neonvincent

Now, the first of four or five posts showing 1980 performances, UCLA vs. U$C pregame.

This video really shows the transition to corps style well underway.  It also shows the flag line at its absolute best when I was teaching it.  I really enjoyed watching both the content and execution of the routine and the marching.  Both the line and I made a lot of progress both over the year and from 1979 to 1980.

And, yes, UCLA had a rifle line during pregame.  That was the brainchild of the same sisters who designed the uniforms.  I was OK with it until they took the best freshman flag, who had marched in the Santa Clara Vanguard, with them.*  I didn't like that, but I lost the fight.  Oh, well. They weren't in halftime, where the members were dispersed among the musicians and guard.  Stay tuned for that.

*I saw her mark time during flag tryouts, noted her style, and asked where she marched.  I could tell she had marched in drum corps.