Even after 30 years, this show still ranks as one of the best shows ever. Simply amazing design and performance. Happy 30th Anniversary to all of my Star friends!
The cross on one side, the reforming it on the other side, along with that music, at that tempo, is probably the best 30 seconds in drum corps history.
@@samsignorelli yeah, there's a recounting out there of the night they created the new ending from Bobby Hullett (DM). Basically, George Z would put people where he wanted them, Bobby would set the intervals and clean the form, then Todd Ryan would write it down on a chart.
I loved this show so much i learned the mello lick from the closer, and my brass instructor was wondering what I was playing (I later found out he marched this show, so now i want to learn all of the soprano part on the 3 valve dynasty i got)
You'll only use valve 1 and 2, tho. Star used the same brass choir in 94 they bought in 85...2 valve Kings. The K-20 sop was my fave axe ever...sooo glad I played one in BD.
Zingali was sick when he wrote this masterpiece. I believe he passed a year or two later. Some friends of mine marched Star in ‘91 and said Zingali didn’t even write the cross-to-cross down on paper. Drove the staff nuts.
@@mebaran73 when I marched DCA Sunrisers in 1989 he came and rewrote the last half of our Rhapsody in Blue drill on the spot and drew some pictures in the dirt on the side and we learned it. The next week we had drill sheets. 🤣
Saw this in Bloomington IN earlier that summer. It was my first DCI show ever. Imagine being 14 and this show caps your first ever DCI experience. Imagine indeed.
Yep. I saw this show a few times as I marched in division 3 in a midwest A60 corps. My jaw was dropped every time and I was a horn captain and soloist for my corps
Godbless whomever uploaded this. This is a forgotten masterpiece of a show. I doubt any of these new corps could play and march like this. No speakers needed!
They should but they won't. In that age you watched as they went form to form and you watched it build. Now they run to a spot, then stop and pop. They might have 5 singers on the sideline singing 4 part harmony plus the synthesizer shaping notes for them or, at a minimum, raising the bass by 10 decibels. Some people think that 2023 drum corp is so much better than 1991 or 1985 drum corp. I disagree.
I think it's really great that the bottom right (Side 1 / Home) corner of the first cross ends up as the 50-yd front point of the second cross. It took me so many watches to trace their path backwards.
Actually, the guy who ends the show on the 50 (right line of the vertical part of the cross...furthest forward of anyone) is the furthest to the right of the bottom line of the horizontal part of the 1st cross. He starts directly below the "o" in "bowl"
I was away from the activity and never got to see Star. I marched SCV76-82. This 91 Star show has to be one of my favorites of all time. Wow!!!! I wish I got to see them live
The drill at 8:16...sublime...and amazing. That's a visual style we've lost...the drill as an evolutionary part of the show instead of just staging for the next stand-still scale feature.
How did you get a high cam? I only have the legacy DVD with multicam. Can you still get these somehow? 1991 in high cam only? That would be incredible!
back then???.... there is no one today even attempting those exposed moves at the speeds they did them. Inside Zingali's mind must have been a beautiful place.
last minute and a half is the greatest drill ever written, ever, period. Miss these days of classic drum corp. Don't get me wrong the modern style is fun to watch and all, but the classic days of just intense drill just hit different.
I've heard many differing tales about the Cross-to-Cross drill at the end of this show. Does anyone know the true story? I've heard things like it was just random drill to get them from one cross to the other. I've also heard they put it together in the last 3ish weeks of tour. But I don't know if any of that is true.
DCI did an hour long restrospective on Star 1991. The story of how this move came about is told in that show. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DK77AAFzYEo.html
Excellent drill writing, good performance. It could have been cleaner. Star would be around if there staff's ego did not outgrow their ability. Star is now a fossil. Not a living breathing thing. It fails to impact performers. Thank you to the drum corps that did not outgrow their mission and leave their performers.
@@StocksIn60Seconds Agreed! The drill was amazing and cutting edge. This is one of my favorite performances of all time; However, (going back to the staff's vanity) I remember some of Star's members restating their staff's complaints that they were not receiving the scores they "deserve" in 1992 and 1993... I just shook my head. Deserve? They went from the show in 1991 to 1992 and they thought that was going to do it? 1991 was imaginative and impressive and did not rely on pull on the heart strings of the patriotic (and this is coming from a former marine...). We all had our years that people liked our shows more or less. We all did the best we could with our parts. When I marched with the Cavaliers in 1994, I thought we were on fire... And then I saw the Blue Devils' show... The Cavaliers staff never said we got gypped or anything of the sort. You do the best with what you have every night and the cards fall as they may. This is not science; It's art. Thus, the outcome is in the eye of the beholder. I feel bad for Star's members. The tradition that they may have had died and today we only have memories. In my humble opinion, their staff failed them by derailing their members and going the way of the West... At least we can see them on RU-vid. Oh and thank you to the corps that participated the summer, while the others took the summer to pursue other projects. It was a tough decision, but for those that went through and took the high road, thank you indeed for carrying on the tradition that has lasted almost 50 years.
I feel like Star’s thirst for attention sort of made them want to do something completely different, even if it meant departing the activity that brought them what they had. Hell, they would’ve consistently rivaled BD if they had just kept going as they were.
Imagine being such a driven genius that you could throw that second grass together on the road. I'm curious if anyone is able to point out the religious symbols in the drill I have only gotten three of them right I think
That looks like an insane cardio workout. For anyone who was in the corps, is getting accepted both a physical and talent requirement, or do they work around the extremely talented people to make the workout less rigorous.
Back when I marched (Boston Crusaders in 2000 and 2001) a 1 mile run was just part of our morning stretch block. I started the season at 290lbs and barely able to run a mile without keeling over, finished at 255lbs and running a 7:30 mile. That difference happened during 2.5 months. If you’re interested in marching corps, being in good cardio shape is highly recommended to make your experience a positive one.
I marched in Star the year before this. I don't remember there being any kind of "test," but if you couldn't keep up, you certainly weren't invited back as the camps went on. As mentioned below, running at least a mile was just part of the long morning physical warm up. I always hated running, but if someone is in "decent" shape, the work you do helps you get into the top physical shape you need to be in. In other words - be in as good a shape as you can be, but doing the work during tryouts will help you get in shape for sure.
interesting story about the final move of the show, just after that company front. The move you see is simple and safe. (12 counts) Earlier in the season it was a George Zingali death trap. The contras to my left went almost 90 degrees right, big steps and spreading out slightly. The mellos (at least a few of us) pushed forward to break out of the front, then left, arcing BACKWARDS blindly passing through a gap in the contras that was moving fast to the right as we went backwards through it. As you can imagine, the contras flying to their right can’t see us. We can’t see behind us. I about got decapitated a few times by a contra bell.
@@natehollenbeck6348 Bro, the point is that this was done when most of the crown members weren’t even born yet. Side note, one of the sopranos is Matt Harloff
One of the 15 DCI finals I've attended through the years. (mostly 80's & early 2000's) They were definitely favored and deserved to win, but honestly the guard work was a let down, especially the final flag change work. Sorry, not sorry. lol
