CAPTION TOTALS
GE GE GE Total Brass Brass Brass Mus Total
Brass Perc Vis GE #1 #2 Avg. Anal Brass
Blue Devils 9.8 9.9 10.0 29.7 13.7 14.1 13.90 10.0 23.90
Madison Scouts 9.9 9.7 9.5 29.1 13.4 13.9 13.65 9.8 23.45
Santa Clara Vanguard 9.6 9.6 9.9 29.1 13.0 13.4 13.20 9.5 22.70
Phantom Regiment 9.5 9.0 9.3 27.8 13.2 13.8 13.50 9.7 23.20
27th Lancers 9.2 9.6 9.6 28.4 11.9 12.2 12.05 8.7 20.75
Bridgemen 9.7 9.4 9.5 28.6 13.2 13.1 13.15 8.3 21.45
Cavaliers 8.6 9.2 9.0 26.8 12.8 13.2 13.00 9.0 22.00
Oakland Crusaders 7.7 8.1 8.4 24.2 12.6 12.4 12.50 8.8 21.30
Blue Stars 8.0 8.2 8.5 24.7 12.9 13.0 12.95 9.1 22.05
Seneca Optimists 7.5 8.0 8.7 24.2 12.4 12.6 12.50 8.2 20.70
Capital Freelancers 8.4 8.3 8.9 25.6 12.8 11.6 12.20 8.5 20.70
Guardsmen 7.1 7.7 8.3 23.1 11.1 12.1 11.60 7.9 19.50
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Perc Perc Perc. M & M M & M M & M
#1 #2 Avg #1 #2 Avg.
Blue Devils 19.2 19.0 19.10 19.5 20.5 20.00
Madison Scouts 18.7 19.0 18.85 20.2 19.0 19.60
Santa Clara Vanguard 18.5 18.6 18.55 19.7 18.8 19.25
Phantom Regiment 17.6 17.5 17.55 20.0 18.4 19.20
27th Lancers 17.9 18.5 18.20 18.0 17.5 17.75
Bridgemen 17.3 17.3 17.30 17.1 18.2 17.65
Cavaliers 17.7 18.4 18.05 18.9 16.4 17.65
Oakland Crusaders 18.9 18.7 18.80 17.4 18.2 17.80
Blue Stars 16.8 17.1 16.95 17.5 16.2 16.85
Seneca Optimists 15.6 16.6 16.10 18.2 17.4 17.80
Capital Freelancers 17.4 17.5 17.45 15.0 13.7 14.35
Guardsmen 14.7 16.0 15.35 15.9 16.9 16.40
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FINAL SUMMARY
GE Brass Perc M & M Pen. Score
Blue Devils 29.7 23.90 19.10 20.00 0.0 92.70
Madison Scouts 29.1 23.45 18.85 19.60 0.3 90.70
Santa Clara Vanguard 29.1 22.70 18.55 19.25 0.1 89.50
Phantom Regiment 27.8 23.20 17.55 19.20 0.0 87.75
27th Lancers 28.4 20.75 18.20 17.75 0.1 85.00
Bridgemen 28.6 21.45 17.30 17.65 0.1 84.90
Cavaliers 26.8 22.00 18.05 17.65 0.2 84.30
Oakland Crusaders 24.2 21.30 18.80 17.80 0.0 82.10
Blue Stars 24.7 22.05 16.95 16.85 0.2 80.35
Seneca Optimists 24.2 20.70 16.10 17.80 0.0 78.80
Capital Freelancers 25.6 20.70 17.45 14.35 0.2 77.90
Guardsmen 23.1 19.50 15.35 16.40 0.1 74.25
Comments: Here come the Blue Devils!!! Their first championship, won with a first-class horn line, drums from outer space, and superior marching. I remember watching the victory performance from the upper deck of Franklin Field. As I remember it, they actually *marched* the victory performance, as opposed to re-doing the show in concert formation as the winners do now.
Madison Scouts played the "Stars & Stripes Forever" the way it was meant to be played (with a little interpolation of "76 Trombones" in the middle of it). Philadelphia in 1976 was in the middle of the nation's Bicentennial celebration, and was host to many thrilling events that summer. The 4th of July saw President Ford speaking at Independence Hall, and a mega-parade in downtown Philly. Unfortunately, 1976 was also a fateful year in terms of disease: Philly was hit with the first-recorded outbreak of Legionnaires Disease following the American Legion convention in August that year. The disease proved fatal to quite a few of the attendees. I worked in a center city hotel that summer, and remember that 3 legionnaires who had stayed at my hotel were among the fatalities. The source of the disease was eventually traced to the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel's air-conditioning system. Whoops, got off the track there, but hope the above was of interest anyway.
1976 Recap courtesy of Randy Gardner, as posted on RAMD.
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