1976 Oakland Crusaders

[@danocallaghan6875]

Wow! 1976? Marching mallets and tympanis and cymbals? Guess those days are gone. Beautiful job Oakland!

[@markblandford4586]

Sad news! Bob Cook former snare player in Oaklands in 1975 and my bass instructor for three years 1976-1978 passed away on November 28 2023! Bob was a great drummer as well as a great bass instructor for three years! Everybody knows Float ,Bob was the basslines Float! The bassline went tickless in many many shows because of Bob's dilegence in making us the best! From 1976- 78 there wasn't a bassline who could hold a candle to us! 1978 surprise was the best bassline we Oaklands ever had! Float had left and x Kingsmen snare player Sammy Kays taught the drumline! Sammy wrote the most musical bass book we ever played ,and we added to dynamite bass players Jimmy Wickstrom from Michigan abd Rabdall Wyse who played big bass! Bob made our bassline great period! Bob never cried or wimped out when he wasn't given the snare tech. job . No Bob Cook made the best of being our bass instructor and made us the best! Rest in piece Bob Cook your dry sense of humor and friendship will always be remembered by the drumline of the "Legendary Etobicoke Oakland Crusaders Corps and drumline! Forever in ny ❤️!

[@cicook7]

So happy to read this. Robert (bob) Cook was my father. ❤

[@markblandford4586]

@@cicook7 sorry for your loss young man! Your Dad was a great man who we all will miss as Bob was one of a kind! Always remember the good times when you feel sad!

[@americanspirit8932]

My condolences to his family and friends, may you rest in peace😢❤❤

[@markblandford4586]

@@americanspirit8932 thanks 🙏 did you March spirit of atl?

[@jacquesdemolay5171]

That is one crispy, clean snare line. Important DCI drumming history right here. Thanks for posting.

[@j.franknash8989]

That was a Float line, of course they were crispy clean

[@GetoffmylawnFilms1]

And the musicality of it tho’

[@americanspirit8932]

I believe they took first place in drumming, at that contest.

[@sarniasam]

@@americanspirit8932 no, 3rd. 1st was in 1977.

[@americanspirit8932]

I apologize as time goes by my memory is not quite the same, you are correct , thank you❤

[@petegregory517]

Take this over new corps, any new corps. Especially do not like the pit. Stopped attending years ago (late ‘90’s?). March or stay home. This is the best oldie I’ve seen yet. Anybody that was in this, you have my upmost respect and appreciation. Drum major; Fantastic

[@americanspirit8932]

I agree with you 100%. In my opinion, DCI, is responsible for the demise of what was one of the greatest youth activities, in the world. DC I forced mini drum and bugle Corp twofold, due to the high Financial pressure that if they wanted to compete, they had to comply with DC I was dictating. I also stopped going to competitions, back in the early 90s. We no longer have real drum and bugle Corps. Today it's more like a three-ring circus, combined with a marching band. Today is May 3rd 2022. I am a former member of the Floyd Bennett golden eagles from Brooklyn New York in 1960 and 1961. And I am also a former member of the Long Island sunrises 1964 through 1968.

[@eclecticmn4838]

I still remember the drum major and even his name, Joel.

[@paulbuzzmccarthy5621]

Great corps, one of Tom Floats percussion masterpiece's.

[@JohnWayneRaleigh]

LOVE this show! Now that drum major has GREAT pep in his step!

[@dustygerlach7618]

a great show very underated

[@useless8989]

Awesome show.!!!

[@MisterDotMusic]

thank you so much for posting this! I so remember hearing all of the music from this show - so MANY years ago!!!!

[@americanspirit8932]

They took the high drum score at DCI, prelims, but did not make finals. First time in DCI history that ever happened Tom float, was there drum instructor, may he rest in peace. Former member of the Long Island sun rises 1964 through 1968. Today is October 28th 2023 thank you for posting this clip

[@rodneynees1498]

The high drums was in 1977. This to me was their best drumline. Didn't care for the music selections in 77.

[@morgannowlen8375]

Right from 0:25 ... you realize how much "old-school" has to teach new school about rolls.

[@GetoffmylawnFilms1]

Awesome snare book

[@americanspirit8932]

I have not seen this click before. Thank you for posting it I think it's one of the better quality Clips I've seen in quite a while. In my opinion they were one of the best drum course ever to come out of Canada. For my number of the Long Island Sunrisers 1964 through 1968. Today is April 20th 2022 I believe they took the high drum score? That's no line is just outstanding. My years in the golden eagles, I played a snare drum.

[@maximus14922]

I remember the party we had after this show... ;)

[@LyleFrancisDelp]

I really love the Tchaikovsky opener.

[@ozarkshark]

I was there that night. It was great.

[@eclecticmn4838]

All these years later I still remember how the roll ended/released LOUD around 11:22. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGjWaYiPoad6e9E Also the rifles and drum major Joel.

[@jimchalmers8310]

One of three best Junior corps to come out of Canada. A shame it's so expensive now. The end of drum corps maybe soon .To bad, Toronto could use some drum corps today and keep some kids off the streets instead of causing trouble.

[@ardyjeen6144]

❤

[@LyleFrancisDelp]

There is just SOMETHING about a tight rifle line in skirts.

[@raypeery6317]

That poor lead rifle got entangled with a flag and ticked big time. Ouch.

[@markblandford4586]

Funny that was the only time that ever happened ever ,even in practice it never happened?

[@garyhoover4873]

They were in finals- 8th Place

[@rodneynees1498]

Saw them about a week or two before finals. Don't remember how they marched as I was a Sr. in HS was listened more than I watched. This was at the Big V contest in Milwaukee, Wis and felt horn wise the Corps was better than they were at finals. The drum line licked some butt. Still my favorite snare sound to this day!

[@p.l.vasquez9040]

Ah, the beautiful sound of eight Silver Dot-headed, tuned-by-Float Snare Drums (and Snare Drummers)...how can anyone, especially players, prefer Kevlar over Mylar? It ruins your feel in playing, forces dubious, segregational technique (naturally stronger players need not apply), and sounds atrocious (except in traditional Pipe Bands, where they should've stayed). Sorry for this probably-extended rant, but the latter half of the 80s ruined DCI and allowed an incorrect focus, G.E., to become Master, toppling the original ethos of learning to increase your playing technique and adaptation. You know, learning and teaching, not worrying about the upper-left section of the stands and whether they are getting the "GE" of your Broadway substitute on the field (and how many Flams/Flam Accents/Flamadiddles/Flam Drags we must remove to do so, according to Judge X on a given night). I loved George Zingali's evolution of drill with the attendant joining of drumline with horns as a visual unit. But, did we need to sacrifice all else for this? The GE focus allowed subjective opinions into judging and threw out our ears in favor of our eyes. Look at those beautiful stick heights and lack of stick-click timing/"DUT-DUT-DUT" crutches. Float never believed in those things, and his lines, from the select few that were picked for Blue Devils, to these young teens, were fine without them (incidentally, the two snare players on the right look like brothers...they all have great hands, but the far right player's hands are so natural!). Imagine how their playing evolved and improved in such a short period! They were technically and rudimentally challenged. Daily. It just felt like Float gave up after the debacle of the 1987 Drum scoring. I marched DCI '88-'90, but haven't watched it in decades; perhaps my arguments are possibly outdated. I hope Float returned to dominate (nothing at all against Thom Hannum, who *also* evolved the art of playing/writing in his own way, and made being a "Cymbalist" extremely meaningful. Float and Hannum were my favorite Caption Heads, with nods to Al Murray and Ralph Hardimon). Again, sorry for the text wall, but, well, that needed to come out. (Every Corps member needs a Drum Major like this awesome person!) And, is that a Flammed Eleven-Stroke roll at 4:52, or a ticked attack?

[@norbiudeako518]

Oakland new jersey

[@cicook7]

Could you imagine a better colorguard Thinking of seneca.

[@dougcann-dorey2090]

Or just having a guard that had equipment work that was lyrical let alone musical. Could you imagine being on tour rehearsing everyday with so little to rehearse. Such a shame a great drum corps and such an empty colour guard. I could only wish to have been able to have written that show. Wow would have been so fun.

[@j.franknash8989]

Yes a few , but that's not the point

[@TheImaginaryLens]

Ya the rifle had a more complex show than the flags. I like how they highlighted the soloists

[@cicook7]

@@j.franknash8989 I think we were just saying at this exact time, more could have been done.

[@cicook7]

@@dougcann-dorey2090 retrospective is pretty amazing Doug. I agree. These ladies worked hard and deserved better. Just look at who took 6th (Blue Stars). They were so upset to be put back to 8th but they hardly changed anything. An unfortunate Canadian problem in the 70's. Seneca changed thier show and walked away with the day. But later to fall to the same fate. :(

[@stevenlee5138]

Who’s the dm

[@jamesfeigert4294]

Joel Alleen

[@markblandford4586]

Joel Aileen the best drum major in the history of drum Corps