Awesome! I was in the Poway Marching Band at the time... but went to UCLA and played in the trumpet section with Dan the Man. Nice to read he's a band director now. Actually, the UCLA Band director, Gordon Henderson, wrote our drill and I think arranged Poway's music. We played Firedance shortly after this. Sweet memories. Thanks.
Watch the Latin show from Spirit of Northwestern. They place an awesome version of Firedance. This school only has 6,000 on campus yet they march 300 or more. Good program.
Woohoo! I can't believe I never saw this! Why wasn't this on the end-of-year video?
That's me on the left @ 2:16, along with Paul, Kevin, Ash, and Ernie, who were the most talented tenor drummers I ever got to play with.
We got stock drum parts from the stock score, but with Kevin ALbert, John Watley and others spicing the parts up a bit, it made this tune a heck of a lot of fun. A lot of familiar faces under those shakos bring back a lot of great memories. Thanks!
Quite a performance. Future Bruin French Horn here:) Superior form, articulation, tone quality, and blend . . . especially for such an old video. The solid gold sound rules, baby!!!!
for this particular arrangement to work, it has to be played faster. finally i know what it really sounds like from the front. the university of hawaii band performed this same arrangement my senior year in high school. awesome stuff! i posted a video of it.
if you guys liked this performance (which isn't bad by the way) check out some of the James Madison Univ. Marching Royal Dukes videos, they also played this song too, but they are absolutely amazing!
Oh, man, that was such a fun performance! After getting golf-clapped by the Rose Bowl crowd all season, it was nice to have a crowd that would cheer for us! My freshman year.
This was in 1989 when you were like 4. Dude, this rocked every band in the US back then. Times have changed but UCLA is by far the best band on the West Coast.
This is the best Firedance arrangement I've ever heard. We can argue as to which band or drum & bugle corps plays it better... But as far as arrangement alone... This is my absolute favorite. What an opening! Thanks for the clip Slappy!! You're the best. ;P
Could you please post the rest of the performance....wasn't it at the California Band Review in Santa Ana, CA. That was the most memorable performance of my college career.
Hey was that Ralph Lua playing the solo on snare
Jortizdrumz68 2 months ago
I'm going to try to get my band director to let us play this for our closer next year...but I wanna solo the whole thing like Allen Vizzutti =]
xAntiderivativEx 2 years ago 2
@xAntiderivativEx yeah these guys suck allen would make them cry until they quit trumpet
TheRyantorpea 11 months ago
@xAntiderivativEx my high school i coach at has this as a halftime haha wait till thier show
drumer363 5 months ago
I never tire of hearing that one.
mjogara 2 years ago 3
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this looks old lol
how old is it??
Bluefalcon3 2 years ago
@Bluefalcon3 Read the description, idiot.
AznBassAngler 10 months ago
Sadly I have no videos of the Emerald Brigade... my folks never bought a video camera.
meyouseek 2 years ago
Awesome! I was in the Poway Marching Band at the time... but went to UCLA and played in the trumpet section with Dan the Man. Nice to read he's a band director now. Actually, the UCLA Band director, Gordon Henderson, wrote our drill and I think arranged Poway's music. We played Firedance shortly after this. Sweet memories. Thanks.
meyouseek 2 years ago 3
The Poway Emerald Brigade? Do you have a video of it
cwsectionleader 2 years ago
i want to meet the french horn player someday
elevatorxmuzik 2 years ago
Who is the soloist that kept messing up? I keep hearing a crack every 10 measures.....
BigBadBearBoy 2 years ago 6
im gonna be in this band next year :D SO EXCITED
tptshortstuff 2 years ago
watch the Sky Ryders drum and bugle corps in 81 whitewater to hear fire-dance done the best ever. Top 4 horn line in the world that summer. amazing!
gatwickbloke 3 years ago
That sure is loud..
DPStickMaster 3 years ago 6
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Haha what a joke. Sorry ASUSDMB would SMOKE any band in the nation with Fire Dance...hands down.
trumpet528 3 years ago
niiiiiiiiice trumpet players
gxk333 3 years ago 4
Watch the Latin show from Spirit of Northwestern. They place an awesome version of Firedance. This school only has 6,000 on campus yet they march 300 or more. Good program.
travelszdredneck 3 years ago 27
Love the trumpet solo.
sonband20 3 years ago 5
Woohoo! I can't believe I never saw this! Why wasn't this on the end-of-year video?
That's me on the left @ 2:16, along with Paul, Kevin, Ash, and Ernie, who were the most talented tenor drummers I ever got to play with.
We got stock drum parts from the stock score, but with Kevin ALbert, John Watley and others spicing the parts up a bit, it made this tune a heck of a lot of fun. A lot of familiar faces under those shakos bring back a lot of great memories. Thanks!
Mike Cornelison
drcornelison 3 years ago 15
Quite a performance. Future Bruin French Horn here:) Superior form, articulation, tone quality, and blend . . . especially for such an old video. The solid gold sound rules, baby!!!!
bruinman911 3 years ago 3
Listen to the trumpets wailin out those super-D's =D I LOVE playin that high!!!
wowthumbs 3 years ago 7
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There were no super D's in that song. Please refer to the aforementioned JMU clip for some killers on trumpet.
kidfinesse 3 years ago
I'm with you on that...hahah. ;)
crossmen2000 3 years ago
This waz great!!!!!
musicizmylife08 3 years ago 2
Great song and Great performance, UCLA All The Way!
CarlChar 3 years ago
for this particular arrangement to work, it has to be played faster. finally i know what it really sounds like from the front. the university of hawaii band performed this same arrangement my senior year in high school. awesome stuff! i posted a video of it.
iktaurus 4 years ago
This is UCLA. Emphasis on LA. Everything is more laid back in LA.
mrrod67 3 years ago
if you guys liked this performance (which isn't bad by the way) check out some of the James Madison Univ. Marching Royal Dukes videos, they also played this song too, but they are absolutely amazing!
blazerpride09 4 years ago
We played this for our concert in 7th grade.
xoBengalTigerxo 4 years ago
James Madison's version is far superior to this one.
turnforhome 4 years ago
you can all argue about who played it better the simple truth is the Crossmen wins that one :-)
calreg89 4 years ago 2
I bet you haven't heard the RCC version.
VanceHu 4 years ago
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haha the feild is like dead..
birdeeboo 4 years ago
Oh, man, that was such a fun performance! After getting golf-clapped by the Rose Bowl crowd all season, it was nice to have a crowd that would cheer for us! My freshman year.
chapagnehopita 4 years ago 5
Not bad, but the JMU Marching Royal Dukes version is better.
dugforeva 4 years ago
This was in 1989 when you were like 4. Dude, this rocked every band in the US back then. Times have changed but UCLA is by far the best band on the West Coast.
Brassman27 4 years ago 6
The JMU Marching Royal Dukes rendition of Firedance is superior to this one. Not bad though.
dugforeva 4 years ago
NEED MORE!!! Awesome!!!!!!
lnspttmn 4 years ago 3
ucla 1989 ToC
rudy2000grad 4 years ago 3
A few to-be southern California band directors out there on that field that night...Terry Sakow, Dan Doyle, John Whatley...wow! Cool stuff.
VKDM8687 4 years ago 3
This is the best Firedance arrangement I've ever heard. We can argue as to which band or drum & bugle corps plays it better... But as far as arrangement alone... This is my absolute favorite. What an opening! Thanks for the clip Slappy!! You're the best. ;P
MommyAna 4 years ago 5
Could you please post the rest of the performance....wasn't it at the California Band Review in Santa Ana, CA. That was the most memorable performance of my college career.
jaimereyes2000 5 years ago 4