Hawthorne Caballeros -1972 DCA Finals - Off The Line

[trumpetmano]

I love the old M&M in those days-looked like little battles going on with toy soldiers.... great stuff!

[trumpetmano]

Do I hear booing at the introduction? bad form....

[cdraferrara]

aaahh..the days when we only needed a 50 yard line to perform our drills ! !

[thelonearranger1]

Wow!  How did you get this video?

[dnaske]

Absolutely the Best OTL arrangement ever! This is why is joined a corp.

[bxbuff]

@dnaske 1971 was better!  But, for some reason, movies and recordings of it are rare, unfortunately. I think Fleetwood has a CD of the Cabs and other corps from that year's "Dream" contest.

[modshaman]

Holly CRAP !!!!!!!!! I was at that SHOW..............And YES a VERY very SKINNY Jimmy Russo..........The HURC'S DM Generro jumped up at the end of a tune and when he come down the 50 yard line flag went where the sun don't show he was a hurtin.....

[max31747]

The Caballeros were awesome, saw them many times in Union City Roosevelt Stadium,,, I have always admired the Junior and Senior Corps for entertaining me, Thank you to all Corps

[max31747]

i remember the Bayonne Bridgemen, they were wonderful, 1979 and 1980 shows are tremendous, check out the 2006 TOS of the bridgemen, you'll love it

[Luvsracin1]

I see through my magic mirror--A very skinny Jimmy Russo--Al and Jack Hopper-Fabian-Gene-Ahh those were the days....

[Luvsracin1]

I remember the Bridgeman and I remember George Del Monte... i must be getting old...

[KnickyDymondz]

anyone remember the Bayonne Bridgemen?

[KnickyDymondz]

my step dad had an old tape of drum corps music an this was in the middle

the dog would be fine until the man announced the Caballeros. then he would jump up and start howling!

[72Keydet]

I was at this performance, bloody Roosevelt stadium a mess but the corps were astounding, all of them

[thogy]

it would take 3 horn lines of today's DCI corps to reach the same goose-bump audio output from a volume persepctive of this half-in-the-bag, overweight, self-trained horn line. Ah, the good ole days when you heard the drums from half a mile away, today I can barely hear them if I am on the 25 yard line

[RingoGeorgeJohnPaul2]

wow... my grandfather is freakin famous! he was one of the main bugalists. his name is George Del Monte if you know of him.

[ptakja1]

Why were so many people booing the performance ?

[jconnor55]

@ptakja1 Probably a lot of NY Skyliner fans. Just a guess.

[WarriorSage2]

@jconnor55 That would be a reeeeal good quess

[drumier]

although this is 1972 it might as well have been 1956, these monsters made me a drum corps fan forever.

[dcbandnerd]

And they say nothing good comes out of New Jersey. :-P

[EarDoc40]

WarriorSage2.--How many years were you with 76'. For a decade during the 60's, I was a member (snare line) of the Maumee Demons Sr Corps. We competed against the Kenosha Kingsmen, Boys of 76', Hams Indians, Spirit of St. Louis and many others. The Demons were the midwestern Sr champions from 1964 through 1968. We were likely the 1st Corps in the country to carry 5 snares and the drumline was exceptional. Good Times and lots of hard work and memories. Toledo Ohio

[WarriorSage2]

@EarDoc40 Played with the Boys in '70 and '72. Big Daddy [ Dave Richards] was our Drum Major. Early sixties I played with the Milwaukee Elks Youth Band [ French Horn], from '65-'69 USMC, after '72 returned to San Diego and became director of " EarthQuake" DrumCorps in late '90's

[EarDoc40]

@WarriorSage2 .Thanks for the reply.--My last year in Drum Corps was 1968. I rember when 76's concert tune was "Intermission Riff" and old Stan Kenton favorite. I am sorry so say that I am not familar with "Earthquake". The Maumee Glassmen were just a Corps called the Maumee Sons in the mid 60's. They are now usually in the top 10 DCI finals each year. The Maumee Demons folded in 1970 and became defunct. I continued on playing professionally until about 10 years ago. Thanks

[WarriorSage2]

@EarDoc40 " EarthQuake " was a Division lll DCI Corps that competed in Calif. for 2 1/2 years and folded in 1998. Our first year on the field we beat Mandarin in Top Brass/Percussion. Yaaa. Glassmen came to one of our shows. Awesome horn line.

[WarriorSage2]

Had the pleasure of watching and competing against these guys in '72 as a member of " The Boys of '76" from Racine, Wisc. If I remember they fielded 65+ horns. DCI can out march DCA but still can't out blow the horn lines. We need more Drum Corps for our youth of today.

[lothy59]

i remember balt md..etc.. this corp rocks..had 72 album legion nationals.. i rocked to this as a kid.. gotta get it

[jonnyjmpup]

Got '72 Cru ? what a program......

[Fattboy59]

Wow what a Kick ass opening. Ive never seen this before. I had the audio of this show for years but to see it!!!

[james092793]

Got to love Captains from Castille.

[brocklin000]

The golden age indeed of drum corps. oveerall execution today may indeed be better in DCI - not DCA - but the power, fun and pure in your face entertainment is without comparison where some whows today requrie a good dose of nodoze to get through a show.

[rapsucks26]

Well-said, brocklin000. Compare this with Garfield's lame and pathetic living room interview in 2008.

[fasteddie820]

Still love old fashion drum corp Hawthone always had a big corp.

[pinkusensei]

That's a badass version of Captain From Castile. Thanks for posting this; I'd never seen or heard it before!