That company front at the end... it gets me every fucking time. Chills throughout my entire body. Such beautiful synchronization amongst the entire corps.
This show is what lit the fire in me for marching band. My band actually played a phantom showed my sophomore year and it was VERY heavily influenced by SCV's one. Bro. I am 32 and still get chills at this.
Do want to a grown man cry at such beauty. I am 64 years of age and have been a fan of DCI since I was a teenager. I was privileged to see this show live.
My drumline instructor all throughout high school was the end snare. She was an intense teacher and got the maximum results from us. I've always been jealous of her that she marched such an epic and beautiful show.
Jealous you knew someone that marched in this incrediblel show. I marched in 1981 with the SkyRyders, but this is the best all time performance in my mind.
I was fortunate to be wowed by this at the beginning of the season. I've listened to the recording countless times; the music is a marvel. Ralph's percussion writing for this show expressed power to beauty, suspense to romance. The interplay between the different sections is exquisite. What the kids play these days is incredible, but I think this was the epitome of artistic, sophisticated marching percussion writing.
I saw this show my freshman year of highschool at dci south in Birmingham, Al. I was so amazed at this show and loved scv, we all did. Amazing, I was a drummer bass and snare later on.
What a show indeed! Still gives me chills. I have to expand on this, it’s brought back so many memories of those days of DC tours and the blood sweat and tears that go into it. I remember watching this show in Ogdensburg, NY in 89. We had already seen 88s edition from DCI championships of that year so we knew a lot of the arrangements just because of how closely we watched this performance. By the end of this performance, my friend and I were literally in tears as it was so profoundly breathtaking to watch. There’s just something about ALWs compositions that make them so memorable. The melodies are engraved into my memory for life!
This show won DCI, but the '88 version won everyone's hearts. This is culmination of 80's style. Star's show in '90 broke open a new realm of possibility in hornline difficulty and staging.
My dad turned me onto this. Between this and Madison Scouts 1988 Malaguena! Wow. Wish I could travel back in time. Personally not down with all the electronics and vocals.
Man I wish I was alive to see this live 🙁 DCI and phantom of the opera are two of my favorite things!! Beautiful as always, and never fails to bring me to tears!! ❤
This is still the benchmark. I want to drums along the rockies 2024 and none of the current band are even close to this... not even in the conversation.
I'm not going to lie. This show was pretty darn good. The Phantom of The opera music is already good. I would love to see a more recent marching band production of this that is GOOD.
@@derekgross3571 ive talked to some vets who are more familiar with the situation, they really don't think vanguard's coming back, and even if they are, they don't think they'll be based out of santa clara anymore
@@arleydelaroche5430 due to financial strain, VMAPA has made the sudden decision to not field SCV this summer. they had previously announced that SCVC was being placed on indefinite hiatus as well
While the theme was the same between both years, the musical selections were different along with the arrangements. For instance, the opening in 1988 wasn’t the chromatic scale we know as the opening to Phantom of the Opera like it was in 1989. 🙂
@katyornok63 82' was awsome, Contra here from Anaheim Kingsmen. 58 now and still have many visions of that long tour from Cerritos Falcon Stadium toward Montreal.
Its band now. Thats why DCI ceased to exist when they brought in amplification and trombones. Call it band corps. In fact, call it quits. Long over due
@@fortyfive_ doesn't make a drum corps not a band. It falls in the Venn diagram of bands. Band: a group of persons, animals, or things especially : a group of musicians organized for ensemble playing. Ergo, it's a band by definition, and since it's a marching organization, it's a marching band.
They got jobbed in 1988. This 1989 version was payback for a piss poor decision. Madison’s 1988 iconic 7 plus minute Malagueña was not the show SCV or Devils had Nothing Madison did brought emotion other than the loud ending. SCV show had me in tears
These are not Drum Corps, they are bands, they cannot compare with Riley Raiders, Yankee Rebels, Scout house The Princemen, The Hurricanes, Gay Blades, Connecticut Yankees, Skyliners The Sunrisers and the list goes on. They didn't need Vibes, Trombones, Guitars and extensive systems and all the other crap. The only true Drum and Bugle Corps that still exist is The Marine Drum and Bugle Corps from 8th & I Barracks.
This was before amplification and trombones... and these guys had a super clean company front at the end...... but that's ok. You can still be an angry old man.
Where are the silly poses and massive props? No scatter drill? And the hats are getting in the way of the performer's faces. I'm not seeing a whole lot of emoting from the performers. A truely sad show only for dinosaurs!
I would pay real money and the souls of my family to have seen this show live.
That pop from the crowd as SCV makes their final push toward the crowd is goosebumps. LOVE IT
It was breathtaking, even at the beginning of the season.
It was stunning.
I was there.
I was there. It still gives me chills.
Classiest and probably the most influential on the average HS band kid show in all of DCI history.
34 years later, still a landmark show for me. Exquisite,.powerful, enotional.
That company front at the end... it gets me every fucking time. Chills throughout my entire body. Such beautiful synchronization amongst the entire corps.
Right there with you on that!
Yes! Chills! Tears! In my 40 plus years of loving dci. This is the best show ever!!!💞😁
👍🏼 yup😅 I tear up every time
Yes yes yes! The music and marching 10:38-10:50 just says, "We are the best this year, take this!"
This show is what lit the fire in me for marching band. My band actually played a phantom showed my sophomore year and it was VERY heavily influenced by SCV's one. Bro. I am 32 and still get chills at this.
My mom ran this! She’s the phantom!
DCI royalty
we did phantom last year actually so this is really cool to see how a better band would do it
I will fight anyone who disagrees that this is probably the best show of DCI history. It changed the show style of drum corps forever
Do want to a grown man cry at such beauty. I am 64 years of age and have been a fan of DCI since I was a teenager. I was privileged to see this show live.
Nah, cadets off Bergen county, Les mis is the best and i'll fight anyone on that.
2000 cavaliers is probably my favorite, but god this show is one of the best
What about 1988?
@AntecorSound cadets from that year was top notch too!
My drumline instructor all throughout high school was the end snare. She was an intense teacher and got the maximum results from us. I've always been jealous of her that she marched such an epic and beautiful show.
Jealous you knew someone that marched in this incrediblel show. I marched in 1981 with the SkyRyders, but this is the best all time performance in my mind.
I was fortunate to be wowed by this at the beginning of the season. I've listened to the recording countless times; the music is a marvel. Ralph's percussion writing for this show expressed power to beauty, suspense to romance. The interplay between the different sections is exquisite. What the kids play these days is incredible, but I think this was the epitome of artistic, sophisticated marching percussion writing.
Gutted by the news about the 2023 season. I really hope they can pull through, Vanguard would be one hell of a loss for the Drum Corps community.
U mean the band community. Let them rest like the rest of the activity
@@Mrtellitlikeitis As a rather evil doctor once said, "How 'bout NO."
Its not drum corps, but an abomination of sometimg that once was
I was there, on the field 35 years ago! Feels like reliving a really cool dream watching it now. Myron Rosander and Gail Royer are somewhere smiling.
I saw this show my freshman year of highschool at dci south in Birmingham, Al. I was so amazed at this show and loved scv, we all did. Amazing, I was a drummer bass and snare later on.
After all these years, still goosebumps all over. "Brava, brava, bravissima"
This is the best show from start to finish...of all DCI drum corps. Perfection on so many levels! Give credit where credit is due.
What a show indeed! Still gives me chills.
I have to expand on this, it’s brought back so many memories of those days of DC tours and the blood sweat and tears that go into it.
I remember watching this show in Ogdensburg, NY in 89. We had already seen 88s edition from DCI championships of that year so we knew a lot of the arrangements just because of how closely we watched this performance.
By the end of this performance, my friend and I were literally in tears as it was so profoundly breathtaking to watch. There’s just something about ALWs compositions that make them so memorable. The melodies are engraved into my memory for life!
9:46 has gotta be one of the prettiest sounds any drum corps has ever made
For YEARS, SCV had THE best backfield sound...
The sound, plus me being a total sucker for all I ask of you, makes this moment just an instant tearjerker for me. This show is such a gem
The backfield sound is gorgeous for sure, but that hit at 10:27 gets me every single time.
...and that subtle, sweet bass drum roll is a loving kiss on top of it all; the entire corps sound still makes me swoon after all these years!
My favorite SCV show ever!!!
35 years later and I still don't know how they made that guy disappear at the end. 🤔🤷🏻♂️😂
Still the most beautiful show I’ve ever heard
Yes!
This show won DCI, but the '88 version won everyone's hearts. This is culmination of 80's style. Star's show in '90 broke open a new realm of possibility in hornline difficulty and staging.
My dad turned me onto this. Between this and Madison Scouts 1988 Malaguena! Wow. Wish I could travel back in time. Personally not down with all the electronics and vocals.
Thank you so much for posting this. It warms my nostalgic ass heart. Trying to indoctrinate my kid into loving marching band as much as I did.
Dude. This isn’t marching band. Christ
Man I wish I was alive to see this live 🙁 DCI and phantom of the opera are two of my favorite things!! Beautiful as always, and never fails to bring me to tears!! ❤
This is still the benchmark. I want to drums along the rockies 2024 and none of the current band are even close to this... not even in the conversation.
True
the absolute best company front ever by any drum corps before or since.
Amen! It’s bone chilling and brings tears to your eyes! AWESOME!
Insane! Just tingles up the spine and goosebumps. That is how you do a company front!
The greatest show of all time.
Saw this live when I was five, I still love it
The ending always gets me, remember watching this show in my “hell week” for marching band.
They needa bring this show back sometime soon
Still my favorite... to this day!
I used to go to see them competing at Spartan stadium with my Godfather great memories 😢
当時、もの凄く感動したのを思い出しました。確かSCVは2年連続でオペラ座の怪人の怪人だったかと
SCVのプライド見たなーと思っていましたm(_ _)m
Wishing SCV was somehow here again
Your wish was granted. They finished 6th in this years DCI Finals :)
0:22 Goosebumps every time! 🤤
I saw them perform this at dci south back in 1990
Nope. In 1990 they played Carmen. If you saw this it was in 1989...
This show bangs.
I'm not going to lie. This show was pretty darn good. The Phantom of The opera music is already good. I would love to see a more recent marching band production of this that is GOOD.
True artistry in sound and in motion.
You wonderful human being who posted this I love you
watching this after hearing the news that scv isn't fielding for 2023 :(((
Same reason I’m watching. This is more shocking than the entire season cancellation of 2020. Hopefully 2024 brings back an even stronger Vanguard.
@@derekgross3571 ive talked to some vets who are more familiar with the situation, they really don't think vanguard's coming back, and even if they are, they don't think they'll be based out of santa clara anymore
@@echo2121 wow. :(. Never imagined dci without Vanguard.
@@echo2121 Wait this is news to me. What's going on???
@@arleydelaroche5430 due to financial strain, VMAPA has made the sudden decision to not field SCV this summer. they had previously announced that SCVC was being placed on indefinite hiatus as well
Thankfully, this show is somewhat Real, not too many gimmicks
I saw it live it was nuts
Not sure as a hornline member I could be interested in playing the same show 2 years in a row tbh but it is a very excellent show.
While the theme was the same between both years, the musical selections were different along with the arrangements. For instance, the opening in 1988 wasn’t the chromatic scale we know as the opening to Phantom of the Opera like it was in 1989. 🙂
. , i remember the "Phantom Voice" of Phantom Regiment they d same masterpiece and very kind of music...
Madison won but I think this was the best show of '88.
My 3 favorite SCV shows 1978, 81, and 89. And '82 the best hornline.
@katyornok63 82' was awsome, Contra here from Anaheim Kingsmen. 58 now and still have many visions of that long tour from Cerritos Falcon Stadium toward Montreal.
it is not marching band it is called drum corps
1987 cadets,
never forget this. the best Ive ever seen
My high school marching band show is also based on the Phantom of the Opera
i wish somebody made a transcription of this show
Great show hands down!!!
Yes!
This show is nearly 40 years old and I still wanna know how they did the magic trick at 11:22
This is the good stuff, kids. 👍
Listen! Those are Contra Basses! No need for amplification…
*Corps
So much better than today’s dci that spend more time dancing around their instruments (that are placed on the field) than actually playing music.
As someone born in 2007, I actually agree with this, and that probably explains my fascination with 90s/2000s cavaliers
1991 who sits, 1984 cadets? Learn, before you speak. These just now are repeating. Ask Gail royer
I 2nd that
Imo, this is way better from a musical and visual stand point than it's 1988 predecessor.
Oops,
Which year is this from?
1989
@@kahwws5190 Thank you. 👍
That's what I was thinking. I saw the 88 show at "Drums o/t Ohio." Something just seemed different.
This is not a Band!!!! Please don't mistake them for a Band...A Band has Woodwinds...
That title really upset me...
this is drum corps
Its band now. Thats why DCI ceased to exist when they brought in amplification and trombones. Call it band corps. In fact, call it quits. Long over due
@@Mrtellitlikeitisyeah no this comment made no sense lol
Go tell that to Webster's. It's a specific type of marching band.
Calling a Drum and Bugle Corps a band is a big no-no. At least is was in this era.
Webster's would beg to differ.
@@anthonykaiser974Webter’s is wrong.
It’s not a band… it’s a drum corps
Which is a specific type of marching band for you pedantic types.
@@anthonykaiser974 a marching band has woodwinds, a drum corps doesnt
@@fortyfive_ doesn't make a drum corps not a band. It falls in the Venn diagram of bands. Band: a group of persons, animals, or things especially : a group of musicians organized for ensemble playing.
Ergo, it's a band by definition, and since it's a marching organization, it's a marching band.
When DCI was still worth watching. I miss these shows. I’m disappointed my kids will never get to see a brilliant show.
They got jobbed in 1988. This 1989 version was payback for a piss poor decision. Madison’s 1988 iconic 7 plus minute Malagueña was not the show SCV or Devils had Nothing Madison did brought emotion other than the loud ending. SCV show had me in tears
If they were hosed in 88 then Phantom was hosed in 89. PR 89 will go down as the greatest show to not win.
It's not, your just emotional
These are not Drum Corps, they are bands, they cannot compare with Riley Raiders, Yankee Rebels, Scout house The Princemen, The Hurricanes, Gay Blades, Connecticut Yankees, Skyliners The Sunrisers and the list goes on. They didn't need Vibes, Trombones, Guitars and extensive systems and all the other crap. The only true Drum and Bugle Corps that still exist is The Marine Drum and Bugle Corps from 8th & I Barracks.
This was before amplification and trombones... and these guys had a super clean company front at the end......
but that's ok.
You can still be an angry old man.
Where are the silly poses and massive props? No scatter drill? And the hats are getting in the way of the performer's faces. I'm not seeing a whole lot of emoting from the performers. A truely sad show only for dinosaurs!
Please don’t call drum corps “band”
It is Band now, actually even worse than that. Bury it. Its dead
@@MrtellitlikeitisNope, it never was drum corps in the first place.
TAKE IT HOME SANTA CLARA