This was when the girls worked as hard as the rest of the corps. Now they just dance around and fill in the field.

Everyone talks about missing that raw G bugle sound (which I agree), but man I miss the sound of those mylar heads on the snare drums.

I always felt bad watching Cavaliers. Nobody could compete. Their moves were unlije anyone else and worlds apart.

In those days there were more judges on the field than corps members.

Wish someone had 1990. Best summer ever being part of this corps that year. All i have are photos and great memories. No video.

Of course the camera is focused on the out of step member at 9:45

We got completely screwed this year. We had beaten the Ventures just a week before finals, then we get 8th. Complete horseshit. I'm the skinny tenor player.

Thanks for this! One that I needed.

These guys faded SO fast right after this. Damn shame, what a great horn performance, Blue Devils must've been saying "dayum!". The sopranos unison at about 6:30 was HUGE sound! I love seeing a good rifle line. A great representation of this era of Drum Corps. I miss it. Even the 2-pistol signals at the final sound RIGHT.

I was in The Guardsmen i was in the color Guard 1977 1978 1979 in 1978 my Dad Made the Guard House and Rainbow Tree we had alot of fun and hard work but love it

I WAS IN THE GUARDSMEN IN 1977 1978 1979 IN COLOR GUARD IN 1978 MY DAD MADE THE GUARD HOUSE AND RAINBOW TREE I HAD FUN DOING THIS AND HARD WORK BUT LOVE IT

I WAS THE GUARDSMEN IN 1977 1978 1979 I WAS COLOR GUARD IN 1978 MY DAD MADE THE GUARD HOUSE AND RAINBOW TREE I HAD FUN AND ALOT HARD WORK BUT LOVE IT

I WAS IN THE GUARDSMEN IN 1977 1978 1979 I WAS COLOR GUARD IN I978 MY DAD MADE THE GUARD HOUSE AND RAINBOW TREE I HAD FUN AND ALOT OF HARD WORK BUT LOVE IT

I WAS IN THE GUARDSMEN IN 1977 1978 1979 I WAS COLOR GUARD IN 1978 MY DAD MADE THE GUARD HOUSE AND RAINBOW TREE I HAD FUN AND ALOT WORK BUT LOVE IT

I WAS IN THE GUARDSMEN IN 1977 1978 1979 I WAS IN THE GUARD IT WAS FUN AND HARD WORK LOVE IT

Oh wow.

Wow I really enjoyed that! Bravo.

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 .

What a great reminder of real drum corps.

...am I the only one thinking they played "Fanfare for the New" better than Stan Kenton's orchestra?

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.

This is singlehandedly, and wholeheartedly the best thing I have seen in this lifetime!

yes, i was in marching band and then guard back in 70s and 80s. Always enjoyed Guradsmen.

This is my favorite year of all the soldier years

Ahead of its time great guard 6:24

Amazing

Exceptional for 7th place.

Aside from everything else mentioned, some great marching. And as I listen, chart that’s very good. Super horn line.

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 !

Outstanding color guard. In fact this corp is ahead of their time.

One of the best show ever! I saw them often as I was in the Offensives Lions at the time!

I marched Spirit in 1980 and always loved the Guardsmen. Their version of Tiger of San Pedro was golden.

Blue Devils opened 87 show with this opener.

I have always loved this tune! I really like the groove!

I know I've said it at least a dozen times before, but at 1:35, "THE BEST FLAG DROP IN WGI HISTORY"! Boing! It always cracks me up! 😄

Ah yes.....1980....The Year of the Rotation.

They always had one of the better rifle lines.

I was introduced to drum and bugle in the 50s by my high school majorette corp coach. Still love this stuff

I marched SNARE in 81" the split shells. What a fun time those years ago.

To much dead time for the first few minutes. And the end of the show was awful. They should of been top ten except for the show designer screwed it up

Great show really enjoyed it last night.

Saw their 2022 Christmas show it was great!

I had forgotten the poor kid s dropping the rifles. My heart goes out.

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?

I can see the very strong influence, from DCI. I still prefer the original Guardsmen uniforms.

, 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.

The Guardsmen performance was badass.