I’m in tears. I was 7 years old in 88. And Phantom of The Opera was revelatory for me. The company front during Music of The Night…..I didn’t know music could move you to tears it was beautiful. Thank you SVC. 🫶🏾
@oldschooldrumcorpsАй бұрын
I’m glad they’re still going, they almost didn’t make it to 55 years
@k.coleman931711 ай бұрын
Gawd...the sheer class and sophistication coming off the field...lovely.
@MrKatsarelis Жыл бұрын
Everybody loves Fanfare and Allegro- thats what hooked me, classy touch in memory of, in many ways this Alumni Corps had everyones back- an SCV milestone.
@waynestephens6505 Жыл бұрын
My corps Guardsmen did not make finals in 1975, so I was in the stands for the finals. Saw the iconic bottle dance for the first time. Loved it! I have compilation videos of santa clara through the years. I have seen on on video tape. Yes tape ha. Love them all, but really enjoy the 1992 bottle dance and "scv" formation ending to great quick company front. Thank you Santa Clara!
@ralphgeigner5497 Жыл бұрын
First time I saw SCV was at Holick Field in Racine WI in 1968 ? Racine Scouts or Kilts show ? My brother and I played with the Kenosha WI Kingsmen 1964 to1970 A bunch of us in the military reserves got called up in 69 & 70
@dinkindane Жыл бұрын
Question for the SCV members: do you still have the old tri-tenors from the 1970s
@leoarevalo6786 Жыл бұрын
Im not from scv but theyre probably in that percussion place in the sky
@dinkindane Жыл бұрын
Hearing Bottle Dance brings me joy
@coleburdette41052 жыл бұрын
Any G Bugles?
@leoflorendo15532 жыл бұрын
Yes - G, F, Bb
@TheLASportsNetwork2 жыл бұрын
The best Drum Corps EVER!!!!
@fredhoppe59062 жыл бұрын
O my!!!!
@bobareebop2 жыл бұрын
I chatted briefly with Rick South after the San Jose show and really praised the horn line. I asked Rick how they had fattened up their sound from the 70's. He replied, "lots and lots of air".
@sharibrown45612 жыл бұрын
I wasn't ready for send in the clowns
@BitsyBee2 жыл бұрын
It was a SVG recruiting film from the early '70s shown during my high school band class that inspired me to join drum corps. The Sacramento Freelancers kept me busy, disciplined, and out of trouble 1975-1977. Thank you drum corps. I owe you.
@laurashultz87172 жыл бұрын
Does anyone happen to have the 1983-1984 Winter guard video from WGI? I lost mine in a house fire and really want it! (Laura Folk)
@jordanbates76232 жыл бұрын
Chills all the way through
@fredhoppe59062 жыл бұрын
MY GOD HOW WONDERFUL!!!!!!
@raygriffith98992 жыл бұрын
They made music, plain and simple
@rickritacca32582 жыл бұрын
Awesome!!!!! Tears!!! Russian Christmas Music......Great Gate of Kiev..... SCV...total class act!!
@tntsher3 жыл бұрын
As a Midwesterner, I was all about Phantom, Scouts and Cavies, but each year that I saw the Vanguard moved me more and more. I realize that The Blue Devils do everything in near perfection but every year the Vanguard shows like Phantom of The Opera, The Russian Christmas, Fiddler, Les Mis and Scheherazade moved be emotionally in a way The Blue Devils never could and all of those 2nd place finishes in those years were to me, and the crowd as well, The BEST shows of the year! Such Passion!!! WELL DONE SCV!!!!! btw....who are the 5 total morons that hit Dislike on this!!!
@dannimalsholderbro3 жыл бұрын
This feels like the ultimate love letter to Gail Royer, and all the Vanguard folks of days gone by. This is still one of my favorite performances to watch, and I cannot wait for the day when I get to see drum corps live again. <3
@gemgirl2000Ай бұрын
Man I thought about him too.
@bobareebop3 жыл бұрын
We saw this show at Spartan Stadium with seats right on the 50. Amazing.
@maw19143 жыл бұрын
What an amazing show! Saw this show in DCI in ATLANTA IN1984, I was 14 and marching for the NY Lancers outta NY. Still get goosebumps
@Evermore20173 жыл бұрын
Bb/F. What’s the point.
@leoarevalo6786 Жыл бұрын
They used g bugles as well
@margaretbarber20453 жыл бұрын
14:50❤️ I will never forget my first time ... love a former Fire-Ette❤️
@Star_Pups3 жыл бұрын
My guard instructor marched with them. Sucked to not have her coaching us but so awesome to see her rejoin the corps for such a special event
@tomshea83823 жыл бұрын
Stone Ground Seven, man. They played it just one year and it still looms as large as any drum feature ever written. Fred Sanford walks with the gods.
@missioncreekstyle38143 жыл бұрын
The horn parts which were cut on 2nd tour were added back in. The advantage of having Scott Pierson on staff!
@WanderLustMike3 жыл бұрын
Awesome! 🤩👏👏👏
@mikeandrews40063 жыл бұрын
I had the honor to compete against SCV in the late 60’s and early 70’s as a member of the Blue Stars. It was unbelievable to see how they transformed drum corps back in those days. Forever proud to have been part of the activity back then and today as a volunteer and driver for the Blue Stars. We were all trailblazers back then.
@margaretsault77883 жыл бұрын
I drove SCV '90-'93. It amazed me that even though the styles were completely different 20 years later, the kids were the same and the drive for perfection was/is still the same. Of course, we didn't have a food truck when I marched so there's that. ;)
@cindybrown19062 жыл бұрын
I too am an alumni of the Royalaires and the Royal Commodores .. I still miss my Drum Corps having had been marching since I was 18 mo's. Old.. when I aged out I taught with many and even marched with Los Caballeros... I taught my sister who also marched with the Royal Family, the Blue Angels and on to her famed years with Blue Devils and when she aged out she taught them and continues to teach a H.S. Color Guard near Dallas, TX. I am so proud of her and her accomplishments... I look forward to seeing these videos, hearing the music and seeing the pageantry. It never gets old and seeing and hearing the music from Fiddler on the Roof. The only thing better was the Russian Sailor Dance back in the day ... I sure wish they would find a much better musically enhancing... Thanks for hearing and reading my story... Cindy McCumsey Brown
@michaelcharette22343 жыл бұрын
Awesome performance they always do a good fantastic job
@jakebaker10513 жыл бұрын
I still can't believe the cymbals were able to pull off the Viper during bottle dance. Amazing job!
@cymplaya3 жыл бұрын
Wasn’t easy at this age. 😂
@shariqarain3 жыл бұрын
haha you're totally right I didn't see that at first. So badass
@meganyankee5177 Жыл бұрын
@@cymplaya And a double viper, no less. 🎉
@samsignorelli4 жыл бұрын
That was as close to a home show as I got that year. but the date is wrong....the RCC show was June 22. There was no show in California on June 8. The first CA show was in Concord, June 16. Do you happen to have BD's run from this show? I used to have it, but it got list years ago.
@vexillologist94924 жыл бұрын
At 16:04 on the front sideline, you can see how excited and happy the current SCV members are. Makes me happy to see them happy :)
@cameronlane12814 жыл бұрын
Personally, the original uniforms will always be my favourite for SCV. I love the newer shows and their uniforms, but man the shows before 2015 just had a really special class to them
@AK-fz2vo4 жыл бұрын
Nice touch on Bottle Dance to have the 3 in the middle with the classic SCV skirts. My only time to see SCV in person was in 82. I thank the DCI gods I got to see Bottle Dance live.
@margaretsault77883 жыл бұрын
Those three ladies did the very first Bottle Dance in '73. All are in their 60s.
@BrightonRl4 жыл бұрын
I love how the crowd looses their mind seconds before the huge bottle dance hit! Everyone knows what's about to happen!!
@seamus19563 жыл бұрын
The reaction to every major theme was special, but in the build-up to the bottle dance you could feel the anticipation and excitement rising. The eruption when the ladies sank to their knees and did the first bottle dance step sent shivers up my spine. Positively electric show.
@williamsanborn919510 ай бұрын
Even the then-current SCV lost their minds! It was truly a sight to behold! 😊
@jsaavedr14 жыл бұрын
Were there any old geezers with their walkers out there. Also, why no pitch bending?
@leoflorendo15534 жыл бұрын
No walkers and pitch bending.
@margaretsault77883 жыл бұрын
Actually, there were many people in their early to late 60s in Maybe even a 70 year old or two. I myself was 62 at the time and in the backfield flag line. I plan on using my walker when we do the 75th Anniversary Corps. I'll only be 87 years old by then... ;)
@tompina45983 жыл бұрын
be respectful Jose! these men and women deserve mad respect from all of us !
@margaretsault77882 жыл бұрын
@@tompina4598 Thanks, Tom. As with all Alumni Corps, there is a lot of monetary and physical sacrifice for the chance to do what we all loved to do; perform with perfection, one more time... again.
@goldenpooper43264 жыл бұрын
Did the corps use bugles or Bb trumpets?
@leoflorendo15534 жыл бұрын
Yes both
@goldenpooper43264 жыл бұрын
@@leoflorendo1553 oh wow, didnt expect you to reply so quickly but thank you! (:
@margaretsault77884 жыл бұрын
Leo, thanks for adding the A-squad picture and memorial flags at the end. I don't always watch it all the way through, but when I do, it brings me to tears to see all of those who have gone before us. My best friends, Brad Andrews and Marci Budds names are among those on those flags. I miss them desperately. But thanks to you, they will live on with this video. Thanks again for doing this. <3
@leoflorendo15534 жыл бұрын
Not the best photo of the memorial flags. Was the best available at the time. Had to include A-squad and memorial flags because it makes the video "complete" - all facets of the EVENT.
@margaretsault77884 жыл бұрын
Still, a good job done. :)
@camilleon3524 жыл бұрын
I can't believe they didn't do the babylon mello sustain :((
@leoflorendo15534 жыл бұрын
Because 2018 Babylon came after 2017!!
@camilleon3524 жыл бұрын
@@leoflorendo1553 Yeah and what's the deal with these guys stealing the blue devils show concept as well pthhhpth
@camilleon3524 жыл бұрын
@@leoflorendo1553 Also I'm joking, I haven't gotten into alumni corps and all that, probably mostly because I have yet to become an alum, but this was really cool to see, and I might check out some scv history now to see where all these callbacks came from 😁
@brianrandol4 жыл бұрын
This brought back so many great memories, and lot of misty eyed tears of joy. 1989 was my first introduction to DCI and SCV. I said "I am going to do that someday", two years later I did. Still to this day, I am actively involved with the activity as a whole. It is such a great organization for young musicians to be apart of. Thank you for this video.
@tommytimp5 жыл бұрын
Great work. But "Kiev" was played in 86 as well. Regardless, great job. And this was a phenomenal bit of living history.
@davvidroip5 жыл бұрын
This is why SCV stands head and shoulders above everybody else. Class. Period.
@first-namelast-name41985 жыл бұрын
I practically cried all the way through this. So very special
@frankies54863 жыл бұрын
I had goosebumps and tears throughout this performance. I marched BD in 82 and I will never forget how amazing SCV was.