Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Marching music for the Pennsylvania Primary, The Cadets, Buccaneers, and West Chester University

Welcome to this year's version of marching music for the Pennsylvania primary. I kick off the music to watch and listen while waiting for results with The Cadets | #DCI2023 | Atlas Rising from Drum Corps International (DCI).

Allentown, Pennsylvania's The Cadets perform a segment from the corps' #DCI2023 production, "Atlas Rising," during the 2023 DCI World Championships hosted August 10-12 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Allentown, PA | 5th Place | 94.313
Blink and you'll miss the Cadets logos.

Vic Firth Marching brings us The Cadets 2023 | DCI Finals Day Rehearsal | Full Production.

We're going BEYOND the lot to bring you a full (edited together) production run of the 2023 Cadets show entitled 'Atlas Rising.' Recorded in rehearsal on Saturday, August 12th. We hope you enjoy the video!
This is a not-so-stealth DC superhero show, with music from Man of Steel opening the program and a theme from Batman Begins near the end.

It wouldn't be a Cadets highlight post without a Z-pull and The Cadets | #dci2022 | Rearview Mirror has quite the Z-pull!

Allentown, PA | 6th Place | 92.913

Allentown, Pennsylvania's The Cadets perform a segment from the corps' #DCI2022 production, "Rearview Mirror," during the 2022 DCI World Championships hosted August 12-14 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
Vic Firth Marching has The Cadets 2022 | DCI Finals Week Rehearsal | Full Production.

We're going BEYOND the lot to bring you the final full production run of the 2022 Cadets show entitled "Rearview Mirror.' Recorded in rehearsal on Thursday, August 11th. We hope you enjoy the video!
This show was very similar thematically to the 2022 Bluecoats show I featured in Marching music for the Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, and Ohio Presidential Primaries on the Vernal Equinox, a trippy counter-culture road trip. I think it suffered in comparison, even though it had more famous source material, On The Road by Jack Kerouac. Too bad, it was a great show.

The Cadets | #DCI2021 | "...Shall Always Be" had even more nostalgia value.

Allentown, Pennsylvania's The Cadets performs a segment from the corps' #DCI2021 production, "...Shall Always Be," during the DCI Celebration events hosted August 12-14 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
Again, Vic Firth Marching has The Cadets 2021 Full Production | BEYOND THE LOT.

Vic Firth takes you BEYOND the lot with THE CADETS as they perform their 2021 production "Shall Always Be" during the DCI Celebration week in Indianapolis, IN!
The Cadets' greatest hits!

It's ironic that The Cadets slogan/motto is For Holy Name Shall Always Be. They declared bankruptcy and ceased operations this year because of a lawsuit related to my footnote to Failures and abuses of government and adult leadership unite Outstanding Television Movie nominees at the 2018 Primetime Emmy Awards. A moment of silence for The Cadets. You will be missed.

Follow over the jump for the Reading Buccaneers and West Chester University.

Drum Corps Associates disabled playback of 2022 Reading Buccaneers Drum & Bugle Corps - Alter Ego on other sites, so I'm embedding JakeMusicMan Reacts | Reading Buccaneers 2023 instead. I at least tried to use an official clip!

What an introduction to DCA. WOW!
Another champion!

Now today's featured marching band from the Keystone State, WCU INCOMPARABLE Golden Rams Marching Band - 2024 Pasadena Bandfest by Luis of Music213.

From West Chester, Pennsylvania,
West Chester University "INCOMPARABLE" Golden Rams Marching Band performing their field show at the 43rd Annual Pasadena Tournament of Roses Bandfest at Pasadena City College on Friday, December 29, 2023.
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From the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania suburbs, with a proud and distinguished history dating back to 1889, the 360-member "IMCOMPARABLE" Golden Rams Marching Band of West Chester University delights audiences with its entertaining and innovative performances. The band performs regularly at WCY football games and for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, New York Giants, and Washington Commanders. In this year's 2024 Rose Parade, the WCU Marching Band will showcase a lead banner crafted of blended dried and live floral materials, a nod to the iconic floats of the Rose Parade. This will be the first time ANY marching band will have a banner made entirely of floral materials.
And now that floral banner in WCU INCOMPARABLE Golden Rams Marching Band - 2024 Pasadena Rose Parade.

From West Chester, Pennsylvania,
West Chester University "INCOMPARABLE" Golden Rams Marching Band performing at the 135th Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade on Monday, January 1, 2024.
That was impressive, a float in its own right. Oh, and the band was great, too!

That's a wrap for today's episode. I plan on the series returning next month on May 7, 2024 for the Indiana Presidential Primary. In the meantime, stay tuned for Wayback Wednesday.

Previous marching music for 2024 primaries and caucuses posts.

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