"When Drum Corps Was Really Drum Corps"
The set begins in the late 1940s and contains performances, interviews, pictures, music and drum and bugle
corps nostalgia in a package of six videotapes. Produced by Larry McCormick and Sharter Video Productions
in Palatine, IL.
Tape 1 -- Birth of a Champion (1948-1955) Learn how drum corps started in
Scouting and veterans groups through the eyes of the Cavalier organization, with cameo performances of the
great corps of the 1950s like the Cavaliers, Chicago Grenadiers, Norwood Park Imperials
and Belleville Black Knights.
Tape 2 -- The Glory Years (1956-mid-1960s) The Midwest,
led by the Cavaliers, soar toward winning the coveted VFW Championship. Plus Garfield Cadets, Cavaliers
revealed origin of "Splooie" cheer, initiation ceremonies, 1961 undefeated season.
Tape 3 -- Blazing a Path
to DCI (mid-1960s-1972) Look deeper into the drum corps movement, shaping the future and forming of DCi. The 1967
national titles, Troopers, Boston Crusaders, CSJA Judges, 1965 Royal Airs, the
legendary 1971 circus show.
Tape 4 -- Rare Vintage Performances (1960s-1980s) A variety of rare and classic
black and white archive videos from private collections, with spectacular moments in drum corps history.
Includes greatest competitors plus the Cavaliers' history-making shows.
Tape 5 -- Champion Performances (1975-1980s) These are both highlight excerpts and complete shows from DCI
Championship performances of the Cavaliers. Shows have been highlighted and edited to fit
the two-hour format of the video.
Tape 6 -- Champion Performances (1990s) This program includes remaining
excerpts and complete shows of the Cavaliers through 1998. Also exited to fit the two-hour format and includes their
DCI 1992 and 1998 World Championship performances.
Throw It Down
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In this unusual feature-length documentary, award-winning director John Maher goes deep inside dreams and comes out the other side covered in sweat, grit and glory. On the surface, Throw It Down is the story of the Bluecoats, an elite drum corps, and its grueling, 80-day road trip across America leading to the finals of an international competition.
But it is really about the surreal journey that passionate young people take when they commit everything they’ve got to a purpose. It’s emotional, painful, funny and soaring in the celebration of the human spirit. In the end, this powerful film, shot in brilliant high definition and with a stirring soundtrack, challenges us to ask, What price will we pay to make our dreams come true?
88 minutes, color.
Questions?
E-mail publisher Steve Vickers
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