Garfield Cadets 1985 Semi Finals (Hi-camera)

Jeremiah Symphony
Make Our Garden Grow
Overture to Candide

[@stevepruitt6406]

This is my jam: contemporary American art music that requires metric and melodic execution at the highest levels. Just magnificent. Not sure modern audiences can achieve the level of concentration needed to appreciate this kind of show anymore (Star of Indiana Bartok show was the end of the challenging music IMHO). Oh, well, at least there are synthesizers and huge props cluttering the field now…

[@dfsimon]

Absolutely unbelievable what Zingali was able to design without Pyware or a computer or any other tools. He created in his mind and wrote it down. A true genius.

[@stevenaleman7454]

totally agree! In '84, George Zingali told me that for the next season ('85), he was going to do something "totally outrageous" and that he wanted to do something "completely off the wall". He said that he thought about starting the show "in no particular formation with everyone scattered about like an exploded asteroid that slowly comes together to form one big 'bleepin' formation". He also said he didn't know how he was going to pull it off or if the other staff would go for it, but it didn't matter because he was going to do it anyway. George was a brilliant mind always trying something new and creative. After watching this show, he definitely did what he said he was going to do...He's a pure artistic genius (RIP). Can't wait to see what the Cadets do in 2021! -The Kid, Garfield Cadets snare, '79'-'84. -FHNSAB

[@richmanwisco]

Not everything that he created made it to paper. Sometimes he'd just go on the field, wave his arms around, and it happened. It was amazing.

[@ImVee10]

@@richmanwisco Like the finale of Star ‘91

[@jsf1212]

Sully was George’s pyware

[@nortonowl66owl27]

Marched in the 80s.What we did was pure and raw.Kids with instruments out on the field providing the best sound they could without the amplification of today.

[@MrPhillipABurns]

what you said there, and what you can hear on this old video, is the basis for MY argument, there is no drum and BUGLE corps today. The sound they (Garfield) coming from the horns, just reaches out and slaps you in the face. Also notice these old (equipment) recordings, virtually NONE are performed in a dome. I can't think of anytime (in those days) where a drum corps show was in a dome. OF course there weren't as many domes then as now.

[@Ryan-dz7mg]

Phil Burns Are you saying there aren’t any drums and bugles out on a football field every summer?

[@MrPhillipABurns]

do you not know the difference between a band brass instrument and a bugle ?

[@Ryan-dz7mg]

Phil Burns I do but what I’m saying is the activity has evolved A drum corps today can easily find a way to slap you in the face Are you implying that since some competitions take place in domes, it’s not a drum corps?

[@totesgene]

I’ll take this show over any show in the last 10 years, except 2018 SCV!

[@shenkj]

This video is a perfect example of why i actually prefer "hi" or "single-camera" drum corps performances. On the PBS broadcast the hi-camera cuts-away to the pit at around 12:30 or so and i've never seen, until this video, how the corps connects to form the final single-line formation. I must be a junkie for this sort of thing because FINALLY seeing how they do that made me almost fall out of my chair as i've never been able to visualize it in my head. Such a great show. I'll never forget watching this live :)

[@meandmyEV]

It is funny because I marched Cadets and I just recently saw the high cam of the 92 show. I never realized how the drill looked because I was performing it and then only saw the PBS broadcast. I'd also love to see semi finals performances from the years I marched and others. DCI and the corps could make a some loot by selling high cams and semi performances.

[@scotta4527]

I think I have Cadets 92 Semis high camera on VHS. One of my favorite all time shows

[@timber72]

@@meandmyEV I loved your show in 92. One more night, and I think you guys would have taken out Cavvies. it was a joy to watch you stomp on Star. Sure, history making night...but you guys were absolutely on fire. One of my favorite shows of all time. I was wayyyyyy back in 7th place that night. ;)

[@meandmyEV]

@@timber72 Were you in SCV? that show was legendary. It isn't a popular opinion but I feel like you guys, Crossmen, and Madison should have been ahead of BD in 92. Also, SCV's design team should have left the props and stuff in the show. I saw an early season performance recently and I got chills, especially when the guard came up for the bottle dance wearing the classic uniforms.

[@TheBandMan]

People don’t appreciate how INNOVATIVE this was for the time. Drill just wasn’t commonly done to this artistic of a level. The corps is literally ALL OVER the field from side 1 to 2, from to back, and groups were capped at like 128 at the time. Other groups were still mostly symmetrical.

[@erikfecke2721]

85 Cadet here. Thank you!

[@ian9838]

No. Thank you. This is (30 years later) still my standard for DCI.

[@erikfecke2721]

I meant "Thanks" for posting this. I don't have a copy.

[@renorailfanning5465]

Yeah, that makes more sense. I was being sarcastic in my original response. Go to soundcloud and look for your show. Some guy named "sqiurmin", I believe, recorded your Finals performance from the stands. The sound is clearer, IMO, than the DCI recording and the crowd is pretty silent as far as idle chatter goes. He actually posted the BD and SCV shows also.

[@ImVee10]

Todd Peterson I can’t find that at SoundCloud. Only their DCI East show (pre-final ending!). Is it still up?

[@kt6550]

A superb corps during the Zingalli era. He was creative and innovative, and everyone else was playing catch-up. When George left drum corps, it was corps loss.

[@jamesbillington9280]

Cadets owned the 80s. I was in 84 Freelancers and 87 Crossmen and nobody could catch Garfield. They were miles ahead of everybody for a very long time.

[@timber72]

Except Santa Clara. And '87's still in dispute.

[@pm8042]

@Owebama Douche Who did you march with?

[@brianjungen4059]

@@timber72 no it’s not.

[@timber72]

@@brianjungen4059 yes it is.

[@brianjungen4059]

@@timber72 not to me.

[@bean217]

Love that ending, can't wait for what we are about to throw down in 2021

[@christopherauert6634]

Another perfect example of what drum corps was all about in the eighties...no mics, no props, just marching and music. Hail Garfield!!!!!!!!!!! Please bring this style back!!??

[@drumcorps0junkie]

Christopher Auert YES

[@johns3106]

@Micah Lall-Trail Saxophones??!! You disappoint me Micah!

[@keithjorgensen8991]

I marched Profanation in high school (93) and it was freaking hard. Tons of mixed meter. This was the inspiration. I think we watched this video ALL THE TIME that year. This is my favorite show ever. My cousin was in this show.

[@leslieduncan3640]

What a show!! Continuous motion and just absolutely gorgeous sound. I just asymmetrical drill design!!

[@brokenrhythm5099]

Wow. Just wow. Crowd appeal and technical excellence. Hornline as brilliant as any of Crown's best and much much LOUDER (just can't beat G bugles). This show would still win DCI today.

[@chrisl83]

It would not. While I love this style drill and into the 90's and early 2000's, that's just not rewarded. CG staging is...not good; and they would consider 'multiple responsibilities" ("why aren't they smashing bugs and rolling over?").

[@cavalier9915]

They would have been penalized for using formations that take up the entire field (leaving no room for props!!!)

[@Wahl95]

5:48 to the end of the opener is such a freakin’ cool “push” to the end. The music is just so dramatic, dissonant, and intense. I absolutely love it - can’t stop replaying that chunk!

[@toddhawk4670]

I was there! Some of the best finals were at Madison. Great memories.

[@jasthedrillguy]

Whoa...forgot how good this was! And the ending from the accelerondo till the ending I'd a masterpiece.

[@briantuma1502]

I was there sitting in the first row of the upper deck in Camp Randall stadium. They really poured it on the next night.

[@edwardcloyd8504]

The finals run seemed way better!

[@KiranSundarkdog97]

And it showed scoring-wise!

[@jwillis35]

Just amazing! It was Garfield or SCV all season. Both were fantastic! But Garfield had the demand and cleanliness. What a killer brass book. Only a small handful of corps could play that book today, and even fewer could play that book while marching that drill.

[@drumcorps0junkie]

Jon Willis 👌🥁I wonder what this year's Cadets are cooking up lol🎺👌

[@stevenaleman7454]

Mike Klesch wrote the brass book in '85 (I believe it was his first time doing so)...not bad for someone who played the bass drum in '82, and then was drum major in '83.

[@pm8042]

Amazing!!!!!!!

[@nigelgreen3516]

Marched Drum Corps in the 80s at its height in England.What Garfield produced on the field was way ahead of anything in those days.Would the kids of today be able to to cope with the demands of a slower but more demanding show.

[@Zacthephotographer]

Hi Nigel, where did you march?

[@nigelgreen3516]

@@Zacthephotographer I Marched with Concord,played Contra in the brass line 85-89.

[@Zacthephotographer]

@@nigelgreen3516 No way! I marched at Sunrisers and I'm currently at Kidsgrove Scouts. small world!

[@thecommakozzi8050]

Ah, actual drum corps. Refreshing :-)

[@DrewKime]

Has anyone got high camera for 86? I lost mine when moving.

[@johnolson5538]

6:30

[@Loveiseverything777]

George Zingali says NO @ 3:57

[@ImVee10]

Jay Jackson What?

[@drumcorps0junkie]

😎

[@richeyrich]

Not my favorite show from the cadets but certainly a show that tries to reach perfection.

[@TimAndyMik]

Wish someone would post 1983 Madison scouts high camera as well as Garfield cadets 1986 high camera

[@Mrtellitlikeitis]

Boy did that suck

[@chippy010205]

The pit is too loud.

[@ImVee10]

Chippy Chippenstein Yeah. All 6 of them. Playing 50 instruments. No amplifier. Poor you.

[@ImVee10]

@DECLAN DOUGAN Given that they won the Percussion Ensemble subcaption in both semis and finals, your ignorance is clearly on display.

[@ImVee10]

@DECLAN DOUGAN Percussion Ensemble was judged in relation to the battery AND the brass. It was not “too loud.”

[@Mrtellitlikeitis]

Music sucks

[@stevepruitt6406]

Enjoy hot cross buns, simpleton