MAN WHEN MADISON COMES TO THAT SIDELINE IN THAT COMPANY FRONT IT IS AWESOME JUST JUST GOOSEBUMP RACING
@lorichristner34374 ай бұрын
Never gets old. EVER. 💚❤️
@lorichristner34374 ай бұрын
Right before I walked down the aisle to be married in 1985 I sang Ice Castles. Everyone thought they knew why I had picked this song-sentimental, good movie etc. What no one knew was the real reason I chose this song. It was my nod to my drum corps background and to my Madison Scouts!
@MrZonk20103 ай бұрын
Pure music and pageantry. No theatrical gimmicks.
@DebbieErnisse-w3e2 ай бұрын
My Dad was with the Rochester Crusaders from 1958 till 1964. My first contest was when I was 10 months old . You can safely say drum corps is in my blood. Please bring back the excitement of old school line to line!!!!!
@headsupdude112 жыл бұрын
I can watch this 1000 times, it never gets old.
@mickeyscv6711 жыл бұрын
That's the last DCI show I marched......I cry every time I watch!!! MYNWA
@gary1613 жыл бұрын
Dude , the drum major is on a different planet .. awesome
@brianwalsh97782 жыл бұрын
Drum Major Dan! Dude killed it!
@oldbandguy4 ай бұрын
Dan...the GOAT
@dennislesniewski132111 жыл бұрын
MAKES ME WISH WE ALL COULD BE 15 AGAIN AND MARCH AGAIN
@522Dusty3 жыл бұрын
I don't know of any other DCI organization that has come up with as many major songs in their repertoire that connected with the fans. Each and every member of the Scouts has a lifetime of memories, brotherhood and values they experienced together. I feel the Alumni will always be one of the greatest. You will Never walk alone.
@Jamler34 жыл бұрын
Having marched in '80. Birmingham consensus was that... Madison was in another zone with this Closer! Absolutely my favorite from that year!
@thefootchair70717 жыл бұрын
I can't get enough of these years of the corps. I still enjoy watching DCI when I see it, but man, I haven't seen much that compares to these years. Just can't get enough.
@ThePMcDonald Жыл бұрын
A glimpse into the POWERHOUSE that would be on the field in 1981 (one of the TWO corps robbed in 1981, BOTH ending up in THIRD PLACE in respective championships [DCI and DCA]) ... NOTHING LIKE A MADISON COMPANY FRONT !!!!!
@steveguacamole26389 жыл бұрын
Even with the old audio quality, the power, clarity, and quality of sound that these corps had gives me goosebumps.
@monsterman29605 жыл бұрын
Fantastic
@viewfromwilmington7 жыл бұрын
I saw the Scouts in 1980 or 81 do a demonstration at a small show in the south suburbs of Chicago. They cut themselves no slack that Sunday night, just because they were not in competition and it was a small crowd. The G bugles sounded great, and they looked like they were trying to win finals.
@brutusln11 жыл бұрын
What people are talking about is the military bearing. The performer's poise contains the emotion. Poise sets the framework for the dramatic tension to fight against. But today's modern dance expends the emotion, so there's nothing left for the audience to feel.
@arfshesaid43257 жыл бұрын
brutusln, this is probably the best thing ive ever read regarding old vs. new....brilliantly explained...i love the old days and love using my imagination even more.
@johns3106 Жыл бұрын
This is a brilliant explanation…I well remember that feeling of retaining a straight,stern face even though I was bursting with excitement! Even watching other groups, I could feel it. With today’s corps, I never get that feeling…and that is a loss.
@mikeockerman706Ай бұрын
Amen!!!
@missnics1512 жыл бұрын
I miss shows like this. I wasn't even BORN when this show was done but this is the Drum Corps I like. All the bandos my age think I'm stupid for this but I like when Corps focus on the MUSIC not the visuals. Thanks for being here fans of old school DCI!
@ThePMcDonald Жыл бұрын
I agree (and I am a visual adjudicator)
@frankfellatio48799 жыл бұрын
No better last note EVER in DCI history
@roberthoffhines54193 жыл бұрын
When the french horns kick in that 9th, it wells me up every time.
@ThePMcDonald Жыл бұрын
except maybe the following year, 1981?!?
@ThePMcDonald Жыл бұрын
I still think the final note the following year (1981) took this song to a WHOLE 'NOTHER LEVEL
@paulmccarthy903310 жыл бұрын
This is one of the Scouts top 10 closers of all-time.
@ThePMcDonald Жыл бұрын
You just GOTTA LOVE old-school high mark-time ... 😉😉😉
@roberthoffhines54193 жыл бұрын
The 2:15 horn line entrance is one of the most amazing things I've ever heard a brass ensemble do...almost like a breath attack (no toungue) but somehow perfectly timed...but across some 50-odd players stretched out over how many yards?!!. The "old" Chicago symphony section (pre-1985) comes to mind. I will always wonder if this effect was intentional.
@1rickjon12 жыл бұрын
This was when drum corps was REALLY drum corps. Stunning performance. I saw them do this live in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 1980 and it is a real treat to see it again.
@andrewphifer5751 Жыл бұрын
Listen to the 8 Contra’s and the amount of sound the put out. Love it. Thank you Madison for the memories.
@coffeekhan7 жыл бұрын
What a gas it must have been to lead this group on the field! This DM was a true showman!
@85Newbs7 жыл бұрын
That DM was the incredible Dan Veerhuesen (sp?). He was the embodiment and prototype of all the great attributes a drum corps member should be. No one loves the Scouts or lived the life more than Dan. He was assistant DM when I joined. Even though I was not a local, he was one of the first to welcome me to the Scouts, and made me really feel a part of the group immediately.
@DennisJohnsonDrummer9 жыл бұрын
I marched Spirit that year and we had a few shows with Madison. I always liked their show and thought it would have been cool for the horn lines to combine and blow the house down. What memories.
@curtnichols8 жыл бұрын
+Dennis Johnson - Hey Dennis, Spirit had a well-respected wall of sound! It really would have been something else to collaborate. :) Curt Contrabass, Madison Scouts 1979-1981
@michaelwenhold81173 жыл бұрын
Would have loved to hear that!!
@DennisJohnsonDrummer3 жыл бұрын
@@curtnichols We combined with the Crossmen after a show once. Jim Ott led the horns and Float led the drums in a few exercises. Fun times!
@barbaracabello58710 ай бұрын
Man, what I would give to have had the experience of seeing that in person all those many years ago! Surely one for the ages!! RIP JIM OTT and TOM FLOAT! ! !
@1rickjon9 жыл бұрын
I saw them in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 1980 and this remains one of the most emotional moments in drum corps history. I can't watch it enough.
@DennisJohnsonDrummer3 жыл бұрын
We (Spirit) were at the Hamilton show too. Warmed up in a neighborhood in the middle of the street as I remember it. Sure the neighbors loved 35+ drummers making all that racket!
@raymondfallon74292 жыл бұрын
I'm not crying...
@VaughnDJs2 жыл бұрын
Ice Castles/Through the Eyes of Love was the last drum corps video I watched with my dad, he cried and said I dont know why I am crying
@jamesjennings68694 жыл бұрын
that drum major was amazing
@someperson7912 жыл бұрын
I don't think anyone who has commented has anything bad to say about the hard work and dedication it takes by the participants.That's always a given.
@Mike-lh4wn10 жыл бұрын
I played with the Madison 'Junior' Scouts back in 80 or 81 (cadet corps), and we played this song too. My dad said our CCI performance was awesome. I was hoping to find it here. But still nice to see the 'senior' scouts play it. Wish I would have stuck with this so many years ago. I just went to see my first show in over 30 years. I do admit it has gotten a little 'weird' (with all the props, voiceovers, and non-traditional instruments). With that said, I am happy to be reconnected with this.
@VaughnDJs2 жыл бұрын
Through the Eyes of Love (Theme From 'Ice Castles') Melissa Manchester Please, don't let this feeling end It's everything I am Everything I want to be I can see what's mine now Finding out what's true since I found you Looking through the eyes of love...
@imjonesy38059 ай бұрын
STIRRING !!!...One of my All Time favorites.
@irishcrazy76604 жыл бұрын
It was just different and better back in the "Ole Days."
@tferguson30789 жыл бұрын
This is why I got in to Drum Corp. seeing this show.
@reneebigsur0111 жыл бұрын
drum major ROCKS!! Thank you! my very fave drum corps performance,,,EVER!
@cowapocalypse75 Жыл бұрын
"PLAY THAT BARITONE!!!"
@reneebigsur0112 жыл бұрын
thanks for the lesson! I appreciate the intentional simplicity! I am a new drum corps fan, so to see this amazing show by the scouts helps me appreciate where we are today,. personally, since i am a 70's person, i enjoyed this "real" drum corps presentation , and look forward to supporting the madison scouts for years to come!!
@bc82sop4211 жыл бұрын
Beautiful solo Ray!
@karltemple1764 Жыл бұрын
This is drum corps. If you like this, you like drum corps. If you don’t like this, you don’t like drum corps. If you needed drum corps to change into band and/or winter guard in order to like it, you don’t like drum corps.
@reneebigsur0112 жыл бұрын
i may be a newbie to drum corps,and,,my neighbor when i was growing up, betty traves, field nurse for years at whitewater, is my inspiration. it took me decades to find drum corps, and now that i found it, i will be a supporter for life; to honor what was, and to support what is. we can't go back in time, we can only savor and keep and support what is.
@jasonbsexton12 жыл бұрын
Nothing beats the sound of a G Hornline
@Philsy4 жыл бұрын
This is sooooo much better than today's drum corps.
@grandpadavid454 ай бұрын
So TRUE!! 💯👍
@zippedydoo18 жыл бұрын
I've never even seen people march with Timpanis or bells before, but they look really cool! Fantastic show too.
@EWE4YAH6 жыл бұрын
My sister marched Tymp in BD for a bit until they moved her to the bass drum line. You can see her on the 50 yard line in the '75 show.
@Boze04152 жыл бұрын
Ahhh the 80s. I remember watching this show
@sdingeswho2 жыл бұрын
Meat and Potatoes 😎🤩 … love old-school DCI, especially old-school Madison Scouts 😁❤️!
@michaell.89382 жыл бұрын
Goosebumps.
@DocXtheGreat11 жыл бұрын
Were they marching timpani? What is this sorcery?
@sbyrstall4 жыл бұрын
Drum corps was a real, blue collar, sport back then.
@CSRookie4 жыл бұрын
The "pit" as we know it today didn't become a thing until '82 I believe.
@kmf073024 жыл бұрын
if you played it you had to carry it!
@mrhandy10012 жыл бұрын
Madison still doesn't need it, they are damn near loud enough to this day.
@curtnichols8 жыл бұрын
Nice work Ray, Dan... everybody! My goodness. So awesome being part of that. What a closer. :)
@raypeery63177 жыл бұрын
Thanks Curt. That was a fun show, wasn't it?
@missioncreekstyle38144 жыл бұрын
1980 was a bloody battle all year long. Several corps had peak years of their respective organizations: Bridgemen, 27, and Spirit. The scores were very tight all year and especially at finals. www.scorpsboard.com/scores/historical_scores/1980.html The battle between 27 and BD was legendary and for the ages for the top two spots. Bridgemen were extraordinarily popular (Spoiler alert: The South wins the Civil War) but they also had a clean show & an outstanding drumline. They were difficult to defeat. Spirit, Madison, and SCV all beat each other throughout the season, so those were the battles at mid-pack with Spirit peaking at Finals under the emotion of losing their horn instructor, Jim Ott, a legend of the activity, to an auto accident while on tour. Don't think SCV ever beat Phantom, but came within .6 at Allentown. Phantom got beat by Madison once, but remember that Phantom was in the hunt until very late in the season. They beat 27 and Bridgemen in August and was the goat of the mid-pack. They were a tough, high quality unit that year. I marched SCV in '80 in the hornline. A tough year for the corps, but it was a cool show to perform.
@pianoclocks11 жыл бұрын
Beautiful to watch! Talented group.
@terrymitchell15053 жыл бұрын
WOW-THAT SHOW!! THE WALL OF BRASS!!
@gamertooth1712 жыл бұрын
I love the mallet and timp writing in this. :)
@vlcourneyea12 жыл бұрын
Absdolutely wonderful. Scout House Alumni is reviving this number for their 2013 season and it's a winner.
@cowapocalypse753 жыл бұрын
9 ppl suffered catastrophic auditory nerve damage at Legion Field
@reneebigsur0112 жыл бұрын
SPATS!!! lets bring back the spats for the 75th anniversary,,,please!
@richardk882110 жыл бұрын
Pure magic. Thanks for posting!
@stale5611 жыл бұрын
*continued* because the judges are part of the audience. Pleasing audience=>pleasing judges. Madison also was the only corps to get SEVERAL legit standing ovations (not just standing at the en of a show), including a standing O from walking on the field.
@a13ltb10 жыл бұрын
Guys, can we please keep this pleasant and without the language, there are kids who come on here, or I'll have to start deleting people. Thanks
@DKreager110 жыл бұрын
Not a problem, Mr. Bright. I guess some folks don't know how to hold a civil conversation. I'm done with him, do as you please :) Oh, and thanks for the post! Some of the most exciting shows came from that era of drum and bugle corp. The crowds, the music, the whole experience of corp at its peak was amazing.
@oil12525 жыл бұрын
Fuck you dickhead
@oil12525 жыл бұрын
@Micah Lall-Trail Fuck you too
@dancurrier472312 жыл бұрын
Don't forget the 60s when there were more than 5,000 drum corps in North America. there were many great corps in the 60s including The Cavaliers, Kilties, Royal Airs, Des Plaines Vanguard, Bsonton Crusaders, Blessed Sac, 27th Lancers, Troopers, just to name a few.
@brianrichards636811 жыл бұрын
I marched in this show and remember Whitewater 1980 just finishing Ice Castles looking up in the stands a woman was crying. I will never forget her face. That is drum corps. Today I see corps reach this when they focus on the fans not judges. The issue isn't electronics and such, but the connection with audience . Take Blue Devils focus on judges, I hear they have a check mark list to design shows to get points Ironically BD director and designer marched in 1980 the designer with me in scouts
@grantoldblueeagle13 жыл бұрын
I've got the records but I've never seen it good job
@nobodyhasaclue10 жыл бұрын
MY CHILL BUMPS HAVE CHILL BUMPS!
@drumjuster8 жыл бұрын
Hey, this happened a couple weeks after I was born! Sweet!
@sluzardo58797 жыл бұрын
My High School did this number 1.5 years later....Probably saw this first !
@tplunkett312 жыл бұрын
this is cool. But I gotta say today's kids are REAL drum corps too. Today's Madison Scouts would do this just as proud but they can also move, run, dance while blowing it down. Respect today's groups gentlemen. They honor YOU everyday.
@stacyjones548012 жыл бұрын
somepersons 79 my mother agrees with you. she and my dad marched in the sixties with the mmcc warriors.
@tomshea83827 жыл бұрын
I never realized there was a tribute to Anaheim's Mace Walk in the company front.
@unbearablepleasures12 жыл бұрын
One thing that never changes is the hard work, dedication, and endless number of hours spent sweating on field by young men and women who seek to to build a legacy of their own. It it disrespectful and shameful for any adult to deny them that chance through backhanded comments, and slander to the changes that represent drum corp for today's marching members.
@missnics1512 жыл бұрын
@someperson79 i'm one of those kids and i couldnt agree with you more. 20 years old and i'd rather watch shows from the '70s and '80s. this is real drum corps. i miss it!
@jakehardy76212 жыл бұрын
im super excited for that! im auditioning this year. :)
@vlcourneyea12 жыл бұрын
Scout House's new number this year for 2013. Coming along beautifully.
@vlcourneyea12 жыл бұрын
Both Madison & Scout House celebrating a 75th next year. How appropriate.
@Myxolydian20014 жыл бұрын
The epitome of "Park and Blow"!
@sbyrstall4 жыл бұрын
There's nothing wrong with that either.
@ManDudeBroseph12 жыл бұрын
@jim64ful And timpani on the field? AWESOME!!! Modern DCI is where it's at.
@Windsweptzariel8 жыл бұрын
I like the tempo they did this song in. One of the bands my high school comforted against did this song at this tempo and I really liked it. But since it's not on KZbin I thought I'd see what other bands have done. They like to speed it up. I like it better slow.
@ThePMcDonald Жыл бұрын
I always liked the way that Madison kicked the tempo up a little bit in 1981 ... this will ALWAYS be my FAVORITE Madison closer
@hawkDFTBA11 жыл бұрын
who's being amplified exactly these days? because i've got 15 fellow scouts contras whose honor would be very wounded by your implications. -a 2013 scout contra
@unbearablepleasures12 жыл бұрын
Comments from old people who directly place their "glory days" in competition with the future and evolution of the activity, is exactly what makes me fear for the continued participation of youth in drum corps. Rules will change. Corp names will change. Champions will burst on to the scene, and then fade away into history, only to be remembered by KZbin videos and endless chats in late night forums.
@bewildernesssurgeon60834 жыл бұрын
So much symmetry back in the day...
@YEP321S12 жыл бұрын
This was a great year with several fine corps with deserving shows. BD won because they had no serious weaknesses as compared to Two-Seven, Bridgemen, Phantom, Spirit, or the Scouts. It was a helluva shootout then.
@DennisJohnsonDrummer3 жыл бұрын
We (Spirit) tied for high drums with Bridgemen, took 2nd in horns and 4th in marching. Any of the top four could have won that year. BD-27th-Bridgemen-Spirit
@spursfanhawaii12 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@cjellis10197 жыл бұрын
YEAAAA ADD A NINEEEEE!
@purberri3 жыл бұрын
Back when the percussion had to be part of the formations. Now they just play on the sideline. D&B was much better before the 1990's. Now it's all this interpretive dance and costumes. Bring back traditional drum and bugle anyday
@bridgetmartin9173 жыл бұрын
No amplification required!
@oldschooldrumcorps12 жыл бұрын
When Madison still had their Mojo
@someperson7913 жыл бұрын
Now kids,this is drum corps.No squatting, no electronics, no epileptic dancing, convulsions or props to hide weaknesses.Straight to it.
@mikebridges72947 жыл бұрын
I think the Scouts always looked better in white trousers and shoes. Either way....I think...personally....the Scouts are the best dressed.
@molivares5340Ай бұрын
❤️🤩
@ms-mo8hl6 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know what year and who decided to start the pit and to stop lugging those huge drums and bells around
@davidzins24956 жыл бұрын
It started in 1981.
@brianrichards636811 жыл бұрын
Maybe I wasn't clear, as an old guy I am not saying amplification is bad nor are the advances. What is the problem tho is the focus on the judges and not the fans. Say BD Through a glass darkly, I think it belongs on an off Broadway stage not a football field. It does seem that corps are moving back to focus on fans, but no one more so than the scouts, judges should add a standing ovation category for points
@mrlappy63966 жыл бұрын
Brian Richards I know in wgi you can get a fan favorite vote, I think that’d be great in dci
@MrBFMorrison6 жыл бұрын
Does anyone anywhere have the San Jose Raiders from 80-82 with their marching congas?
@edwardcarr36257 жыл бұрын
RIP, DM Dan Veerhusen. MYNWA
@carllandsness94168 жыл бұрын
Lots of interesting comments on this thread (and moving video). Triggers lots of memories and emotions re the 'way we were' back then (and before)… and where we are now. Sad and sweet.
@jakehardy76212 жыл бұрын
you can always just buy a DCI account and watch everything on there.
@tubamankins10 ай бұрын
La Habra High School "United Marching Units" closer 1980.
@mauricefrontz85704 жыл бұрын
DCI WORLD CHAMPIONS 1975
@jim64ful12 жыл бұрын
REAL Drum Corps was the 70's and 80's!!!!! NOOOOOO AMPLIFICATION!!!!!