1988 Madison Scouts in England - Rain - Part 2

The final performance of the 1988 European Tour. Part 2 - Malaguena and trooping of stands.

[@louisedraper2134]

Was there that day and totally blown away, first time seeing a US corps 'in person' and just couldn't believe the power!!

[@louisedraper2134]

Oh and the mellos........just gave me the chills

[@jonnierotten7]

Yes! The power, indeed!

[@daveyboygee]

I'm in this video somewhere playing soprano bugle. The images really jar my memories! Afterwards we played national anthems with the corps at the show while sitting in the stands at the left side. You can see the stands near the end of the video. I loved the European venues. You could tell they had never heard anything as loud and intense as us and Malaguena virtually drags them to their feet. It was like that every performance. We knew we were hot sh*t that year!

[@VodkaRob]

A friend of mine from England marched with the Scouts in 95 I think when they did Malaga, he was in the quartet. Terence Smith. I don't know if you were still there then but he was in The Sunrisers over here and I was on Contra. Great memories. I was at this show too. And yes we were all blown away. Loud as f***😂 awesome show! Also it's the difference when you can do it pretty much full time. In England we only did weekends and didn't go on tour the same way you did. Obviously the number of members you have in the States as well. But still it's mighty impressive.

[@voiceofreason9238]

I was wondering if the crowd was going to jump to their feet at the end, but they made it. You just can't help it with those horns giving it all they've got on the last notes. Those folks don't know how lucky they were to see that show in that moment in time. What a great championship show.

[@dci_boi]

I've watched this show so many times before, I never knew they added the cymbal flares later on.

[@k.coleman9317]

Still one of the all-time greatest moments in corps history...and such a great summer for those members!!

[@timshill]

Still cant believe i passed up on the chance to travel down to see this, my mum is in that crowd, she travelled down with my old corps and came home raving about how amazing they were and how much i had missed

[@2009grifin1]

This is the first video I have ever seen of Madison from earlier that year. That was my first DCI Championship I attended live in KC. As I recall.... Madison stormed into quarter finals that year and won the show

[@MrPhillipABurns]

drop kicked everyone's ass through the goal post !

[@ImVee10]

Madison wasn’t in quarterfinals. This was the last year that the top corps did not perform on Thursday.

[@ThePMcDonald]

There is a part of me that TRULY believes that the 1988 season is what "ticked off" DCI against the Scouts (as well as the Scouts' continued "WOW THE CROWD" philosophy, as opposed to kowtow to the judges) -- Madison goes to Europe, doesn't participate in the "regular" DCI season, then burns down Arrowhead with a scorched earth performance where the crowd reaction to the Scouts at DCI '88 Finals rivaled the volume of the crowd at a Chiefs game ... if the Scouts had not won that night, the crowd would have rioted and the judges would have been marked for death ... after that night in KC, DCI just. kept. THUMPING. on Madison, finally resulting in the Scouts dropping out of top 12 in 2002 while the host corps. All those years, DCI became seduced by all the BS spouted by the Allentown Predator (Corps = Band, etc.) but the crowds ALWAYS reacted to Madison, year after year after year after year, as the judges turned their backs on the Scouts ... NOW that SCV has gone inactive for 2023, I now wonder how long before DCI drops below a dozen active units (last year, DCA ginned up a three-class structure, with only four units per, because all-age corps is VERY slow to recover from the pandemic lockdowns) ... It is the treatment of the LAST TRUE DRUM CORPS by DCI and the sycophants of the Allentown Predator that caused me to break with DCI after my nephew's final season with Magic of Orlando in 2003 ... Nothing connected with DCI has seen any financial support from me since, and given that I see DCI as the summer extension of WGI, where visual spectacle gets the points, and aural output has become second-banana to the visual gymnastics (since any sound you want to produce can be electronically generated -- Bluecoats "bend", anyone?!?), until DCI figures out how to once again legitimately reward marching musical prowess (as opposed to some playing while not moving while everyone else scurries about while NOT playing), I will continue to eschew what the activity has become ... in fact, maybe it is time for DCI to truthfully rebrand as Bands of America-Independent World Class, since there is truly no difference in instrumentation between these units and the most highly-bankrolled scholastic bands within BOA ... If you have an issue with my opinion, just remember that is IS just that -- MY opinion, and only DCI might change it, if they can ... so please don't waste your time trying to proselytize or denigrate me ... just let me continue to watch these videos of the golden years of the Madison Scouts, and enjoy the PURE crowd reactions ...

[@justamaninTN]

Allentown predator lol. I shouldn’t laugh, but I’m laughing. It’s kind of ironic. The Bluecoats are definitely one of my favorite corps, but like you alluded to, they have either led or participated in DCI trends that I don’t like. I don’t like heavy use of electronics. I don’t like ridiculous props. I hate the evolution of uniforms: corps either changing classic looks (Cadets/Cavaliers) or wearing morph suit WGI uniforms like the Bluecoats and others. But above all, I HATE singing and narration in Drum Corps, with few exceptions. The Cadets and Bluecoats have done this a lot, unfortunately. One of the Bluecoats shows was basically a damn concert and I absolutely hated it!

[@bryanhughes423]

We were gods!!!

[@just__dave]

Amazing! You’ve captured the backwards spin wedge build at the end of the Mello solo perfectly, much better than the DCI broadcast. One of my favorite “my god” visual builds of any corps any year.

[@TonyDanza007]

Good god that low brass hit at 4:45... That is what drum corps is missing nowadays.

[@MrPhillipABurns]

drum corps AND marching bands are missing that nowadays. Oh wait, a drum corps is the same thing as a marching band isn't it ?

[@ImVee10]

I read this at 1:02. So, ditto.

[@TheStickCollector]

I would have liked to be there. I just want to see all of the old shows in person (almost feel them)

[@drumcorps0junkie]

I miss this type of Madison scouts, wish they'd return to this level of EXCELLENCE in the future, and thanks for uploading this.

[@Luckyjasondrum]

Oh My God! Thanks a lot, Scouts! Now I have to go to the hospital and get skin grafts because my face is now melted!

[@drumcorps0junkie]

🔥🎺

[@rumba149]

to be a part of this activity is nothing short of mind blowing with music , color & friendships ! for madison & the other corps that have traveled across the pond & impressed our european neighbors , it is a pure joy to see this wall of sound unfold !!

[@JPN55]

Madison is the reason that I now watch Japanese wind bands and some drum corps, and avoid DCI.

[@ikshields]

Goddalmighty, the Scouts could light up a place...!

[@MrPhillipABurns]

they could melt an iceberg !

[@neilpalmer5577]

Believe this was in Luton. I was marching TS Valiant in 88 and we had a BYBA show that day. How unlucky was that!

[@milojohnson3057]

not to flex but im friends with the drum major's kids

[@Mrtellitlikeitis]

DCI for me has been dead for years. Last show I enjoyed was 2003 Cadets. Haven’t been to a show since. It’s band corp now. Give it the burial it deserves

[@MrPhillipABurns]

they had not put the cymbal flash in with the mellophone solo/brass push (4:31) like they did in finals . . . . . guessing this is at a soccer field ?

[@skurtzweil]

True on both accounts. All shows we did in Europe were on soccer fields.

[@El_Bueno]

This is from 88??? this has better video quality than some videos from today!

[@MrPhillipABurns]

I was wondering what kind of equipment they were using ? ? camcorder ? we know its not a cell phone. you definitely can hear that face peeling sound of a G bugle !

[@PaddyBL]

Check those toes in the snare line at 3:11 ! !

[@ImVee10]

You came here for 4:36.

[@smn76]

Take a good long look at this once great corps. Thanks to DCIs absurd system of judging and Scott Stewart's departure, today's corps is a shell of the Madison we all grew to love. What a shame.

[@yesorlando05]

Totally agree! I haven't been to a show since 2005. So, so sad.

[@void8422]

That was a good show but do u expect them to do same stuff every year till now ofc somthing like marching arts is going to evolve yall old men can go ahead and stay away from the arts and live in the past while we all move on

[@jameswaller717]

gusebumps aaaaaa OMG

[@Inspadave]

Did they visit Liverpool and play You Will Never Walk Alone?

[@esktremorz4179]

Inspadave would have been great

[@donnix6931]

The hillsborough tragedy did not happen until April of 1989, this was the summer prior.

[@pete6099]

@@donnix6931 Not sure what that has to do with the question.. "You'll Never Walk Alone" has been Liverpools Anthem since the early 60's

[@vtownhood]

go scouts

[@procircuit844]

@smn76 Extremely false. Madison never left.

[@Jdog5234]

u spelt corps wrong