Ok, back to my roots. This show threw me off the first time I saw because they don't show all of each finalist on PBS, just the champion. This is the Madison Scouts and "The Pirates of Lake Mendota" and if you're wondering how you have pirates on a lake (unless they were, like, the worst pirates ever) you'd be asking the same question I was asking. Then you find out that Lake Mendota is just outside Madison, Wisconsin. Makes sense now!
Basically, these are the glory days of the Scouts. 1995-1998 produced the best work they have ever done IMO. Wait for the 9:45 mark and you'll see the best sword fight in DCI history and the only reason it works is because they don't REALLY care if they win. This corps has won two championships (their last one 1988) and I've always been told that they aren't super interested in just winning. I like that. Everybody else in Drum Corps got way too interested in scoring and alot of the shows, even winning ones, got boring. It's makes the shows soooooo much crazier when you don't care. One more side note...I've seen a print of the picture the Drum Major took....it's pretty amazing. Enjoy!
Madison Scouts 1997 via Noolmusic.com
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