1975 Dream Contest of 7 Drum & Bugle Corps-Roosevelt Stadium

The iconic 1975 "Dream" Championship contest of Junior and Senior Drum & Bugle Corps at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City N.J...filmed by Frank Etzel..With edited sound bites of Hawthorne N.J. Muchachoes Drum and Bugle Corps, Bayonne St. Andrews Bridgemen,Drum and Bugle Corps,Delaware Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps,Saints Drum and Bugle Corps of Woodbridge-Edison N.J. Drum and Bugle Corps,,Hawthorne N.J. Caballeros Drum and Bugle Corps,Conn.Hurricanes Drum and Bugle Corps,NY Skyliners Drum and Bugle Corps...Re-edited with sound with permission from Skybari80s..

[@kdkdkd4153]

Great. TY. Drum Corp can save USA youth 2023.

[@Karen-ne4wq]

DAD! You volunteered for Saints all the time and sis and I were flag girls. You loved drum corp from being in it in the 50s and wanted the next generation to love it too. Dad was buried on MLK Day 3 years ago and I can't believe I found this video today. Shared it around the world in your memory. Bless you Mr. Perez for posting.

[@patdonnelly9392]

I miss those days.

[@ultramannick]

Incredible video, thank you for filming this. Fred Gebhardt designed the drill for The Skyliners and they went on to win DCA that year. Yes, The Muchachos should have won DCI and not DQ'ed, but....we'll never know.

[@redastrachan8978]

We had Pratt from the Cabs work with our drumline(small corps, Greenwood Lake, NY), and were •we• ever lucky!

[@karenomara4828]

Muchachos had the greatest solo soprano to ever live back in those days!

[@americanspirit8932]

His name is Jeff Everett

[@cairnman100]

@@americanspirit8932 Kievit*

[@americanspirit8932]

@@cairnman100 sorry I am visually impaired I do my best and I cannot make Corrections because of my eyesight, but thank you.

[@cairnman100]

@@americanspirit8932 no worries. Autocorrect strikes again.

[@Jerrytb1]

IF YOU COULDN'T CARRY IT, IT DIDN'T BELONG. NO PITS

[@leonply]

Can you imagine all the prancing and rolling around these days, if they had to deal with all that mud or dust (depending on the weather and the real-grass/dirt field). I can see all those idiotic props and pits drowning in the mud as they sink into oblivion. Where is REAL Drum and Bugle Corps?

[@americanspirit8932]

@@leonply I agree with you 100%. Today it's a three ring circus, drummers juggling, brass players wearing costumes leotards, not a real drum and bugle Corps. Three ring circus with marching bands playing through the circus. Former member of the Long Island Sunrisers 1964 through 1968. Today is March 27th 2022.

[@smarterway00]

Back when Sr. Corps were Sr. Corps and AWESOME!

[@chance4luv]

Nothing today... with all the synthsizers and amplification can top what old school drum corps used to be. Gets worse every year..

[@americanspirit8932]

@@chance4luv I agree with you 100% I miss old-time drum and bugle Corps has both Junior and senior. No longer a drum and bugle Corps they are marching bands. When DCI started that was a decline of the activity and then DCA, both contributed to the downfall of real drum and bugle corpse, and respect and tribute to the American flag, when a color presentation was required in competition.

[@michaelwiseman4339]

wow! to all my saints people...wow! i can remember it being hot that day. this just too me back.

[@genapruitt]

Priceless! Thanks for sharing! :)

[@skybari80s]

Roy Love It.... Great job.... Jim

[@bc82sop42]

Thank you so much for sharing this video!

[@sondrarichmond1859]

Great job by the Conn Hurricanes. Squeaked into second place over Cab's by .05!!!!!!!

[@jimtrimblett8333]

Roy. If you would post The Saints show from that day you would make about 120 people very happy. We don't have sny videos of our show. Thanks.

[@drumier]

gee you almost caught me in the audience with a 32oz beer man it was hot!

[@baridaddy]

I WAS THERE!!! Pigeon droppings and all...

[@oldtimedrumcorps]

after the mud pit the year before, the dustiest show I ever marched in .The win was worth it though. And to all that I marched with that 75 and 74 . my very best wishes and prayers are with you all . PJD/ F.H

[@raymondfallon7429]

What can you say about the Muchachos in 75 that hasn't been said 1,000 times. Should have been DCI Champs (IMO - no offense to Madison who also blew me away - just that Hawthorne's horn line was as good, and their drumlins was historically good. Best of the generation. I thought that day would be the last time I would see St Andrews, and wham! next year the Bananas and the legend lived on.

[@barbaravalley7830]

I would also love to have a video of the VANGUARDS during this time. My son was in the corp. He passed away recently and I would love for his children to see the video. thank you. Barbara Valley on face book. formerly Barbara Bearse.

[@oldtimedrumcorps]

+Barbara Valley My condolences on the loss of your precious son. Try ,Charles Frost he has many sources for recordings and contacts. God Bless you, Barbara Valley

[@jamespeck1119]

I worked for Fleetwood Records at the time. Did the recording in Jersey City, Mixed the tape in North Bergen(Hometown), made the mother in Manhattan. Production of the record in Happauge, L.I. Sold it the following week at DCA's in Rochester. All in one week. Thought I had the master of the Muchachos, but, it was the B.S.G.K. alumni corp.(proud alumni)

[@Jennifer-gu4yv]

One thing not mentioned in the comments was the temperature that day. Yeah, it was dusty...combined with 98F temps. That soloist by the Skyliners at the end then fainted after completing the note!

[@hurcman1]

Jennifer Kelley

[@1911401]

Hard to believe ...marched next to Johnny G for years when he played those notes in all climates and never went down ..guess it's possible though !

[@tommcconville4270]

@@1911401 Johnny Grass was one of the best of all time Diane. Put Many Salort and George "Side mouth" Richardson in that elite class, and the Eddie Lawrence too. 4 of the all time great Skyliners soloists and DCA as well. From a 1973 Sunrisers baritone.

[@tommcconville4270]

St. Andrew's had great soprano soloists as well.

[@guidogtcbc9900]

WOW, the memories... Wish the whole Sky show was shown not just the last tag... We cooked that afternoon, in all senses of the word, it was way hot and humid, and our show was on. First time we played The Elks Parade instead of Mambo and the audience went totally nuts. Funny how when you were marching you could "ignore" the dust (or mud depending on the year...) and still do your thing (although in 74 I left my left buck in a mud hole going into West Side Story). Love to see the kids in BandCorp these days do a show there, now that would be funny! Field not aligned with the stands so your orientation was very tricky (noticed greatly in the Hurcs crossing pattern). It was an art and a science to march that field. But it was THE DREAM so you loved it anyway

[@raymondfallon7429]

Sky indeed cooked that day. Prior to that show the corps was just good. That day, in the heat and dust he corps almost set the place on fire. By the middle of Elks' Parade I figured out who was going to win DCA. Hard to believe it's 45 years ago.

[@raymondfallon7429]

A couple of shows in 63, most of 66, and the Dream in 75 were the best I ever saw Sky, and face it... Sky's horn line was to those days what Madison was from the late 70s to the mid-90s - sheer awesome power. I had seen them earlier that year (I was marching with Sun - first year back from overseas) and was shocked, blown away in fact by the job they did at the Dream. That day I predicted Sky would win DCA. Between Sidemouth and Ruben, Eddie, Conga, and the rest of the players in each of their sections, that was just a monster horn line.. Good to be you guys that year...

[@ajkrzywiec]

thanks

[@mikebridgemen7678]

Holy Crap!!!! WOW!!!

[@arfshesaid4325]

wow , cleanest footage ive seen of the deadly Muchachos, what a drag, wheres the rest of it ?

[@JOESANTOS1158]

would off loved to see the 75 Matadors

[@DanS24106]

great video, reminds us what crappy fields they would accept for drum corps shows back in the day.

[@crwnguy]

DanS24106 yeah..by 76 Roosevelt stadium was falling apart...

[@breezemont]

Skyliners. Power.

[@barbaravalley7830]

does anyone have any videos of THE VANGUARDS from Opa-locka Fla. 1969 thru 1972? I would love it if you would share one on here if you do. thank you

[@cquack2]

In exhibition was the Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights Senior Corps.

[@raymondfallon7429]

Geez Quack - I forgot that! I remember a couple of people that played in Sac Sr. Geez 43 years can dim a memory.

[@ultramannick]

You can see some more of The BIg Red Machine from 1975 here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqS3amCjdpeJd6s

[@80fox]

80fox was there...............

[@oldtimedrumcorps]

Silicosis anyone /