going on with the corps? I'll wait and see if they get it right. If they do, they should make it if they inspire.

@triviumfrek112233 nvm we played all 3 of there songs

I'm not an ex-member, though I have several good friends former college classmates, and KKY brothers who marched with them, and I marched with a few of them in my corps, too. Whether you want to admit it or not- results matter. Otherwise, why did the entire management go this year? They clearly weren't getting it done trying to repeat the Ronald Reagan formula, which was clearly NOT the Crossmen formula before the move. Issues involving YEA and the move also incense me, can't talk publicly.

That's a pretty small hornline.

@whiteteethfanatic It's funny. I hear people say that all the time. Hell I have been hearing that since the early 90's and what's so funny is that it is being directed at the band directors and band staff that teach at the " successful " BOA groups but the majority of those people were in DCI/DCA/WGI and they still teach DCI/DCA/WGI...

where?

@YEP321S Excuse me, but I happen to be one of those "kids" you're talking about. It's highly insulting that you would claim that the corps I marched and love is no longer the "Crossmen." I may not have marched a show that's as great as this one, but don't you dare claim that I, and everyone I marched with, are not Crossmen. Choose your words wisely.

Anyone else spot bones?

@whiteteethfanatic Yes. It's the crux of the issue at heart. maybe this year things will show a realization it's not the right direction unless they just change the corps name and do what they've been doing since they moved to TX. 8(

@JessOnTheRun " Has never been as good since Thurston left ? " That's just not true..... 97/98 Hannum and Colin, hell man Mark Thurston was in the line at Crossmen when Hannum was teaching in 1980. Yea I personally like Mark's writing and feel better then the west coaster's that have come along but there have been some great years in there.

@CanyonBassCaptain I never mentioned "the kids". "Those kids" weren't given the vehicle to succeed. Period. Not their fault- never said it was. They're understandably touchy and defensive- but the corps design staff really never had a handle on what needed done. When they almost made finals, they lost momentum to a surging Madison Corps- again- the fault lie with leadership. Go ahead and be touchy. Prove I'm wrong with *results*, an entertaining package and some top 12's, and I'll be thrilled!

ditto. contra

Mark Thurston wrote this percussion book, not Thom Hannum.

@JessOnTheRun You just always have something negative to say don't you?

I chose my words carefully. The corps isn't from the geater Philadelphia region where it came from, nor does it do anything remotely like what it did in terms of content and entertainment, nor has it had remotely the success it had before the move. Calling the support group the "Jazz Club" was an appropriate title at one time. The recently departed staff of the Texas corps tried to re-make the product into Ronald Reagan, and failed at the DCI level. Insulting- only if you take it that way.

The Problem is that Crossmen have "BOA staff" running them now....Nothing against BOA of course, Cuz I'm more of a BOA guy than a DCI guy, but it's just not the right leadership.

@drumcorps0junkie Unsure about that. Too simple an answer. Unless this year's Metheny show indicates a real turn to what made the Crossmen well-loved, they may as well call the corps "Lone Star" and change everything about the corps. It's not what it was. Location, type of kids, style, nothing. Just maybe better off performing under another name, and it makes me sad to say it.