June 19, 1998, Santa Clara, CA

DIV I
Madison Scouts...........71.70 (Brass, Perc., Visual, G.E.)
Santa Clara Vanguard.....70.85

Div II/III
Mandarins................64.1 (Perc., Visual)
Blue Devils B............63.6 (Brass)
Pacific Crest............62.1 (G.E.)
SC Vanguard Cadets.......61.3
Earthquake...............53.6

We were there.

Review - June 19, 1998, Santa Clara, CA

Thanks to Tim Kviz for emailing us this review!


Editorial notes:

Reviews in order of performance:

Blue Devils C
perc - S-6, T-4, B-5, P-6
brass - sops-10, baris - 2
Guard 12
DM-1
Mascots - 2

Very nice job from a very young group. Several extremely young kids in the corps, and a few whose pants were to big and looked like they would fall off at a moments notice.

Blue Devils B
Perc - S-8, T-4, B-5, C-3, P-7
Brass - sop-9, mid-range-4, bari-11, contra-3
Guard 16
DM-1

Music arrangements were very good, and the percussion section was strong. The guard was good, and overall the program was very entertaining. The horn line got tired about half way through the show, and some members started sticking out of the ensemble and getting a little blatty. The drill needs some work from a design perspective - it's not layered very well, making it difficult to read. Overall - very good job for a first show from this young corps.

Earthquake
Perc - S-3, T-3, B-5, C-3, P-5
Brass - Sop-6, Mid-range-3, Bari-5, Contra-2
Guard 4
DM 1

Their performance was pretty shaky, and it seemed to me that their show might be incomplete. They had a down ending that seemed to come pretty quick. Either the show is a little short, or perhaps the final tune was not on the field. There appear to be a large number of holes, which caused drill problems. The 3 snares were pretty good. The snare feature was tight. The show is comprised of selections by Stevie Wonder, and it worked OK - not great though. Overall, they have a lot of work to do.

Pacific Crest
Perc - S-6, T-4, B-5, C-5, P-10
Brass - Sop-12, Mid-range-9, Bari-10, Contra-4
Guard 20
DM 2

The show uses the music from the movie Hamlet, by Partick Doyle. Overall show concept and design is excellent. They do use a skull at one point (ala BD 95) to symbolize the Yourick scene from Hamlet, but unless you knew in advance that the show was the music from Hamlet, the skull did not make much sense. The drill is well written and has some very good moments. I really wish I could see this show in August when it was clean. I really liked this show.

Mandarins
Perc - S-5, T-2, B-5, P-13
Brass - Sops-6, Mid-range-4, Bari-4, Contra-1
Guard 8
DM 1

Their show includes several tunes celebrating Chinese music. They use props on the field - large sunflowers on the back left corner of the field which are not really used for anything (purpose of prop unknown), and long bamboo shoots on stands on the front sidelines that are used in the show (the corps marches through, around, and weaving through them). Their show was the cleanest of the Division II/III corps. Their drum line was strong and exciting - again used the taiko drums. They had a few ensemble problems, but overall, they had a very good performance. Show design is quite good too.

Vanguard Cadets
Perc - S-6, T-3, B-5, C-5, P-8
Brass - Sop-12, Mid-range-6, Bari-10, Contra-6
Guard 17
DM 2

Their show includes music from the musical Titanic. The design of this show is terrific - classic SCV style. Excellent drill, exciting music, nice moments. Another show I'd love to see in August.

Madison Scouts - I didn't get a count on them. Madison warmed up to Rhapsody in Blue. Their show name says it all - Power, Pizazz and All that Jazz. Classic Madison! Hot jazz, strong horn line, good soloists, athletic guard, great visual, thundering percussion, and little gimics. Just in your face drum corps. During the opener, the guard is wearing the same tops and hats as the rest of the corps, the entire guard is using rifles, and there are 12 snares and no tenors. After the opener, the guard takes off their tops and hats and finish the show in all white. The drum line continues to change instrumentation - 9 tenors at one point, and later 8 snares and 5 tenors. The next tune, Swingin' Pete ... Sweet - a jazz version of Peer Gynt Suite #1, absolutely cooks. Nice arrangement - very exciting. The closer, Remembrance, is a great end to their program. This tune needs the most work - the horn line was playing it a bit choppy.

The drill is great - nice impacts that fit the musical impacts, and there is some demand there as well. Soloists are strong and hot as usual. The horn line really cooks. Another great program from Madison.

SCV - I did not get a count on SCV either. This show has classic SCV aspects to it, but the music is not classic SCV by any means - very dissonant and modern. Not something you leave the stadium humming or even remembering, unless you are familiar with the works. There are some frightening pass thru's and meshes between the horn line and drum line, and Myron Rosander's drill is absolutely amazing. The overall design to the show is fantastic. The show is awesome, just not lyrical. Once the show cleans up and the members become a bit more confident performing it, the show will really cook! I thought SCV had narrowly edged out Madison because their drill was cleaner and more demanding, but since the scores were so close, I don't think it was out of line.


Recaps - June 19, 1998, Santa Clara, CA

We were there!
Corps                   GE       ENS         PERF        PEN  SCORE
                     MUS  VIS  MUS  VIS  BRA  PER  VIS

Madison Scouts       141  142  105  107   75   75   72    0    71.7
Santa Clara Vanguard 143  138  103  110   72   73   69    0    70.8

Mandarins            133  117   82  104   61   75   69    0    64.1
Blue Devils B        126  120   86  103   73   65   63    0    63.6
Pacific Crest        130  126   94   85   65   67   54    0    62.1
SC Vanguard Cadets   122  115   91   87   63   74   61    0    61.3
Earthquake           117  102   78   77   54   64   44    0    53.6

Judges: GE Music:Steve Barnhill; GE Visual:Dan Smith; Ens Music:D. Wyant; 
Ens Visual:Scott Pizani; Perf Brass:Mark Petrash; Perf Perc:Chuck King
Perf Visual:Tom Wietrach; Tabulator:Tom Hope; Chief Judge: Mike Rubino

June 19, 1998, Oswego, IL

Cavaliers................71.8
Phantom Regiment.........69.4
Glassmen.................69.1
Colts....................64.1
Capital Sound............50.0
Phantom Legion...........50.0
Blue Stars...............46.6
Blue Grass Brass (Sr)....39.9
Coachmen.................35.1

Thanks to David Borden for emailing us these scores!

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