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1976 - Early season show before they scrapped it

Their show is a just as much a three ring circus

Drum&Bugle is now Dance&Ballet

Two years in a row at Franklin Field

Didn't take courage at all. It took pride. MYNWA.

Leggings. Not spats.

None of us were proud of what we did in the '80s!!!!!

@@PedroMartinez-tt7lr I could only understand your answer if you intended sarcasm ...

@@ThePMcDonald I did. It was just a little joke. Sorry if it didn't come across properly!

Some college bands still do. Check out Nofork State University Spartan Legion. FAMU And North Carolina A&T Blue and Gold Marching Machine. All three are HBCU'S NSU and NCAT mixes Courp style and Show style or Traditional 8to5 style of Marching.

@@donalddonaldson1353 EXcellent bands all

recordman555 alternate fingerings

You were only missing a few notes. Second line Ab, and Eb, D, Db below the staff. Everything else was there from low A on up. It constrained the arrangers somewhat, sure, but it was workable.

Simple: take it up an octave! ;)

Madison alumni that marched that year don’t like talking about the first show. It had an opener of the theme from Shaft, there was some stuff from The Wiz in there with a closer of Diana Ross’ “Do you Know” from Mahogany, and a Ray Baumgardt original composition.

Mark. Thanks. I remembered the original composition but I had forgotten about Shaft. “Can you dig it?” 🤣 Awesome corps.

There’s an audio recording of the original show somewhere but I can’t remember where. It’s pretty hard to listen to. Very un-Madison sounding

Eh, there is no way that BD 76 doesn't win. It was a quantum leap forward, much like Garfield 84

Mark Super Fly - I agree. Madison’s horn line ushered in attempts at a more refined sound in ‘75, but BD ‘76 just came out of nowhere and refined the sound even more and set a new standard in overall show quality and presentation. No longer were military style marching with straight lines and pinwheels acceptable anymore after ‘76. BD was the standard

Dan Currier: In my view that was one of the highlights of the corps show. One of respect, honor and pride of our country!!

You won’t get that from today’s liberal communist USA haters In the activity formerly known as Drum Corps.

The activity needs more STEVE Rondinaros and fewer Mike Cesarios

I carried the American Flag in the Scouts. It was a real honor and one that was respected by both members and fans. In those days during a parade people would get up from sitting on the curb as the flag passed. People loved their country then rather than worrying about how much they hated the other side.

One of the best shows in DCI history...that horn line was AWESOME from the contra bass' to the sopranos...WOW!!!

Doh ! after all these years (43rd anniversary ?) I just realized, "Stars & Stripes in Philly" ! ! !

Argonne was louder and cleaner, but I think Madison's arrangement was better, except for the ending.

Thanks I was in Argonne and I certainly like our arrangement much better.

Gee whiz, Argonne SHOULD have been better. You played it in your show nearly every year for about 15 years. And tell Sandra Opie to go pound sand.

Top five in performance order: BD, SCV, Cavies, Scouts, Garfield. Madison won the prelims followed by BD, SCV, Cavies, Garfield. There weren't any placement shifts in the bottom 7.

We weren't ranked 3rd or 4th coming in. For all we knew we could have been 2nd or 7th. The only two that were really certain where they ranked (somewhat) before finals were BD and SCV. BD went undefeated until semifinals. SCV had only lost to BD prior to semifinals. Meanwhile, Star was repeatedly beating Garfield, Cavies and Regiment only to finish 7th. So, I've always wondered if Star thought they were going to be top 3. The week before finals we lost to SCV 94.3 to 93.9. I knew that night that we had a very good shot at the top 3 and a shot at beating my absolute idols (SCV). If you think about it, how many corps could fit within a 0.4 spread. Not many, and I knew for certain SCV was going to be at least 3rd at finals (only if we were able to pass them, if not at least 2nd place). For all we know, had BD been there that night they may have been 3rd. Neither SCV or us saw BD after Whitewater in July. After Whitewater, BD and Regiment headed out east to meet up with Star, Garfield and Cavies who were already out there. We really didn't even think where we were "ranked" - I'm not sure we cared. Seriously, the only time I ever heard anyone talk about scores and placements all season was after DCM in DeKalb. We all thought we got majorly screwed. Other than that, no one ever talked about scores and placements. The staff did sit us down at a finals week practice and told us we had a shot to win the whole thing. I don't know if I believed them. I didn't really think about it. I just wanted to finish top 4. I just wanted to beat Regiment, Cavies and Star (after losing to all of them at DCM finals). I did not think we would win. I was shocked as hell when we did. The best thing about it was feeling that I was as good as SCV. It was amazing. After being heartbroken as a Jr. Scout in '85, '86 and '87 when Vanguard lost, I was overjoyed to be on that field in '89 as their won their championship. SCV is as beloved to me as the Scouts are. The are the epitome of class - in both victory and defeat. I have so much love and respect for that organization that carries forward to this day. It was an exciting year for sure, and IMO the top 3 were all amazing. We all gave such passionate and energetic performances. If BD won I wouldn't be on here saying they shouldn't have. Same thing if SCV had. The numbers just fell in our favor, and IMO all three of us were worthy of being champions in '88.

You think the founders wanted people marching around a field. I doubt they had that in mind. ‘76 was just as much a progression forward as 2020-something.