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What's your favorite march?

Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 8:33 pm
by AzhlackDMPiccolo
What is your favorite march/marches? and who are they by?
mine:
1. Stars and Stripes Forever.. Sousa
2. Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.. Sousa
3. The Middy.. K. Alford
4. Purple Carnival... k or h Alford.. i forgot..

it's from best to some what eh best.. WOO... and have you played them?? us.. well we might be playing the middy next year.. purple carnival we played 1987.. stars and stripes.. 1978.. Army of nile.. 1984. nobles: 2000

Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 9:04 pm
by Rick_James
Purple Carnival
Power and Glory
Rifle Regiment

Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 9:15 pm
by Rich
thats the hardest question ever. umm...i love, glorious victory, bullets n bayonets, washington grays, gloria, eagle squadron, belle of chicago, jubilee, men in grey, chimes of liberty, solid men to the front, french national defile...so many others i cant think of right now.

although i cant wait for the day i can write a parade routine to washington grays....oh..

-rich

Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 10:49 pm
by wjs05
Let's see:

The conqueror
Washington grays
Purple Pageant


I wish I could have seen or heard Rancho Bernardo's rendition of Washington Grays and Rifle Regiment.

Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 11:29 pm
by Heyoo85
hmmmmm

from what ive heard so far...

Shrewsberry Fair, Revelation, Solid Men to the Front!, Joyce's 71st, British 8th, S&S Forever, The Royal Welsh Fusiliers, The Southerner, March of the Women Marines, Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, Big Jeff, The Bell of Chicago, The Showman, Billboard,


I'm sure there are alot more...

then agian, who doesnt love a well played march?

Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 9:45 am
by Jakob der ludner
Heyoo85 wrote: then agian, who doesnt love a well played march?
Agreed. I like Purple Carnival and National Emblem the most, but I'm just an crazy march loving freak, so anyone of them work.

Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 12:17 pm
by AzhlackDMPiccolo
ok.. so is there a website where i can listen to the marches... like the WHOLE march w/out haviong to buy a cd or anything????? :?:

Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 12:23 pm
by Hostrauser
1. Purple Carnival (Harry Alford)
2. Blaze Away! (Abraham Holzmann)
3. Boys of the Old Brigade (W. Paris Chambers)
4. The Cossack (William Rimmer)
5. Washington Grays (Claudio Grafulla)

Honorable Mentions:
Golden Bear (Joseph Richards)
Pride of the Wolverines (John Philip Sousa)
On the Campus (John Philip Sousa)
Riders for the Flag (John Philip Sousa)
Joyce's 71st NY Regiment (T. Boyer/M. Lake)
Army of the Nile (Kenneth Alford)
Farewell to a Slavic Woman (Vassily Agapkin)
Neddermeyer Triumphal (Karl King)
Cyrus the Great (Karl King)
Sells-Floto Triumphal (Karl King)

Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 12:30 pm
by Hostrauser
AzhlackDMPiccolo wrote:ok.. so is there a website where i can listen to the marches... like the WHOLE march w/out haviong to buy a cd or anything????? :?:
BOOKMARK THIS SITE.

About 50 marches free to downland, performed by the USAF band...

http://www.af.mil/band/marches.asp

Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 2:12 pm
by musiclife
ive never played any of those marches, but ive heard the army of the nile march. yea..... i like washington greys, national emblem, and freelance march. ohhh and commando march!!!

Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 10:53 pm
by lowbrass89
here my top 5
1) Rolling Thunder- Henry Fillmore- maybe for concert
2) Purple Carnival- might be my senior year march- Hary Alford
3) Chimes of Liberty- Edwin Franko Goldman- next years march
4) Rifle Regiment- Sousa- last years march
5) Glorious Victory- Freshman year march

1 and 2 depend on how strong our trombone section is but with the 2 freshman trombones were gettingnext year this 2 marches will be a good march for trombones with more then 5 people playing there part right

Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 12:32 am
by guardthepiccolo
hmm

1)unter der admirals flagge
2)in storm and sunshine
3)carry on
4)general mitchell
5)purple carnival
6)through bolts and bars
7)arnhem
8)bb&cf
9)farewell to a slavic woman
10)sonntag ists

yeah i think that's my top 10. i switch around a lot though. but those are generally my favs, with the new addition of carry on, which i realize is amazing.

Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 6:29 am
by Hostrauser
PantherBandFreak wrote:hmm

1)unter der admirals flagge
2)in storm and sunshine
3)carry on
4)general mitchell
5)purple carnival
6)through bolts and bars
7)arnhem
8)bb&cf
9)farewell to a slavic woman
10)sonntag ists

yeah i think that's my top 10. i switch around a lot though. but those are generally my favs, with the new addition of carry on, which i realize is amazing.
That it is, it probably should've made my honorable mentions list. Do you have a copy of "Glorious Victory"? Notice how the intros to Carry On and Glorious Victory are almost exactly identical? :)

I think "In Storm and Sunshine" is a bit overrated. *I* used to overrate it, even. It sounds like a great march until you've heard 300-400 of them, and then it doesn't seem so good any more.

Sonntag Ist's is a march I wouldn't mind finding on CD...

Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 6:19 pm
by lilpitprincess
I'm not very "march literate" but I love Purple Carnival (freshman year march) and Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company (sophomore year march) I'm also quite partial to Hands Across the Sea (we played it in concert in Austrailia, I don't think I've ever seen it on the street) I just really love Sousa stuff :lol:

Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 9:38 pm
by shagadalex
I'm partial to:
Voice of the Guns
Colossus of Columbia
Invincible Eagle
The Directorate
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
Crosley March
Joyce's