SCV 1999 Repertoire

[Jim Casella]

SCV 1999 presents:

INVENTIONS FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM

Musical excerpts to include:
Phillip Glass, "The Canyon"
Samuel Barber, "Symphony #2"
Samuel Barber, "Symphony #1"
Frank Ticheli, "Blue Shades"

SCV 99 Design Staff includes:
JW Koester: Corps Director
Mike McCool: Program Coordinator
Myron Rosander: Drill Designer
Gordon Henderson: Brass Arranger
Jim Casella: Percussion Arranger
Carol Abohatab and Mark Metzger: Guard Designers
Dean Westman: Brass Caption Head

More information on the 1999 SCV program and staff will be coming soon to
the SCV website at www.scvanguard.org.

[Palattypus]

God bless you all for doing Barber. Aside from the coolness and maturity of
Symphony 1 and 2, he is, without a doubt, an American treasure who has too
often been overlooked in the drum corp realm. Those who've attempted Barber
have often been ridiculed. I applaud you on your choices and wish you the best
of luck in your season. I'll go to his childhood home, which is 2 blocks from
my house, and let him know.

Chris Kilian
Phoenixville Area High School Marching Phantom Band arranger '98-'9
" " indoor drum line pit arranger '97-9?
Bushwacker Drum and Bugle Corp 96 drum major, 97 baritone, 98 sop, 99 ????
West Chester University Marching Band 95-97 mellophone

[Taylor Jenkins]

As a Crossmen member I worry that we will be compared unfavorably to SCV
this summer as a result of our both playing Blue Shades. Could this perhaps
damage the Crossmen? or would it maybe make us look better if we end up
turning out a good product as I'm sure the Vanguard will

I'm curious as to what everyone else's thoughts are. Sorry if this post
doesn't make sense to you I just have apprehensions that I can't quite fit
into words.

Taylor Jenkins
Crossmen euph '98-'02 I hope
going out to try and find a copy of the Blue Shades recording today

Jim Casella wrote in message <74a7is$2...@chronicle.concentric.net>...

[Vcoli3]

You'll not get away from comparisons, I'm sorry to say. Just try and put the
best product on the field..

VC

[Sinagra1]

>As a Crossmen member I worry that we will be compared unfavorably to SCV
>this summer as a result of our both playing Blue Shades. Could this perhaps
>damage the Crossmen?

>Taylor Jenkins

Taylor,

Don't even worry about it! The fact of the matter is, Crossmen did it before
SCV, not the other way around. If anything people will be comparing SCV's
version of the show to the Crossmens version. It's nothing worth stressing
over. It's only music!

Donna
SCV & BD Alumnus

[Greg and Lisa Rochford]

Coolmuze wrote:
>
> << The fact of the matter is, Crossmen did it before
> SCV, not the other way around. If anything people will be comparing SCV's
> version of the show to the Crossmens version. It's nothing worth stressing
> over. It's only music!
>
> Donna
> SCV & BD Alumnus
> >>
>

> Really? Santa Clara passed it out at their Thanksgiving camp. Did someone play
> it before that or is posting it on RAMD now the official go date???

I think she is referring to the fact that Crossmen will be performing
before SCV at DCI finals! (no, I don't really believe this is what she
meant, it's a joke!)

My opinion, GREAT piece of music that should not be done by a corps.
The piece was written with specific musical colors in mind that the
corps just cannot recreate.

I performed this piece last May with the Cal Stae University Fullerton
Wind Ensemble to a standing room only audience at the All Japan Band
Directors Clinic in Nemu-No-Sato, Japan . . . NO CORPS will ever come
close to repeating that experience!

SCV, I wish you luck, you are truly the class act of drum corps! Always
have been, always will be.

Later, Greg

[Coolmuze]

[Sinagra1]

>I think she is referring to the fact that Crossmen will be performing
>before SCV at DCI finals! (no, I don't really believe this is what she
>meant, it's a joke!)

Actually, it was no joke, I misunderstood what Taylor had written. I was under
the impression that the Crossmen had already done the show in a previous
season.

[Coolmuze]

Mr. Rochford, may I ask if you are left handed?

[Pageantry Prostitute]

Mike, I think you might be a bit too subtle for Mr. Rochford!

[Jay Wise]

Taylor Jenkins wrote:
>
> As a Crossmen member I worry that we will be compared unfavorably to SCV
> this summer as a result of our both playing Blue Shades. Could this perhaps

> damage the Crossmen? or would it maybe make us look better if we end up
> turning out a good product as I'm sure the Vanguard will

Maybe they wanted to play Appalachian Spring, but YEA! "announced"
it first, so they decided to play something YEA! was doing?

In 1988 Bluecoats and Blue Devils both played "Old Black Magic."
The "story" we were told is that we were going to go with the
arrangement BD settled on, but changed because of the same reasons
you mention over Blue Shades. We were also told BD lobbied us
to NOT play it (well, lobbied sounds like a nice word). We decided
to KEEP the tune.

In 1989 we chose Johnny One Note... and someobody out west decided
to play that as well to send a message.

All this folklore (and after 10 years, more a good "war story" than
anything else).

But it shows... DCI politics are crazy, you never know.

Jay

[Ace clef]

<<In 1989 we chose Johnny One Note... and someobody out west decided
to play that as well to send a message.>>

Thats ok.. if I recall.. Johnny wasnt to keen on his one note..
Tone

[Sinagra1]

><<In 1989 we chose Johnny One Note... and someobody out west decided
>to play that as well to send a message.>>

Hmmmmm, could that corps possibly be, BD? That was a cool tune to play!

Donna
SCV 86,87,97 (alumni corps)
BD 88&89