Thanks to Christina Mavroudis on r.a.m.d for this review! Southern California Tour, Part something (majorly long) Good morning, zzzzz...wha...oh - I'm in the middle of a tour..I mean, I'm talking about the past weekend's So. Cal. tour...right? And to think tomorrow we leave for the Northwest tour. zzzzzzzzzzzzz To make this short (I have to wash, bake, & pack between now and 9 AM tomorrow) I'll just narrow the narrative to just a few items---OK maybe more than just a few.... First off - a HUGE "thank you" to RAMDer Stuart Miyasato who met up with the SCV Cadets bus just as we were leaving the Fullerton show Saturday night. Remember the kids hadn't eaten since 4 ish and it was closing on 11 PM with a show inbetween. Bless his heart - he baked homemade chocochip cookies for the entire corps! This was an incredible surprise that the kids were extremely grateful. Wish we could have talked more, Stu! You'll never know what a great pick-me-up that was. Even though we were only gone a few days, it was like getting those treasured care packages. Thanks, again! Next - the Sunday event, Pacific Crest's own show in Glendora near there homebase of Diamond Bar, CA. There were several fun events that day, one of which was getting asked to help with pit equipment. That darn liberty bell weighs a ton and kept ringing at the most inappropriate times. ;) Met up with several directors including PC's director - nice guy, who got called on the PA system while we were talking: "Is your radio on?" He looked at me with a shrug of the shoulders and smile, "They never gave me one." Finally saw the other two new corps from San Diego: Earthquake and West Coast Sound. Saw WCS first as they exited the field - well I guess I can't say I saw their show - just the corps members as they exited. (I was on duty with SCV at the time.) WCS is all in white a la Phantom (we got them now, Nikk!) with a cross-sash of bright confetti bits fabric. They looked good size although they didn't stop long enough for me to count. Uniform, equipment, and decent size recruitment: quite an achievement given that this corps was only formed in April. They weren't listed in the program, so it was a surprise to see them. (I mistakenly thought they were Earthquake and apologize to the members who were miffed at my assumption.) Earthquake are also good size, although again, I didn't have time to count numbers. Their new director told me afterward they had 36 horns but around 4 of them could not attend the show that night. I also caught them coming off the field and was able to get a shot of them posing in their new uniforms with their banner. The colors appear to be gold, teal and magenta carried over into their cross-sash and souvie t-shirt. The uniform consisted of black pants and white long- sleeved shirts. Don't know what the repetoirs were for either group, but wish them both the best. Their seasons are short - so catch them while you can. No victory concert --- much to the crowd's displeasure ---but a great show nontheless. That night I hitched a ride with some staffers who had to work first thing Monday morning and we got in around 4:30 AM. Misc. Memories Announcer Freudians - the Sacramento announcer had a terrible time in the beginning announcing SCV Cadets as Pacific Crest and vice-verse. The Clovis announcer - one of my favorites - called the SCV Cadets Tchaikovsky piece, "Dance of the Canadians." I can just see our northern neighbors chuckling at the slip. Dog Gone It - Finally got to see the two Dalmations dressed up in the Vanguard uniform. Too cute. Feathers and everything. Caught a long-range glimpse of Blue Knights Dalmation dressed in blue. Any other mongrals out their? Maybe we should have a "Best Mascot" catagory? Gong Done In - SCVC lost their gong to expressive pit folks in the A corps. "It only goes "dit" instead of "goooong" explained one anonymous pit person looking over the war damage. Best Meal - Toss up between the homemade minestrone soup with foccacio bread, and the french toast a fesco. Don't know about the chicken (cooked with homemade BBQ sauce) but heard it was dynamite. Now there's a fun topic: Anybody else have some meal ideas that work for 100 corps folks? ACTUAL Reps - Here's what BDB, Mandarins and some others are actually playing this year: (just found the programs I bought) BLUE DEVILS B "From this Moment On" Cole Porter, "City Gate/ Rumble" Chick Corea, "You Can't Fall Up" ToP, and "Paso Doble" Steve Mason. MANDARINS "Ainitak" by Uakti, "Suite Chinois" from Nouvelle Experience (Cirque du Soleil), "Irna" from Alegria, and "Eclipse" from Nouvelle Experience. SOUND MACHINE Selections from the movie "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" SPIRIT OF SANTA FE SPRINGS "Prelude/First Circle" Pat Matheny, "In Her Family" and "Baroque Samba" SCARLET REGIMENT Selections from "Firebird Suite", "Halloween", "Sabath Prayer" and "Carmina Burana" EARTHQUAKE "I Can See For Miles", "America", "Malaguena" NIGHTFIRE Selections from "Jekyll & Hyde" including "Transformation", "Facade", "Girls of the Night", "The World has Gone Insane", and "Facade" reprise SCORES: -------------------------------------------------------------------- CAVALCADE OF BRASS Clovis 6/28/96 Friday (Sponsored by Buchanan HS) Open 1st 81.3 Blue Devils (Brass, Visual, GE, DM) 2nd 77.7 Vanguard (Percussion) 3rd 66.6 Blue Knights Division II/III 1st 72.4 Blue Devils B (Brass, Percussion, GE, DM) 2nd 69.6 Mandarins (Visual) 3rd 63.5 Vanguard Cadets -------------------------------------------------------------------- GOLD COAST CLASSIC I Fullerton 6/29/96 Saturday (Sponsored by VK) Open 1st 80.9 BD (all captions) 2nd 77.0 Vanguard 3rd 66.7 Blue Knights 4th 63.5 Velvet Knights Division II/III 1st 73.2 Mandarins (Brass, GE) 2nd 67.9 SCV Cadets (Visual) 3rd 67.3 Pacific Crest (Percussion) Youth Bands 1st 62.5 Spirit of Santa Fe Springs (Music-T, Visual, GE) 2nd 59.2 Sound Machine (Percussion, Music-T) 3rd 51.9 Scarlet Regiment Exhibiton Northridge Nightfire Magic Kingdom Korps -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd ANNUAL CORPS AT THE CREST Glendora 6/30/96 Sunday (Sponsored by Pacific Crest) Open 1st 81.9 Blue Devils (all captions) 2nd 78.0 Vanguard 3rd 63.3 Blue Knights 4th 62.3 Velvet Knights Division II/III 1st 75.1 Mandarins (GE, Brass, Visual) 2nd 71.5 Vanguard Cadets 3rd 70.3 Pacific Crest (Percussion) Youth Bands 1st 63.2 Spirit of Santa Fe Springs 2nd 60.6 Sound Machine 3rd 55.8 Scarlet Regiment Exhibition Nightfire (Northridge, CA) West Coast Sound (San Diego, CA) Earthquake (San Diego, CA) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Well - work to do. Have fun and let's hear those tour stories! Catch both Vanguard units at the Redwood City parade tomorrow (July 4th) around 10:30 AM. Later.....
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