1969 Loara High School Band Purple Carnival March All Western Band Review

[unchartedNightmare]

glad to be a saxon

[trumpetchump]

Wow!! This is amazing and very cool!

[GayleWilson1]

This was the year after I graduated (I was in the band '66 to '68) but watching this video made me feel like I was right there, marching with them. Mr. Marino helped us be nearly flawless, didn't he? We almost always won competitions and we were great at halftime. I loved our uniforms...am I right in remember '66 as being the first year of the big shako hat?... Mr. Marino was very proud of us getting those. He was always proud of us too. That band was the highlight of my high school days!

[ugm0]

@GayleWilson1

yes. Rick became an SCSBOA judge after he retired from directing and was a master clinician to other bands as well.

[BassClefFTW]

I've watched this video SO many times, just listening to the music, that I didn't notice how flawless there marching is!

[UnboundChaosControl]

Mr. Marino clinicians my high school's band every year hes one of the best clinicians we get hes a great clinician thanks to him and the movement he did to the band and the advice he gave us we got sweepstakes at our very first competition

[Euphreak]

One day...I'll be able to play Baritone just like this.

[Cerl84]

All marching bands should return to this style. Great sound. Powerful Baritones and rich full trumpet section.

[miarocks]

This still gives me chills every time I hear it! None better. Thanks, Mr. Marino for such a great experience. You are a band god!

[4769marley]

Was in this band. Tenor sax behind the Tubas. Remember all those early morning practices on the track, half time show at the Rams game, pep band for basketball, concert band. Thanks to Mr. Marino for everything you did. You could tell he really enjoyed working with us and cared about us as people. A truly positive influence. Best times at Loara were the three B's - Bio, Baseball and Band. Thanks for posting this video. Gary Wolverton

[MrHah18]

The march, the band, the director ... all came together. Then came the tp job at Marino's house, the un-permitted parade and the Disneyland appearance, with Miles Marino screaming "Dad, the Drum Major's pants are falling down!" which was true. This video is the best of the tremendous and vivid memories of having been there. Thanks for posting it. And I cried, too.

[namelessrevisited]

@iPercussion1 Let me see, there were only 3 junior trombone players that year as I recall, Gary Klinglesmith, Don Ridenour, and Tim Hartley. Which one is your dad?

[acmarc46]

I am Loara class of 85. I remember in 82 or 83, Mr. Marino talking about this march in 69. Mr. Marino spoke of mothers throwing their babies in the air as the 1st note sounded. Almost 30 years later I finally hear it firsthand.

And he was right. It is a shame we had to wait this long. It would have been inspiring to hear these great old recordings, and understand what legacy really we were carrying on. We had some great bands in the early 80s, but I dont remember sounding this good.

[BassClefFTW]

@acmarc46 Mr. Marino clinicians my High School's band every year and 2 years ago he said that SAME exact thing! lol

[jdog122795]

@miarocks I am a sophomore at loara and Rick Moreno still comes and teaches one of the class periods

[miarocks]

. He was without a doubt the single BEST teacher I had in all my years of K12 education-- and I had MANY excellent teachers in Anaheim! Btw, I'm now in my 27th year as an educator in the Anaheim district :)

[miarocks]

You don't see any flutes because Marino didn't believe in using them. He felt you couldn't hear them and I'm assuming he liked the look of piccolos better too (marching instrument angle). He liked to feature them in marches like Sousa's Stars and Stripes Forever.

I was SO FORTUNATE to have had him as my band director!! So inspirational, passionate, motivational, ITALIAN, energetic. He even sang musical phrases in operatic tenor style. He was without a doubt the single BEST teacher I had i

[miarocks]

I was in Loara's band from '75-'78. Bassoon (concert season) and piccolo (marching). We won a few events during that time, most notably All Western. As successful as we were, we always BEGGED to be compared to the '69 Purple Carnival band, but Marino would never quite give us that distinction. It was fun to bug him about it anyway. Something to strive for, as that's what excellence sounded like for us.

You don't see any flutes because Marino didn't believe in using them. He said you couldn'

[mannytrumpet]

How come i dont see any flutes?

[namelessrevisited]

@mannytrumpet They all were playing the piccolos. Flutes weren't loud enough

[mannytrumpet]

@namelessrevisited Oh now i see,that makes sense

[twphilosopher]

@namelessrevisited jebus.... <3 proud to continue the tradition of excellence!

[Nick34Adenhart]

Rick Moreno, great guy, great band director. 

[bimborc]

I played The Purple Carnival at the All Western Band Review in Long Beach in 1976 with La Puente High School. Just seeing that parade route brings back instant memories. Los Altos High School Played the same march that year.

[WORK949]

Hey, there, Marino! Those were the days, huh? They don't build em like this any more, do they.

John Work

[altosax18]

@WORK949 my dad was a freshman and played trombone when you were at Arcadia!

[TheDm97]

under the direction of Rick Marino? If so very good director and music judge

[Brandmuffinnn]

I am currently in the loara band and im just in complete shick to hear how amazing loara used to be.. No high schools band match anything close to that now of days

[gtradn]

What ever happened to bands like this. When did california start to lose their musical pride? I just love how the crowd instantly cheers once the first note is hit and how they have such a strong sound...

[houserehab]

I neglected to mention, Spikefan: I stumbled onto this video via referral from the Rancho Bernardo 2009 performance of "Purple Carnival", which is great for a band of only 99. Loara had more than half again that many back in the late 60's, but the Loara performance sounded better than most colleges, so there you go! Glendora (where I went to school) & Loara tied for Sweepstakes at Long Beach All-Western Band Review in 1970 (as you may recall).

[houserehab]

I hear ya, Spikefan! I graduated in '70 and tell the "young whipper-snappers" that back in the day, Glendora, Loara, Pasadena, Arcadia, Mt. Miguel, Orange Glen, Helix and half a dozen others were dukin' it out for Sweepstakes on any given Saturday. Those were the days!

[SpikefanTheTerrible]

Beautiful sound. Thanks for posting these long-lost films and digging up the vinyl recordings from the late, great Long beach parade. I feel like an old geezer telling people, "Once upon a time, there were band reviews with 80 bands!" and they look at me and say, "You mean those kids who play at halftime at the football games?"

[jghobart]

AMAZING sound. hs bands dont sound like that anymore. Beautiful!

[sozialdemo]

I was a senior class of 69 (not at Loara). Thanks again for putting this piece together.

[namelessrevisited]

@sozialdemo What high school did you go to? My sister was in the class of 69 also. This was my sophomore year. See if you can pick us out. Shouldn't be to hard.

[sozialdemo]

@namelessrevisited Corona High in Riverside County. We all thought Anaheim school's bands were awesome. Do you remember when Savanna used the confederate flag for their "tall flags"? (You are the third one on the right.)

[THE3FATGUYS]

@namelessrevisited let me guess. you were one of the trombones and your sister a piccolo player? was i right :o? haha what's up with the tree at the end?

[namelessrevisited]

@THE3FATGUYS That's right. That same night we toilet papered Marino's house and that clip at the end with the tree. We marched and played (without a permit no less) from Loara to his house on Sunday morning in our street cloths to clean up the mess.

[deadcoww]

@namelessrevisited Man, reading you and THE3FATGUYS talk about the fun times in your past really depresses me. It's amazing the kind of bonds marching band can create.

[sozialdemo]

This was actually 1968 at the All Western Band Review in Long Beach, California. (I was there.) Loara won the Mayor's trophy that year. Thanks to whoever posted this. I thought it was lost forever.

[namelessrevisited]

@sozialdemo Yes it was 1968 but I refer the 68-69 school year as the 1969 band.

[BassClefFTW]

WOW!!!! this is my favorite march, and they played soooooooo great!!! the first few seconds of hearing it my jaw literally dropped!! it was SOOO AMAZING!! Amazing tone from the tubas!!! I'm just speechless and in awe!! :'D

[slappy1234567]

Great!

[1912fld]

What a sound! All those days are gone - the So. Calif. bands back in the late 60s into the late 70s were amazing.

[VKDM8687]

THAT OPENING NOTE! HOLY CRAP! That was AWESOME!!! I got HUGE chills just now.....oh my GOSH this band can PLAY!

[RckyMtnAngl]

What a WONDERFUL trip down memory lane....Purple Carnival, Mr. Marino, Dorothy Bye burning at the stake while we played the 1812 overature, Drew Lowery, and Tim with his kilt............Superb..yes, Show Band and Drill Team of the Western States....SUCH good memories..........

[ugm0]

Rick Marino.

[GayleWilson1]

@ugm0 Is this Mr. Marino the band teacher?

[MrR4wrz1O1]

BEAUTIFUL!!! What an amazing sound! That completely blew me away!

[miarocks]

NO ONE CAN EVEN COMPARE TO THIS SOUND!!! Show Band of the Western States! Go Saxons, the proud tradtion continues!

[hoppyhoppy777]

wow really good

[THE3FATGUYS]

My ears had an orgasm!!!!!

[1970Pathfinder]

Epic performance!

[bomberman479]

Loara's rendition of Purple Carnival never ceases to amaze me. If you could please post March Grandioso and Army of the Nile from the early 70s I would greatly appreciate it!

For the field, the show with the 1812 finale please.

Loara Bass Trombone 03-07

[dahosers]

best march i have ever seen!

[OboevsSaxophone]

The sound literary took my breath away!@$@$@$@$

[EricBassTrombone]

I currently play in the Loara Band right now and this is just...wow! We need to bring this kind of playing back!

[JusticeHails]

Just simply amazing

[Music213]

I'm impressed! Very nice!!