1987 Santa Clara Vanguard rehearsal and parking lot - Part 1

[MrBigYum]

@goldsmith1210 Yeah, I know. Sorry about that. Essencially, that's a pile of manuer I dropped for a particular group of trolls I have riding my heels online here like the monkeys they are in person. They should be along directly, within the day or so. They know I love DCI, and have been showing up everywhere I leave my comments.

There's a bit more to the story than that, but not worth telling here. To the clip though, thanks for posting this. '86-'89 are my favorite four SVC years.

DCA finalist~

[lemonite1]

@flugel76 I agree with you. They marched better(what's the big hurry today?), the music was better, the color guard marched(remember that?), off the line..... Drum Corps was fun then, it was kinda grass rootsy, the corps, although competitive,hung out and cheered for one another in between balongne sandwiches.DCI is played out, too much chops, pretentious,cliched. It really lost me when I saw one corps wearing........SPANDEX! Bring back the Bridgemen.

[sphinxman90]

1987 Santa Clara Finals Show was, in my opinion, the best ever show not to win the title!

[jeffe77]

5:07 Gotta love what looks like to be Glen Crosby drinking one down, NICE!

[caseyys]

3:50 - let's go yes on gauntlets, no shirt for this warmup. Seems comfy. And he is rocking that mullet.

I heard a judges tape from finals of this year a long time ago, it was phenomenal.

[viardrums]

Listen to that freakin' Book!!! Ralph is the all-time baddest ass in this activity!!

[middlespaces]

That's me on center snare! Funny stuff.

[tendura]

@middlespaces #

Your show was the first DCI show I EVER saw. You guys are the reason I got into percussion. Thanks!

[cbfeeling]

Drinking beer while watching your line warmup is SOOO California. Thanks for posting this! I saw these guys at my first drum corps show in Omaha that year. One of my favorite shows and lines ever.

[plormitch]

I never knew how they were spelled.I just went with the pronunciation...I think ross102591 is correct in his analysis...Thanks for clarifying that for me :)

[ross102591]

@plormitch No prob man.....The fact that you've landed on this page tells me that you know what's up with drumlines.

[MADROCKS212]

Snares sound great, I wish at least one of the top 10 dci lines would try a season with a sound similar to this.

[ross102591]

@MADROCKS212 I think he was referring to Remo's "Falam's"......Vanguard were innovators here in being the first line to use a kevlar head.

Snares have never sounded so good as what you hear here.

[MADROCKS212]

@ross102591 I completely agree.

[Iliketoboard]

@flugel76

I agree fit away. These guys have arms and don't cheat and let the head do all the work for them!!

[garyifny]

@flugel76 You got that right, buddy--and let them throw their fits--it's true.

[plormitch]

This is the first time a corps used the "flam" heads.

[MADROCKS212]

@plormitch 'flam' heads? not mylar then ? 

[fsmsg]

LOL... yeah old school. I remember warming up in bluecoats. Same deal. Everything is optional except playing dirty. That is a funny take on it.

[kensensen]

Love Kent's Hawaiian shirt at the warmup!

These videos were actually taken by me when I was 17-year old, SCV followin' fan. Too bad I didn't know how to hold a camera steady.

Murray G.

[fsmsg]

Thanks for posting, I wasn't in a SCV but I loved this show. The guys in drumline had true class. They were champions and knew they were the best but they were humble about it. They never believed it was there right to win, they simply when it out and deserved.

[drbcrb]

Is it just me or do these drums sound 1000% better than what they are playing today?

[mptdrums]

@drbcrb their drums sound amazing now

[thogy]

@drbcrb no it is not you. The '80's was Drum Corp best decade, '70's next, 60's, then 90's and what we now last.