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I marched a different corps in '92-'93, so I got to watch Star's evolution throughout both seasons. A few thoughts, in no particular order.
To begin with, Star was the activity's first corps to receive corporate funding (the organization was founded by Bill Cook, a very wealthy fellow who in '84 decided to start a drum corps). Because of their relatively lavish financial resources, they were on the receiving end of a lot of class envy from most other corps which had to struggle to make ends meet. They were the only corps to make the top 12 the very first year of their existence, and in '91, just seven years later, they won the title. So basically Star was regarded as the best corps that money could buy, they had no real history, etc. Which in retrospect is so very unfair, especially since - and nearly every other corps would acknowledge this - Star was known as the hardest working corps in the activity.
After winning in '91 with Pines of Rome, they tried to go a very fan-friendly route with a patriotic show, American Variations. Which, of course, got them yet more hostility from the activity at large. At that point, the corps director, Jim Mason, basically threw up his hands in disgust. I think he basically decided, "You know, we tried putting together a show that all of y'all would enjoy, and you still hated it? Well, brace yourselves - you're *really* gonna hate this!"
Mason pretty much got his wish. There were few fence-sitters with respect to Medea: either you really really loved it, or you really really hated it. While I don't recall hearing it, several Star vets say that they got booed at retreat, which I find shocking. Even the corps founder, Bill Cook, was on record as saying that while 1993 stood out as his favorite of all of Star's years in DCI, he found himself irritated after every performance.
It's probably hard for you young'uns to see, but at the time, the show was regarded as *really* abstract. The corps went a completely different direction after '91 and (especially) '92: after two years of putting the guard in beautiful dresses and having really lavish silks, the guard was in plain black leotards and had poles and steel triangles for equipment. And while they added silks throughout the season, they spent much of the first half of the competitive season with just one silk. The brass book is all dissonance and minor keys. The drum book was basically designed to break as many drum heads as possible. And notice that there's never really any point for the audience to react until the show is over, which was entirely deliberate on the part of Mason.
In the end, Medea - which was Star's last show in DCI, as they left to do Brass Theater with the Canadian Brass - was a game changer for the activity. For good and ill, it redefined what you could get away with in competitive drum corps. And what I still find remarkable after all these years is that while the Cadets won the title in '93, people really only want to talk about Star.
This is a great summary. I also marched in '93 and had actually tried out at one of Star's first camps.
About twenty-five years ago, the publishers of "Drum Corps World" magazine (which still exists as an online publication) put out a book titled "A History of Drum and Bugle Corps" which despite many flaws is still a very useful lens into how drum corps was perceived by people involved in the activity. One chapter attempts to describe the style of DCI's shows over the first 25 years, and the author of that chapter pretty much throws her hands up in the air in disgust at 1993, not just for Star but for all the shows as being very unfriendly to audiences.
@@Encyclopedist They alleged that *all* of the shows in '93 were fan-unfriendly? Including Madison? That's a hot take.
@@RyanBoots Well, probably not all the shows but the overwhelming majority. I don't have the book handy. And to be clear, this is just one chapter by one author, but it's the only one to provide much commentary on show quality (as opposed to more purely historical information about corps' histories and scores and such) -- and it was based on commentary she had written in Drum Corps World over the years. She just thought 1993 was a dark, angry year.
Such a seminal show in all of Marching Arts. This is the essence of human creativity crafting art. Brilliance before its time.
best show all time! Amazing the drill here is better than most show we see today. Wow
I loved LOVED this reaction video! Thanks so much for the comments, open-mindedness and appreciation. This concept was way ahead of its time and it didn’t get much appreciation when it came out.
I saw this show in person as a teenager. It was Revolutionary.🔥💪🏾
As a young man I loved the All-Female Guard✅✅
thats crazy this group only existed for only 8 years
Dam really? I just saw a vid like the winners of each year and star of Indiana won one that’s so good for only 8 years
@@void8422 Made finals every year of their existence (9 seasons total. not 8). Starting in 1985 their placements were 10th, 8th, 7th, 7th, 6th 3rd, 1st, 3rd (the only season they went down), and 2nd.
They were the last corps to win with the snares on mylar heads (93 was their first on kevlar), the last to win on a 2-valved G brass line (same inventory of Kings they bought for 1985....same brand I played in 84 BD), and-- sadly -- the 3rd corps to lose to the Cadets by 1/10th of a point (the other 2 being 84 BD -- I'm not bitter 4 decades later...really, I'm not -- and 87 SCV)
This was Star of Indiana's last performance in DCI. The show was titled 'Music of Barber and Bartok'. The first minute and a half and the last five minutes of the show was excerpts from 'Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance' by Samuel Barber. The middle section was excerpts from 'Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta' by Bela Bartok. This show placed second at DCI Finals in 1993. I recommend you watch all of Star's shows starting with 1985. They were only on the scene for 9 seasons but their impact was great and is still felt in DCI 30 years after the last time they took the field.
This show was one of the last of the “classic era”, and shows back at that time were usually not themed or named. This show is hailed by many as the predecessor of the modern-day era as a precursor of what the activity would eventually become. They lost by only one-tenth of a point to the eventual champion, the (Garfield) Cadets, though no one knew at that time that it would Star’s last show ever in DCI. Also to note: the drum major that night, Matt Harloff, eventually became the brass caption head for Carolina Crown, and if you want to hear this theme again “Medea’s Dance of Vengeance,” check out CC’s show “Relentless” from 2016. Also highly recommend Star ‘91 (their championship show, entitled “Roman Images”. Loved your appreciation and commentary!
the beginning of the ballad is actually a very very short segment of the Bartok Piano Concerto number 2, 2nd movement (right?) (They didn't acknowledge this officially. (This happened more than a little, I think. Cadets 96 had a little music that wasn't officially listed in the program (they played it again in 99.)
The music is loosely based off of the Greek tragedy Medea, but the show doesn’t take a storyline other than conveying seething anger and for it to turn into full on rage at the end. I think they decided to go the minimalist route with white unis/black guard leotards and some of the equipment after some excess the previous years. They were the richest corps in DCI and not very well liked at the time from what I heard, but ended operations at a high point.
You just witnessed one of the best drum corps in history. So so amazing
Yes it was finals at champs, it was their official guard uniforms. Its much diff years ago. Guard was simpler. Can you pls Review Tarpon Springs Band and Winter Guard, Broken Arrow, Cadets, SCV and Hebron HS Band
I can't believe I am so late to the party on this one. GuardGirl you did a wonderful job at the beginning restraining yourself from talking TOO much!!!! You realised early on that this show was different. How different? Revolutionarily different!!!!!! Star of Indiana came into competition in 1985. This was from 1993. They were only 9 years old!!!! They had a meteoric rise through DCI, never missing a Finals (the top 12 corps) in each year. The show itself was based on minimalistic art. Bartok was classical music composer. And Medea was from Greek mythology. All of the movement was meant for visual enhancement and perfection. I was meant to be in this corps and attended the first two camps, but ran out of money due to college priorities. They were taught ballet movements from a gentleman from Julliard school of music. This was the first time DCI experienced this on such a large scale from an entire corps. As you were able to tell there was a very slow build, then acceleration, then slow again. All of this, you gathered, was purposeful. The only thing you missed slightly was the masterful, powerful bombs of SOUND that shook the stadium in the middle and towards the end. It was deafening because I heard it first hand at the camps!! I wanted you to hear (pay attention to) this ending build, but you couldn't hear my screams!!!! 😂😂😂 Anyway, I want to say that this show was very controversial during its day and many people disliked it. Little did many of us know that this show would CHANGE/SHIFT DCI and eventually take it in a slightly different direction...without Star of Indiana. That's right. This was their last year and performance under DCI!! The plan was already set in motion. They would step out and join the famed Canadian Brass ensemble, then become BLAST! They lost the championship that year by .1 of a point to The Cadets of Bergen County!!!!!! I can tell you from day one that was the corps they spoke of the most in the camps for that year. But I am proud that you got it mostly right because those who reacted to this show mainly missed the mark. Thank you!!! Now do the 1992 Cadets of Bergen County and the 1990 Star of Indiana, please and thank you!!
Boston 2023◻️🐋🐳 the gaurd was pretty hard to see in the high cam but seeing the multi cam they are doing so many cool things like tossing sabers and rifles at the same time and tossing flags with their feet 💀 never seen that done before
I totally agree when you mentioned their choice of equipment! Instead of going with the classic flag-rifle-saber combo, they made a choice and stuck with it throughout the show. And the choreo that they did on their unconventional equipment was just as, if not more, effective and exciting to watch. It reminds me of some large marching bands in the south that I grew up around, many of which (thinking LD Bell in that 2000-2010 era) would spin exclusively flag for 99.99% of their shows, but it was always at such a high skill level, few could match it at that time. Loved the reaction, and good luck on your current season!🏳️⚔️
Edit: Wes Cartwright is the person who directed many of those guards I’m thinking of, and they often would spin some wacky equipment, but it would always go perfectly with their shows, and nobody else could replicate it. I want to bring back that era lol