During the entire 70's and early eighties, 27th had "the best guard in the business". 15 years of 27th guard doing workshops, videos, and demos across the country. 27th introduced the first asymetrical drills, double flags, the line toss and just pure guard excitement. Even before the show starts, the guard worked it....check it out. 27th Lancers was one of the few corps who sat the pace for marching units of today. Pay your respects!!!
@stevenscholze81967 ай бұрын
The guard was definitely fabulous. Never liked those silks though. :)
@LyleFrancisDelp3 жыл бұрын
The guard work of today just can’t compare to this. lancers had the finest guard going. Today, they choreograph so that they don’t have to be precise, to avoid being judged as such. It’s a cop out. A total cop out. These kids nailed it and they were precise with precise stops in rifles.
@mrsig100012 жыл бұрын
79 and 80, 27th had the best years with the corp and the guard, the guard was the first to do the movements that all guards are still doing.
@max3174711 жыл бұрын
As an old man that enjoyed the OLD drum corps, i am happy to have watched this,,, great kids doing a great show, so many old time corps did such shows,,, i am a fan of several corps, including this one,,, i appreciate the skills displayed for MY pleasure,,, thank you 27th, Casper Troopers, Bayonne Bridgemen, et al
@DoloresGoffdeejays11 жыл бұрын
I think back then, everyone wanted to be a 27TH Lancer. They were the top corp then. They did such amazing things.
@earlviney28207 жыл бұрын
Dolores Goff I remember those days. We were in aw of the rifle line. Just walking into the stadium we thought you girls were just supernatural. The discipline and military bearing. The perfection. We really thought you were not human. I would just stare at you guys.
@DoloresGoffdeejays6 жыл бұрын
I first started back in '73, when they still had the American flag on the field. I carried the American flag, the went to banner, (flag ), that is what they called it back then, then I went to rifle. I would go back , and do it all over again, if I could. It was the best time of my teenage years to be part of it all. And I don't know about these days, but the rifle weight 8 Pounds back then, and I still have a flat spot, on the bridge of my nose after throwing a triple, and missed catching it, and it came down on my nose. lol
@earlviney28208 жыл бұрын
79 Lancer rifle line the best rifle line in drum corps history. incredible difficulty with beautiful tasteful choreography all done to absolute perfection. just watch them. you can have Madison or cavies these girls would spin circles around those guys. hats off to Darlene B. Nancy S. and the rest take a bow . you were and still are the best!!
@americanspirit89323 жыл бұрын
27th by far had the best guard ever even to this day they were outstanding they're right the line totally in sync flag section also totally in sync throughout the entire show very strong Drumline playing some difficult rudiments throw out also the best overall GE ever. The 27th Lancers would have the crowd standing on the feet numerous times throughout the show unlike what's going on with these marching bands people falling asleep oh, I don't mean to sound negative about what's going on today but it is certainly not a drum and bugle Corps
@roberthoffhines54195 жыл бұрын
11:19 brought a tear to my eye. It is just so damned GOOD. 40 years later it is monumental guard work. Anybody from that crew should be proud.
@DoloresGoffdeejays12 жыл бұрын
Hey say what you want, but I have been a Drum Corp ,and colored guard fan since the 70's ,and this show will always be one of my favorites. It's one of those shows that you never get tired of watching.
@bigmamascouter7 жыл бұрын
My late husband's favorite corps. Always a thrill to watch 27. Old school drum corps.
@americanspirit89326 жыл бұрын
OUTSTANDING ,WHAT A SHOW, 27 SHOULD HAVE ONE 1979 & 1980, THE BEST DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS EVER. FORMER MEMBER OF THE LONG ISLAND SUNRISES.
@gearwonk11 жыл бұрын
I was there, and I remember the eye-popping flags at the start of the show, and Zingali going nuts a few rows behind me. SuperInfo2000 is right, young people often lack the perspective to appreciate the efforts of earlier generations. You don't excel at anything without knowing its history.
@yesorlando056 жыл бұрын
27th's uniforms might be my favorite of all time. Just love them!
@argerm572 жыл бұрын
I was always partial to Madison's uniforms. I loved those expedition type hats they wore. I marched with the Auburn, NY, Purple Lancers, from about 1969 through 1974. We took 10th at the 1974 DCI, at Cornell University. The first, and last, NY drum corps to place in the top 12 at DCI. I am old school. I loved the mallet percussion and the tympani when they came in (I was a single tenor and snare drummer), but you can't beat the old ways of entrances and exits. I many ways, the new style has lots of energy and creativity and outstanding musicianship, but I still like the old way better.
@DoloresGoffdeejays12 жыл бұрын
Your right. This was the BEST guard in the world back then.
@waynestephens6505 Жыл бұрын
I marched in 1975 and 1976 with Guardsmen. We made finals for the first time in 1976. I love 27th Lancers. I would buy the expensive dci finals dci tapes. I think it was the 1996 tape. After the scores, the tape included the 27th Lancers alumni show. I shed some tears watching it - then at the end when the guard on their backs spinning their rifles... more tears... Thanks for posting this. To all who performed for the Lancers thank you!
@JohnBham7 жыл бұрын
I was in the Homewood High School Band in '79 when we hosted this DCI Championship at Legion Field, Alabama. I remember watching the Lancers from the stands and how blown away I was by the wall of sound. And here it is, closing in on 40 years later, and it STILL gives me chills. Bravo 27th Lancers!
@lauratulsa14057 жыл бұрын
Hey John! I was in the Homewood High School Band in '79 also and was there that night. Plus, the Lancers were rehearsing near to where I lived so I got to go hear them rehearse and was fortunate enough to hear them working on Open Wide. And that wall of sound was solid enough to reach out and touch. Love this show and can watch it over and over.
@bkaycee6 жыл бұрын
Hi, I was IN the corps. I loved every minute of it!
@cactusgang74476 жыл бұрын
Laura Tulsa The support we got from the local community was unbelievable that year. A long overdue thank you to you.
@mariannesouza83265 жыл бұрын
Brian Caissie Wow! 👍🏼🎺🥁 Memories to live on, forever!
@bkaycee3 жыл бұрын
@Tom M Thanks so much
@earlviney28207 жыл бұрын
the screaming lead sop you hear is Brian Cassie. one of the best soprano players of any corps at that time.
@bkaycee6 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@paul-zx5du2 жыл бұрын
That color guard! 💜💜💜
@drumcorps0junkie8 жыл бұрын
All sections are platinum, but that color is and was ferocious. I wish nowadays drum&electronics will get back to it's roots and get rid of the running, prerecorded, concert band instruments, and melt faces like they use to.
@cunard6111 жыл бұрын
Awesome rifles, some truly incrediable precision on display.
@chargrinolds5 жыл бұрын
Still one of the most creative drills and color guards (especially rifles!) of All TIME.
@matthudson85995 жыл бұрын
WHO DISLIKED THIS?!? YOU ARE DEAD INSIDE! LOL. Legendary. So privileged to have this footage to revisit now and then. Thank you for some of the best years of my childhood! I was still in High School, but you gave us all something indelible to aspire to, 27!
@DoloresGoffdeejays12 жыл бұрын
And that my folks is how it's done, and should still be done to this day in Drum Corp.
@americanspirit89322 жыл бұрын
I agree with you 100%
@ayytism88572 жыл бұрын
I was searching FOREVER for a Corps that played First Suite by Holst! Thank you 27th Lancers!
@DoloresGoffdeejays12 жыл бұрын
This show still to this day gives me goosebumps every time I watch it.
@bkaycee6 жыл бұрын
It was Really Fun!
@594837lk11 жыл бұрын
27th got a perfect guard score in DCI finals in 1978 or was it 1979!! I know a bunch of us STILL talk about 27!!!
@ItalianOrlando Жыл бұрын
It was 79
@TheBlackiechan7611 жыл бұрын
First show I saw on VHS in 1992 at NMBSHS in NMB, FL. Mr. Lawrence Davidson was my HS Music Director. He and others sponsored me to march for the Magic of Orlando in 1997. Thank you DCI :)
@brutusln11 жыл бұрын
Classic corps shows set their own rules: no free expression was allowed, and only through mechanized, militarized, almost robotic precision and containment, the joy happened. But today it's almost too casual; no rule of law, no constraints, lots of free expression, no tension. So the contained emotion you usually got from classic corps' technical excellence just evaporates. Art happens when human emotion battles with the medium's constraints. Without constraints there can be no transcendence.
@arfshesaid432511 ай бұрын
very well explained, thanks ten years later
@alaninnh9 жыл бұрын
This was always a favorite corps for me. The hair on the back of my neck still stands up when I hear them play Danny Boy.
@Texray19 жыл бұрын
Possibly the most BadAss guard to ever walk the Earth.
@ernlx41876 жыл бұрын
Texray1 27th lancers rifle line is the reason I became interested in spinning rifle....one of the best ever
@oldschool94474 жыл бұрын
27TH, Troopers & SCV had THE most BADASS guards ever
@dynasonic31855 жыл бұрын
I always liked the sound of the snare drums back then. These Rogers drums sounded particularly sweet.
@americanspirit89322 жыл бұрын
That's because they were using mylar heads not these Kepler heads that sound like cardboard boxes, plus we used to use real cat gut snares, which produced a nice snare sound. Farmers no drama with the Floyd Bennett golden eagles 1960 and 1961, if you can get ahold of a CD or LP called brass by night. For Real Drum and bugle Corp are on that recording. The first one Saint Albans Queens men from Saint Albans New York, Loretto knights from Brooklyn New York, Selden Cadets from Selden Long Island, and the Floyd Bennett golden eagles from Brooklyn New York. Today is January 16th 2022
@tjinc-bus46722 жыл бұрын
Wait, What ? ROGERS ? The Entire Battery ? I thought they played Slingerland, then Premier ? I have Never seen a Rogers marching drum. But those full shell tenors certainly don't look like Slingerland or Ludwig. Ps: it's July, 2022, & DCI HOFer 71 y o Charley Poole is Still Judging = Legend
@argerm57 Жыл бұрын
@@tjinc-bus4672 I thought Premier, too, because of the top snares. I think that's what they were using when I saw them in the late 60 and early 70s.
@GDS1981 Жыл бұрын
My first live drum corps in Columbus, OH in 79. These cats were there with Ventures, Royal Crusdaers, Crossmen amd Spirit of Atlanta. Fell in love with these guys. Great in every caption.
@richae129 жыл бұрын
I agree with Dolores, too much chaos going on. Reminds me of a broadway show. I love the old marching true drum corp.
@cpu5548 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of a Broadway show. You hit it right on the head.
@rahola17213 жыл бұрын
@@cpu554 guardsmen
@Phostings113 жыл бұрын
OH MY GOD I NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT! OH MY!!! BEAUTIFUL!!!!
@1049berkeley7 жыл бұрын
I like watching the guards now days, BUT nothing beats this.
@jhancock15757 жыл бұрын
Nice. Wonderful precision, great bugles, sharp uniforms.
@politicalsheepdog10 жыл бұрын
Rifle work is a lost art.
@2009grifin19 жыл бұрын
politicalsheepdog You are so correct!!!
@DoloresGoffdeejays8 жыл бұрын
+politicalsheepdog For sure, BUT, one of those 8 pound rifles, is the reason I now have a flat spot on the bridge of my nose, forever. lol !!!
@ernlx41876 жыл бұрын
politicalsheepdog so true
@mariannesouza83265 жыл бұрын
Dolores Goff Ouch!
@oldschooldrumcorps4 жыл бұрын
I have to say, I agree and disagree at the same time! Rifle work as performed by the likes of 27 and others of this era is a lost art, but rifle lines, really color guard in general has grown into much more of a new art today. Most Corps rarely have a "rifle line" per se, but most, if not all, of the guard now can do rifle work, with some really high tosses and catches, often while performing some sort of choreography, while in or on some sort of set piece. I think the art isn't "lost" so much as it has "evolved". Watch any winter guard international (WGI) performance, and you can see the future of what will end up on the field in the summer. While I miss the military precision aspect of rifle work of the 70's and 80's, I'm just as captivated and amazed at what is being performed on the field today.
@LyleFrancisDelp Жыл бұрын
This is my all time favorite drum corps.
@oldschooldrumcorps10 жыл бұрын
I saw 27's hornline have a bad night, same for the drumline. Never for the guard. they were always on point.
@user-fb3vd8yn5i2 ай бұрын
Outstanding well-rounded corps. Hats off!
@jamesbaggech41275 жыл бұрын
Where are you "Danny Boy"? We miss you. Thanks so much for the memories!
@knightflyte11 жыл бұрын
I won't denigrate the experiences and efforts of the kids who march today. It would be disrespectful to them. That said, the way DCI is run today omits the reward/risk of precision. Most corps rarely scored over 80 to 85 points. The winners may have had about 88 on a great night. One rifle dropped was a tick mark off your score. Out of step, uneven lines, missed notes were all demerits. DCI demanded the attention that it lacks today. Watch the Cadets from 1981 and measure it against today.
@SKYBRITE276 жыл бұрын
Hate to admit it but I remember the inspections on the starting line,and even then you could have seats on the 10 yard line and the only thing missed was the concert presentation
@politicalsheepdog10 жыл бұрын
I like the Uniforms of the Older Corps better because they look like Uniforms instead of constumes.
@LZMII7 жыл бұрын
Great corps and fantastic guard!!
@agogobell2810 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the full show!
@agogobell2810 жыл бұрын
All thanks to George Zingali!
@brutusln11 жыл бұрын
Crazy double jointed guard insanity at 5:28.
@fosterlong14945 жыл бұрын
Don't you just love the military bearing of phantom and 27'th .
@bigmamascouter7 жыл бұрын
Best thing to come out of the Boston area.
@earlviney52123 жыл бұрын
Military bearing a lost art this rifle line certainly had it.
@Lancerlady11 жыл бұрын
LOL they were able to express themselves through their difficult guard work!
@coffeekhan7 жыл бұрын
Something 27th color guards. They always had my eye!
@joannesnell22895 жыл бұрын
27th awesome show
@rgg01113 жыл бұрын
Quasar and 27th. Simply the best
@navilluswp13 жыл бұрын
Greatest "closer" (OTF) ever. EVER.
@smachendree12 жыл бұрын
Just my opinion.. I think '79 Folk Song was better then '80. Not just the tempo, but the sop solo, the drill was a little more aggressive. Oh, and the red base drums; they just looked massive. Miss you guys so much. DCI should be stepping up to get these corps a hand to regroup. Please GOD, Please, don't let Stansbury or DeLucia cover the uniforms in sequins and pink orange flame tartan!!
@bkaycee6 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite years with the Corp. When we started the year we worried about making finals. The first tour was rough with the low point in Altoona PA where we scored a 55.xx. I remember that show at one point the entire corps stopped playing except for one horn because of a cross tempo. Zingali and Wedge finally got us going after a couple of weeks to the point where we came home from tour and WON the World Open!
@robertbertram80816 жыл бұрын
Give me old school Rock 75 Madison and 79 lancers. I’m an old mallet man, back when you had to carry them. Let’s go back to real uniforms and real drills. Screw millennial exotic tights, formations, and music that no one can recognize.
@karenmariesmith33954 жыл бұрын
Amen due, amen
@LyleFrancisDelp Жыл бұрын
1980 became "The Year of the Rotation", but The Lancers were doing this in 1978....and doing it well.
@kt65505 жыл бұрын
Everyone's favorite corps who never won a championship
@eagle67546 жыл бұрын
Question of the day; how would the 27th Lancers fared in today's DCI where Drum Corps is a shell of it's former self and have "evolved" into Broadway show acts with huge props or the hoochie koochi shows, now without headgear? Just curious.
@LyleFrancisDelpАй бұрын
Why this group never won top spot is beyond me. They were amazing in every way.
@iAmNovaFilms6 жыл бұрын
YEAH RIFLES
@926guggy11 жыл бұрын
Very entertaining
@bysouthernhands Жыл бұрын
Oh Dear Lord in heaven above that guard peel off at the beginning!!! I need a sedative LOL
@brianknowles39692 жыл бұрын
I was there. Birmingham al.was in class A CORP AT TIME.
@earlviney28207 жыл бұрын
it's called Open Wide by Don Ellis. it's off his Live at Montreux album.
@GDS1981 Жыл бұрын
I think they made Don Ellis famous. Niner Two in 81and 82. Think I like Open Wide better in 79 than 80.
@timmac99854 жыл бұрын
fantastic
@mariannesouza83265 жыл бұрын
So good!
@tommytimp12 жыл бұрын
IMO there's still a sense of freewheeling fun to this show, esp in the guard, that disappeared the next year when it became obvious they had a shot at winning. The guard work in 79 is a bit more loose and playful, ie the end of On the 20th Century and the flag tosses near the beginning of the same number. The guard was even better in 1980 and more tightly controlled, it seems to me.
@michaelcharette22347 ай бұрын
I watch them over and over on other videos and I still don't understand why they never came in first.
@LyleFrancisDelp22 сағат бұрын
Sexiest rifle line EVER.
@bailoutgolf5754Ай бұрын
This video is the reason drum corps had no reason to morph into what it is today. Pure pageantry and precision.
@terrymitchell87112 жыл бұрын
VANOSS DOUBLE FLAGS OF 27TH WERE REALLY COOL I MEAN WHEN THEY GOT THOSE GOING IN YOU JUST YOUR EYES JUST DROP BACK IN YOUR HEAD A LITTLE BIT
@coffeekhan11 жыл бұрын
Open WIDE!!! 'Nuff said! :-D
@kabalahman13 жыл бұрын
@anthonisaac QUASAR on the big field!!
@earlviney5212 Жыл бұрын
No quasar was 27th on the gym floor
@LyleFrancisDelp Жыл бұрын
Wishing the show tunes were listed.
@Drums-yz4ss Жыл бұрын
What is better than 12 rifles doing fan spins? 12 rifles doing double times!
@argerm572 жыл бұрын
Very cool color guard and rifle squad stuff during the drum solo. Anybody have the program info? I recognized part of the Holst band suite, Take Five in the drum solo, and Londonderry Aire at the end. Does anybody have the actual program?
@ItalianOrlando Жыл бұрын
Folk song suite, open wide, on the 20th century, take five and danny boy. (One of the writers/instructors from 79-84 here)
@argerm57 Жыл бұрын
@@ItalianOrlando Thank you very much. I've always enjoyed watching corps like this, even when competing against them. Certain corps just have a style that defines them. The way they march, mostly, but also the repertoire and the sounds.
@ItalianOrlando Жыл бұрын
@@argerm57 I've appreciated all the other corps more now than I did when competing. Sometimes when competing, especially at the top level, you're so focused on perfecting your own show, you don't get to enjoy the others. Where did you march?
@argerm57 Жыл бұрын
@@ItalianOrlando I marched with the Auburn, NY, Purple Lancers, from 1967-1974. The first two years were as a parade corps, only, the last 5 were field competition. We were defunct by the time this show was recorded. I've recently reconnected with a FaceBook group dedicated to that corps, and it brings back a lot of good memories.
@ItalianOrlando Жыл бұрын
@@argerm57 OMG that's incredible.... I joined Purple Lancers after the 1974 DCI show - planning on marching in 75. When we folded I went to Squires for 75-76 and then to 27th. I'm Corky Fabrizio's cousin.
@AnKangOoi7 жыл бұрын
2:40
@AnKangOoi7 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know the song name?
@tylergregson36937 жыл бұрын
Ending of the third movement of Gustav Holst's First Suite in E-Flat
@DoloresGoffdeejays9 жыл бұрын
Back in the early 2000's, Drum Corp had become so Mansy, Pansy Las Vegas show girl, that it was becoming down right irritating, if you ask me, and I still have a problem with all of the dancing that is now Incorporated in it as well. That is not how MARCHING is suppose to be. Remember actual marching ?? It's good that they are actually going back to the Themed shows of the 90's at least, but if I wanted to see dancing, then I would go to a show all about dancing !!!! Let's get back to the basics folks, and go back to what Drum Corp was, and is suppose to be all about, in the first place. Precision Colored Guards, and marching .
@jesuspectre98837 жыл бұрын
First, you sound like a dinosaur stuck in tar. Second, I agree in part about modern DCI's choreography. It's so inexact. So sloppy. So outwardly emotive. We all long for the days of military bearing and emotional "containment", where emotion was not allowed to be shown. Showing emotion was against the rules. That pressure cooker of emotion gave the entire activity such a raison d'etre and such a restrained beauty. But after about ten years of that, the military style of emotional containment just grew tired. Now military bearing is used as an potent spice, giving way to a much greater variety of styles and emotions. Present day corps have it much harder than before. They must find another way to heighten the emotion without military bearing and precision unison.
@crwnguy4 жыл бұрын
Ok boomer
@gregb87593 жыл бұрын
Times change and drum corps change....99 percent of performers are not from where there corps is based....they are music education majors....performance majors or dance majors....these are not neighborhood kids learning on the fly....these are professional performers!! I marched in the late 70s until 1983....it was hard because anyone could play lead and sight read....drum corps in now outdoor entertainment!! BD supplies Drumlines for the NFL and NBA....they do commercials and award winning music videos....things have changed!! Get on or get off
@beverlylehr16965 жыл бұрын
And that bad a** guard was all women!!!!
@earlviney52125 жыл бұрын
Thats right. All women the way a guard should be.
@chiwea1237 жыл бұрын
Where can somebody get music for this? Or is that even possible
@dndito5 жыл бұрын
Are you looking for the charts, or are you looking for CD's, downloads, etc...?
@ms-mo8hl6 жыл бұрын
What ever happened to the other 26
@theawesomefangirl7 жыл бұрын
any one know the piece at 2:56 . its killing me i can't remember
@ItalianOrlando Жыл бұрын
The entire off the line was excerpts from Folk Song Suite
@LyleFrancisDelp Жыл бұрын
They took Phantom's "Rockford File" and did it better.
@SuperInfo200012 жыл бұрын
Very disrespectful, if it was not for drum corps in the early years drum corps would not be what it is today, I'm sure you're a 20 something so get a grip and smell the coffee. Look at Blue Devils or Phantom form 1979 then get back with me......learn some history about drum and bugle corps.
@graniterocky12 жыл бұрын
Sorry, y'all, but the world has moved on. You should too.
@SKYBRITE276 жыл бұрын
Yes they stole it from the V.F.W. American Legion posts,P.A.L.,and the many churches that supported ,sponsored,held practice areas for the corps. members.There were once over 80 corps. competing in the World Open championships alone.
@DoloresGoffdeejays6 жыл бұрын
And we never eat so many hot dogs in our lives, then we did back then either. It was the main staple of food.
@LyleFrancisDelp21 сағат бұрын
"The World" can go to hell. I'll stay right here, thank you very much.