Liberty Fanfare

1986 Statue of Liberty All-American Marching Band

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Music

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• 1986
• Band
• Statue
• of
• Liberty
• Centennial

[toastyplatters]

I was sixteen as I sat in rapt attention in front of the TV. Already a HUGE John Williams fan, I had my panasonic portable tape deck resting on the floor in front of the television. The built-in mic caught all the glorious music for posterity. Now I can see it all again. The shot starting at 3:17 with the Twin Towers sweeping by in the background has tremendous meening to me now, for obvious reasons. This video leaves me welled up every time! Righteous. Thank YOU!!!!

[talkiejunior]

I got the chance to meet John Williams at the event. All I can remember was thanking him for writing the "Indiana Jones" theme. I was in awe.

[21nekfordcity]

i played this music a few years ago in high school

[talkiejunior]

This was a great event to be part of. It was 17 days of nothing but parties and playing.

[blurt06]

AWESOME!! MORE MORE MORE!!! I love this - try and watch my VHS tape every year. It's on it's last leg and I can't find another copy. Thanks!!!

[talkiejunior]

I'll try to find the Meadowlands show video of the marching band. I was a trumpet player in this video, and I'll always be 19 years old in it!

[raemeredith]

I was one year old in 1986. I had no idea how much I would come to love my country, nor even any awareness of how lucky I was to be an American. Thank you for sharing this, I am honored to be able to watch.

[halffast2009]

@rudytbone - yes I would love to have a copy of it. Can you send to: Attn: Doug Allen-Kopet

PO Box 1481, Columbia SC 29202

[rudytbone]

@halffast2009  I've got the tape - mostly shot at "Bill on the Hill"

Good Morning Happy Campers

[Fanfarenplayer1989]

geillll!!!!!!!

[andrewkicksmajorass]

John Williams is like the modern day mozart!

[bridoc94]

My sister was in the Liberty Band! The original coverage had more shots of them, this has been remastered with the shots of the colorguard. . Cool she played on those Herald Trumpets and was a part of the HUGE 800 piece marching band that performed in the Meadowlands. And yes, this was transposed. The original was in D Major cause it was in E for trumpets and had some tough fingerings!

[MrPatriot1776]

I love this video!

[halffast2009]

I am one of the fanfare trumpet players standing directly in front of John WIlliams on the podium! If you are wondering how this sounded so good on live TV which this is a video of, they played the studio recording over the sound system and we just played along softly. They tried to add the fanfare trumpets to the "mix" the night before but It could not work from a tech standpoint.

Does anyone have the Liberty Band VHS documentary tape of the Liberty Band band camp?

[melomaniacmdj]

Haha, I am a horn player, and I've played this piece before, so it totally threw off my ear, which normally serves me pretty solidly. Thought I'd make the note. Very good performance though!! Kudos!

[Jetli390]

Lol that's same thing I thought when I heard the orchestrated version, but this is the first version he did it in I think and then wrote in a different key when he wrote it for Concert band