Boston Crusaders

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The Boston Crusaders are a junior drum corps based in Boston, Massachusetts. They are members of Drum Corps International and they compete within DCI World Class (formerly DCI Division I). The corps is under the direction of Thomas Spataro.

Contents 1 History 2 Mission 3 Shows by year 3.1 1953 3.2 1954 3.3 1955 3.4 1956 3.5 1957 3.6 1958 3.7 1959 3.8 1963 3.9 1964 3.10 1965 3.11 1966 3.12 1967 3.13 1968 3.14 1969 3.15 1970 3.16 1971 3.17 1972 3.18 1973 3.19 1974 3.20 1975 3.21 1976 3.22 1977 3.23 1978 3.24 1979 3.25 1980 3.26 1981 3.27 1982 3.28 1983 = 3.29 1984 3.30 1985 3.31 1986 3.32 1987 3.33 1988 3.34 1989 3.35 1990 3.36 1991 3.37 1992 3.38 1993 3.39 1994 3.40 1995 3.41 1996 3.42 1997 3.43 1998 3.44 1999 3.45 2000 3.46 2001 3.47 2002 3.48 2003 3.49 2004 3.50 2005 3.51 2006 3.52 2007 3.53 2008 4 Traditions 4.1 Conquest 4.2 Fans 4.3 Waldo 4.4 Giant 4.5 BAC 5 External Links

[edit] History

Boston Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps are a Division I drum and bugle corps based in Boston, Massachusetts and founded in 1940, and are a charter member corps of Drum Corps International. The Boston Crusaders are one of the oldest corps still in existence, and have been renamed four times, first called the Most Precious Blood Crusaders and then the Hyde Park Crusaders, then The Boston Crusaders - the name that they are known by today. During a financially bleak period in the corps' history, the corps competed only under the name The Boston Drum & Bugle Corps, returning to competition with their proper name after a return from near bankruptcy. The corps was also a very early adopter of electronic equipment, using a synthesizer during their 1985 show (electronic amplification was not legalized in the DCI circuit until the 2004 season, electronic instruments such as synthesizers have never been legal. Crusaders willingly took a huge penalty -- 2 points -- for the illegal equipment used in Axel F).

The Boston Crusaders are nine time DCI finalists, and were one of the last major corps to break into finals when they did so in 1999. Their highest finish was in 2000 and 2002, when they placed 5th. The corps' 2000 show, RED, was selected by popular vote to appear on the 2005 Classic Countdown, a movie theater showing of the twelve voted best shows of DCI history, with one show for each corps.

[edit] Mission

The Crusaders' mission is to provide to its members the finest marching music education available anywhere. Although competitive in nature, the Crusaders see the activity primarily as a learning experience. Emphasis is placed on self-motivation, geared toward individual achievement of common goals. It is an education designed to help members become the best they can be. It can be the education of a lifetime!

[edit] Shows by year

[edit] 1953

• Repertoire:
  • El Capitan
  • Give My Regards To Broadway (from Yankee Doodle Dandy)
  • Look Sharp
  • Mesketeers Song
  • Whiffenpoof Song
  • Yankee Doodle Dandy
  • Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life
  • March Of The Toys (from Babes In Toyland)
  • Scotty Chapel Waltz
  • French National Defile
  • Going Home

[edit] 1954

• Repertoire:
  • Stouthearted Men (from New Moon)
  • Poor Little Lambs
  • Indian Summer
  • March Of The Toys (from Babes In Toyland)
  • Yankee Doodle
  • Give My Regards To Broadway (from Yankee Doodle Dandy)
  • French National Defile
  • Musketeers Song
  • Goin Home
  • Romany Life
  • Under The Double Eagle
  • Scotty Chapel Waltz
  • Look Sharp

[edit] 1955

• Repertoire:
  • French National Defile
  • Musketeers Song
  • Poor Little Lambs
  • Going Home
  • Rise And Shine
  • Inside USA
  • Barefoot Contessa
  • Ohio
  • Romany Life

[edit] 1956

• Repertoire:
  • I'll See You In My Dreams

[edit] 1957

• Repertoire:
  • Someone To Watch Over Me
  • When Johnny Comes Marching Home
  • Love Nest
  • Full Moon And Empty Arms
  • Hawaiian Wedding Song
  • Tuxedo Junction
  • Rags To Riches
  • Shangri-La
  • Ain't Misbehavin'
  • El Capitan
  • Man With The Golden Arm
  • Dearly Beloved

[edit] 1958

• Repertoire:
  • Someone To Watch Over Me
  • El Capitan
  • Rags To Riches
  • Shangri-La
  • Man With The Golden Arm
  • Giant
  • Dearly Beloved
  • Inside USA
  • Strangers In Paradise
  • Go Moses Go
  • Theme From The Eddy Duchin Story

[edit] 1959

• Repertoire:
  • Allies On The March
  • I Have Dreamed (from The King and I)
  • Serenata

[edit] 1963

• Repertoire:
  • Hava Nagila
  • Jubilation T Corpone
  • Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart
  • Russian Sailors Dance (from The Red Poppy)
  • Put On A Happy Face
  • Persian Market

[edit] 1964

• Catholic Youth Organization National Champion
• Repertoire:
  • El Capitan
  • Hava Nagila
  • Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart
  • Russian Sailors Dance (from The Red Poppy)
  • Persian Market
  • Man With The Golden Arm

[edit] 1965

• Repertoire:
  • El Capitan
  • Fiddler On The Roof
  • Hava Nagila
  • I'll Walk With God (from The Student Prince)
  • Learnin' My Latin
  • Married I Can Always Get
  • Once Upon A Dream
  • Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart
  • Russian Sailors Dance (from The Red Poppy)
  • I Wish You Love

[edit] 1966

• Catholic Youth Organization National Champion
• Repertoire:
  • El Capitan
  • Tradition (from Fiddler on the Roof)
  • Hava Nagila
  • Shadow Of Your Smile (from The Sandpiper)
  • It Was A Very Good Year
  • Polka Dots And Moonbeams
  • On A Clear Day (from On a Clear Day, You Can See Forever)
  • Persian Market

[edit] 1967

• Catholic Youth Organization National Champion
• Repertoire:
  • Coronation March
  • El Capitan
  • Yankee Doodle
  • Le Chaim (From Fiddler on the Roof)
  • Hava Nagila
  • On A Clear Day (from On a Clear Day, You Can See Forever)
  • Persian Market

[edit] 1968

• Repertoire:
  • El Capitan
  • Man Of La Mancha
  • Unsquare Dance
  • Yankee Doodle
  • Yankee Doodle Dandy
  • Hatikvah
  • Hava Nagila
  • Persian Market

[edit] 1969

• Repertoire:
  • Conquest (from Captain form Castile)
  • Pop Goes the Weasel
  • Yankee Doodle
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • War March And Battle Hymn Of The Vikings
  • Hatikvah
  • Hava Nagila
  • Unsquare Dance

[edit] 1970

• Repertoire:
  • Conquest (from Captain from Castile)
  • Battle Hymn Of The Republic
  • Marines' Hymn
  • Knick Knick
  • Man Of La Mancha
  • Whoever You Are, I Love You (from Promises, Promises)
  • Knowing When To Leave (from Promises, Promises)
  • Turkey Lurkey Time (from Promises, Promises)
  • Naahleh L'Arsienu
  • Artsa Alinu
  • Hava Nagila
  • Ballad For Giraffes
  • California Dreamin'

[edit] 1971

• Repertoire:
  • Coronation Scene (from Boris Godunov)
  • Battle Hymn Of The Republic
  • Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
  • Yankee Doodle
  • Yankee Doodle Dandy
  • Promises, Promises
  • Hava Nagila
  • On A Clear Day (from On a Clear Day, You Can See Forever)
  • Close To You

[edit] 1972

• Repertoire:
  • Opening Scene (from Boris Godunov)
  • Yankee Doodle
  • Zorba The Greek
  • Beginnings
  • Make Me Smile
  • Persian Market

[edit] 1973

• Competed in DCI
• Repertoire:
  • El Capitan
  • Yankee Doodle
  • Man Of La Mancha
  • War March And Battle Hymn Of The Vikings
  • Cast A Giant Shadow
  • Hava Nagila
  • Meat And Metal Shoes
  • California Dreamin'
  • Conquest (from Captain from Castile)
• Placement: 39th
• Score: 51.85

[edit] 1974

• DCI Open Class
• Repertoire:
  • Oklahoma Gold
  • Pop Goes The Weasel
  • Tubular Bells
  • Hativah
  • California Dreamin'
  • Conquest (from Captain from Castile)
• Placement: 37th
• Score: 62.60

[edit] 1975

• DCI Open Class
• Repertoire:
  • Lohengrin
  • Tubular Bells
  • Cast A Giant Shadow
  • Sader Stomp
  • Conquest (from Captain from Castile)
  • Eberhard
  • Love Theme
• Placement: 27th
• Score: 67.20

[edit] 1976

• DCI Open Class
• Repertoire:
  • Coronation March
  • Love Theme
  • Simple Song
  • Kyrie (from Bernstein's Mass)
  • Hatikvah
  • Hava Nagila
  • When Will I See You Again?
  • Conquest (from Captain from Castile)
• Placement: 20th
• Score: 75.20

[edit] 1977

• DCI Open Class
• Repertoire:
  • Symphony No. 5
  • Coronation March
  • Threshold
  • Bernstein's Mass
  • Have Nagila
  • Sabre Dance (from Gayane)
  • California Dreamin'
  • Conquest (from Captain from Castile)
• Placement: 17th
• Score: 81.15

[edit] 1978

• DCI Open Class
• Repertoire:
  • Symphony No. 5
  • Festive Overture
  • Hatikvah
  • Hava Nagila
  • Spanish Fantasy
  • Threshold
  • Conquest (from Captain from Castile)
• Placement: 15th
• Score: 78.50

[edit] 1979

• DCI Open Class
• Repertoire:
  • Coronation Scene (from Boris Godunov)
  • Ode To Joy
  • Threshold
  • Birdland
  • Fantasy
  • Time For A Change
  • Conquest (from Captain from Castile)
• Placement: 19th
• Score: 74.75

[edit] 1980

• DCI Open Class
• Repertoire:
  • The Aristophanic Wasp
  • Kid Charlemagne
  • And On The Sixth Day
  • Ode To Joy
  • Time For A Change
  • Conquest (from Captain from Castile)
• Placement: 25th
• Score: 63.90

[edit] 1981

• DCI Open Class
• Repertoire:
  • Coronation Scene (from Boris Godunov)
  • Best Coast
  • Flamenco
  • Wacky Dust
  • And On The Sixth Day
  • Threshold
  • Lady Beside Me
  • Conquest (from Captain from Castile)
• Placement: 25th
• Score: 65.55

[edit] 1982

• DCI Open Class
• Repertoire:
  • Samson And Delilah
  • Threshold
  • Kitty's Back
  • Spain
  • While My Guitar Gently Weeps
  • Conquest (from Captain from Castile)
• Placement: 26th
• Score: 65.30

[edit] 1983 =

• DCI Open Class Semifinalist
• Repertoire:
  • Mexicali Rose
  • Billie Jean
  • Ode To Joy
  • Conquest (from Captain from Castile)
• Placement: 21st
• Score: 63.75

[edit] 1984

• DCI Open Class Semifinalist
• Repertoire:
  • Mexicali Rose
  • Rainmaker
  • Moments In Japan
  • California Dreamin'
  • Conquest (from Captain from Castile)
• Placement: 19th
• Score: 76.20

[edit] 1985

• DCI Open Class Semifinalist
• Repertoire:
  • Symphony No. 2
  • Turquoise
  • Exception To The Rule
  • Axel F
  • Rainmaker
  • California Dreamin'
  • Conquest (from Captain from Castile)
• Placement: 20th
• Score: 74.70

[edit] 1986

• DCI Open Class Semifinalist
• Repertoire:
  • Symphony No. 5
  • Coronation March
  • Smooth Operator
  • Bluesette
  • Conga
• Placement: 16th
• Score: 79.90

[edit] 1987

• DCI Open Class Semifinalist
• Repertoire:
  • Music For Wind And Percussion
  • Havalah
  • Hava Nagila
  • Unsquare Dance
  • Hello Again
  • Conquest (from Captain from Castile)
• Placement: 14th
• Score: 82.80

[edit] 1988

• DCI Open Class Semifinalist
• Repertoire:
  • Music For Wind And Percussion
  • At The End Of The Day (from Les Miserables)
  • Attack On Rue Plumet (from Les Miserables)
  • One Day More (from Les Miserables)
  • Do You Hear The People Sing? (form Les Miserables)
  • Conquest (from Captain from Castile)
• Placement: 20th
• Score: 77.60

[edit] 1989

• DCI Open Class Semifinalist
• Repertoire:
  • Man Of La Mancha
  • A Whiter Shade Of Pale
  • Conquest (from Captain from Castile)
• Placement: 17th
• Score: 78.80

[edit] 1990

• DCI Open Class Semifinalist
• Repertoire:
  • Coronation Scene (from Boris Godunov)
  • Captain from Castile
  • Conquest (from Captain from Castile)
• Placement: 15th
• Score: 84.05

[edit] 1991

• DCI Open Class Semifinalist
• Repertoire:
  • Selections from Rocky
    • War
    • Conquest
    • Training Montage
• Placement: 16th
• Score: 81.00

[edit] 1992

• DCI Division I Semifinalist
• Repertoire:
  • Pictures at an Exhibition
    • Promenade
    • The Hut On Hen's Legs
    • Tuileries
    • Ballet Of The Unhatched Chicks
    • The Old Castle
    • The Marketplace At Limoges
    • Great Gate At Kiev
• Placement: 14th
• Score: 82.20

[edit] 1993

• DCI Division I Semifinalist
• Repertoire:
  • Russian Easter Overture
  • The Prince And The Princess (from Scheherazade)
  • Festival In Baghdad (from Scheherazade)
• Placement: 14th
• Score: 82.40

[edit] 1994

• DCI Division I Semifinalist
• Repertoire:
  • Russian Cameos
    • Russian Easter Overture
    • Troika (from Lieutenant Kije Suite)
    • Romance (from Lieutenant Kije Suite)
    • Russian Sailor's Dance (from The Red Poppy)
• Placement: 13th
• Score: 82.60

[edit] 1995

• DCI Division I Semifinalist
• Repertoire:
  • Pat Metheny Music
    • Are We There Yet?
    • Beat 70
    • Cathedral In A Suitcase
    • First Circle
• Placement: 16th
• Score: 74.40

[edit] 1996

• DCI Division I Semifinalist
• Repertoire:
  • Portraits of Our Homeland - The East
    • God Save The Queen
    • America the Beautiful
    • Festival Overture On The Star Spangled Banner
    • Grover's Corner (from Our Town)
    • Children's Dance (from Merry Mount Suite)
    • Times Square (from On The Town)
• Placement: 17th
• Score: 74.70

[edit] 1997

• DCI Division I Semifinalist
• Repertoire:
  • Portraits of Our Homeland - Conflicts and Resolution
    • Original Fanfare
    • Chester Overture
    • Lincoln Portrait
    • Eternal Father
    • Navy Hymn
    • Victory At Sea
• Placement: 15th
• Score: 80.50

[edit] 1998

• DCI Division I Semifinalist
• Repertoire:
  • Seascapes: From the Big Screen
    • The Sea Hawk
    • Captain From Castile
    • Conquest (from Captain from Castile)
• Score: 15th
• Placement: 81.20

[edit] 1999

• DCI Division I Finalist
• Repertoire:
  • A Collection of Symphonic Dances
    • Armenian Dances
    • Allegro Risoluto (from English Dances)
    • Allegretto (from Scottish Dances)
    • Symphonic Dance No. 3 - Fiesta
• Placement: 9th
• Score: 88.60

[edit] 2000

• DCI Division I Finalist
• Repertoire:
  • RED
    • Bolero
    • Intensity
    • Time To Say Goodbye
    • Day Danse
    • Symphonic Dance No. 3 - Fiesta
• Placement: 5th
• Score: 92.35

[edit] 2001

• DCI Division I Finalist
• Repertoire:
  • Harmonium
    • Wild Nights (from Harmonium)
    • Marimba Spiritual
    • Brothers (from The Mission)
    • Gabriel's Oboe (from The Mission)
    • Dance Of The New World
    • Shakata: Singing The World Into Existence
• Placement: 9th
• Score: 88.80

[edit] 2002

• DCI Division I Finalist
• Repertoire:
  • You Are My Star
    • Introduction (from Appalachian Spring)
    • The American President
    • Allegro (from Appalachian Spring)
    • America
    • Clarinet Concerto
    • You Are My Star
    • Simple Gifts
• Placement: 5th
• Score: 92.40

[edit] 2003

• DCI Division I Finalist
• Repertoire:
  • BRAVO!
    • Bolero
    • Pavana (from Tres Versiones Sinfónica)
    • The Prayer
    • Concierto De Aranjuez
    • Spanish Fantasy
    • Malagueña
• Placement: 6th
• Score: 90.95

[edit] 2004

• DCI Division I Finalist
• Repertoire:
  • The Composition of Color
    • Introduction
    • Colored Rhythms
    • Colored Harmonies
    • Colored Dynamics
    • Colored Combinations
    • Closing
• Placment: 9th
• Score: 90.525

[edit] 2005

• DCI Division I Finalist
• Repertoire:
  • Ode To Joy
    • Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
    • Overture To Candide
    • The Promise Of Living (from The Tender Land)
    • Sing Sang Sung
    • Ode To Joy
• Placement: 9th
• Score: 88.400

[edit] 2006

• DCI Division I Finalist
• Repertoire:
  • Cathedrals of the Mind
    • Blue Cathedral
    • Concerto For Orchestra
    • The Windmills Of Your Mind
• Placement: 10th
• Score: 87.325

[edit] 2007

• DCI Division I Finalist
• Repertoire:
  • A Picasso Suite
    • In Pace
    • Cruzados
    • Oblivion
    • La Fiesta
• Placement: 9th
• Score: 89.100

[edit] 2008

• DCI World Class Finalist
• Repertoire:
  • Neocosmos
    • Also Sprach Zarathustra
    • Kingfishers Catch Fire
    • Moon Dance
    • August Rhapsody
    • Burly Brawl (from The Matrix)
• Placement: 10th
• Score: 87.275

[edit] Traditions

[edit] Conquest

Boston's shows historically included a two measure quote from the piece "Conquest:" The number actually dates pre-DCI, I believe started 1969--the first soloist on "Conquest" was Jimmy Centorino. "Conquest" is dear to the hearts of those in the corps. Called the "conquest shots," these six notes appear in various form throughout the show, though most prevelantly when the entire corps plays them unison at a high dynamic level. Fans of drum corps take this as their cue to fill in the two rests by screaming "HUH!"

[edit] Fans

Fans and alumni of the Boston Crusaders often scream "Eat 'em up, Boston!" before start of a show.

[edit] Waldo

The emblem for the corps is King Richard's (and Lowenbrau's!) split-tailed lion. It represents the spirit of the corps and can be seen on all vehicles in the Crusaders' fleet, the corps jackets/merchandise, as well as in tatoo form on the bodies of many Crusaders. The Crusaders and members of the drum corps community affectionately call him "Waldo."

[edit] Giant

"This corps is made of Giants, we will never die. For we are Crusaders, true blue Crusaders. We are Crusaders, corps we love, corps we love." This is the song the crusaders sing before they go onto the field. While on the field they play the music that goes to this song as on on field warm-up.

[edit] BAC

The corps is commonly called "B.A.C.", or just plain "Boston".

[edit] External Links

Boston Crusaders: Official website