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- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for rec.arts.marching.drumcorps
- Part 3 of 6 The 1997 DCI season
-
- Table of Contents:
-
- 1.0 What is drum corps?
- 1.0.1 DCI and DCA
- 1.0.2 Drum Corps International
- 1.0.3 Drum Corps World
- 1.0.4 scorelines
-
- 1.1 Drum corps on-line
- 1.1.1 History of drum corps on-line
- 1.1.2 Rec.arts.marching.drumcorps
- 1.1.3 Drumcorps digest
- 1.1.4 FTP and WWW site
- 1.1.5 Cybercorps
- 1.1.6 Drum Corps Web Sites
-
- 1.2 Audio and video recordings and books
- 1.2.1 compact discs and cassettes
- 1.2.2 videos
- 1.2.3 books
-
- 2.0 DCI corps' addresses
- 2.0.1 Open class corps
- 2.0.2 Div. II/III corps
- 2.0.3 DCA corps are listed in Part 6 of the FAQ
- 2.0.4 Future Corps
-
- 3.1 1997 tentative drumcorps music
- 3.2 1997 drum corps tour schedule
-
- 4.0 Historical Information
- 4.1 Previous DCI Champions
- 4.2 1992 DCI Scores
- 4.3 1993 DCI Information
- 4.3.1 Corps repertoires
- 4.3.2 Scores
- 4.3.3 Individual and Ensemble scores
- 4.3.4 DCA Finals scores
- 4.3.5 RAMD Readers Final Poll
- 4.4 1994 DCI Information
- 4.4.1 DCI Championships in Boston
- 4.4.2 SEASON Final poll
- 4.4.3 RAMD Final Reader's Poll
- 4.4.4 Corps' repertoires in 1994
- 4.5 1995 DCI Information
- 4.5.1 DCI Championships in Buffalo
- 4.5.2 SEASON Final poll
- 4.5.3 RAMD Final Reader's Poll
- 4.5.4 Corps' repertoires in 1995
- 4.6 1996 DCI Information
- 4.6.1 DCI Championships in Orlando
- 4.6.2 SEASON Final poll
- 4.6.3 RAMD Final Reader's Poll
- 4.6.4 Corps' repertoires in 1996
- 4.3.3 Individual and Ensemble scores
-
-
- 5.0 The words "drum corps"
- 5.1 Number of members allowed
- 5.2 Corps' budgets
- 5.3 Fundraising
- 5.4 How far do the corps travel? How many competitions? How long is
- the season? When are the Championships?
- 5.5 How can I catch the Championships on TV?
- 5.6 How does the judging work?
- 5.7 What is a legal bugle?
- 5.8 What kind of percussion is allowed?
- 5.9 What is the "pit area"?
- 5.10 How long is each show?
- 5.11 What are all those strange abbreviations and/or nicknames people
- keep using when writing about drum corps?
- 5.12 Why do people keep misspelling things?
- 5.13 How to join a drum corps
- 5.14 Rehearsal information
- 5.15 Where to get music for wind ensemble
-
- 6.0 DCA and the Senior corps.
- 6.1 Drum Corps Associates (DCA)
- 6.1.1 The DCA Story
- 6.1.2 Corps listing
- 6.2 Parade Corps
- 6.2.1 Ballad of the Unsung Heros
- 6.2.2 Corps listing
- 6.3 Rehearsals
- 6.4 Fallen Comrades
- 6.4.1 Folded Corps
- 6.4.2 MIA Corps
- 6.5 DCA Champions
-
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- 3.1 1997 drumcorps music
-
- The Official Unofficial 1997 DCI Repertoire List!!!
- ---------------------------------------------------
-
- Version 3.50
-
- This list was last updated 26 Feb 97.
-
- DISCLAIMER: Please note that due to the extreme earliness of this list,
- many of the repertoires are of a vague and/or speculative nature. All
- reasonable and backed rumors will be included until refuted. Such rumors
- will be marked with question marks. All other repertoires have been
- supported by multiple and/or very reliable sources.
-
- The Official Unofficial 1997 DCI Repertoire List is updated on a rather
- inconsistent basis and posted to RAMD and sCORPSboard. If you wish to
- be sent the updated list when it is updated, email me at
- phoenyx@mindspring.com and I will send you updates via email.
-
- Any updates will be GREATLY appreciated.
-
- New/updated this version: Reading Buccaneers, Americanos, General Butler
- Vagabonds, Capitol Sound, Minnesota Brass,
- Westshoremen
-
-
-
- DCI MEMBER CORPS (TOP 21)
- -------------------------
-
- Academie Musicale -- I. "Totus Tuus" - Gorecki
- II. "Quasi Una Fantasia" (5th mov.) - Gorecki
- III. "Symphony of Psalms" (3rd mov.) - Stravinsky
- IV. "Pie Jesu" from "Requiem" - Webber
-
- Bluecoats -- I. "Harlem Nocturne"
- remainder TBA
-
- Blue Devils -- "As Time Goes By..."
- Inspired by the film "Casablanca"
- I. "This day and age we're living in:
- The Marketplace"
- - "Casablanca" - Steiner
- - "One Night in Bangkok" - Anderson/Ulvaeus
- II. "Relax relieve the tension:
- Rick's Americain"
- - "Night in Tunisia" - Gillespie
- III. "A case of do or die: Conflict in Casablanca"
- - music TBA
- IV. "The world will always welcome lovers"
- - "As Time Goes By" - Hupfeld
-
- Blue Knights -- I. "Ben Hur" - Rozsa
- - "Prelude" (Main Title)
- - "Overture"
- - "The Battle" (Parts I & II)
- II. "Prayers of Kierkegaard" - Barber
- - "Allegro Molto"
- - "Quietly" (Father in Heaven!)
-
- Boston Crusaders -- "Portraits of Our Homeland, Part II:
- Conflicts & Resolutions"
- I. Original Fanfare - Klesch/Hannum
- II. "Chester Overture" - W. Schuman
- III. "Lincoln Portrait" - Copland
- IV. "Eternal Father/Navy Hymn" - C. Smith
- V. "Victory at Sea" - Bennett
-
- Cadets of B.C. -- "Celebration" - The Music of Philip Sparks
- -- selections to be chosen from:
- - "The Year of the Dragon"
- - "Celebration"
-
- Carolina Crown -- I. "Crown Imperial" - Walton
- II. "Terpsichore" - Margolis
- III. "Enigma Variation #9: Nimrod" - Elgar
- IV. "Gigue" from "St. Paul's Suite" - Holst
-
- Cavaliers -- "The Firebird" - Stravinsky
- - Silence - first minute completely visual
- - Berceuse
- - Round Dance
- - Infernal Dance
- - Finale
-
- Colts -- "The Music of Blood, Sweat, and Tears"
- I. "Symphony for the Devil"
- II. "God Bless the Child"
- III. "Lucretia MacEvil"
- IV. "40,000 Headmen"
- V. "Hi-De-Ho"
-
- Crossmen -- "The Colors of Jazz"
- I. "Time Check" - Rich
- II. "Blues in the Night" - arr. Torme/Rich
- III. "Niner Two" - Ellis
- IV. "You Are my Sunshine" - arr. Singers Unltd.
-
- Glassmen -- The Music of Bizet
-
- Kiwanis Kavaliers -- "Evita"
- I. "Requiem for Evita"
- II. "Buenos Aires"
- III. "Eva Beware of the City"/
- "I'll be Surprisingly Good for You"
- IV. "The Money Keeps Rolling In"
- V. "You Must Love Me"
- VI. "Don't Cry for Me Argentina"
-
- Les Etoiles - competing in open class
-
- Madison Scouts -- "The Pirates of Lake Mendota"
- I. "The Adventure Begins" - Boerma
- II. "A Day in Port"
- - inspired by "Songs of the Quay" - Richards
- III. "Moods of the Sea"
- - inspired by "Tall Ships Suite" - Royalance
- IV. "Confrontation & Finale" - Nahirniak
-
- Magic -- "Mardi Gras"
-
- Phantom Regiment -- "The Ring" - Wagner
- I. "Hagen's Call to the Clan"
- II. "Magic Fire Music"
- III. "Hammerring of the Ring"
- IV. "Gotterdammerung"
-
- Pioneer -- "Riverdance" - Whelan
- -- selections to include:
- -- "Riverdance"
- -- "The Heart's Cry"
- -- "Shivna"
- -- "Firedance"
-
- Santa Clara Vanguard -- "On the Waterfront"
- The Music of Leonard Bernstein
- I. "On the Town"
- II. "On the Waterfront"
- III. "Symphony #2: The Age of Anxiety"
-
- Troopers -- I. "American Salute"
- II. "Ghost Riders in the Sky"
- III. "How the West was Won"
-
- Velvet Knights -- "The Velvet Knights and the Search for the Holy Grail"
- I. "First Knight Fanfare" - Goldsmith
- II. "The Knights in Velvet Opener" - Carnahan
- III. "Wellington's Victory, op. 91" - Beethoven
- - "Intro, Fanfare, & 'The British are Coming'"
- - "Here Come the French"
- - "French vs. British"
- - "Finale"
- IV. "Terpsichore" - Margolis
- V. "Reprinses" - Gaillarde-Volte
-
-
- OTHER JUNIOR CORPS
- ------------------
-
- Allegience Elite -- medieval show about magic
- I. "Gandalf, the Wizard"
- II. "Sanctuary!" from
- "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" - Menken
- III. drum solo
- IV. "Killer Whales"
-
- Americanos -- The Music of Gloria Estefan
- I. "Party Time" ("I Know You Will Be Mine")
- II. production number
- - "Turn the Beat Around"
- - "Don't Want to Lose You Now"
- - "Conga"
- - "Get on Your Feet"
- - "The Rhythm is Gonna Get You"
- - "Turn the Beat Around" (Reprise)
- III. "Reach"
- IV. "Get on Your Feet"
-
-
- Bandettes -- "A Tribute to All-Girl Corps"
- - The Best of the Ventures, CapitolAires,
- and (of course) The Bandettes
-
- Blue Devils 'B'
- I. Nutville (Silver)
- II. Guaguanco/Capricorn Moon (Sandoval/Mochel)
- III. Minuano (Metheny & Mays)
- IV. Paso Doble (Hirschfelder)
-
- Blue Stars -- "The Divine Comedy" - R. Smith
- I. "Dante's Inferno"
- II. "Ascension"
- III. "Paradise"
-
- Capitol Sound - The Music of Duke Ellington
- I. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore"
- II. "Sophisticated Lady"/"It Don't Mean a Thing"
- III. "Take the A-Train"
-
- Cincinnati Glory -- "The Best of All Possible Worlds"
- selections from Brenstein's "Candide"
-
- East Coast Jazz -- "Threshold: The Music of Pat Williams"
-
- General Butler Vagabonds - "The Sound of Music"
-
- Golden Lancers -- "Of Sailors and Whales" - MacBeth
- I. "Ishmael (Part I)"
- II. "Ahab"
- III. "Queequeg" (drum solo)
- IV. "Ishmael (Part II)"
- V. "The White Whale"
-
- Lone Star -- "On Fire"
- I. "On Fire" - Camilo
- II. "Romanza" - Mendez
- III. "Hands and Feet" - Camilo
- IV. "Carribe" - Camilo
-
- Nightfire -- "The Music of Styx"
-
- Nite Express -- inactive for 1997 season
-
- Northern Aurora -- performing the 1997 season as a parade corps
-
- Pacific Crest -- "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein"
-
- Patriots -- "Medieval Visions"
- -- music to include:
- - "Dragonheart" - Edelman
- - "First Knight" - Goldsmith
-
- Pittsburgh Enforcers -- "Textures"
- I. "Artistry in Rhythm" - Kenton
- II. "Marching Season" - Yanni
- III. "Star Trek First Contact"
- IV. "Santorini" - Yanni
-
- SCV Cadets -- "Evita"
-
- Sound Storm -- "Rebellious Youth"
- I. "Imagine" - Lennon
- II. "Capulets' March" from "Romeo & Juliet" - Prokofiev
- III. "Aquarius"/"Let the Sun Shine In" from "Hair"
-
- Southwind -- "Excerpts from a Childhood" - Zimmer, Holsinger
-
- Spectrum -- "City Nights"
- - The Music of Duke Ellington
- - selections to include:
- - "Caravan"
- - "Take the A Train"
- - "New York State of Mind"
-
- Spirit of Atlanta -- "Georgia" (warm-up)
- I. "Old Man River"
- II. "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling"
- III. "Let it Be Me"
-
- Tarheel Sun -- selections to include:
- - "En Fuego"
- - "El Congo Valiente"
-
- Texas Legion -- "Carmina Burana" - Orff
-
- Volunteers - "Gettysburg"
-
-
- SENIOR CORPS
- ------------
-
- Brigadiers -- "Red Hot Cole" - The Music of Cole Porter
- I. "In the Still of the Night"
- II. "Love for Sale"
- III. "Night & Day"
- IV. "This Thing Called Love"
-
- Bushwackers -- I. "Fuego Cubano (Cuban Fire)" - Kenton/Richards
- II. "El Congo Valiente (Valiant Congo)" - Kenton/Richards
- III. drum solo - "Festival de Ritmo" - Weckl
- IV. "A Mis Abuelos" - Sandoval
- V. possible fifth tune TBA
-
- Caballeros -- I. "La Virgin de la Macarena"
- II. "My Spanish Heart" - Corea
- III. "On Fire"
- IV. "Espana Cani"
-
- Empire Statesmen -- Miss Saigon
- -- selections may include:
- I. "Overture"
- II. "The Heat is on in Saigon"
- III. "Sun and Moon"
- IV. "The Morning of the Dragon"
- V. TBA
-
- Kingston Grenadiers -- I. "Wind Machine"
- II. "Latin Implosion"
- III. "Free"
- IV. "Dindi"
-
- Minnesota Brass -- I. "Light Cavalry" - vonSuppe
- II. "Poet & Peasant Overture"
- - arr. Glen Gray Big Band
- III. "Caravan" - arr. Ferguson
-
- Racine Kilties Senior Corps -- I. "Brigadoon / McConicky Square"
- II. "Pachuco" (from the movie The Mask)
- III. "Minnie the Moocher"
- IV. "McCoys Exit"
- V. "Auld Lang Syne"
- VI. "Scotland the Brave" (in review)
-
- Reading Buccaneers - I. "Theme to Red October"
- II. "Meadowlands"
- III. "Of Sailors & Whales"
- IV. "Finale" from "Firebird Suite" - Stravinsky
-
- Rochester Crusaders -- "Women of Song"
- I. "The Billie Holiday Songbook"
- - "Good Morning Heartbreak"
- - "God Bless the Child"
- II. "Judy Garland Portrait"
- - "Rock-a-bye Your Baby"
- - "Johnny One Note"
- III. "Barbara Streisand in Concert"
- - "People"
- - "Somewhere"
-
- Skyliners -- I. "Nutville" - Rich
- II. "Sophistocated Lady" - Ellington
- III. "Sing Sing Sing/Swing Swing Swing" - Prima/Williams
-
- Sunrisers -- "On an American Spiritual"
- - The Music of David Holsinger
- I. "On an American Spiritual"
- II. "Havendance"
- III. "On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss"
- IV. "Nilesdance"
- V. "On a Southern Hymnsong"
-
- Westshoremen -- I. "Copernicus" - Bacha
- II. "Don't Cry" - Seal
- III. "One More Time, Chuck Corea" - trad.
-
- ------------
-
- John Weldy (unless it's my wife Michelle)
- ** Bluecoats Mellophone 93-94
- ** RAMD Repertoire Hound
- -----------------------------------------------------------
- "Don't call...write. People don't write enough anymore."
- "Except that Andrew Lloyd Webber guy...he writes too much!"
- -Cosby
- ======================================================================
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- 3.2 1997 drum corps competition schedule
-
- * SUBJECT TO CHANGE *
- ---------------------
- Contest information is fairly complete in these schedule pages. However,
- if you truly need more information this guide is for your convenience.
-
- Note some phone numbers are in homes. Please do not call these numbers
- before 9:00 AM or after 9:00 PM and keep in mind the time zone in
- which they are located.
-
- DCA - DRUM CORPS ASSOCIATES
- Michael Petrone
- 10 Columbus Dr.
- Monmouth Beach, NJ 07750-1004
- 908-222-3835 (someone's home phone)
-
- DCH - DRUM CORPS HOLLAND
- Jos Brusse
- Dasseburcht 7 3892
- Zeewolde, Netherlands
- 011-31-36-5224254
- fax 011-31-36-5227417
-
- DCI - DRUM CORPS INTERNATIONAL
- Peggy Kosin
- P.O. Box 548
- Lombard, IL 60148-0548
- 708-495-9866
- fax 708-495-3792
-
- DCM - DRUM CORPS MIDWEST
- Roman Blenski
- 4601 W. Holt Ave.
- Milwaukee, WI 53219
- 414-327-2847 (someone's home phone)
- fax 414-543-8289
-
- DCS - DRUM CORPS SOUTH
- Tim Meals
- 421 W. Spruce St.
- Titusville, PA 16354-1481
- 814-827-7972 (someone's home phone)
- fax 814-827-6887
-
- DCUK - DRUM CORPS UNITED KINGDOM
- John Boyington
- Oliver Hind Club
- Edale Rd.
- Sneinton Dale
- Nottingham, England NG2 4HT
- 011-44-1159-483200
- fax 011-44-1159-414079
-
- DCW - DRUM CORPS WEST
- Tom Hope
- 372 Florin Rd. #303
- Sacramento, CA 95831-1407
- 916-429-9545 (someone's home phone) (phone/fax, call first)
-
- E-MASS - EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS
- Harry Sampson
- 8 Highland Ave.
- Stoneham, MA 02180-1870
- 617-438-3631 (someone's home phone)
-
- FAMQ - QUEBEC
- Susie Proulx
- Box 1000, Succersale M, Montreal, QUE H1V 3R2
- 514-252-3025
-
- GSC - GARDEN STATE CIRCUIT
- Roger Exposito
- 269 Andrews Rd.
- Jackson, NJ 08527
- 908-928-9699 (someone's home phone)
- fax 201-824-5224
-
- ODCA - ONTARIO DRUM CORPS ASSOCIATION
- Ontario Drum Corps Association
- 2173 Line 29, RR 2
- Tavistock, Ontario, Canada N0B 2R0
-
- Phone: 519-655-2093 Fax: 519-655-3813 email: odca@golden.net
- ****************************************************************
- June Contests - visit the CyberCorps sCORPSboard site:
- <http://www.halcyon.com/caryn/cyber/schedules/97/june97shows.html>
-
- July Contests - visit the CyberCorps sCORPSboard site:
- <http://www.halcyon.com/caryn/cyber/schedules/97/july97shows.html>
-
- August Contests - visit the CyberCorps sCORPSboard site:
- <http://www.halcyon.com/caryn/cyber/schedules/97/aug97shows.html>
-
-
- August 11-16
- Orlando, FL
- DCI CHAMPIONSHIPS!
- 11 Mon. - (day) - DIV. III PRELIMS
- - (night) - DIV. II PRELIMS
- 12 Tue. - (day) - more DIV. III PRELIMS
- - (night) - DIV. II & III FINALS
- 13 Wed. - I&E and Parade of Champions (EPCOT & Other Disney venues)
- 14 Thu. - Quaterfinals
- 15 Fri. - Semifinals
- 16 Sat. - Finals!!!
-
-
- ----
- Original written by Michael Fath and Donald Chinn
- Updates and new material by Cathy Doser and Caryn Roberts
- RAMD FAQ administered by Cathy Doser (cathyd@halcyon.com) and
- Caryn Roberts (caryn@halcyon.com)
-
- Comments welcome on any aspect of this FAQ. We are especially looking
- for information on Div. II/III corps, and early drum corps information
- (VFW and American Legion Championships and pre-DCI corps in general).
- If you see anything that is inaccurate (such as corps address information
- or repertoire), please let us know.
-
- NOTICE: This FAQ is copyright (c) 1995 by Cathy Doser and is made available
- as a service to the drum corps and the Internet community. The FAQ may be
- distributed freely in printed or electronic form, provided that it is not
- modified. The FAQ may not be sold in any medium including electronic, CD-ROM,
- or database, or published in print without the express written permission of
- the authors. Contact Cathy Doser (cathyd@halcyon.com) if there are
- any questions.
- ----
- Cathy Doser Caryn Roberts
- cathyd@halcyon.com caryn@halcyon.com
-